Alaska Elections Director Will No Longer Print Party Labels for Candidates of Unqualified Parties

On August 23, Gail Fenumiai, Director of the Alaska Elections Division, sent a letter to Scott Kohlhaas, Libertarian Party nominee for state house, district 16. It says she won’t print “Libertarian” next to his name on the ballot, even though Alaska Statute 15.25.180 says independent petitions may contain the name of the “political group, if any”, and even though 15.25.190 says, “The director shall place the names and the political group affiliation of persons who have been properly nominated by petition on the general election ballot.”

The letter does not make reference to any Alaska election law.

The Kohlhaas petition identified him as the Libertarian Party candidate, and Kohlhaas is a registered Libertarian.

The director also says she will no longer print the party affiliation of persons nominated by qualified parties on the ballot. Instead she will only print the name of the party that nominated them. In 2018, the ballot contained both pieces of information. This year the Democratic nominees for U.S. Senate and U.S. House are both registered independents, and the candidates desire that the ballot reflect their independent affiliation. Here is a news story about removing the affiliation of the two Democratic nominees.


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Alaska Elections Director Will No Longer Print Party Labels for Candidates of Unqualified Parties — 5 Comments

  1. The WXYZ New Day, Black Panther and One Parties are bringing the three-party system or the 539-party system to the 538-member Electoral College and candidate Demetra Wysinger [WXYZ New Day], Anthony Jamison [Black Panther] and James Ogle [One], plus two Republican Party Electors, made significant progress with the independent ticket today.

    News about that will be coming in next ten days when Honorable Demetra Jefferson Wysinger visits California.

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  2. More AD HOC LAWLESS tyrant stuff in a small pop regime ??? —

    something direct from the DARK/STONE Age.

  3. Hey James. How can I register? My name is Islam Vayntrub. I belong to the Ashgabat Penis Party.

  4. This decision by the Alaska Division Elections is already the subject of just-filed litigation by Alyse Galvin, the Democrat registered as independent. Scott Kohlhaas will also join this litigation. This is a very interesting election year in Alaska, nationally and elsewhere. Richard, how do you keep up with it all??

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