On June 21, Alaska elections officials said they will not permit the fifth-place finisher in the June 2022 special primary for U.S. House to advance to the special general election. See this story. Therefore, because Al Gross withdrew, there will only be three choices on the August special general election, two Republicans and one Democrat. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.
TEXT of L-A-W re withdraws ???
Meanwhile –in hotttt TX —
https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-gop-pushing-referendum-decide-054117744.html
The Texas GOP is pushing for a referendum to decide if the state will secede from the US
see 1860-1861 secess votes in some States.
Right call. I don’t care, per yesterday’s post here, what some people were saying about the “intent” of the law re the withdrawal timeline and special elections. If it isn’t written in the law, it doesn’t exist.
The election should be cancelled and Sarah Palin should be seated immediately.
@AZ,
AS 15.25.100(c) sets a deadline of 64 days before the general election for replacement to occur.
Other statutes provide roughly 60 days between a special primary, and that unless specific provisions are made, that special elections are conducted in the same manner as general elections.
But there may be an administrative deadline that permits a candidate to withdraw up to 59 days before the election.
See letter linked to in article referenced in news story.
https://sfelections.sfgov.org/november-3-2020-election-results-detailed-reports
SF, CA CITY-COUNTY COUNCIL RCV MATH — Detailed Reports — 6 ODD NUMBER GERRYMANDER DISTS.
ESP EXHAUSTED VOTES – NO TRANSFER TO A REMAINING CANDIDATE.
UNKNOWN IF A VOTER CAN MOVE AND VOTE FOR 2 OR MORE WINNERS IN 4 YEAR CYCLE.
ALL ELECTION SECTIONS IN O-N-E LAW — FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
RCV ONLY shows ***relative*** stuff 1,2,3,4,etc. —
NOT ***absolute*** YES/NO stuff.
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Condorcet = RCV done right — with YES/NO [default] tiebreaker.
@Jim that’s of no help anyway, the read-between-the-lines 59 days. As the story linked in Richard’s piece yesterday noted, Monday was T-minus 57, not 59.
@SG,
I misread the letter linked to in the article it says the deadline to withdraw in order to move remove a name is on Sunday, one day after they certify the results. It sounds like they made a special rule just to handle withdrawals after the primary.
This sounds kind of shaky grounds, legally speaking.
Will the special election use RCV?
@DM,
The special election (for the last 5 months of Don Young’s term) will use RCV. It will permit a voter to rank three candidates Sarah Palin, Nick Begich III, and Mary Peltola, and one write-in candidate. The special election will be coincident with and on the same ballot as the regular primary for US Representative, US Senator, Governor/Lieutenant Governor and 59/60 of legislative seats. The primary will choose up to 4 candidates for each office who will be chosen by RCV in November.