Alaska Supreme Court Will Hear Democratic Party Appeal on Whether Eric Hafner Should be on Ballot for U.S. House

Posted on by September 12, 2024

On September 11, the Alaska Supreme Court said it will hear the Democratic Party’s appeal in the lawsuit over whether Eric Hafner should be on the ballot for U.S. House. He is imprisoned and the Democratic Party argues if elected he could not serve, and therefore he cannot run.

The U.S. Constitution residency requirement for candidates for Congress is that the individual be a resident of the state “when elected.” This news story is flawed because it leaves out the phrase “when elected” when it quotes Article One.

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Alaska Supreme Court Will Hear Democratic Party Appeal on Whether Eric Hafner Should be on Ballot for U.S. House — 10 Comments

  2. To answer Term Limits NY, it would likely be that only 3 candidates would show up on the ballot for the at-large House race. Under Alaska’s new top 4 system, replacement of candidates on the general election ballot can only happen up until 64 days before the election.

  3. It depends on what the ruling says. At the oral argument on September 12, Democrats seemed to abandon their argument that Eric Hafner is not eligible. Instead they are trying to argue that although when one of the top-four finishers drops out, the fifth place then qualies, but only the fifth-place finisher can ever advance. In this case, the Democrats argue that even though two people in the top four dropped out, only one person can be added. So if Democrats win that, then there would only be three people on the ballot.

  4. https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-voids-controversial-constitutional-amendment-162000566.html

    Judge voids controversial constitutional amendment on Utah’s Nov. 5 ballot
    Katie McKellar

    Thu, September 12, 2024 at 12:20 PM EDT
    In a remarkable ruling issued Thursday morning — the second time in less than three months the courts have rebuked the Utah Legislature — a judge declared a controversial constitutional amendment question on the Nov. 5 ballot void.

    After hearing oral arguments less than 24 hours prior, 3rd District Court Judge Dianna Gibson sided with plaintiffs who have been in a years long legal battle alleging the Utah Legislature has engaged in unlawful gerrymandering and violated the Utah Constitution when it repealed and replaced Better Boundaries’ 2018 voter-approved ballot initiative that required lawmakers to use an independent redistricting commission.

    UTAH G HACKS FIGHTING TO THE END — LIKE HITLER IN HIS BUNKER IN APR 1945

  10. The district court said that Hafner was indispensable to the case.

    I don’t think he will be removed.

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