Alaska Democrats have mounted a lawsuit against one of their colleagues as they fight to take an imprisoned congressional candidate off the state’s election ballot. The Alaska Democratic Party sued the Alaska Division of Elections on Wednesday to keep Eric Hafner off the November ballot,
With 60 days to go before Election Day, the results of the state’s primary election have given Alaskans an early look at who could control the state House and Senate in January. Control of the House and Senate means control of the legislative agenda.
Evergreens and aspens cover the luscious mountainscapes, and clouds settle heavy over Cook Inlet. The hum of float planes can be heard overhead as Alaskans travel to the remote wilderness, while locals drive to work.
The Alaska Democratic Party is challenging the candidacy of Democrat Eric Hafner, who is imprisoned in New York state and isn’t a resident of Alaska .
Eric Hafner is serving a 20-year sentence in a New York federal prison. Alaska Democrats argue that should disqualify him from the ballot.
The Alaska Democratic Party sued the Alaska Division of Elections on Wednesday, seeking a state court injunction that would remove Eric Hafner from the state’s U.S. House election ballots. Hafner, running as a Democrat,
Eleven candidates dropped out after the primary. Many said they wanted to help build support around stronger candidates.
A man serving time on a 20-year prison sentence for threatening officials in New Jersey has made it onto Alaska's general election ballot for the state's lone U.S. House seat this November.
The Alaska Division of Elections certified August’s primary election results on Sunday. All 40 seats in the Alaska state House will be on the general election ballot, alongside 10 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate.
Alaska law requires an elected U.S. representative to reside in the state, but the law does not prohibit a convicted felon from running or holding office.
The leading group in favor of keeping Alaska's system of open primaries and ranked choice voting raised over $4.5 million in August from Outside donors, which dwarfs all the donations received by a group seeking to repeal the state's current voting system.
Two candidates who combined received just over 1% of the vote in last week’s U.S. House primary in Alaska are set to advance to November’s ranked choice general election
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