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Alaska judge reinstates Dan Sullivan to U.S. Senate ballot after elections division disqualified him

Liz Ruskin

2h ago· 2 min readenNews

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Summary

An Alaska Superior Court judge ruled that the state Division of Elections wrongly disqualified Dan Sullivan, a retiree from Petersburg, from challenging U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska's U.S. Senate race. Judge Thomas Matthews found the disqualification was based on a new, previously unstated "good-faith" criteria not found in the Constitution or state law, and that the claim the candidate sought to confuse voters was unsupported by evidence.

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The decision to drop the candidate 'was based upon a new, previously unstated, ‘good-faith’ criteria' that’s not in the Constitution or state law.

The (Division of Elections) Director's assertion that Mr. Sullivan seeks to confuse or misguide voters is not supported by a preponderance of evidence.

Judge Thomas Matthews said the decision to drop the candidate 'was based upon a new, previously unstated, ‘good-faith’ criteria' that’s not in the Constitution or state law.

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The Division of Election disqualified Dan Sullivan of Petersburg after deciding his challenge was an attempt to confuse voters. A state judge says that was wrong.

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