diddly-squat said:

Cymek said:

diddly-squat said:

In other news, a federal judge has thrown out the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to segregate ballots and delay certification of Alaska’s Senate race.

In essence the ruling states that the federal government has no standing in the case.

So much messing around for an election.
Seems Trump tries to find ways to subvert or weaken the entire process and other try to bring it back to normality.
You’d think it was some third world nation on the cusp of becoming democratic after years of fascism

In fairness, the feds have the shits because the Dems recruited an independent candidate with the same name as the incumbent Republican, in an effort to siphon votes away from the GOP.

Two recent examples of the Republican party doing the same thing:

1. The 2020 Florida State Senate “Ghost Candidate” Scandal

In Florida’s 37th State Senate District race, former Republican State Senator Frank Artiles recruited an acquaintance named Alex Rodriguez to run as an independent candidate.

• The Strategy: The decoy candidate shared the exact same last name as the incumbent Democrat, José Javier Rodríguez. The objective was to confuse voters and siphon support away from the incumbent.

• The Outcome: The ghost candidate did no active campaigning but successfully drew more than 6,000 votes. This enabled the Republican candidate, Ileana Garcia, to win the seat by a razor-thin margin of just 32 votes. Artiles was later convicted of felony campaign finance violations related to secret payments made to the decoy candidate.

2. The 2024 Washington Gubernatorial Primary

During the 2024 primary election for governor in Washington state, a similar plan was put into motion to target the front-running Democrat.

• The Strategy: A conservative/Republican activist paid two separate individuals who happened to be named Bob Ferguson to enter the primary race. This was designed specifically to appear alongside the actual Democratic candidate, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, and dilute his primary vote tally.

• The Outcome: The strategy unraveled publicly before ballots were finalized after the activist admitted to orchestrating the filings to cause voter confusion.
Election historians note that using “decoy namesakes” is an old political maneuver. While the act of a citizen running for office under their legal name is generally protected by state election laws, criminal prosecutions only tend to occur when investigators uncover illegal financing, fraud, or hidden cash payments behind the recruitment.

I’m not saying that what the Dems might be doing in Alaska is a good thing.

But, it’s pretty rich for Republicans to be saying it’s not right.