Is the Dan Sullivan ballot stacking in Alaska illegal, according to Pod Save America?

No. Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer said ballot stacking is not illegal. A Times report found that Mary Peltola's team and the Democratic Senate committee recruited other men named Dan Sullivan to run against Senator Dan Sullivan. Pfeiffer compared the tactic to Trump allies promoting Kanye West in 2020 and Jill Stein in 2016. He called it legal but sketchy, of limited use under ranked choice voting, and unlikely to change the outcome.

• The DOJ has sued to block certification of a Peltola win, and Alaska's Republican governor ordered an investigation.
• An Alaska court had already ruled that the other Dan Sullivan could appear on the ballot.
• If no candidate passes 50%, the ranked choice tabulation happens on November 18.

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