In Alaska, lawsuit challenges decision leading to Walker-Mallott unity ticket

[Blue_In_AK]

On the heels of a recent poll showing the unity ticket ahead of Sean Parnell by eight points, a Republican district chairman has filed a lawsuit to declare it illegal. Republicans are soooo predictable.



http://www.adn.com/article/20140917/lawsuit-challenges-decision-leading-walker-mallott-unity-ticket

With the first ballots sent and preparations for the Nov. 4 general election in full swing, a district chairman in the Alaska Republican Party filed a lawsuit in state Superior Court in Anchorage challenging the emergency regulation that permitted the “unity” ticket of Bill Walker and Byron Mallott.

The Sept. 2 regulation, promulgated by Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell and the Division of Elections, should be nullified, the suit claims, because no emergency existed and the rights of primary-election voters have been violated.

Political opportunism caused Walker to drop his Republican Party registration and become “undeclared” at the last minute, then join forces with former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Byron Mallott in a “nonparty” ticket, says the lawsuit, brought by attorney Ken Jacobus on behalf of plaintiff Steve Strait, Alaska Republican Party chairman of District 21 in Anchorage.

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The lawsuit has no connection to the Alaska Republican Party and is not driven by politics, said Strait. The ultimate hope is that voters will have three choices running for governor as was expected when voters went to the primary polls Aug. 19, including a Democrat and a Republican.

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And suddenly the Republicans are concerned about Democratic primary voters?
And this lawsuit isn't political? Give me a large break...

[Enthusiast]

1. Kicked and recommended!

Thank you, Blue_In_AK.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. They're always talking about wanting bipartisanship

or nonpartisanship until someone actually tries it.

[Blue Idaho]

3. In the land of the GOP winning is everything

They do not give a shit about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, or the will of the people.

They simply refuse to be governed by Democrats or Independents and will go to any lengths to stop our democracy in its tracks if they do not control it.