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So what? For all we know JD Vance’s real name could be IM Cornhole.
Trump's approach is definitely corrupt and yet another of the hundred reasons he should be in jail.
But... recent years have seen other flawed democracies where unknown candidates with no previous track record in politics and no party affiliation but who just so happen to have the same name as a major party's candidate show up. There clearly needs to be something in place to mitigate these shenanigans, but it seems more like a fix that's needed in the ballot design, rather than the insanity that Trump's pushing.
What's the problem? The other Dan Sullivan isn't even allowed to run in the same party.
So the ballot will have Dan Sullivan with an R next to his name and him marked as the encumbent and the other Dan Sullivan having an I for indepent. If the voters can't figure that out, I don't know what to tell you...
It makes me want to look up some the attack ads to see how they differentiate. Like they can’t just “Dan Sullivan is piece of shit” lol
I think you're letting what you want to be true override what you deep down know to actually be the case. But I guess I should know by now not to attempt injecting reality into an old fashioned partisan pile-on thread.
I could see the MAGA fucknuts having problems reading the name and the party that appears after the name. Tough shit and hopefully they lose the Senate seat.
They have ranked choice voting, so as long as those two are your top choices, it really doesn't matter. And the "real" Dan Sullivan has his party and "incumbent" after his name.
This is how you know someone else is controlling him. He loves taking credit for someone else's idea.
He tried to take credit for Obama's economy he inherited 90 days into his first term.
He is one of the most litigious men in history. Is it really a surprise at this point. He has already sued himself and was declared the winner so the sky is the limit apparently.
He has been a defendant over four thousand times. That just boggles the mind.
It's all above board. Why would anyone think otherwise? Corrupt piece of shit said something… oooh, that news!
Look how tiny his stupid little hand is
His words are drivel.
First of all, the headline focuses on Trump's order but fails to inform people of the more important fact that a lawsuit has actually been filed.
Government attorneys filed a lawsuit Friday arguing that the presence of Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. on the ballot would confuse voters who support the sitting senator, Daniel S. Sullivan, in the unusual matchup of two candidates with the same name up against a Democratic candidate.
Second, this has already been adjudicated, it's a matter of state law, and the case isn't ripe because they are suing over a hypothetical that has not happened yet.
But even if there weren't all those other reasons to toss out the suit, the whole thing is nonsense anyway because Alaska has ranked choice voting. Anyone who is confused can pick both Daniel Sullivans. The only way it could possibly become an issue is if the two Dans come in first and second, which has effectively no chance of happening.
No, no. You don't understand. Ranked choice voting is Dumb! And confusing!
/S
So say the advertisements I have been subjected to for the last 4 months. (Some morons are trying to repeat it, again, and their advertising campaign is LITERALLY that it is "dumb, dumb, dumb"
They did a nice job labeling the different Dans. I early voted, and apparently, I am not Dumb, Dumb, Dumb, because I am 100% certain I was able to rank the Dan I wanted to, and not rank the Dan that is a giant PoS, as one was clearly marked "incumbent".
Honestly, I'm pretty sure most R voters are just looking for the letter next to the name and not the name itself these days
My state population was genius enough to vote for ranked choice voting to be illegal. How we still managed to make abortion accessible at the same time I'll never know, but then we're voting on that yet again this election -- this time with the added attempt to outlaw transgender surgery for minors in the same amendment! Which is already illegal here...
This fuckin state drives me crazy
Hmmm... Missouri? That place really seems like it sucks.
I think it's where they tried to confusingly phrase a ballot initiative to repeal the state constitutional amendment they'd passed to guarantee abortion.
no-one is going to enforce the constitution so perhaps it’s time to get used to living a christian nationalist nazi confederacy