Alaska's top elections official ruled Monday that a challenger with the same name as Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan will not appear on the state's primary ballot. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
June 15 (UPI) -- Alaska's top elections official ruled Monday that a primary challenger sharing the same name as Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan will not appear on the state's ballot.
Director of Elections Carol Beecher wrote in a Monday letter to Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. that he would not appear on the primary ballot in August.
"On review of the complaints and other information in the Division's possession, I conclude that your declaration of candidacy was not properly filed with the Division because it was not filed in order to declare an actual good-faith candidacy for the office of United States Senator, but was instead filed with a purpose to confuse or mislead and to thereby compromise the ballot's fairness or neutrality," Beecher wrote.
Alaska holds open primaries, with candidates from all parties appearing on the same ballot. The top four candidates then advance to the general election, which is conducted with a ranked-choice ballot.
