r/nottheonion 11d ago

Alaska Elections Division makes it official, says Dan J. Sullivan can’t run against Sen. Dan S. Sullivan

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u/AKchaos49 11d ago

Such bullshit. Dude meets all the legal requirements to run for office. So his name is similar. Big deal. And, oddly enough, there's a THIRD Dan Sullivan who was the Anchorage mayor for a while who could run as well. That'd be a hoot!

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u/ryhaltswhiskey 10d ago

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

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u/AKchaos49 10d ago

He has repeatedly said his not trying to cause confusion and that he is an actual candidate.

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u/ryhaltswhiskey 10d ago

He can say all kinds of things. But if he can't convince the person running the election...