All of you have probably heard about the fiasco in Alaska. The Division of Elections sent out a list of write in candidates that was originally posted in voting booths in at least one precinct. They claim the lists were sent as a means to assist voters. Their intent was for the list to be handed out when a voter asked for assistance.
This saga has been well covered in a couple of diaries, including the latest from akmk,
Alaska's Supreme Court has issued a STAY (sort of) that's actually more of an UPHOLD, but not exactly of Superior Court Frank Pffifner's ruling yesterday that told Div. of Elections not to use write-in lists at the polls to "assist" voters.
So, what happens when you don't agree with the Supreme Court of Alaska? Civil Disobedience.
Yesterday, well over 100 people filed to run as a write-in for US Senator. I've listed the names at the end of this diary just so you can see the impact. This will be an interesting sheet of paper to compile and distribute. The Division of Elections has obviously been working through the night to update the list as quickly as possible. They are also making note of why a petition is being refused. The final list may be shorter, but it still won't be pretty.
Looks like this act of Civil Disobedience grew with the help of KFQD 750 AM radio host Dan Fagan, a Miller supporter. It quickly grew with further assistance:
Conservatives4Palin.com rallied Alaskans to join the effort with the headline “Attention Alaska Readers: Assist Joe Miller Through 'Operation Alaska Chaos.’”
When you follow their links, we learn that the idea actually originated with Andrew Breitbart's Big Government website and a suggestion from Dan Riehl:
f you’re an Alaska resident and qualified to run for Senate, Big Government wants you to take action today to highlight the chaos brought about by Lisa Murkowski’s seemingly unending quest for power with her write-in campaign. But you must act today.
I have to admit that over the last few weeks, when people have suggested that Alaskans should find more write-in candidates with names familiar to Lisa Murkowski, I cringed. I don't believe that it serves the voting process to offer candidates that aren't truly qualified and file with the intent to confuse the voter. However, I can't help but admire this action - it is so much better than pulling out weapons and making threats. This is Civil Disobedience at it's best and this is what helps make America stronger in the long run. This is the first action I have seen taken by the Tea Party that comes close to tossing tea.
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Division of Elections list of Write-In Candidates for Senate:
United States Senator
Michael Ames (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Daryl D. Anderson (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in - Denied - Received too late
Tigran A. "Tig" Andrew (Republican) - Write-in - Denied - Received too late
Susan J. Apling-Gilman (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
David J. Arduser (Republican) - Write-in - Denied - did not meet age requirement
Kevin Austin (Republican) - Write-in
Lawrence W. "Larry" Austin (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Carita Backman (Republican) - Write-in
Keith Barkwood (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Michelle A. Barnes (Republican) - Write-in - Denied - Received too late
Thomas Baxter (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
David E. Beeman (Republican) - Write-in
Vicky L. Beeman (Republican) - Write-in
LaVonne Boyd (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
David Boyle (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Red K. Bradley (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Richard O. Braun (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
William P. "Bill" Brownfield (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Ken Bullard (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Linda Bullard (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Richard O. Burns (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Michael Butler (Republican) - Write-in
Vern Carlson (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Curtis G. Champagne (Republican) - Write-in
Elizabeth A. Cherry (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
John P. Collinge (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Fred W. "Bill" Colson (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Gary C.L. Cox (Republican) - Write-in
DaRae K. Crews (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Margaret A. "Maggie" Crowell (Republican) - Write-in
Lisa L. Crusberg (Rrepublican) - Write-in - Denied - Received too late
Guy A. Cummins (Democrat) - Write-in
Dana Davis (Republican) - Write-in
John Davis (AK Independence) - Write-in - Denied - Received too late
Karen S. Deardorff (Republican) - Write-in
Stephanie DeVault (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Tyran J. "Ty" DeVault (Republican) - Write-in
Chris S. Dillingham (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Erma C. Doggett (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Gale J. Doggett (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Donald S. Dorsey (Republican) - Write-in
Allison K. Drake (Republican) - Write-in
James P. Duffield II (Republican) - Write-in
Michael J. "Mike" Dunton (Republican) - Write-in
Erica L. Dvorak (Republican) - Write-in
Linda Eason (Republican) - Write-in - Denied - Received too late
Paulette K. Egger (Republican) - Write-in - Denied - Received too late
Roger S. Egger (Republican) - Write-in - Denied - Received too late
Christopher G. Erickson (Republican) - Write-in
Joe P. Erickson (Republican) - Write-in
Gregory T. "Gerkie" Erkins (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Randy Estes (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Daniel Ezell (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in - Denied - Received too late
Shannon R. Fechtner (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Robert A. Flynn (Republican) - Write-in
David Martin Fogler (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in - Denied - Received too late
Merle R. Frank (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Eric L. Franklin (Republican) - Write-in
John E. Francis (Libertarian) - Write-in
David S. George (Republican) - Write-in
Glenn J. Gillette (Republican) - Write-in
Steve Grand (Republican) - Write-in
Bob Griffin (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Dona L. Grossman (Libertarian) - Write-in
Marty Grossman (Republican) - Write-in
Cheryl B. Haakenson (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Jay M. Hamacher (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Lee Hamerski (Republican) - Write-in
Fred Handy (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Devone Hasara (Republican) - Write-in
Dominic L. Hasara (Republican) - Write-in
Carl L. Hardin (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Janet Henry (Republican) - Write-in
Katherine Hicks (Republican) - Write-in
Sid Hill (Democrat) - Write-in
Kevin E. Hite (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Julie Holbrook (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Joshua Holland (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in - Denied - Received too late
Nan T. Hooper (Libertarian) - Write-in
Darrell Horton (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in - Denied - received too late
Karen K. Horton (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Alan D. Humphries (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Derrick R. Hunziker (Republican) - Write-in
Jimmie D. Janeway Jr. (Republican) - Write-in
David A. Jenkins (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Cindy Johnson (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Grover Johnson (Republican) - Write-in
Petter M. "Pete" Johnson (Republican) - Write-in
Sandra L. "Sandy" Johnson (Republican) - Write-in
Maggie S. Joyner (Republican) - Write-in
Veronica L. Keanaaina (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Eric C. Kelly (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Steve Kelly (Republican) - Write-in
Holly M. Kjostad (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Bill Klemme (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Richard T. "Ric" Koller (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
John Kuklis (Republican) - Write-in - Denied - Received too late
Lisa M. Lackey (Republican) - Write-in
Marjorie L. Landis-Beck (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Lynette A. Largent (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Brian G. Leon (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Kevin S. Luce (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
David D. March (Republican) - Write-in
Deanna M. March (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Lyn Marcum (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Paul Markstrom (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Edward D. Martin, Jr. (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Mark McArthur (Republican) - Write-in
Richard McGahan (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Caroline C. McMullins (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Maureen M. "Mo" Meeks (Republican) - Write-in
William M. Merrill (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Matt Michetti (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Jasmine A. Miles (Rrepublican) - Write-in - Denied - Received too late
Taylor Moore (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in - Denied - did not meet age requirements
Tom R. Moore (Republican) - Write-in
Joe S. "Steve" Morawitz (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Marvin Roger Moser (Republican) - Write-in
Lisa Murkowski (Republican) - Write-in
Tom M (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
William J. Nemec (Non-Affiliated) "Denied - Signatures not filed by the 8/24/10 deadline as required by AS 15.25.150"
William A. Nilsson (Republican) - Write-in
Roger L. Pearson (Republican) - Write-in
Sam R. Pepper (Republican) - Write-in
Karen Perry (Republican) - Write-in
Roderic Perry (Republican) - Write-in
Melissa A. "Lissa" Pike (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in - Denied - did note meed age requirement
Gregory G. Purvis (Republican) - Write-in
Janice A. "Jan" Quinn (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Laura L. "Lisabeth" Raschal (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Cullen L. Reece (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Carl Remley (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Patrina Remley (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Irene M. Repper (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Richard S. Repper Jr. (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
David R. Roberts (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Lance Roberts (Republican) - Write-in
Ben F. Sawyer (Republican) - Write-in
Howard J. "Jim" Shanks (Democrat) - Write-in
William H. Smith (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Scott Smith (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in - Denied - did not meet age requirments
Chad Solberg (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in - Denied - Received too late
Tim Sovde (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Norman Starkey (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Thompson Steve (Republican) - Write-in
Richard A. "Rick" Stillie Jr. (Republican) - Write-in
Glenn E. Swan (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Nicola J. "Nicki" Taysom (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Trevor Tew (Republican) - Write-in
James Thatch (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Pamela S. Thatch (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Janelle B. Thibodeaux (Republican) - Write-in
Kim A. Thibodeaux (Republican) - Write-in
Georgia Lee Tolbert (Republican) - write-in
Marty VanDiest (Republican) - Write-in
Garret Y. VanEck (Republican) - Write-in
Linda Vrem (Republican) - Write-in
Tracy Vrem (Republican) - Write-in
Kelly S. Walters (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Jerry Ward (Republican) - Write-in
Robert D. Warte (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in - Denied - Received too late
Ryan L. Waters (Republican) - Write-in
Rene Weber (Republican) - Write-in
Timothy M. Weidensee (Republican) - Write-in
Jed Whittaker (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Martin Williams (Non-Affiliated) - Write-in
Jeffrey S. Wood (Republican) - Write-in
James M. Woosley (Republican) - Write-in
Kathy Jo Zurek (Republican) - Write-in
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