Here is a mystery puzzle for you. Why on earth would South Carolina’s Senator Tim Scott choose yesterday or any day for that matter, to post a tweet in support of the much loathed by Trump supporters Alaska’s Senator Lisa Murkowski? In actuality, Alaska’s primary is August 16 and early voting has started “in some communities.” So I get that, if he is going to support Lisa, now is time.Why now would he do this?
As Sundance over at the Conservative Tree House says:
This is excellent news because South Carolina Senator Tim Scott has long been a DeceptiCon hiding out and tricking most of the Tea Party republican base of voters for several years. Some completely fooled people have even promoted Tim Scott’s name for the presidency.
Even better news (tongue in cheek) is that Alaska has gone to the so called “jungle primary.” The top four vote getters go the ballot in the November election regardless of party.
The majority of voters going to the polls Aug. 16 will likely be choosing one of three candidates for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat as their pick-one primary option: incumbent Republican Lisa Murkowski, Republican Party-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka or Democratic Party-endorsed Patricia Chesbro. It’s the top four candidates, though, who will advance to the November ranked-choice general election.
The special U.S. House general election will be the first in Alaska determined by ranked choice voting after Alaskans adopted new election rules in 2020. Three candidates are vying for the seat: Republican Nick Begich III, Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Mary Peltola. The special election will determine who serves out the rest of U.S. Rep. Don Young’s term as Alaska’s lone U.S. House member, after Young died unexpectedly in March.
In Alaska’s U.S. Senate primary election, a race to finish 4th
Both the pick-one primary races and the ranked-choice U.S. House special general election will appear on the same August ballot.
To read more on the crazy primary and strategy of ranked choice voting check out the Anchorage Daily News where one can discover that a fourth place finish may make a difference to who appears on the ballot in the fall. Who dreamed up this kind of nonsense for an election?
More at Anchorage Daily News
Now for the House race:
Here is the nonsense as reported by the Anchorage Press:
(Palin is reported as leading since this was written but you can get the nonsensical way to run an election, and fraught with potential abuse.)
Peltola is likely to gain about 40 percent of the vote, while Begich and Palin may total 60 percent between them. Either Begich or Palin is likely to finish third in the first round for the special general election.
‘Here’s where ranked choice voting kicks in. The voters who chose the Round 1 loser as their No. 1 and ranked another candidate second will remain in the game. In fact, their second-choice votes will decide the election. In this scenario, where Peltola advances to Round 2, her supporters’ second choices won’t ever come into play. With three candidates in the race, the election will end in Round 2,” Lee wrote.
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realize their holiday season is quickly coming to an end no doubt on January 20. Here are the latest gifts given to us. The dangerous pollutants of yeast will be addressed no doubt bringing the cost of bread to “rise” and better yet, Alaskans are under the gun regarding wood burning. Here tis:
The proposed regulation published Wednesday would make the emissions standards for industrial yeast makers much more strict.
That prompted state and local authorities to look for ways to cut down on pollution from wood-burning stoves, including the possibility of fining residents who burn wood. After all, a declaration of noncompliance from the EPA would have enormous economic implications for the region, like the loss of federal transportation funding.
BUNKERVILLE | God, Guns and Guts Comrades! 