Alaska governor orders probe into alleged election-manipulation scheme in tight Senate race
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has ordered an investigation into allegations that a campaign-linked effort was designed to influence the state's closely watched Senate race. The dispute centres on claims that people connected to Democratic candidate Mary Peltola's team worked with others to recruit a second candidate with the same name as her Republican opponent, Dan Sullivan. Both Peltola's team and the second Dan Sullivan deny wrongdoing.Dunleavy said he was acting on a news report that described an alleged scheme to manipulate Alaska's elections. In a statement, he said the reporting supported findings by the state Division of Elections earlier this... [Continue Reading]
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