Following Tuesday’s election, U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka joined other Trump-endorsed candidates casting unfounded doubt on results, despite the fact that Alaska election officials are still counting ballots and haven't reported widespread issues.
In the days following Tuesday’s election, U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka joined other Trump-endorsed Republican candidates casting unfounded doubt on election results, despite the fact that Alaska election officials are still counting thousands of absentee ballots and have not reported widespread problems in voting.with Steve Bannon, who previously advised former President Donald Trump. “This might come down to things like recounts and lawsuits.
Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer, a Republican charged with overseeing the Alaska Division of Elections, said in a statement Thursday that the election had been secure, and no problems had been identified by voting officials.in the U.S. Senate race show that Tshibaka is narrowly ahead of Republican incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski in first-choice votes, but thousands of absentee ballots remain to be counted and ranked choice voting tabulation will likely put Murkowski ahead.
Under Alaska’s ranked choice voting system, if no candidate reaches the 50% threshold needed to win, the last-place candidate is eliminated and their votes redistributed to the remaining candidates according to their next-choice preferences. That process repeats itself until a candidate crosses the 50% threshold.
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