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brooklynite

(94,502 posts)
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 11:58 AM Jan 2019

Alaska Supreme Court upholds single-vote GOP victory for state House seat

Source: The Hill

The Alaska Supreme Court has reportedly upheld a Republican’s victory by a single vote in the race for a seat in the state's House of Representatives.

Friday's decision confirmed Republican Bart Lebon’s narrow victory, the Anchorage Daily News reports.

The win gives Republicans a slim one-member majority in the House, according to the newspaper, which added that Republicans now have 20 members with Lebon, while Democrats have 19.

The decision reportedly comes after Democrat Kathryn Dodge appealed the results of a recount, which was triggered by the close margin.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/424134-single-vote-gop-victory-for-alaska-house-seat-upheld-by-state-supreme

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Alaska Supreme Court upholds single-vote GOP victory for state House seat (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2019 OP
Why do I suspect Kathryn Dodge actually won by at least a few dozen or more votes? KPN Jan 2019 #1
If you were going to rig votes to win an election... brooklynite Jan 2019 #2
I'm sure you ate right. I'm just becoming KPN Jan 2019 #6
I hear you. nt iluvtennis Jan 2019 #4
your vote may in fact count on occasion! Kali Jan 2019 #3
If some Dem in that district decided not to vote IronLionZion Jan 2019 #5

brooklynite

(94,502 posts)
2. If you were going to rig votes to win an election...
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 12:21 PM
Jan 2019

...you wouldn't do it by giving both candidates the same number of votes in the first instance. Sometimes a close election is a close election.

KPN

(15,642 posts)
6. I'm sure you ate right. I'm just becoming
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 03:31 PM
Jan 2019

increasingly jaded about the GOP and the legitimacy of elections.

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