The getting bent outta shape on Alaska FORGETS some Republican dubious election actions back in the day…..
The NY Times does REMINDER History for ALL to see….
Ballot stacking is hardly unheard of in American politics — up and down ballots, across party lines. Here are a few examples.
Rick and Ricky
Rick Perry ran for governor of Texas in 2022, but do not confuse him with the former Texas governor and U.S. energy secretary by the same name.
Instead, this man, whose full name was Ricky Lynn Perry, was, according to The Texas Tribune, an employee for a defense contractor.
In the end, Mr. Perry got just over 61,000 people to cast a ballot for him, netting 3.1 percent of the vote. Greg Abbott, a Republican, garnered nearly 67 percent of the primary vote at just shy of 1.3 million ballots, before going on to win the general election.
A Rodriguez That Made a Difference
In 2020, Frank Artiles, a former Republican state senator in Florida, recruited a friend, Alexis Pedro Rodriguez, to run in the state senate race against the incumbent Democrat, State Senator José Javier Rodríguez. The idea was the two men’s shared surname would confuse voters and pull votes away from José Rodriguez.
It worked: The incumbent lost by just 32 votes (the challenger Mr. Rodriguez received slightly more than 6,000), and senate Republicans flipped the seat.
Ballot stacking can cross into territory that’s legally questionable if, for example, a candidate is being paid to run. Alexis Rodriguez later pleaded guilty to charges of campaign finance crimes and agreed to participate in an investigation into Mr. Artiles. In 2024, Mr. Artiles was found guilty of campaign finance violations, including giving Mr. Rodriguez thousands of dollars in money and gifts in exchange for running, according to The Miami Herald. His lawyers appealed the verdict in 2025, The Miami Herald also reported.
She Ran, but Not Exactly
Jestine Iannotti, a former substitute teacher, ran as an independent candidate for the Florida state senate in 2020. She did not campaign and raised little money, but fliers depicting her as a Democrat were sent to voters and featured a stock photo of a Black woman. “Jestine Iannotti will always be there for us,” the fliers read. Ms. Iannotti is white.
Jason T. Brodeur, a Republican, won the senate seat with 141,544 votes to Ms. Iannotti’s 5,787.
Ms. Iannotti was labeled a so-called ghost candidate, someone who entered into a race with the intention not of winning, but of swaying the results. She eventually pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors, including one for accepting a cash contribution, The Orlando Sentinel reported…
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This isn’t the first Democrat time either….
And?
Donald IS STILL crying about and election he LOST that has virtually NO proven fraud to this day…..
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