Two leading national authorities on election fraud met with Alaska lawmakers, state election officials and political movers and shakers in Anchorage late last month in an effort to highlight problems with Alaska’s voting systems and offer solutions to better ensure election integrity moving forward.
The insider experts were Hans A. von Spakovsky and J. Christian Adams. Spakovsky is manager of Election Law Reform Initiative and a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Adams is president and general counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation. He’s also a commissioner the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Both men served on President Trump’s 11-member Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. Chaired by Vice President Mike Pence, this commission worked from May 2017 to January 2018 to review claims of voter fraud, improper registration and voter suppression across the country.
Spakovsky and Adams spent much of Oct. 25 in separate meetings with the Dunleavy administration and later with lawmakers and political movers. The duo came to Alaska at the invitation of the Alaska Policy Forum – a nonpartisan conservative think tank in Anchorage.
Speaking at the Alaska Policy Forum’s Anchorage office, Spakovsky shared the results of an independent nationwide analysis of voter rolls in 42 states, including Alaska. The report – titled “Critical Conditions,” was published by Public Interest Legal Foundation.
Adams explained that many states are reticent about investigating voter fraud out of fear of being accused of voter suppression.
In examining the 2016 and 2018 national elections, the report uncovered 144,000 cases of potential voter fraud. This includes hundreds of thousands of registered voters who are deceased, and tens of thousands of votes supposedly cast by the dead. They also found more than 80,000 votes cast over the 2016 and 2018 general elections which appear to be duplicate registrations from the same address. Another 8,360 voters in 2018 apparently registered in two states and were credited with voting in both locations. Likewise, 5,500 voters cast duplicate ballots in the same state.
In Alaska, the report found that 61 deceased residents were credited with voting in 2018 and 60 in 2016. Another 190 Alaska ballots were duplicates from the same address in 2018 along with 209 in 2016.
The report found at least 21 instances from 2018 in which Alaska voters cast ballots in other states, and another 565 votes cast from non-residential addresses that year.
Not a single state, including Alaska, ever investigated any of the finding from the “Critical Conditions” report, Spakovsky said.
Adams explained that many states are reticent about investigating voter fraud out of fear of being accused of voter suppression. Additionally, local law enforcement often knows very little about election law, and they are at a loss as to go about prosecuting these allegations.
Spakovsky called absentee ballots the “tool of choice” when it comes to vote fraud because they are the easiest ballots to steal.
Perhaps most disconcerting for Alaskans is the fact that the state’s voter rolls ballooned to 103% registration as of 2018 – the highest in the nation by a long shot. That means there are tens of thousands of registered voters who either no longer live in Alaska or have died. And the predicament isn’t getting any better. In 2020 Alaska’s voter registration skyrocketed to 118%. This mounting problem coincides with a 2016 law which allowed the state to automatically register Alaskans when they apply for a PFD.
Compounding the problem is the fact that Alaska is also sending out record numbers of absentee ballots while having grossly bloated registration rolls. In 2020 the state distributed 121,223 absentee ballots. That compares to roughly 30,000 in each of the previous four general election cycles dating back to 2012.
Spakovsky called absentee ballots the “tool of choice” when it comes to vote fraud because they are the easiest ballots to steal.
Attendees at the Oct. 25 presentation, which included a half dozen Alaska legislators, noted that the state has suffered from two major online hacks into government data bases over the past year – one on the Division of Elections and another on the Dept. of Health and Social Services. These attacks exposed detailed personal information of hundreds of thousands of Alaskans, including specific information needed to fraudulently request absentee ballots.
To date, Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer and the Division of Elections, which he oversees, has made no public announcement about how or when they plan to address this problem.
According to state law, Alaskans can request an absentee ballot for any reason. A person (or their representative) must simply provide the voter’s name, residence, mailing address, social security number, voter ID and date of birth. The state will then mail the absentee ballot to the designated address. Nefarious actors could request that one or more of these ballots be sent to them so long as they had enough of the voter’s information on hand to fraudulently request their ballot. This would include names, birth dates, last four digits of Social Security Numbers, driver’s licenses, state issued identification numbers, residences, mailing addresses, registered political affiliations and email addresses – all of which were exposed in last year’s hacks.
To date, Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer and the Division of Elections, which he oversees, has made no public announcement about how or when they plan to address this problem.
Compounding the problem is that the ability to cast fraudulent votes was made easier when, just weeks before the 2020 election, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that Alaska could not enforce a law aimed at maintaining the integrity of absentee votes by requiring the signature of one witness to help verify the authentic identity of an absentee voter.
Spakovsky called the court ruling “absolutely absurd.”
Looking at voter challenges nationally, both Spakovsky and Adams warned about current efforts by Democrats in Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. The bill, which is opposed by every Senate Republican except Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, would allow left-wing activists to utilize the courts and Department of Justice to stop any state or local election authority from enacting voting laws to ensure vote integrity. It would also grant the federal government the ability to interfere in political precincts and eventually federalize state and local election protocols.
Spakovsky said the John Lewis bill would essentially void many safety and security measures enacted by states to protect elections from fraudulent actors. It’s so sweeping, he said, that it would impact local school board elections, polling changes, times and much more. Any effort to reform elections on the state level would be “all over,” he said, if Congress is able to muster the votes to pass the John Lewis bill.
If the John Lewis bill does pass, Adams recommended that each state establish two separate election systems – one for Congressional elections – which the John Lewis law would apply to – and another for state and local contests which would not be impacted by the proposed federal bill. That’s because the U.S. Constitution only allows Congress to oversee “the times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives,” not state or local contests.
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Other recommendations by Adams and Spakovsky included the following:
- Don’t do away with paper ballots.
- Ensure robust ID requirements for all absentee ballots.
- Improve chain of custody protocols for ballots.
- Increase the number of poll watchers at precincts.
Additionally, Adams said states should continue using machine count ballots, despite concerns about Dominion machines and calls to return to hand count only. According to Adams, machines are far more accurate than having scores of individuals using different methods to count ballots. This makes it much easier to cheat, he said.
Adams also argues that hacked machines are not ultimately responsible for Donald Trump losing in 2020. The main culprit, he maintains, is hundreds of millions of dollars from far-left donors like Mark Zuckerberg who gave bundles of cash to partisan nonprofits in the lead up to the 2020 election. These entities in turn re-granted this money to local election offices to dramatically increase Democratic voter turnout in key precincts across the nation. Adams lays out how this unfolded in his article, “The Real Kraken: What Really Happened to Donald Trump in the 2020 Election.”
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Lt Gov Meyer is the problem with. the whole damn Govt who sold us out to the communist. Chinese as they purchased the Dominion communist machines,,, Dunleavy would not. investigate and most. of the criminals absolutely stayed Mum on the Arizona investigation… There are 296 sealed federal indictments in this state alone. Each indictment can carry 39 individuals and they range from Child trafficking to Unconstitutional Mandates…. It seems that. most all politicians fall into a category and praise GOD. will be arrested for their lack of Constitutional knowledge.. Just here for the perks eh? well the federal Marshalls will perk you up for your treasonous behavior!!!!! The election Fraud you thought would go away is gonna bite you hard in. the ass… You did not heed your oath when Foreign countries interfered so now you will pay the price.
Sounds like Adams is on the Dominion Payroll like so many others.
Yes! Thank you for pointing this out! $50million was spent on Alaska in 2020 for Al Gross and rank choice voting. If you don’t think Alaska isn’t on the corrupt radar, you have your head in the sand
So very true
Ohhh this is getting juicy. This may explain why the left keeps pushing agendas like there is a grizzly bear chasing them.
Something tells me that it is all going to catch up to the criminals in government real soon.
That Adams & Spakovsky leave the gaping hole of counterfeit ballots, mass marked ballots, damaged/spoiled/adjudicated ballots, repeat same-ballot counts, et al, it leaves the reader asking: Are we just seeing another Haugen Trojan Horse (a la facebook).
How convenient that there was no review of our 2020 election.
Exactly Penny,,, These two are insiders being paid big bucks to put out the fire and say nothing really happened here like collusion. with. communist. china. Just more TREASON covering. Many took money from Zuckerbergs $800. million slush hush fund to make sure the CCP DOMINION heist was. pulled. off. smooth…. We. all know these criminals did. what they did. Oh and. the CCP as they. gobble up all the info on every citizen in this. nation were very happy to. get all Alaskans voter info. as the PFD. WAS SUPPOSEDLY. HACKED!!!!!! under Meyers watch.
Every oath taking politician knew about the Dominion foreign. interference and did nothing. to. protect our most sacred tool in this Republic, OUR VOTE!! They all tucked their treasonous tails and hid, Sen David Eastman at least went to Maricopa and saw first hand what true Patriots did and are doing to protect this Republic from the communist takeover.. Then even he as a watchman on the wall fell silent. GOD WINS,,, and those treasonous oath takers will be perp walked as we will take back our Nation from the satanic. evil. that has engulfed our govt.
THE FBI HAS NOW LEAKED TO The NY Times PRIVATE MESSAGES FROM JAMES OKEEFE PROJECT VERITAS… THE FBI ARE THE GESTAPHO ARM OF THE NAZI 4TH REICH AND YES AS WE HAVE ONLY COWARD TRAITORS IN OUR. STATE GOVT …….EVEN THE MILITARY OATHTAKERS THAT SIT IN OUR SENATE AND LEGISLATURE ARE COMPROMISED OF THEIR WORD BOND AND OATH AS THEY SIT BACK. AND. DO NOTHING AS THE CCP MACHINE CHEWS UP OUR CONSTITUTION…. COWARD TRAITORS ALL…. IF THE FBI DIVULGES A PRIVATE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS PERSONNAL DATA THEN IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME Alaska Watchman THEY COME FOR YOU AND ME…. THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS CORRUPT AND WE THE PEOPLE MUST DRAW THE LINE….. HIDE AND ATTRITION WILL REVEAL YOU…. WE MUST STAND NOW AND PROTECT OUR STATE NATION AND CHILDREN… THESE VILE DEMON COMMUNISTS HAVE MADE COWARDS OUT OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN OUR GOVT AND I WILL CALL THEM OUT…. THEY. HAVE BETRAYED THIS REPUBLIC.
THE JACKBOOTS WILL COME IF WE DO NOT STAND. THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN…. WE WHO TOOK AN OATH AND MEANT IT KNOW THE PRICE OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY. WHAT WILL YOU DO? WAIT UNTIL THEY COME TO ARREST YOU? IT IS HAPPENING…..
Connections to The Heritage Foundation and Mike Pence make everything they say very suspect especially about 2020 and voting machines.
The Heritage foundation has been around for decades and is a reputable conservative organization promoting conservative values and leadership. You can read about them for yourself.
https://www.heritage.org/about-heritage/mission
Maybe you should start looking at what they are really doing. Reading their website is not going to yield that. Mike Pence is now directly related to the organization – Tucker’s assessment below is just the tip of the iceberg so go out and start researching more. A lot of these conservative and libertarian organizations have been hijacked. Reason Magazine, the Cato Institute, and the Heritage Foundation are just a few that have been hijacked and clueless people who don’t notice the change are still supporting them. The same thing is true of the GOP and many candidates that are being served up to us. It’s time for people to wake up. Question everything.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlson-attacks-heritage-foundation-heritage-foundation-fires-back-in-statement
https://www.heritage.org/press/vice-president-mike-pence-joins-heritage-foundation-distinguished-visiting-fellow
Like Stalin said, “Those who vote decide nothing. Those who COUNT the vote decide everything”
Mail in voting, It’s designed for losers, who cheat, steal and destroy. Who don’t even know, what or who there voting for, or whats behind these propositions
Remember it ONE vote in person with ID end of Story. Then I’ll except the outcome.
Yes Lisa is one of these Loser, she has to be voted out this next election. It’s all about the turn out. Because then theses cheaters can’t find are make up enough fraudulent votes to steal the election.
A full forensic audit!!! We must do this or no one will trust our elections!!!
Lisa must go!!!
I hate the fact that Murkowski pulled all that dirty Democrat money into Alaska right after the ballot measure 2 was supposed to surpress that!
Oh that’s right it was all a lie!! It’s real purpose was to solidify how many votes they would need to win to make it look legit! Votings twice for an outcome is definitely a setup, along with more cost added to the people! Wrong in every aspect!! Now it’s looking like our other RINO’s are betraying the Alaskan people also!! Tell me how voting for Biden’s infrastructure bill helps Alaskan’s??? Slowing oil production at a time when people will freeze to death from higher inflation and fuel prices?
We need fresh faces in Alaska government NOW!!!
I decided that rank choice voting looked like it was a strategy to help weak candidates win and thought it should be voted against. All the outside money pouring in to push it reinforced this opinion. I recall the ‘rank choice voting’ was losing by 10% late on election night. Then the next day, during the night, it has pulled ahead and passed. That is what happened to Biden’s numbers in so many states; overnight. Why would so many elections change overnight? How do the last remaining vote counts manage to swing outcomes so frequently? It sure looks like FRAUD ! This must be investigated.
Remember in 2015, when O’Bama said “If you see something say something”