Multiple former staffers on Alaska Senator Mary Peltola's campaign have implicated her and a web of Democratic operatives in a scheme to flood the ballot with decoy candidates named
Peltola Campaign Ran Decoy Candidates to Game Ranked-Choice Voting, Staffers Say
Former staffers say Democrats exploited Alaska's RCV system with decoy 'Dan Sullivan' contenders — and the party apparatus was complicit.
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