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1. 2 Oct 31 2:41 PM

   New York Times reports on Democratic lawsuit over polling site closures

   The New York Times reports that Democrats filed a lawsuit over early voting failures, with affected communities including Chignik Bay, Holy Cross, Pilot Station, Goodnews Bay, Ekwok, Mountain Village, Alakanuk, and Gambell. Local officials in some communities never received materials or training needed to run the sites.

   “In some communities, local workers reportedly resigned without replacements, while others had not received ballots or were unaware they were supposed to host voting.”

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     Say @patrickhealynyt.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy : Aside from the glaring problems in your explanation for why AND HOW you published the Peltola story, can you explain why NYT is still humping that story and BURYING the NYT story about the remote election locations not opening?

     emptywheel.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gyMastodon7d ago6▲view on Mastodon ↗

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     which is more or less where it feels like we're at now. Because that's what we have. When literally every part of the government is skewed in favor of the minority in an effort to avoid dune presumed "tyranny of the majority", you predictably end up with a tyranny of the minority. And guess what every tyrannical government in history has been…

     Tasgallr/politics7d agoview on r/politics ↗
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     Voting sites in 18 far-flung communities failed to open, the suit claims.

     ianhillmedia@threads.netMastodon7d agoview on Mastodon ↗

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2. backgroundOct 31

   Lawsuit highlights severity of rural Alaska voting access barriers — The lawsuit underscores how Alaska's geography creates extreme barriers to voting: some affected communities are reachable only by boat or plane, with costs like $450 for flights to nearest voting sites. Elections in Alaska are typically decided by a few thousand or even a few hundred votes, making rural turnout strategically significant.

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4. 1 Oct 29 8:56 PM

   Midnight Sun Independence Fund files lawsuit over closed voting locations

   The Midnight Sun Independence Fund, a nonprofit conducting voter education in rural Alaska, files a lawsuit against Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, Elections Director Carol Beecher, and the Alaska Division of Elections, alleging constitutional violations of voting rights and due process.

   “The right of Alaskans to vote is unconstitutionally burdened by Defendants' failure to open absentee in-person voting locations.”

   1. 2 outlets Democrats file suit over closed polling places in rural Alaska

      first by Philadelphia Inquirer, 6d ago · also New York Times

   2. 1 outlet Alaska sued over failure to open voting locations advertised to voters

      first by Democracy Docket, 7d ago

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     🚨BREAKING: Alaska election officials are facing a new lawsuit alleging that they failed to open numerous absentee in-person voting locations that the state told voters would be available ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.

     marcelias.bsky.socialBluesky9d ago5.0k▲view on Bluesky ↗
5. backgroundOct 19

   Alaska early voting begins with site failures — Early in-person absentee voting in Alaska begins, but at least 18 sites in rural communities fail to open or operate as advertised on the state's Division of Elections website.

6. backgroundOct 3

   State Sen. Wielechowski alerts election officials to polling site problems — Democratic State Sen. Bill Wielechowski writes Alaska election officials about the matter, arguing there was "no legal excuse for the failure to open" the early voting sites.