People who support Alaska’s ranking choice system of voting have a new claim to make that opponents are in violation of state law regarding campaign finance.
The organization filed a complaint on Monday. Alaskans for Better Elections filed an official complaint against the former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka, a nonprofit that she manages, as well as Alaskans for Honest Elections, who is a campaigning group to end the ranked choice voting system in Alaska.
The complaint claims that Tshibaka and her non-profit organization, Preserve Democracy, have been promoting and lobbying without registration with the commission, or filing regular financial disclosures, which is legally required.
The complaint also suggests it was the case that Preserve Democracy sent mailers to selected voters during the early spring Anchorage municipal election, but did not report to the commission.
The group didn’t respond to an email asking for comments on Monday.
The Alaska Public Offices Commission has yet to reply to the complaint and to open an investigation.
The Monday complaint is a follow-up to one that was filed earlier in the month by Alaskans for Better Elections Alaskans to Honest Elections. This is the group that drafted the ballot measure seeking to end the practice of ranked choice voting.
This group has been accused of funneling illegal donations through the church. The matter is being investigated.
Alaskans for Better Elections is the group that pushed for a ballot measure that ranked choices in 2020. The measure was only narrowly approved by the voters across the state. This system was utilized in the last election and will be implemented in 2024.
