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诚实选举项目执行董事杰森·斯尼德告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，涉事候选人显然是在试图误导选民
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阿拉斯加最高法院裁定，挑战参议员丹·沙利文的同名共和党候选人可以继续留在选票上，一名选举专家称这一判决暴露了阿拉斯加排序选择投票制和四分之一初选制度的明显缺陷。
阿拉斯加最高法院周一裁定，退休教师丹·J·沙利文有资格与现任参议员丹·沙利文一同出现在共和党初选中，维持了下级法院的裁决，尽管共和党人和选举部门辩称丹·J·沙利文的参选是民主党特工策划的“骗局”，目的可能是误导选民、分流现任议员的选票。
“这显然是在试图误导选民，”诚实选举项目执行董事杰森·斯尼德告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“相关事实已经相当清楚了。”
斯尼德指出，阿拉斯加的排序选择投票制（RCV）和丛林初选特别容易被同名候选人的恶意策略利用。与传统的党派初选不同，阿拉斯加的初选不分党派，将前四名晋级者送入大选。
丹·沙利文指控同名挑战者企图“操纵”阿拉斯加参议院选举
参议院候选人丹·J·沙利文（左）与阿拉斯加州共和党参议员丹·沙利文（右）同框。（沙利文竞选美国参议院团队；布兰登·贝尔/彭博社/盖蒂图片社）
斯尼德称，在传统的共和党初选中，他所说的“诱饵”候选人不太可能在大选前淘汰合法的参选者。
他表示，今年阿拉斯加参议院竞选的初选选票竞争激烈，约有16名候选人参选，近乎相同的姓名可能造成严重混淆。
共和党人竭力阻止多个“丹·沙利文”出现在阿拉斯加选票上，称参选行为是“骗局”
参议员丹·沙利文于2014年11月3日在阿拉斯加安克雷奇的PenAir飞机库举行的竞选集会上向人群发表讲话。（大卫·赖德/盖蒂图片社）
“你实际上同时面临两个问题，”斯尼德说，“没有党派初选，不存在共和党或民主党提名候选人。所有人都在同一场丛林初选中参选，前四名候选人将晋级大选。”
斯尼德辩称，在传统的党派初选中，他所说的诱饵候选人几乎没有机会阻止合法的共和党提名候选人进入大选。他表示，阿拉斯加拥挤的全党派初选为选民混淆创造了更多可能。
“如果足够多的选民选错了丹·沙利文，那么这个诱饵就能进入大选，”斯尼德说，“届时选票上就会出现两个名叫丹·沙利文的人。”
斯尼德表示，排序选择投票制会让问题复杂化，因为在候选人被淘汰后，选票会被重新分配。
“如果你只给一位候选人排名，那么当该候选人被淘汰时，你的选票也会随之失效，”他说。
同名挑战者在法院争取参选资格之际，阿拉斯加重磅参议院选举陷入混乱
众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉于2024年12月3日在华盛顿特区举行的国会圣诞树点亮仪式上发言。（内森·波斯纳/阿纳多卢通讯社）
他说，另一种可能是，选民可能误将排名第一的人选错了丹·沙利文，将民主党人玛丽·佩尔托拉排在第二位，那么在计票过程中如果诱饵候选人被淘汰，这些选票就会转移给佩尔托拉。
“这里有各种各样的陷阱，”斯尼德说，“至少，我认为这表明排序选择投票制加上丛林初选特别容易受到这类伎俩的影响。”
“这绝对不是一个已经成熟的方案，不管那些支持排序选择投票制的人试图向我们推销什么。”
阿拉斯加最高法院确实规定，选举官员可以在选票上添加额外的识别信息以区分两名候选人，具体的标识设计由选举部门决定。
丹·J·沙利文被批评者称为“诱饵丹”，他因与民主党顾问安伯·李的关联受到审查。福克斯新闻数字频道通过元数据发现，安伯·李是其竞选启动声明的作者。李此前曾支持佩尔托拉参选，并在今年1月对《国会山报》表示，乐观地认为这位阿拉斯加民主党人将击败现任议员沙利文。
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丹·J·沙利文已报名参选阿拉斯加州联邦参议员，2026年6月26日在阿拉斯加州彼得斯堡拍摄的肖像照。（凯蒂·霍姆隆德/美联社）
据阿拉斯加选举总监卡罗尔·比彻透露，丹·J·沙利文此前登记的名字是“小丹尼尔·J·沙利文”，但此次申请以“丹·沙利文”的名义参加初选。比彻还指出，他的竞选材料与现任共和党议员的竞选材料视觉风格相似，且他在报名参选前不久才加入共和党，此前与共和党并无关联。
他的参选结果可能会对该州竞争激烈的参议院选举产生决定性影响。现任参议员丹·S·沙利文正寻求在这个倾向共和的州连任第三届。民主党人希望前阿拉斯加州民主党众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉能在11月击败沙利文，参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默曾助力佩尔托拉参选。
丹·J·沙利文的竞选团队在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中表示：“沙利文先生为阿拉斯加最高法院昨日的决定性胜利感到振奋。如果选举部门仍在纠结如何按照阿拉斯加州法律和以往惯例妥善设计选票，他不予置评，并期待开展竞选活动。”
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Court keeps ‘Decoy Dan’ on Alaska ballot as expert warns ranked-choice system creates voter ‘traps’
2026-07-01T15:01:54-04:00 / Fox News
Honest Elections Project ED Jason Snead told Fox News Digital the candidate in question is ‘clearly’ trying to mislead voters
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Published July 1, 2026 3:01pm EDT
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Alaska’s highest court ruled that a same-name Republican challenger to Sen. Dan Sullivan can remain on the ballot, a decision an election expert says exposes glaring flaws in Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system and top-four primary.
The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Monday that Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher, is eligible to appear on the Republican primary ballot alongside incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, affirming a lower court’s decision keeping him on the ballot despite Republicans and the Division of Elections arguing that Dan J. Sullivan’s candidacy is a “sham” attempt orchestrated by Democratic operatives to potentially trip up voters and siphon off votes from the incumbent.
“It very clearly is an attempt to mislead voters,” Jason Snead, executive director of the Honest Elections Project, told Fox News Digital. “When you look at the facts, they’ve been pretty clearly established.”
Snead pointed to Alaska’s ranked choice voting (RCV) and jungle primary as especially vulnerable to any nefarious tactics with same-name candidates because, unlike a traditional partisan primary, Alaska advances the top four finishers from a single primary election to the general election, regardless of party.
DAN SULLIVAN ACCUSES SAME-NAME CHALLENGER OF TRYING TO ‘RIG’ ALASKA SENATE RACE
Senate candidate Dan J. Sullivan, left, is pictured alongside Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, right.(Sullivan for U.S. Senate; Brandon Bell-Pool/Getty Images)
Snead argued that under a conventional Republican primary, a candidate he described as a “decoy” would be unlikely to eliminate a legitimate contender before the general election.
Instead, he said, voters face a crowded top-four primary ballot in this year’s Alaska Senate race, roughly 16 candidates are running, and confusion over nearly identical names could have significant consequences.
GOP FIGHTS TO STOP MULTIPLE DAN SULLIVANS FROM APPEARING ON ALASKA BALLOT, CALLS CANDIDACY A ‘SHAM’
Sen. Dan Sullivan addresses the crowd during a campaign rally at a PenAir airplane hangar on Nov. 3, 2014, in Anchorage, Alaska.(David Ryder/Getty Images)
“You’ve really got two problems in one,” Snead said. “You don’t have any party primary. There’s no Republican nominee or Democratic nominee. You have this jungle primary where everybody runs together, and the top four candidates advance to the general election.”
Snead argued that under a traditional partisan primary, a candidate he described as a decoy would have little chance of preventing a legitimate Republican nominee from advancing to the general election. Instead, he said, Alaska’s crowded all-party primary creates more opportunities for voter confusion.
“If enough of them pick the wrong Dan Sullivan, then he makes it into the general,” Snead said. “Now you’ve got two people named Dan Sullivan on the ballot.”
Snead said the ranked-choice system can compound the problem because ballots are redistributed as candidates are eliminated.
“If you only rank one person, then your ballot is eliminated if that person is eliminated,” he said.
ALASKA’S BLOCKBUSTER SENATE RACE THROWN INTO CHAOS AS SAME-NAME CHALLENGER FIGHTS DISQUALIFICATION IN COURT
Rep. Mary Peltola speaks during the Capitol Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 3, 2024.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu)
He said another possibility is that voters could mistakenly rank the wrong Dan Sullivan first and Democrat Mary Peltola second, causing those votes to transfer to Peltola if the decoy candidate is eliminated during tabulation.
“There are lots of different traps here,” Snead said. “At a minimum, I think this speaks to the fact that ranked-choice voting plus jungle primaries is especially vulnerable to these sorts of games.”
“It is definitely not an idea that is ready for prime time, no matter what the people that push ranked choice are trying to sell us on.”
The Alaska Supreme Court did stipulate that election officials could add additional identifying information to the ballot to distinguish between the two candidates, leaving those design decisions to the Division of Elections.
Dan J. Sullivan, known to his critics as “Decoy Dan,” has come under scrutiny over ties to Democratic consultant Amber Lee, who was revealed as the author of his campaign launch announcement in metadata reviewed by Fox News Digital. Lee has notably supported Peltola’s prior runs for office and expressed optimism to The Hill in January that the Alaska Democrat would unseat the incumbent Sullivan.
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Dan J. Sullivan, who has filed to run for U.S. Senate in Alaska, poses for a photo in Petersburg, Alaska, on June 26, 2026.(Katie Holmlund/Associated Press)
According to Alaska Director of Elections Carol Beecher, Dan J. Sullivan requested to appear on the primary ballot under the name “Dan Sullivan” despite previously registering as “Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr.” Beecher also noted that his campaign materials are visually similar to the incumbent Republican’s campaign and that he had no affiliation with the GOP prior to jumping into the race shortly before the filing deadline.
The fate of his candidacy could prove decisive in the state’s hotly contested Senate race in which Sen. Dan S. Sullivan is seeking a third term in the Republican-leaning state. Democrats are hoping that former Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, whom Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., helped recruit into the race, will unseat Sullivan in November.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Dan J. Sullivan’s campaign said, “Mr. Sullivan has been buoyed by yesterday’s decisive victory at the Alaska Supreme Court. To the extent that the Division of Elections is still grappling with how it will properly effectuate ballot design in a manner consistent with Alaska law and past practice, he has no comment, and looks forward to running his campaign.”
Fox News Digital’s Adam Pack contributed to this report.
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
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