Sarah Palin Voiced Displeasure After Being
‘Cheated’ By Voting System
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Posted By: Imright,
9/4/2022 12:32:44 PM
Sarah Palin, who ran for Alaska’s Ione House seat, has condemned the results of the special election, which was revealed on Thursday. The special election used ranked-choice voting to declare Mary Peltola, her democrat opponent, as the winner.
Palin condemned the election, saying the ranked-choice voting system was painted as though it would reflect the people’s will throughout the election. She added that the results from her election proved that the opposite is true.
She added, “The people of Alaska do not want the destructive democrat agenda to rule our land and our lives, but that’s what resulted
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DVC 9/4/2022 12:35:19 PM (No. 1268314)
Ranked voting is a scam.
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Ranked Voting should be renamed “Keep Socialists on Power for Eternity”…
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 9/4/2022 1:09:52 PM (No. 1268349)
How did rank voting become the process there? Is this something that is unique to only Alaska? Who agreed to this confusing method? Is it spreading? Seems not only confusing - intentionally so - but dumb.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Rama41 9/4/2022 1:40:45 PM (No. 1268369)
I'm sorry to say there's another way to look at ranked voting, and many here won't like it. (I certainly don't.) If a Republican elects NOT to choose an alternate candidate (maybe because that candidate is a Trump supporter), then the Democrat is going to win. I think that's what happened in Alaska. While there's no ranked voting in Pennsylvania, this is exactly the thinking that Democrats in Pennsylvania and elsewhere are counting on this November.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
justavoter 9/4/2022 2:01:37 PM (No. 1268383)
Another word for rank is rancid, which is what ranked choice voting really is. It is a rancid way of picking candidates. Adds a whole new meaning of holding your nose to vote.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Californian 9/4/2022 2:09:41 PM (No. 1268386)
Either those people who marked the other candidate don't like her or the party or Sarah or the state should have made sure the voters were aware and educated how the ranked voting works. Especially since they got ranked voting through a referendum of voters.
Nothing says she would have won under a traditional voting system. Maybe her time in Alaska politics is just done. She is not "owed" a vote from anyone just because she has an R next to her name. That's how Democrats talk about blacks and it is really distasteful and offensive to tell voters their vote is owned.
Sorry Sarah. You're out.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
3XALADY 9/4/2022 2:27:08 PM (No. 1268399)
I read that Sarah received 60% of the votes and the other candidate got 40% in the first round. This type of voting is also used in California, the land of fruits, nuts and liberal state officeholders. From what I read, Murkowski and her people got this going, not sure why someone didn't stop it. Is Alaska that liberal?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 9/4/2022 2:45:03 PM (No. 1268424)
Ranked voting is another stupid idea that benefits the democrats. Wake up Alaska and throw it out.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Luandir 9/4/2022 2:50:51 PM (No. 1268427)
#3, ranked voting was rammed through by Lisa Murkowski's allies. I hope that the rest of the Alaska Republican Party, now that they've seen the damage it can do, will throw it out to die on the ice.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
jntsrgn 9/4/2022 3:33:59 PM (No. 1268463)
Murkowski pushed this through to save her senate seat. She knows she cannot win a straight up election, but she could get a enough votes in a rank system to still be a senator. The Republicans in this race combined for 60% of the vote, the Democrat got 40%. In a heads up contest Palen would’ve beat her by 20 points.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
mean Gene 9/4/2022 4:57:19 PM (No. 1268518)
Ranked choice voting is a joke. My first choice is Trump. My second choice is Hillary. You have to be kidding.
But, the two Rep. candidates better strike a deal or this farce will be repeated.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
lennon47 9/4/2022 5:13:03 PM (No. 1268529)
A Conservative running for office today must beat the opponent; Democrats, liberals, Communists, Media, Academia, Federal Bureaucracy, Leftist Activist Judges, weaponized Federal Agencies, RINOs, and very stupid Republicans.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
lennon47 9/4/2022 5:15:20 PM (No. 1268533)
A Conservative running for office today must beat the opponent; Democrats, liberals, Communists, Media, Academia, Federal Bureaucracy, Leftist Activist Judges, weaponized Federal Agencies, RINOs, and very stupid Republicans.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 9/4/2022 5:18:13 PM (No. 1268537)
#7 - California does not have rank voting. We have the jungle primary. Please keep the commie cheating mechanisms straight.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
MDConservative 9/4/2022 7:06:52 PM (No. 1268600)
#7 - If the election was held in most states, ones that don't have runoffs, Palion would have lost after the first round despite the fact the winner got only 40% of the vote. The ranked choice was not the deciding factor. Now, here's the real rub...the only votes that counted in the "second round" were those cast for the REPUBLICAN who finished third. With that, Peltola took 51.5% of the vote versus Palin's 48.5%. Those Republicans largely "second" voted for the Democrat rather than Palin. Now, ask yourself why.
Rematch in November...place your bets.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
NYbob 9/4/2022 7:13:27 PM (No. 1268605)
Sure, it isn't a rigged game. I guess every sports competition should add the silver and bronze winners together and give them the gold.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
chumley 9/4/2022 8:42:12 PM (No. 1268682)
Sarah has been knifed in the back by her own party so many times I thought she was Trump for a minute. Her license plate should read "Et Tu?"
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
danu 9/4/2022 9:45:29 PM (No. 1268739)
are these candidates so clueless in these corruptocracies that they could not clean up on time for their voters???
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
mifla 9/5/2022 5:55:24 AM (No. 1268835)
Sarah, I love ya, but you and the other Republican should have flipped a coin to see who would run. Dems always win when the Republicans split the vote.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
bighambone 9/5/2022 7:09:39 PM (No. 1269349)
Maybe Sarah should try the court route to get ranked choice voting declared to be unconstitutional!
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