Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Wednesday Alaska will not be joining the state of Texas and 16 other Republican attorneys general in a lawsuit alleging unlawful election proceedings in several states where President Donald Trump lost in his reelection bid. In a post on Facebook Dunleavy said his office did not have enough time to review the facts of the case, but would be watching the results closely.<\/p>\n
“Electoral integrity remains a cornerstone of our democracy, and every American should know that their vote matters,” Dunleavy said in his post.<\/p>\n
\nMy administration became aware of the invitation to join the election lawsuit filed by Texas against Pennsylvania on the…<\/p>\n
Posted by Governor Mike Dunleavy<\/a> on Wednesday, December 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
The Supreme Court is set to hear the case which demands the 62 total Electoral College votes in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin be invalidated, but a date has not been set according to The Associated Press. Wednesday President Trump requested he be allowed to join as a plaintiff one day after the U.S. Supreme Court refused without comment to call into question the certification process in Pennsylvania, The AP reported.<\/p>\n
[Court waives signature requirement for absentee ballots<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n
The states already joined in the lawsuit are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia, according to The AP.<\/p>\n
“Depending on the outcome, Alaska will respond accordingly,” Dunleavy said in his post.<\/p>\n
The governor’s office did not immediately respond to request for comment.<\/p>\n
The suit alleges the states in question did not conduct their elections in a lawful manner such as waiving signature requirements for mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n
“In the election just held, election officials in key swing states, for apparently partisan advantage, failed to conduct their state elections in compliance with state election law,” the suit alleges<\/a>. “When election officials conduct elections in a manner that contravenes of the Constitution of the United States, grave harm is done not just to the candidates on the ballot but to the citizenry’s faith in the election process itself.”<\/p>\n
Republicans in Pennsylvania attempted to have 2.5 million mail-in ballots thrown out, AP reported making similar allegations that provisions for expanded mail-in voting during the COVID-19 pandemic violated that state’s constitution.<\/p>\n
\nA statement from Governor Mike Dunleavy: pic.twitter.com\/bWoI6ZA0yw<\/a><\/p>\n
— Alaska GOP (@akgop) November 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n