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Alaska rules Dan Sullivan cannot run against Dan Sullivan in key Senate race (www.theguardian.com)

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Elections chief says bid by ex-teacher to challenge senator with same name was filed ‘to confuse or mislead’ voters

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[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 12 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Republicans have purposely run someone (as an independent) with the same name as the Democrat in the past, hoping to peel off dumb voters. Fooling a couple hundred can be all it takes sometimes.