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Posted on 08/08/2026 3:43:01 AM PDT by Libloather
An attorney defending the Alaska Division of Elections against a lawsuit argued in state court Friday that candidates for state office are not obliged to disclose their finances when they file for office.
If that argument is upheld in court, it would upend existing practices and could end voters’ ability to examine political candidates’ personal finances in the early stages of a primary election.
The lawsuit in court on Friday was filed by the Alaska Democratic Party, which is challenging the eligibility of Jose Roel Tagle to run for Alaska House District 22. Tagle, a Republican, is the only challenger to incumbent Rep. Ted Eischeid, D-Anchorage.
The Alaska Democratic Party challenged Tagle’s eligibility after he filed a completely blank Public Officer Disclosure Form alongside his candidacy application. State law requires candidates to use that form to list all income — including Permanent Fund dividends — that a candidate and their immediate family received during the previous year.
The Division of Elections frequently rejects candidates who file no form at all.
Despite Tagle’s blank form, the Division of Elections accepted his candidacy and rejected the Democratic Party’s challenge, causing the party to file suit.
In front of Anchorage Superior Court Judge Josie Garton, Alaska Department of Law attorney Griffin Deitz said that filing a blank form is acceptable because the relevant law gives candidates 30 days to make corrections.
“A candidate could comply — they could submit a financial disclosure, as Mr. Tagle did here, that was blank, and then if there are financial interests to be reported, could report those at a later date,” Deitz said.
This year, Alaska’s candidate filing deadline was June 1 and election day is Aug. 18. If a 30-day delay becomes common, almost half the primary campaign season could elapse before voters are informed about...
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Corruption shouldn't be hard.
Campaign finance deform
What could go wrong? 🙄🤨🤨🤨🤨
Well, I certainly agree that the law ought to be amended here and this is (likely) an unintended consequence of a sensible law, that a candidate must file upon application, but has 30 days to amend in case mistakes are discovered, but the law never envisioned actually filing the document but leaving it blank. That’s an obvious oversight and the candidate found a loophole in the law.
The court ruled correctly based on all of the information in this article. And I agree it’s a loophole that needs to be addressed. But I’m not willing to assume corruption.
Alaska sure isn’t what it was in the ‘70s and ‘80s.
I used to regret leaving there. Now ... not so much.
The Division of Elections frequently rejects candidates who file no form at all.
Not sure what your assertion here is. Are you suggesting the Division of Elections should NOT be rejecting candidates who file no form? That’s certainly the Libertarian stance, here. Not sure if I agree with it, but it’s certainly an interesting topic for discussion.
IMAGINE EVERY TAXPAYER SUBMITTING A BLANK 1040 TO THE IRS.
Alaska is the most crooked state in the U.S.
Like a baseball umpire who "frequently" calls a pitch a strike if it enters the strike zone. Sounds like favoritism.
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