“If the voter didn’t do it... too bad, too sad. Maybe next time, they will do what is required of them.”
Or they can advocate, agitate and fund a drive to change the laws - to allow a 1 or 2 letter ‘grace’. Sorry, that will apply to the future - if they care about the law at all.
You are right. If the people of Alaska can effect a change in the law to allow “close enough” spellings to count, then fine. But not this election. The standard has been set.