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George Martinez
58:14 - 58:43
“how many legal challenges did you face with respect to people challenging the— not only the verification, the signatures, but then the legal challenges in the appeals process with your history of working with ballot access?”
- Speaker
- George Martinez
- Timestamp
- 58:14 – 58:43
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 8, 2026
From the transcript
Thank you, Chair. Just a question to the clerk on that subsequent— on that same point. Uh, how many legal challenges did you face with respect to people challenging the— not only the verification, the signatures, but then the legal challenges in the appeals process with your history of working with ballot access? In my previous two experiences, we did not have any legal challenges to the nomination petition process.
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