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The Alaska House Judiciary Committee (HJUD) is a standing committee of the Alaska House of Representatives. It considers legislation on criminal and civil law, court system administration, public safety, and judicial appointments. It is also called House Judiciary.

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Alaska State Capitol, 120 4th St, Juneau, AK 99801

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Ashley Carrick“I'm not familiar with any race where someone has filed for office with a party affiliation requested to be on the ballot and then it not be listed on the ballot. So, do we have any examples where that has been the case?”

Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260722-1300 · Jul 22, 2026

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Ashley Carrick“I think that the Division of Elections, having Dan J. Sullivan back on the ballot in this particular situation, has responded appropriately to the Supreme Court decision, but I'm still concerned that the amount of information that voters would like to see and that candidates would like to have on their ballot creates a precedence that is not necessarily in the greatest interest of transparency.”

Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260722-1300 · Jul 22, 2026

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Andrew Gray“in the email from Daniel J. Sullivan to the Lieutenant Governor on June 10th, he states, quote, 'Like the incumbent, I also go by Dan. I have publicly gone by Dan Sullivan as long as I can remember,' end quote. So my question is, why must he be listed as Daniel, but the U.S. senator will be listed as Dan.”

Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260722-1300 · Jul 22, 2026

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Carol Beecher“we have been doing this for a while as part of the voter list maintenance. However, this was a larger list than we had anticipated, as well. So it was very concerning, but this is the process that we do we move— if we get a list of individuals from DMV, which usually is more like 200 names, then we send those individuals the notices, same letter, and ask them to confirm their citizenship. And again, they can do that by email, they can call us.”

Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260722-1300 · Jul 22, 2026

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Carol Beecher“we are under the National Voter Registration Act, which does not allow the division to do really an investigation or to require documentation regarding citizenship. We go by the oath and affirmation. So when we get information like this, that's why it seems probably very simple on its face that all they have to do is contact us. That's all they have to do is let us know. And then we go by their oath and affirmation on the last registration that we have.”

Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260722-1300 · Jul 22, 2026

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Carol Beecher“Evidence in the record showed that Mr. Sullivan had never previously used Dan Sullivan in state records. He had never affiliated before as a Republican in 40 years of Alaska voter history. His campaign website mirrored the incumbent's website design and branding, and he requested by email to appear as Dan S. Sullivan despite his middle initial being Gene J., even though he later corrected this himself.”

Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260722-1300 · Jul 22, 2026

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