Print article Staff at the Alaska Public Offices Commission are recommending that defeated Anchorage Republican Rep. Lance Pruitt be fined at least $10,222.50 for multiple violations of state law during Alaska’s 2016 and 2018 legislative elections. Any fine must be approved by the five-member commission, which will meet Jan. 13. “Staff recommends that the Commission find that Pruitt’s 2016 and 2018 campaign for House District 27 violated provisions of AS 15.13 by failing to accurately report incurred expenditures as debt, failing to provide information detailing media advertising placement and consulting services rendered, failing to timely reimburse personal funds or report the use of personal funds as contributions, and failing to return two prohibited contributions,” says a report issued Tuesday.
Anchorage Republican Rep. Lance Pruitt
and others are filing a lawsuit seeking to overturn his 11-vote loss to Democratic challenger Liz Snyder. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Pruitt and several individuals, previously described as voters in his district, who sought a recount in his race. In a complaint filed Wednesday, attorney Stacey Stone claims the state failed to properly provide notice when the Alaska Division of Elections moved a polling location from Muldoon Town Center to Begich Middle School. The suit also claims the Division of Elections failed to provide adequate election security after the Alaska Supreme Court temporarily invalidated the state law requiring absentee ballots to be co-signed by a witness.