Alaskas Dan Sullivan dupe: Letters to the Editor Oct. 31, 2026

The Issue: Alaskan Democrats allegedly planting a second Dan Sullivan on the ballot to confuse voters.It’s distressing to learn that members of Senate hopeful Mary Peltola’s campaign were allegedly behind the recruitment of a candidate whose place on Alaska’s ballot was clearly meant to confuse voters (“More ‘Decoy Dan’ probes,” Oct.30).But there is irony in the fact that the kings of dirty tricks — the Trump regime — are complaining about receiving a dose of their own medicine.

Regardless, two wrongs do not make a right.Peltola went low, and it is embarrassing to the Democratic Party.Oren SpieglerPeters Township, Pa.Mail-in ballot fraud, recruiting candidates with the same name as your opponent, ranked-choice voting, illegal immigrants voting, not requiring IDs and banning ICE from polling stations: How much of our democracy do Democrats need to defraud in order to “save” it?Nick McNultyWindham, NHThere is a lot of chatter right now about the election in Alaska and I agree that recruiting a BS candidate for the ballot should be illegal.But let’s not lose sight of the bigger picture: President Trump is trying his hardest to disrupt the midterm elections because he’s afraid he’ll lose control of the House and Senate.This election is do or die for our democracy.

He needs to be stopped.Just take a look at your cost of living and vote accordingly.Kreg RamoneManhattanPeltola’s people campaigning to recruit another Dan Sullivan to run against the senator deserves condemnation as an attempt to confuse voters.But the same standard should be applied to partisan gerrymandering.Widespread partisan gerrymandering is a more serious threat to self-government.

While voter deception seeks to distort an individual choice, gerrymandering seeks to distort the system and preserve that distortion across elections.Neither practice becomes acceptable because the other exists.The principle should be consistent: Voters should never have their choices manipu...