Dunleavy calls Alaska voting system very confusing as razor-thin Senate race frozen in time

Republican Alaska Gov.Mike Dunleavy admits his own state's voting system is "very confusing," and warned that the close race between Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola and incumbent Republican Sen.

Dan Sullivan will not be determined for days, if not weeks."It's very close, the numbers," Dunleavy told WABC Radio's "The Cats Roundtable" on Sunday, noting key dates for ballot dumps will be Friday, Nov.13, and Wednesday, Nov.

18, when "another big batch of votes will come in.""It's a slow system up here in Alaska," he admitted, acknowledging that "we've got quite a quite an issue up here.""A big batch of votes will come and that'll really determine, you know, who's going to have the lead."ALASKA, MISSISSIPPI SENATE RACES SEPARATED BY RAZOR-THIN VOTE MARGINSSen.Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and Democrat Senate-nominee Mary Peltola are locked in a race too close to call that has the challenger leading by just 637 votes.

(Nathaniel Wilder/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Peltola, currently with 48.17% support, leads by just 637 votes in Alaska's ranked-choice voting system that has not dropped any new vote tallies for days.Election Day was Tuesday, Nov.

3 and if no candidate gets 50% support as the No.1 choice by Nov.

25, the results to go to rounds of ranked-choice candidates on the second and third choices."It is very confusing," Dunleavy said."That was also on the ballot, to actually repeal that voting scheme that was put in place here just a couple years ago, and so it's confusing, 100%."ALASKA VOTER 'DISGUSTED' BY REPORTED 'DECOY DAN' PLOT SWITCHES FROM PELTOLA TO SULLIVAN"No" votes against repealing ranked-choice voting lead very narrowly at 51.85%.

That decision also remains too close to call a week after the polls closed."We're still in the process of bringing in votes and counting votes," Dunleavy said."And we are in the midst of investigations as to determine if there was any wrongdoing, especially anything that might resemble perjury or, you know, a misrepresent...