Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said Sunday there is a “big possibility” that former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) won’t be seated even if she wins Alaska’s Senate race, following reports that her campaign participated in a “ballot-stacking” scheme.<\/p>\n
Comer, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, was asked during his appearance on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning” if there was a possibility Peltola would not be seated even if she won the election.<\/p>\n
“That’s a big possibility. I have not spoken to Sen. Thune about that,” Comer said, referring to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.).<\/p>\n
“We kind of tend to operate within the confinement of the House with respect to our investigations, but at the end of the day, I think the American people can see loud and clear what was done here,” the congressman continued.<\/p>\n
Comer, particularly, has heavily criticized Peltola’s campaign over a New York Times report that alleged her campaign and national Democrats recruited another candidate who shared the same name as her Republican opponent, incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, in order to dilute the GOP vote.<\/p>\n
“Ballot-stacking” is a common practice, especially in Alaska’s unusual nonpartisan, top four voting system. GOP strategists previously told The Hill that it is not illegal.<\/p>\n
“We cannot allow this to happen. And the fact that there are a lot of people involved in the Democrat National Party who have been silent on this, and the question remains: Who all was involved? When did this involvement begin? Did money change hands? That’s a big question,” Comer said Sunday. “That’s probably the biggest question that needs to be answered. Did money change hands? And then you know what laws were broken after that?”<\/p>\n
He has already launched a probe into Peltola’s involvement in the operation \u2014 scheduling transcribed, in-person interviews for both former Peltola campaign manager Elisa Rios and Democratic operative Jerid Kurtz.<\/p>\n
Comer requested that Rios testify on Nov. 5 and Kurtz on Nov. 6.<\/p>\n
Sullivan said earlier Sunday that he would accept the election results even if he lost, though Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) dodged answering the same question.<\/p>\n
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