JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 15 -- The Alaska Department of Law (Attorney General) issued the following news release:
September 11, 2026
(Anchorage, AK) - The Alaska Department of Law will not move forward with the pending voter misconduct cases arising from the investigation of voting activity in Whittier following the Alaska Court of Appeals' recent decision in Tupe Smith v. State. In that decision, relying on legislative history, the Court of Appeals interpreted Alaska's first-degree voter misconduct statute to require an additional showing beyond what the statute was understood to require.
Tupe Smith and other Whittier residents were charged with first-degree voter misconduct which makes it a felony to "intentionally" make a false affidavit...