People who don’t like our initiative are relying on red herrings unrelated to the actual proposal. The citizen voting initiative has no impact on absentee voting, and filling in a bubble on a ballot to clarify this issue in no way prevents Alaskans from confronting the challenges our state faces.

Republicans and Democrats are aligning around Republican Rep. Nick Begich III and Democratic challenger Matt Schultz, endorsements show.

The data was shared after “a thorough review in consultation with the Department of Law,” the lieutenant governor’s office said.