Alaska drops criminal prosecution of 11 Whittier residents for alleged noncitizen voting

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Alaska drops criminal prosecution of 11 Whittier residents for alleged noncitizen voting

Following a ruling by the Alaska Court of Appeals, the Alaska Department of Law has dropped criminal charges against 11 American Samoan residents of Whittier who were accused of illegal voting. American Samoans are U.S. nationals but not citizens and thus cannot vote in Alaska elections.  State prosecutors charged Tupe Smith and 10 other Whittier […]

Alaska drops charges against American Samoans prosecuted for voting, but leaves door open for future charges

Alaska prosecutors dropped all criminal charges against 11 American Samoans from Whittier who had been prosecuted for checking “United States citizen” on voter registration forms, ending a nearly three-year legal ordeal for a family that faced up to 10 years in prison, but leaving open the possibility of future prosecution. The dismissal came after the Alaska Court of Appeals threw out the charges against Tupe Smith, ruling that the state had fa…