Contributed by Holly Sheldon Lee
As Alaskans anticipate the 2022 elections this November, we must insist that state government be held accountable for what has happened through our public institutions, including the Division of Elections and Alaska Judiciary. Widespread corruption has occurred in the face of untold wealth since construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and continues through today with the Permanent Fund Dividend grab and gridlock, according to Holly Sheldon Lee. Violation of state law and statutes regarding distribution of PFD earnings by elected officials in Juneau have caused distrust in government throughout the State. Abnormalities in the 2020 elections deepen the mistrust and must be addressed before the next election, declared Sheldon-Lee.
“I was tricked by the attorneys I was paying into doing something which was not in my best interest. The large Alaska law firm and State of Alaska bond counsel Birch Horton Bittner and Cherot think they are untouchable in the Alaska legal system,” stated Sheldon-Lee. “I know many Alaskans who have horror stories about their experiences in the Alaska Court System—including inside dealings between attorneys—where everybody loses but those running the system.”
In this blog post, Sheldon-Lee tells her story after seven years of seeking justice in the Alaska Court System. You may read her story here: https://alaskataskforce.online/ak-court-corruption
Before the elections in 2020, the US Supreme Court ruled that States were not permitted to delete the witness signatures on election ballots. “In Alaska, judge Dani Crosby over-ruled the United States Supreme Court and deleted the witness signatures off our ballots. On November 4, 2020 after all 441 Alaska precincts reported their tally, Rank Choice voting lost 105,161 to 81,048. Beginning six days after in-person voting ended, 158,074 witness-less ballots without any chain of custody were added to the final tally, every few days, through the end of the month. On November 30, 2021 the Division of Elections announced that Rank Choice won by less then 1%. Without a forensic audit of the ballots they cannot prove that the Initiative won. “If they get away with forcing us to vote by their tricky, foreign rank voting system, every Alaskan man, woman and child’s freedom will be lost forevermore, as you cannot hand count or audit rank choice voting,” said Sheldon-Lee.
“We know the Ranked Choice voter initiative/proposition was funded by an Outside dark money sponsored campaign, that touts their manipulation of traditional voting methods, was against dark money” said Sheldon-Lee. “We know the stats show over 100% of registered voters voted in our precincts during the general election. We know that the election of the people who are now in the Alaska Legislature could have been impacted. We also know the Alaska Legislature is comprised of a majority coalition that began as a minority Democrat organization and became a majority because fake Republicans were bought off. Alaskans are exhausted from this spectacle,” states Sheldon-Lee.
Sheldon-Lee’s case against the law firm that she believes defrauded her and her Talkeetna business Sheldon Air Service, is scheduled to be heard by the Alaska Supreme Court in the coming months. What began as reaching out for legal help for fair distribution of family assets from the estate of legendary pilot Don Sheldon and his wife Roberta, “has turned into a fight to save Sheldon Air Service and our life savings from the claws of ruthless and greedy Anchorage lawyers,” states Sheldon-Lee. That story has also been told previously at this link: https://donnliston.blogspot.com/2021/08/what-would-don-and-roberta-sheldon-have.html
For more information, contact: Holly Sheldon Lee, 907-232-4063.