Hello! Robert Wall here. It’s been over a year since the mayoral runoff election of February 2023 and since I’ve written. It’s past time to catch you up on what has transpired since then. This post will serve to transition to my more current activities.
As you know, I did not win the election for Kenai Peninsula borough mayor. As a write-in candidate, I placed third on a ballot against five others, garnering a final certified count of 858 votes cast. No write-in candidate has ever done so well in a KPB election. I was, and am, extremely humbled and grateful for the number of folks who placed their faith in me to be their mayor. To those who voted for me, thank you!
Unfortunately, during the ballot counting and certification process, I observed several irregularities that were alarming to me. I wrote an After Action Review (AAR) to document and communicate these errors, and shared it with my borough assembly and state representatives, and with the public. It is attached below for your review.
As you can see, several borough ordinances were not followed. Ballots were counted on a holiday, without observers, and in a building that was “closed” for the holiday. The final vote tally wasn’t made publicly available until presented directly to the borough assembly towards the end of their meeting. This violated the ordinance requiring the unofficial results to be released a full business day beforehand, which would provide candidates the opportunity to review and challenge the results before they were certified. Instead, the results were voted on and certified by the Assembly as soon as the laydown occurred, and with no discussion. In short, the whole thing was a mess!
I spoke afterwards with one of my attorneys about what had occurred, and provided my AAR. He consulted with a retired Alaska superior judge. Both were stunned at the illegalities that had occurred. The gentlemen counseled me that I had a solid case that would cost about 75K to litigate, or I could simply warn the borough to clean up how their elections are conducted, and also share that the entire Superior Court had seen the AAR. This is what I did.
So what were the results? Muddled, at best. The Alaska Office of Local Government specialist attempted three times to set up meetings with the borough clerk, to help her review and update the election ordinances, but no headway was made there. The borough mayor and assembly tinkered with the election codes, but, in my opinion, those changes resulted in making future elections even less transparent, especially for write-in candidates. The corrections I requested were not assimilated into the final ordinance.
Through all of this, my intent was only to clean up the election process. The majority of votes had gone to Peter Micciche and I respected the will of the voters. I was disappointed, however, that more wasn’t done to ensure better elections in the future.
And so I have moved on to other endeavors. You probably noticed that my facebook page name has changed (and so has my website) to Robert Wall for Alaska, reflecting this shift. I’d love to continue sharing with you about what I am learning and how we can accomplish great things. I’ll post on facebook, and also link to my website blog about more lengthy topics.
For example, lately I’ve zeroed in on the integrity of our Alaska voter rolls. This is something I became curious about with the 2020 election. I’ve been communicating with Omega for America, a stellar, experienced organization that uses modern AI technology to link isolated databases. After entering into a contract with Omega, I provided them with Alaska state voter roll lists, links to property tax rolls, death rolls, etc. (all from publicly available sources).
We discovered thousands of illegal addresses are in the Alaska voter rolls (for example, 100 voters don’t live in a church). Understandably, a large amount our state voter roll data is behind a privacy fire wall, protecting voters’ addresses at their request. In order to do a complete voter roll analysis, Omega for America will need to enter into a non-disclosure agreement with the state of Alaska. I’m hopeful this will be done and people can be reassured of the integrity of our elections.
It’s a work in progress. It’s been a slog, being on high alert for 4 years now, but our Republic is worth saving. I am heartened to know that each state now has small groups and individuals like us pursuing the truth. Unlike the “woke” ideology, the truth is immutable, and it cannot compete with itself. It’s worth pursuing.
Please share any of my posts you feel are worthy with other like-minded neighbors. The more awake, united, and active our citizenry is, the stronger our communities, our state, and our country will be.
In Truth,
Robert Wall
“And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” Col. 3:17
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