Alaska governor orders probe into election same-name ‘spoiler’

“Alaska governor orders probe into election same-name ‘spoiler’”

Washington: Alaska’s governor has ordered a probe into allegations that the campaign of a Democratic candidate for the US Senate recruited a man with the same name as her Republican opponent to run for office in a bid to siphon off votes. Governor Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, called the alleged recruitment of a “spoiler candidate,” which was first reported by The New York Times, an apparent attempt to manipulate the election and “deliberately confuse voters and misdirect their votes.” In a post…