Alaska drops cases against American Samoans who checked ‘US citizen’ on voter form
Michael Pese and his wife, Tupe Smith. stand outside the Boney courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska, on 15 January 2026. Photograph: Mark Thiessen/APView image in fullscreenMichael Pese and his wife, Tupe Smith. stand outside the Boney courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska, on 15 January 2026. It overturned a lower court’s decision that had kept the charges against her alive.Cori Mills, Alaska’s acting attorney general, said in a statement that after reviewing the decision and applying the facts, prosecutors concluded that they could not prove cases against Smith and the others beyond a reasonable doubt.
- ▪Michael Pese and his wife, Tupe Smith. stand outside the Boney courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska, on 15 January 2026.
- ▪Photograph: Mark Thiessen/APView image in fullscreenMichael Pese and his wife, Tupe Smith. stand outside the Boney courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska, on 15 January 2026.
- ▪It overturned a lower court’s decision that had kept the charges against her alive.Cori Mills, Alaska’s acting attorney general, said in a statement that after reviewing the decision and applying the facts, prosecutors concluded that they c
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Michael Pese and his wife, Tupe Smith. stand outside the Boney courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska, on 15 January 2026. Photograph: Mark Thiessen/APView image in fullscreenMichael Pese and his wife, Tupe Smith. stand outside the Boney courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska, on 15 January 2026. Photograph: Mark Thiessen/APAlaskaAlaska drops cases against American Samoans who checked ‘US citizen’ on voter formGroup no longer faces voter misconduct case over wrongly marked box after appeals court throws out felony chargesAssociated PressSat 12 Sep 2026 20.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAlaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who wrongly checked a box saying…
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