Stephen Miller Calls for Accountability Over Second 'Dan Sullivan' on Alaska Ballot

White House adviser Stephen Miller is demanding answers over the second Dan Sullivan on Alaska's Senate ballot, and he says federal criminal law may apply.

Speaking with Sean Hannity, Miller accused the Democratic Party, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Rep. Mary Peltola's campaign of working together to find someone who shared Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan's name and put him on the ballot. The goal, he alleged, was to confuse voters and tip a Senate race.

Miller also claimed that those involved lied about it in state and federal court, that the candidate tried to change his middle initial to look more like the senator's name, and that he is not even campaigning. He mocked the idea that it all happened by chance, comparing the candidate's arrival to manna from heaven.

Miller pointed to 18 U.S.C. 241, a federal conspiracy statute, and compared the matter to the prosecution of Douglas Mackey over a meme about Hillary Clinton. If that conduct could be prosecuted, he argued, Democrats should face scrutiny under the same principle. "What then is the just outcome of what happened in Alaska?" he asked.

These are Miller's allegations, not findings. No one has been charged. Peltola has denied knowing of any recruitment effort, the DSCC has denied manipulating the ballot, and Daniel J. Sullivan has denied running at Democrats' direction. Federal prosecutors have confirmed a criminal investigation and sought to preserve ballots, while Alaska officials oppose that request.

Republicans see a simple question of fairness. If the same rules apply to everyone, Alaskans deserve to know how that name got on their ballot, and whether anyone tried to deceive them. Investigators and the courts will have to supply that answer. Voters go to the polls Tuesday.