This is classic "House of Cards" gamesmanship for special interest.  You are watching the same corruption, that brought the bridges to nowhere (Knik and Ketchikan),  Don Young's Florida road deal, Ben Steven's State legislation that gives JL Properties a pass on Municipal Property taxes and the Semco deals.  It's greed, it's backstabbing, it' s dirty deals, and corruption and us little people just don't understand what it takes ,  blah blah blah........
It's greedy self interested psycho's that couldn't give a hoot about right and wrong, and operate on the basis of what is expedient to make something happen that advances their political position. 
It's all rooted in our corrupt and gerrymandered elections, and freakish media tailoring news to protect the ultra-wealthy, and keep American's at odds with each other. Alaska's elections officials don't have the expertise to analyze the Diebold programming that is loaded into their server, and the individual machines. Call them and ask......