Alaska State Dems are charging that GOP gubernatorial candidate Sarah Palin published a newspaper ad on Tuesday which hoodwinked voters into supporting her winning primary bid. From the Alaska Daily News:

[Democrats] also criticized a sticky-note campaign ad that Palin put on the front of the Daily News Tuesday, saying it mislead voters. The note included a picture of Palin and said: "Thank you for taking a stand and for your vote today! If you are undeclared or non-partisan, you must ask for the Republican ballot."

Some voters thought that meant they had no choice but to choose the Republican ballot when really they could have selected either, said Democrats, who called the ad misleading.

A Palin aide responded that the ad was meant to remind Palin supporters to vote and to make sure they asked for the right ballot. Of course, to the Palin campaign, the "right" ballot was obviously the Republican one, so it's unclear whether this is really a response at all.