Alaska rejects Trump bid to set aside Senate ballots
Summarised from 3 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 1 Nov, 15:21 · Archive
Alaska's government has urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed at Trump's direction seeking to block certification of a Democratic Senate victory.
Alaska's Republican-run state government on Saturday urged a federal judge to dismiss a Trump administration lawsuit seeking to stop certification of a possible Democratic win in the state's U.S. Senate race, describing it as 'meritless'. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason had set a Saturday deadline for arguments on whether the case should be dismissed without a hearing.
The Department of Justice had requested that ballots showing votes for a second candidate named Dan Sullivan be separated and set aside, raising concerns that voters might have been confused by the duplicate name when voting for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. Alaska's attorney general's office rejected this, saying it was 'both disturbing and impossible' and would violate voter privacy protections.
Trump has also demanded that Democrat Mary Peltola, the candidate who appears likely to win the race, be prosecuted. The New York Times reported this week that internal texts and posts appear to show the Democrats' campaign was involved in recruiting the second Sullivan, a retired school teacher from Petersburg, onto the ballot. The candidates are distinguished on the ballot itself, with the senator listed as a Republican incumbent.
How it is being reported
- Trump team's lawsuit to block Alaska Senate race certification dismissed by judgeThe judge said the relief that Trump’s DOJ is seeking is ‘infeasible’Independent World · 1 Nov, 18:30
- Judge tosses Trump's attempt to block Alaska Senate results if GOP incumbent losesA federal judge has dismissed a highly unusual lawsuit by the Trump administration that tried to block the certification of results from Alaska's U.S. Senate race if the Republican incumbent lost.NPR · 1 Nov, 18:00
- Alaska attorneys say 'meritless' Trump demand to set aside Senate ballots is 'disturbing and impossible'The Department of Justice issued a wave of subpoenas and announced it was conducting a criminal investigation in the caseIndependent World · 1 Nov, 15:00
- Trump ask to set aside ‘Decoy Dan’ Alaska Senate ballots ‘not even possible’: attorneysIn its Saturday filing, Alaska said this was “both disturbing and impossible.” It added there would be no way to do that without violating voter privacy.New York Post · 31 Oct, 21:22
In this story: Trump · Mary Peltola · Dan Sullivan · Alaska · Department of Justice · Judge Sharon L. Gleason
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