Alaska Senate fight heats up as Sullivan moves to block Peltola lawsuit over rejected absentee ballot records
Peltola's campaign filed a lawsuit against the Alaska Division of Elections on Friday seeking access to records for absentee ballots that were preliminarily rejected in the midterm election.
Key points
- The Division responded to the lawsuit by stating that individual voters have yet to be notified that their ballots were rejected, and it would be improper to grant Peltola's campaign access to that data before voters themselves.
- PELTOLA INSISTS 'I KNEW NOTHING' ABOUT ALLEGED 'DECOY DAN' SCHEME AS SULLIVAN ALLEGES SHE IS 'STILL LYING' Sullivan and the GOP have condemned Democrats for a " Decoy Dan " scheme that saw an independent, Daniel J.
- lawyers who spent more than a year conspiring with Mary Peltola’s campaign to deceive Alaskan voters are now asking a court to let her campaign ignore Alaska law and change the rules while votes are still being counted," said Nate Adams, campaign spokesman.
Dan Sullivan's re-election campaign filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit from Democrat Mary Peltola's Senate campaign on Monday, arguing the lawsuit was seeking to force Alaska elections officials to ignore state law.
Additional details
- "Then there was a court case and the Supreme Court in the end ruled against the Division of Elections in Alaska, and they must go on the ballot." After a New York Times report tied potential knowledge of the "Decoy Dan" scheme to Peltola's campaign, Dunleavy reopened the investigation of possible wrongdoing.
- As of Monday, Peltola leads Sullivan by just over 600 votes, with over 25% of votes remaining to be counted.
- Mike Dunleavy said the other Sullivan tried to get on the general election ballot as Daniel S.
- Sullivan on the ballot in an alleged plot to siphon votes from the Republican incumbent.
- Sullivan and Peltola remain locked in a razor-thin race for U.S.
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