Alaska Election Officials Hit with Lawsuit from Mary Peltola Campaign
Summary
Mary Peltola’s campaign sued Alaska election officials on November 6, seeking records about absentee ballots rejected in the November 3 election and the reasons for rejection. The campaign says the records are needed to check whether eligible votes were counted as Alaska’s Senate race remains too close to call.Key Facts
- Alaskans for Mary filed the lawsuit against the Alaska Division of Elections, Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom and Elections Director Carol Beecher.
- The campaign asked for records identifying rejected or questioned absentee ballots and explaining why they were not counted.
- The campaign says it requested the records from regional election offices on October 27 and made a follow-up demand on November 4.
- Alaska officials declined the campaign’s request on November 5, according to the lawsuit.
- The campaign asked an Anchorage court for emergency relief, including a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction requiring the state to provide the records.
- About 600 votes separated Peltola and Republican Senator Dan Sullivan, according to the article; Alaska planned to accept overseas ballots through November 18.
- A state judge dismissed the Justice Department’s lawsuit over the Sullivan namesake challenger on November 1.
- The Trump administration withdrew its lawsuit against California over about 20,000 mail ballots it suspected might have been cast by non-U.S. citizens.
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