Judge in Alaska Denies Peltola Campaign Access to Records for Absentee Ballots

An Alaska judge has denied the Peltola campaign’s request for records of rejected absentee ballots, stating the Division of Elections lacks the capacity to generate the report during the busy election processing period. This decision comes as Democrat Mary Peltola leads incumbent GOP Senator Dan Sullivan by approximately 3,975 votes, with a third candidate, a decoy Dan Sullivan, holding a small percentage of the vote. Simultaneously, the Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into a potential scheme involving a spoiler candidate named Dan Sullivan to confuse Alaska voters.

• A judge denied the Peltola campaign access to records for absentee ballots.
• The Peltola campaign had sued Alaska over rejected absentee ballots.
• Democrat Mary Peltola is currently leading Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan in the vote count.
• A third candidate, a decoy Dan Sullivan, is siphoning votes.
• The judge cited the Division of Elections’ lack of capacity to generate the requested report.
• The Justice Department is investigating a plot to confuse Alaska voters with a spoiler candidate.
• The investigation targets Democrat operatives and individuals like Marc Elias.