Alaska's election officials say DOJ's requested relief would threaten election integrity
State of AlaskaState election defendants (Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher, the Election Boards and the State Ballot Counting Review Board), through the Alaska Department of Law in a motion to dismiss
In their motion to dismiss, Alaska's election officials say that delaying certification only if a particular candidate does not win would interfere with state election administration and threaten election integrity. They ask the court to dismiss DOJ's complaint with prejudice.
“Delaying certification of Alaska’s election results—but only if a particular candidate does not win—would interfere with state election administration and threaten election integrity.”
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DOJ challenges Alaska Senate certification over two Sullivans; Murkowski objects
DOJ sued Alaska over the presence of two candidates named Dan Sullivan on the Senate ballot. It seeks to prevent certification under specified conditions involving an incumbent loss and the possible effect of namesake votes. Lisa Murkowski and Mary Peltola criticize the intervention.
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Motion to dismiss filed Oct. 26 in No. 3:26-cv-00376 (D. Alaska), as mirrored by CourtListener (RECAP). The state's election defendants argue that the United States lacks standing, that the complaint states no claim under the National Voter Registration Act and that the suit violates the Elections Clause, and they ask for dismissal with prejudice.
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CNBC report on Judge Sharon Gleason's Oct. 26 order expediting the case and on the motion to dismiss that Alaska election officials filed the same evening. First published Oct. 26 and updated after the order.
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The passage comes in the motion's standing argument. Just before it, the motion says the relief DOJ requests would sow confusion and erode trust in Alaska's election result a week before Election Day, and that neither the declaration nor the injunction DOJ appears to seek would help protect election integrity.
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The motion goes on to say that the investigation DOJ requests would violate ballot secrecy, because it would require identifying the voters who cast ballots for Daniel J. Sullivan so they could later be questioned about their intent.
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The case concerns DOJ's request to block certification of Alaska's Senate result if Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses. Alaska's election officials say that this conditional delay would interfere with how the state runs its election and threaten election integrity, and they ask the court to dismiss the suit with prejudice. The passage criticizes the relief DOJ seeks as harmful to the election.
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