Peltola's campaign committee and the DSCC say the recruitment allegations do not save DOJ's suit
Democratic Senatorial Campaign CommitteeDemocratic Senate campaign committee, filing with Alaskans for Mary, Mary Peltola's campaign committee, through their lawyers in a motion to dismiss the amended complaint
In a motion to dismiss DOJ's amended complaint, the DSCC and Alaskans for Mary, Peltola's campaign committee, say the new recruitment allegations do not give DOJ a legal claim, authority to sue, or a right to the relief it seeks.
“And nothing in these new allegations changes DOJ’s utter lack of any legal claim, any legal authority to bring this case, or any entitlement to the relief it seeks.”
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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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Alaskans for Mary and the DSCC argue that the recruitment allegations in DOJ's amended complaint do not supply a legal claim or authority to sue, and reject DOJ's accusation that they misled the court.
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Just before this passage, the motion says DOJ added allegations based on recent press reports about how Daniel J. Sullivan came to run, and notes DOJ's own statement that the new allegations align with what it had alleged on information and belief.
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The motion continues that the allegations are a distraction from DOJ's claims and give no basis for blocking certification after a narrow Peltola victory. It later calls DOJ's accusation that the two groups misled the court nonsense.
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The case concerns DOJ's requested conditional restraint on certification of Alaska's Senate election. The motion says DOJ still lacks a legal claim, authority to sue and any entitlement to that relief, and asks the court to dismiss the amended complaint.
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