DSCC's Barber calls the ruling a victory for democracy
Devan BarberExecutive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, an intervenor in the case
Barber calls the dismissal a victory for democracy and says no one can toss out free and fair elections because they dislike the result.
“Today's ruling is a victory for democracy and a clear message to Donald Trump and Senate Republicans: No one, no matter how powerful, can toss out free and fair elections just because they don't like the result.”
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Other statements by Devan Barber in this case
- Barber accuses DOJ of trying to overturn Alaska voters' willEarlier: Condemned
Where this statement fits
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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The DSCC, an intervenor in the case with Peltola's campaign committee, releases a statement by its executive director after Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed DOJ's suit.
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The Hill reports the dismissal and quotes a DOJ spokesperson and DSCC executive director Devan Barber.
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The DSCC released the statement in response to Judge Sharon Gleason's dismissal of the suit.
After the quotation
Barber adds that the DSCC will keep fighting what he calls the administration's efforts, through a weaponized Department of Justice, to subvert the Senate race in Alaska, and says he is confident Alaska voters will elect Mary Peltola.
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Why this label?
The case concerns DOJ's requested conditional restraint on certification of Alaska's Senate election. Barber welcomes the dismissal and describes the suit as an effort to subvert the Senate race.
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“The court's get-out-and-don't-come-back ruling makes clear that preemptively blocking election results and running an inquisition into the sincerity of voters' choices would be flatly illegal. Every American should be alarmed that their own Justice Department tried to put voters on trial for how they might vote.”Read statement
Sullivan says he will accept the election results
“No, I'm going to accept the election results.”Read statement
Peltola's campaign calls the lawsuit baseless after the dismissal
“No sham investigation or baseless lawsuit from a weaponized Department of Justice is going to stop Alaskans from electing Mary on November 3rd so she can lower costs for Alaska's working families”Read statement
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