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Alaska judge rules against Democratic US Senate candidate's request for absentee ballot data
Judge Thomas Matthews said the campaign’s request could not be reasonably filled as election officials race to finish counting ballots and protect voter privacy.
- An Alaska judge ruled Wednesday that the campaign for Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola cannot access a list of rejected absentee ballots, citing the ongoing, time-sensitive ballot count.
- Attorneys for the campaign sued state elections officials last Friday, seeking a centralized list of rejected absentee ballots to ensure all qualified voters have their ballots counted.
- Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews wrote that the request is "not reasonable," particularly given the time crunch election officials face as they continue counting ballots from last week.
- The Division of Elections argued that producing a list would violate voter privacy, citing their "old, inflexible" database that cannot exclude confidential home addresses without vendor assistance.
- Counting continues in the Senate race between Peltola and Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, with the state accepting overseas ballots until Nov 18 to finalize the results.
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Alaska judge rules against Democratic US Senate candidate's request for absentee ballot data
A judge ruled on Wednesday that a request by the campaign of Democratic US Senate candidate Mary Peltola of Alaska seeking the immediate release of records identifying absentee ballots was not reasonable.
·London, United Kingdom
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Senate elections are not yet decided in Alaska, where the Democratic candidate is leading the incumbent Republican senator.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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Judge denies request by Peltola campaign for absentee ballot data from Alaska Division of Elections
An Anchorage Superior Court judge said the division is not required to provide the report, especially in the midst of its primary function of administering the election.
·Anchorage, United States
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