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Alaska Senate lawsuit: DOJ seeks conditional block on certifying result Isinulat Oktubre 26, 2026 nang 1:20 AM UTC
Transkripsyon 0:07 President Trump ordered a federal lawsuit targeting certification of Alaska's Senate 0:11 election. 0:12 The Justice Department wants a judge to stop the state from making its Senate result 0:15 official under specific conditions. 0:17 Early voting is already underway. 0:19 The court must decide whether federal law allows that intervention and how 0:22 investigators could determine whom voters meant to choose. 0:25 Alaskans vote on November3. 0:27 The department sued less than two weeks before Election Day, months after state 0:31 courts allowed the disputed candidate onto the ballot. 0:33 The earlier Superior Court proceedings took place in Anchorage. 0:36 The United States brought the federal case against Alaska and election official 0:40 Carol Beecher, among other defendants. 0:42 Its request turns on votes for two different people with similar names. 0:46 Dan S. 0:47 Sullivan would have to lose. 0:48 Then a hypothetical reassignment of Daniel J. 0:50 Sullivan, Jr. 0:52 Votes would have to make the incumbent the winner underranked. 0:54 Choice voting. 0:55 The department wants certification stopped while investigators examine voter intent. 0:59 That hypothetical calculation could show that different votes would produce a 1:03 different winner. 1:04 It wouldn't show that voters made mistakes. 1:06 Investigators would still need a reliable way to distinguish someone deliberately 1:09 choosing Daniel from someone intending to choose the senator. 1:12 Voters are choosing a United States Senator. 1:14 Mary Peltola, a former congresswoman, is the Democratic challenger. 1:18 Daniel J. 1:19 Sullivan, Jr. 1:20 is a separate candidate, a60, nine-year old retired teacher and volunteer 1:24 firefighter. 1:25 The incumbent Dan S. 1:26 Sullivan is the Republican senator. 1:28 Daniel denies trying to mislead his supporters and denies being a Democratic plant. 1:32 The general election field also includes Gerald L. 1:35 Hykes. 1:36 The ballot gives voters more than matching surnames. 1:39 It prints Daniel's fuller name and junior designation. 1:41 Beside Dan S. 1:42 Sullivan, it prints registered Republican and Incumbent. 1:46 Daniel's entry carries no party label. 1:48 The official Yuppie sample also distinguishes the names. 1:51 Alaska first used ranked choice voting in2022. 1:54 This sample offers first through fifth choices for four printed candidates and a 1:58 right in row. 1:59 A lower preference can count when a higher-ranked candidate is eliminated. 2:02 Voters' rankings determine that next choice. 2:05 Election officials remove Daniel in June on a frivolous candidacy rationale. 2:09 Judge Thomas A. 2:10 Matthews ordered him included on June twenty-sixth. 2:13 The state pursued an expedited appeal, and Alaska's Supreme Court heard argument and 2:18 issued an order on June29 . 2:20 Daniel retained ballot access. 2:22 The challenge followed two eligibility complaints filed on behalf of Alaska 2:25 Republican Party Chair Carmela Warfield. 2:27 Officials notified Daniel on June10 and issued their final determination five days 2:31 later. 2:32 By August, he was competing in the primary. 2:34 Paltola received eighty two two hundred forty four votes or forty-nine point five 2:38 four percent. 2:39 The incumbent received sixty-eight seven hundred twenty-six or forty one point four 2:43 zero percent. 2:44 Daniel finished third with four one hundred and seven votes or two point four seven 2:48 percent. 2:48 Those August primary results explain the political sensitivity surrounding his 2:52 candidacy. 2:52 The Senate primary recorded one hundred and sixty six four votes. 2:56 Those totals don't tell us how November voters will rank candidates or whether 2:59 anyone will confuse the names. 3:01 The general election contest is rated a toss, up. 3:04 Trump took responsibility for initiating the federal case. 3:07 He said, I am the one that said do it. 3:09 His administration is seeking a certification barrier that would operate if the 3:12 Republican incumbent loses under the specified conditions. 3:15 Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward described the purpose as protecting the 3:19 election's integrity. 3:20 The complaint alleges Daniel deliberately entered to confuse the senator's 3:23 supporters and benefit Peltola. 3:25 Daniel denies that purpose. 3:27 Claims that he coordinated with her remain unproved. 3:29 Daniel's campaign reportedly had one dollar nine hundred and one point five one on 3:33 hand the preceding week. 3:35 A primary period account put his donor count at twelve. 3:37 Those snapshots don't tell us why donors contributed or support assigning his voters 3:41 to the incumbent. 3:42 The filing day is disputed between October twenty, two and October twenty-three. 3:47 The complaint copy bears October twenty two. 3:49 Either way, the department brought its case after early voting began and after the 3:53 candidate's ballot access had been settled for months. 3:56 Peltola's campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee asked to enter 3:59 the case as defendants on October twenty-three. 4:02 They want to defeat the department's action. 4:04 Their objection is that assuming Daniel's votes belong to the incumbent disregards 4:08 voters' choices and their rankings. 4:09 The Justice Department invokes the National Voter Registration Act. 4:13 The legal challenge is whether an enforceable provision actually authorizes this 4:17 lawsuit and the certification restriction it seeks. 4:19 A law's broad purpose of protecting elections doesn't resolve those questions. 4:23 Election. 4:24 Law professor Derek Muller points to the department's reliance on the Act's 4:27 preamble. 4:27 Its opening statement of purpose. 4:29 Former Justice Department official Justin Levitt argues the government lacks a 4:33 statutory right to bring this action. 4:34 Both say the claim should fail. 4:36 Jessica Levinson finds no precedent for this kind of prospective presidentially 4:40 directed action. 4:42 David Becker says the ballot issue belongs under state law and was already 4:45 litigated. 4:46 Richard Pildis calls the case exceptionally weak. 4:48 Those are legal assessments awaiting a judge's decision. 4:51 The timing could also matter. 4:53 The court could dismiss the case, consider it premature, or wait for actual results. 4:57 The ballot dispute was known long before the department sought federal intervention. 5:01 Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the case on October twenty five and denied it 5:05 lays groundwork for overturning an election. 5:07 Sullivan says he'll let it run its course. 5:10 Peltola calls the action a desperate attempt to cling to power and has called the 5:13 proposed challenge corruption. 5:15 Blanche described the action as concerning Alaska rather than a broader plan. 5:19 His earlier remarks left open future federal intervention over certification, 5:23 including what he called hypothetical doomsday scenario. 5:26 The department hasn't obtained an order stopping certification. 5:29 As of October twenty-five, the court hadn't set a hearing. 5:33 Federal authority and a reliable way to determine voter intent are still unresolved. 5:37 November three is election day. 5:39 Counting and litigation can continue afterward.
Sino ang nag-ulat ng ano Kung saan nagkakasalungat ang mga ulat Ayon sa NBC News Okt 23, 4:57 PM UTC Justin Levitt said there is no law that allows DOJ to challenge ballots or delay certification. Ayon sa The Guardian Okt 23, 7:46 PM UTC Derek Mueller said the legal claim was so weak that it had essentially no likelihood of success. Ayon sa PBS NewsHour Okt 23, 10:17 PM UTC David Becker said the dispute is a matter of state law and that the Justice Department has no authority or role in it. Ayon sa CBS News Okt 23, 11:54 PM UTC Jessica Levinson said the Justice Department must identify a specific provision of federal law to enforce, rather than relying on a law’s general objective. Ayon sa MS NOW Okt 24, 1:33 AM UTC The transcript says some experts question whether the statute cited by the Justice Department authorizes blocking certification. Ayon sa FRANCE 24 English Okt 24, 11:42 AM UTC The report says the federal government has no authority to direct Alaska’s certification of its election results. Ayon sa ABC News Okt 26, 2:34 PM UTC The transcript says neither Blanch nor Trump cited a law they believed would be broken. Ayon sa The Independent Nob 1, 6:30 PM UTC Judge Gleason wrote that the relief requested by the federal government was infeasible because many ballots had already been cast and commingled, making voter identities indeterminable. Ayon sa The Seattle Times — Local Okt 23, 3:00 PM UTC Derek Muller said the lawsuit will likely matter only if Republicans narrowly lose the Alaska Senate race. Ayon sa CBS News Okt 23, 11:54 PM UTC Jessica Levinson said the Justice Department faces a serious uphill battle in the case. Ayon sa The Guardian Okt 25, 4:48 PM UTC Derek Mueller said the legal claim was extremely weak and had essentially no likelihood of success. Ayon sa CNN Okt 26, 10:00 PM UTC Ben Ginsberg said the lawsuit appeared politically motivated and that its proponents did not have much of a case. Mga puntong iniulat ng higit sa isang outlet ≠ Judge rules federal government lacks authority to bring the lawsuit Magkasalungat ang mga ulat · 8 outlet ≠ Legal assessments of the lawsuit's merits Magkasalungat ang mga ulat · 4 outlet ✓ Lawsuit seeks to block certification under specified outcomes Kinumpirma nang hiwalay · 15 outlet ✓ Lawsuit seeks investigation into voter intent for Daniel Sullivan ballots Kinumpirma nang hiwalay · 14 outlet ✓ DOJ accelerates a criminal probe into alleged voter confusion Kinumpirma nang hiwalay · 13 outlet ✓ Alaska officials announce an investigation into campaign allegations Kinumpirma nang hiwalay · 12 outlet Trump says he directed the lawsuit 12 outlet The Justice Department filed a revised version of its lawsuit seeking potentially to block certific… 2 outlet Bawat linya ay ang pahayag ayon sa naitala namin mula sa ulat ng outlet na iyon. Inihambing hanggang Nobyembre 6, 2026 nang 4:06 PM UTC .
