Sullivan Campaign Moves to Intervene in Peltola Absentee-Ballot Lawsuit, Calling Early Release of Ballot Records Unfair

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The re-election campaign of U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan said on November 9 that it has filed a motion in Anchorage Superior Court to intervene in the lawsuit brought by Mary Peltola's campaign over absentee-ballot records.

Peltola's campaign sued Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, Elections Director Carol Beecher and the Alaska Division of Elections on Friday, seeking early release of records linking individual voters to preliminary decisions on whether their absentee ballots will be accepted. The Division says the information is subject to change during ballot review and has long been treated as confidential.

The Sullivan campaign argues that early release would let Peltola's team identify supporters whose ballots were preliminarily rejected and lobby election officials to count them outside the established review process, gaining an unfair advantage. Peltola's campaign first requested the records on October 27, arguing they are public under Alaska's Public Records Act.

Source: The Alaska Story

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