Judge denies Peltola request for ballot data in Alaska Senate race
An Alaska judge on Wednesday denied Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s attempt to force election officials to hand over data for rejected absentee ballots cast in her race against Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK).
TL;DR
- An Alaska judge denied Mary Peltola's request for data on rejected absentee ballots.
- The judge ruled the data is not public record and cited ongoing vote counting deadlines.
- Peltola's campaign sought the data to ensure valid ballots were counted.
- State prosecutors argued the request violated voter privacy.
- Peltola currently leads Sen. Dan Sullivan by 4,250 votes as counting continues.
- Concerns exist about a second "Dan Sullivan" candidate potentially confusing voters.