Justice Department Seeks Alaska Ballot Split for 1 Decoy Candidate as Probe Widens
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 30
Justice Department Seeks Alaska Ballot Split for 1 Decoy Candidate as Probe Widens
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 30
Summary
Federal prosecutors asked a court to order Alaska by Monday to preserve and segregate ballots cast for Daniel J. Sullivan, whose name closely matches Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan.
The emergency filing says those ballots cannot be separated after Election Day and alleges Mary Peltola’s campaign and the DSCC helped recruit the similarly named candidate to confuse voters.
Justice officials also sought expedited access to communications tied to Sullivan’s recruitment, framing the move as a way to determine whether a coordinated ballot-confusion scheme affected Tuesday’s Senate race.
The filing builds on parallel civil and criminal inquiries that accelerated after New York Times reporting, though prosecutors have since cautioned the case may not ultimately produce criminal charges.