AnchorageAlaska’s commingled ballots sank the Justice Department’s certification suit.
It leaves Alaska free to certify its result even if Republican Senator Dan Sullivan loses.
Judge Sharon Gleason found the government offered no plan to segregate ballots cast for namesake candidate Daniel J. Sullivan without breaching secrecy.
The US Justice Department said it will appeal, while Senator Sullivan said he will accept the results.
Alaska votes Tuesday in one of seven Senate toss-ups that decide control of the chamber.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 450+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story very differently.
- Fox News
- reports from Anchorage on the duplicate 'Sullivan' ballot listing, framing the DOJ move as a halt on certifying Peltola's win
- www.Bluewin.ch
- foregrounds the secret-ballot problem: government could not explain how to separate Dan J. Sullivan voters without breaching ballot secrecy
- Al Jazeera Online
- pits Sullivan's pledge to accept results against the DOJ's decertification push, quoting him accusing Peltola's camp of cheating
- TRT World
- quotes Judge Gleason's ruling that interrogating voters over Daniel J. Sullivan votes would breach the secret ballot
Sources: Fox News, www.Bluewin.ch, Al Jazeera Online, TRT World