Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign sued state election officials Friday for immediate access to records identifying absentee ballots rejected in the midterm election.
Peltola and Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan remain about 640 votes apart, according to the latest Associated Press tally with around 74 percent of the votes counted, in a race that remains too close to call.
A group called Alaskans for Mary has sued the state Division of Elections to disclose, “without further delay,” the names of Alaskans who sent absentee ballots the agency turned down, according to a complaint filed on Nov. 6 in the Superior Court for the State of Alaska. …