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DOJ requests separating Alaska ballots that rank Dan J. Sullivan in Senate race
The court filing, which cites the potential for “voter confusion,” did not spell out how segregating ballots would determine if a voter was confused.
Associated Press
What the coverage shows
Most outlets frame the story around the Justice Department or federal prosecutor seeking to isolate or segregate Alaska ballots tied to Dan J. Sullivan, with several also noting a criminal probe and voter-confusion concerns. NBC News and CBS News emphasize the court filing’s request and its uncertainty about how ballot segregation would prove confusion, while the Associated Press and The Hill foreground the existence of an investigation. Axios, Fox News and The Guardian US give more space to the allegation that Democrats or Peltola’s allies recruited a second Dan Sullivan, and that point appears explicitly only in some extracts.
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