State officials in Alaska's Republican-led government asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to set aside ballots for a candidate sharing a name with the incumbent senator.
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State officials in Alaska's Republican-led government asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to set aside ballots for a candidate sharing a name with the incumbent senator.
The Republican-led state government in Alaska implored a federal judge on Saturday to permanently dismiss the Trump administration’s lawsuit that seeks to block the certification of the Alaska Senate race if GOP Sen. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s Republican-run state government on Saturday urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed at President Donald Trump’s direction to stop the certification of a possible Democratic win in that state’s pivotal U.S. The Department of Justice on Friday added a request that the judge separate all ballots showing votes for the second Dan Sullivan until it can be determined whether voters were fooled into wasting their votes for a spoiler candidate.
In its Saturday filing, Alaska said this was “both disturbing and impossible.” It added there would be no way to do that without violating voter privacy.
NBC News reported the story as "Alaska officials ask judge to deny DOJ’s ‘impossible’ demand to set aside ballots." Washington Examiner reported the story as "Attorneys for Alaska say 'meritless' Trump demand to set aside Senate ballots 'not even possible'."
Coverage is split across the political spectrum: 2 left-leaning outlets, 3 right-leaning outlets. L1FE compares the framing across these sources rather than amplifying any single outlet's interpretation.
5 sources have covered this story, including NBC News, Washington Examiner, PBS NewsHour and New York Post and 1 other outlet. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 7 hours ago.
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How the left is reporting it
How left outlets framed it ▾
- Left-leaning coverage emphasizes the DOJ's effort to determine if voters were misled by a spoiler candidate. Articles highlight the state's characterization of the Trump administration's legal request as meritless. The framing focuses on the impossibility of the request according to the Department of Law's response.
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How the right is reporting it
How right outlets framed it ▾
- Right-leaning outlets foreground the state's warning that the ballot request poses a direct threat to secret voting and privacy. Coverage highlights the disturbing nature of the proposal according to state officials. Reporting utilizes the nickname Decoy Dan to characterize the second candidate at the center of the legal challenge.
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[01] VerifiedCore event reported by 5 independent outlets across the spectrum.
[02] CorroboratedKey facts corroborated by mainstream + wire desks.
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