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An Alaska judge has ruled against Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign in its efforts to obtain records identifying absentee ballots that have been rejected, saying the request was “not reasonable.”
Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews ruled Wednesday that state election officials were not required to provide the information, as the request could not reasonably be fulfilled while they were working to process ballots from last week's midterm elections.
“The timing of the Campaign’s request could simply not be worse,” Matthews said in his ruling.
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He also raised concerns about voter privacy, saying the state could not reasonably redact confidential information from the records before producing them at this time.
Peltola’s campaign filed a lawsuit last Friday seeking information about rejected absentee ballots and the reasons for their rejection, arguing it wanted to ensure all eligible votes are counted.
The Alaska Senate race is the only one left to be called, with Peltola currently narrowly ahead of incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. Around 86 percent of votes have been counted as of early Thursday.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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