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Justice Department seeks to isolate Alaska ballots amid Senate race probe

📍 Alaska, US·🕐 1h ago·2 outlets

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice pushed Friday for a court order to isolate certain Alaska ballots to investigate potential voter confusion, while federal officials confirmed the existence of a criminal probe over a Senate candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent. The dueling developments came days before Tuesday's ranked choice general election, in a race headlined by two-term Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola. The race is among a handful nationwide expected to determine control of the Senate. Alaska U.S.…

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[Claude] Report 2 is a different outlet's version of the same AP story about the Justice Department's push to isolate Alaska ballots amid the criminal probe, with no conflicting facts.

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