Peltola Campaign Group Sues Alaska Division of Elections to Make Public the Names of Rejected Absentee Voters

Alaskans For Mary, the main organization boosting Democrat Mary Peltola’s challenge to Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, sued the Alaska Division of Elections on Friday in Anchorage Superior Court, the Alaska Beacon reported, naming the division, its director and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom. The suit seeks to make public the names of Alaskans whose absentee ballots have been rejected, and asks for an injunction and temporary restraining order that could expose the names before certification. The group says it wants the records to ensure Peltola’s supporters are “not unlawfully disenfranchised.” The Alaska Department of Law says the division has “long treated as confidential” the preliminary absentee information, and that releasing it “could delay the timely counting of votes.”

Under state law the division isn’t required to reveal whether an absentee ballot is rejected until after the election is certified, and absentee ballots may arrive as late as Nov. 18. The Beacon notes the group had argued days earlier in a different federal case for “the right to cast secret ballots.” The Alaska Senate count is already the subject of DOJ’s suit to bar certification if Sullivan loses (2026-10-22–doj-sues-alaska-to-bar-senate-certification-if-sullivan-loses-nvra, 2026-10-30–doj-memo-cites-alaska-division-june-15-finding-state-courts-rejected-it).