Alaska judge denies Peltola campaign request for list of rejected absentee ballots

An Alaska judge denied former Rep. Mary Peltola's (D-Alaska) campaign request for a list of rejected absentee ballots amid the state's competitive Senate election that is yet to be called.

Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthew ruled that Alaska's Division of Election (DOE) is "currently busy processing ballots from the 2026 general election" and "simply lacks the capacity to generate the report from" the voter registration database (VREM) at the Peltola campaign's behest.