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DOJ sues to delay Alaska election results if GOP incumbent drops
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The Trump administration sued Alaska on Thursday to delay certification of election results if incumbent Republican Sen.
Key facts
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Summary
Alaska's use of ranked-choice voting, which eliminates candidates in rounds if no one gets 50% of the initial vote, complicates matters. Sullivan been cast instead for Senator Sullivan and Alaska's rank-choice process played out accordingly, Senator Sullivan would have won the election," the lawsuit, filed in Alaska District Court, states. Sullivan Jr. after the state's Supreme Court ordered the state's Division of Elections to include him in the race in June.