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阿拉斯加州一名联邦法官已驳回特朗普政府提起的诉讼,该诉讼旨在阻止该州本周中期选举参议院结果的认证——前提是共和党现任参议员丹·沙利文落败。
美国地区法官莎伦·L·格利森在周日一份长达20页的命令中指出,司法部在上周提起的诉讼缺乏适当的法律依据。该诉讼要求格利森阻止该州选举结果获得认证,因为一位名叫丹尼尔·J·沙利文的教师也出现在州选票上,司法部声称他参选的目的是通过使用与该州现任参议员相同的选票姓名和政党归属来故意误导选民。
司法部辩称,选票上出现丹尼尔·J·沙利文的名字可能会分散选民注意力,从而使本次参选的民主党人玛丽·佩尔托拉受益。
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2026年10月31日(周六),共和党籍阿拉斯加州参议员丹·沙利文在阿拉斯加州比格莱克市比格莱克狮子会外的万圣节活动上分发糖果。美联社照片/林赛·沃森
格利森表示,她无法批准特朗普政府寻求的禁令,“因为美国政府未能确立《宪法》第三条诉讼资格所需的救济可能性前提”。
格利森写道:“更根本的是,美国政府未能提出切实可行的计划,说明拟如何在选举日将投给丹尼尔·J·沙利文的选票分开,然后以保护选民秘密的方式对这些选票开展法院下令的、性质不确定的‘调查’”,她还补充称,司法部“未能履行其举证责任,证明其所称的损害可通过法院命令获得救济”。
截至发稿时,司法部发言人未立即回应置评请求。
该诉讼主张沙利文的参选违反了《全国选民登记法》,并于周四进行了修订,纳入了《纽约时报》近期的报道,该报道涉及与佩尔托拉竞选团队相关人员据称为拉拢可能分散共和党参议员选票的候选人所做的努力。诉讼增加了第二项救济主张,称法院需依据《宪法》的最高条款进行干预,以允许政府执行法律并阻止所谓的“阴谋”。
佩尔托拉的竞选团队针对《纽约时报》的报道回应称,该团队“与沙利文的竞选活动没有任何关联”。“我无意欺骗选民,”佩尔托拉在近期的一次竞选活动中表示。
除了这起民事诉讼外,司法部还在对一项涉嫌将丹尼尔·J·沙利文加入该州选票的密谋展开刑事调查,并已发出传票,针对几名被认为与招募他参选阿拉斯加州选票有关的民主党官员。本次竞选的所有参与人均未被提起刑事指控。
Judge tosses DOJ lawsuit seeking to delay certification of Alaska Senate race
Updated on: November 1, 2026 / 2:04 PM EST / CBS News
A federal judge in Alaska has thrown out the Trump administration’s lawsuit seeking to block certification of the state’s Senate election results in this week’s midterm elections if the Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.
U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason wrote in a 20-page order Sunday that the Justice Department did not have proper legal standing to bring the suit last week. The suit asked Gleason to block the state’s election results from being certified because a teacher named Daniel J. Sullivan is also on the state’s ballot, alleging that his candidacy deliberately sought to confuse voters by running with the same ballot name and party affiliation as the state’s incumbent senator.
The Justice Department argued that Daniel J. Sullivan’s name on the ballot potentially diverted voters, and the Democrat running in the race, Mary Peltola, would benefit as a result.
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Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, hands out candy at a Halloween event outside the Big Lake Lions Club, on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, in Big Lake, Alaska. AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson
Gleason said she could not grant the injunction that the Trump administration sought “because the United States has failed to establish the redressability prerequisite for Article III standing.”
“More fundamentally, the United States provides no workable plan as to how it proposes to segregate ballots cast for Daniel J. Sullivan on Election Day and then conduct a court-ordered unspecified ‘investigation’ of those ballots in a manner that would preserve voter secrecy,” Gleason wrote, adding that the Justice Department “failed to satisfy its burden to show that its alleged injury is redressable by a court order.”
A Justice Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The suit, which argues Sullivan’s candidacy violates the National Voter Registration Act, was amended on Thursday to include recent reporting by The New York Times on alleged efforts by people associated with Peltola’s campaign to find candidates who could draw votes away from the Republican senator. It included a second claim for relief, arguing the court needs to intervene under the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause in order to allow the government to enforce the law and prevent a “conspiracy.”
Peltola’s campaign responded to the Times story by saying the campaign “has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign.””I am not interested in tricking voters,” Peltola said during a recent campaign event.
In addition to the civil lawsuit, the Justice Department is also criminally investigating an alleged plot to add Daniel J. Sullivan to the state’s ballot and has issued subpoenas targeting several Democratic officials believed to be tied to the effort to recruit him to appear on Alaska’s ballot. Nobody in the race has been charged with a crime.
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