{
  "id": 17316923,
  "title": "Midterms: Alaska: Ministry wants to store ballots separately",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/midterms-alaska-ministerium-will-stimmzettel-getrennt-lagern-lassen",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-31T00:49:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/midterms-alaska-ministerium-will-stimmzettel-getrennt-lagern-lassen/100266274.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The US Department of Justice is seeking to have certain ballots from Alaska's contested Senate election set aside. The move is related to allegations that Dan J. Sullivan, a Republican candidate, is a stand-in for the Democratic Party. The US government claims that voters may have been confused due to the similarity in names between Dan J. Sullivan and incumbent Senator Dan S. Sullivan. The Republican Party, including President Donald Trump, accuses Democrats of deliberately putting forward a candidate with the same name to confuse voters and hurt the incumbent's chances. The US Department of Justice has confirmed that it is conducting a criminal investigation into allegations of voter deception in the Alaska Senate election.",
  "summary": "There are just days to go until the US congressional elections - but a legal dispute over the important Senate race in Alaska has yet to be resolved. Now the Trump administration is taking another step.",
  "key_points": [
    "US Justice Department seeks to separate ballots in Alaska election",
    "Focus on votes for Dan J. Sullivan, Republican candidate",
    "Investigation into potential voter confusion over candidate names"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}