Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,
Officials in Alaska urged a federal court to throw out a legal complaint lodged by the Trump administration that pre-challenges the results of an election for a U.S. Senate seat representing the state.
People walk into a polling station to cast votes in Anchorage, Alaska, in a Nov. 5, 2022, file image. Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe lawsuit, which says that voter confusion over two candidates having similar names could lead to illegitimate results, should be swiftly dismissed, Alaska Assistant Attorneys General Margaret Paton Walsh and Laura Fox said in the motion filed on Monday.
"The United States lacks authority to intervene in state elections at all, much less in support of a favored candidate," they wrote.
They said the court should follow the "well-established principle" that "lower federal courts should not 'alter the election rules' of a state 'on the eve of an election.'"
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