Alaska: Federal court rejects US Justice Department's lawsuit to suspend confirmation of Senate election results On November 1, federal judge Sharon Gleason denied a lawsuit by the US Justice Department, which sought the ability to suspend the certification of Alaska's Senate election results if incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses. The controversy arose over the participation of another candidate with a similar name, Daniel J. Sullivan. The Ministry of Justice argued that this could lead to confusion among voters and affect the results of the vote. The judge said the government had failed to provide a workable mechanism to separate the second candidate's ballots and verify voters' intentions without breaching the confidentiality of the vote. In addition, a significant part of the ballot boxes has already been processed and mixed. Suspending the confirmation of the results will not fix the alleged problem. The court rejected the claim for procedural reasons, and determined that there is no necessary legal basis for granting the requested relief. On the same day, the Ministry of Justice filed an appeal to the Ninth Court of Appeals. The agency said that the court rejected the lawsuit for procedural reasons and did not refute the claims of misleading possible voters. A separate criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the second candidate's appearance is ongoing. The court did not find any conspiracy or violation of the election laws. The Alaska Senate election will be held on November 3rd. The race includes incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, Democrat Mary Flatula, Daniel J. Sullivan and Republican Gerald Hicks.