Reject Trump’s ‘embarrassing’ Alaska lawsuit, voting experts tell court

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Democracy Docket reports that former Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer and UCLA election law scholars filed amicus briefs urging the Ninth Circuit to dismiss the Trump administration's lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska's Senate race, where Democrat Mary Peltola leads incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. The experts call the suit legally baseless and a dangerous precedent, noting a district court already dismissed it on Nov. 1.

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