{"id":2694825,"date":"2026-10-31T19:22:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T23:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorneys-for-alaska-say-meritless-trump-demand-to-set-aside-senate-ballots-not-even-possible\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T19:22:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T23:22:02","slug":"attorneys-for-alaska-say-meritless-trump-demand-to-set-aside-senate-ballots-not-even-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorneys-for-alaska-say-meritless-trump-demand-to-set-aside-senate-ballots-not-even-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorneys for Alaska say &#8216;meritless&#8217; Trump demand to set aside Senate ballots &#8216;not even possible&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fattorneys-for-alaska-say-meritless-trump-demand-to-set-aside-senate-ballots-not-even-possible%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2694825&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\" aria-labelledby=\"wex-article-title\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) \u2014<\/strong> Alaska\u2019s Republican-run state government on Saturday urged a federal judge to dismiss <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/alaska-senate-race-sullivan-name-lawsuit-certification-d8f4a3c7b5247cc427a05f796d7c0d82\">a lawsuit filed at President Donald Trump\u2019s direction<\/a> to stop the certification of a possible Democratic win in that state\u2019s pivotal U.S. Senate race, writing that there is \u201cno reason for this Court to entertain this meritless lawsuit any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scathing filing from the state\u2019s attorney general\u2019s office comes as U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason set a deadline of Saturday for arguments over whether she should dismiss the lawsuit without even a hearing. The complaint from the U.S. Department of Justice has been roundly criticized by election law experts and demands that the judge halt certification of a possible win by Democrat Mary Peltola until it is determined whether voters were confused by the presence of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/dan-sullivan-alaska-trump-lawsuit-8b650aa32e24a21d229a5076845b54e2\">a second candidate on the ballot<\/a> with the same name as her main rival, Republican Sen. 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