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On the eve of the midterm elections, the Trump administration is intensifying its investigation into the no-name candidate controversy in Alaska and preparing to appeal California’s mail-in ballot lawsuit to the Supreme Court. Both parties are competing for key votes that could affect the Congressional map.
in the united statesmidterm elections In the last weekend before the election, the Trump administration stepped up its efforts targetingCalifornia ” rel=’154631’>alaska The namesake candidate controversy will be criminally investigated and California’s mail-in ballot controversy is said to be headed to the Supreme Court. The results of this election will decide whether Republicans will be able to retain control of Congress or not.
Reuters reports that prosecutors in Alaska are investigating whether allies of Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola helped the retired teacher run for office in an effort to influence the election as Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. is named for current Republican senator Dan S. Similar to Sullivan.
Alaska’s U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman said at a press conference on October 30 that The New York Times recently reported that Pertola’s camp had cooperated with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to recruit Sullivan Jr., who has the same surname and similar name as the current senator. Since then, the FBI has “significantly increased” its manpower to investigate the case.
Hyman called Sullivan Jr. a “fake candidate”; Portola, the campaign committee, and Sullivan Jr. all denied any involvement in recruitment.
This election will re-elect 35 senators and all 435 representatives. Republicans currently have a 53 to 47 seat majority in the Senate, and only a slight advantage in the House of Representatives. If they lose control of either chamber, Democrats will be able to block Trump’s policy agenda and launch investigations into Republican government.
So far, more than 51 million American voters have voted in person or sent in their ballots in advance, setting a record.
In California, a federal appeals court ruled earlier this week that the Justice Department failed to provide sufficient grounds to require California to temporarily block the mail-in ballots of more than 20,000 potential non-US citizens. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter said today that if the government wants to ask the Supreme Court to hear the case, it will do so before the November 3 election deadline.
Over the past month, Trump has traveled extensively to several states to campaign, but he stopped at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida yesterday and is expected to visit Kansas and Iowa to campaign on November 1.
In addition to trying to stop California from counting the votes of more than 20,000 voters who may not be citizens, the Trump administration has also filed lawsuits against nearly 30 states and the District of Columbia to obtain truncated voter rolls.
The legal actions have alarmed state election officials. Under the Constitution, electoral matters are primarily the responsibility of the states.
Sean Morales-Doyle of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University pointed out that although these measures are unlikely to win in court, they are intended to create uncertainty, sow fear and distrust, create chaos, and thereby put pressure on state officials.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted from September 30 to October 5 showed that 76% of American voters were confident that votes would be counted correctly, with Republican and Democratic voters having roughly the same level of confidence.
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Prosecutors are investigating whether the Pertola camp and the Democratic Election Commission recruited a retired teacher with the same name as a current Republican senator to run for office in order to sway votes and influence the election; The people concerned have denied involvement.
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The federal appeals court held that the Justice Department did not provide sufficient reasons for temporarily blocking more than 20,000 mail-in ballots that came from non-citizens; The Justice Department said it would petition the Supreme Court for a hearing before November 3 if he continued the fight.
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This time 35 senators and 435 members of the House of Representatives will be re-elected. If the Republican Party loses control of either house, the Democratic Party will be able to block Trump’s administration and launch investigations. At present, more than 51 million people have voted in advance, reaching a new high.
