Anchorage Superior Court
Alaska state trial court in Anchorage hearing the Peltola campaign's absentee ballot records suit.
Anchorage Superior Court has before it Mary Peltola's 6 November public-records suit for Alaska's absentee-ballot rejection data. Judge Thomas Matthews listed a hearing for 10 November, eight days ahead of the ranked-choice tabulation that settles the Senate seat.
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Peltola sues Alaska for absentee records
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Anchorage Superior Court is handling a public-records case from Alaska's 2026 Senate count, assigned to Judge Thomas Matthews, its presiding judge. The suit, Alaskans for Mary v. Dahlstrom, reached the Court on 6 November and targets the state's records on the status of each returned absentee ballot. Senator Dan S. Sullivan's campaign asked on 9 November to intervene.
the Court's formal title is the Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District at Anchorage. In October 2026 Judge Adolf Zeman, also of this court, allowed a privacy suit over the state voter list to continue.
Alaska has invoked voters' privacy to resist disclosure in both cases.
The court weighs Alaska's absentee register
Alaskans for Mary v. Dahlstrom reached the Court on 6 November 2026 under the Alaska Public Records Act. Peltola's campaign named the lieutenant governor, the Division of Elections and director Carol Beecher, and wants the state's log giving the status of each returned absentee ballot. Alaska's lawyers answered that the records law cannot compel data the state does not keep in that form, and that release would breach voters' privacy.
On 9 November the Sullivan campaign asked the Court to add it as a party; Judge Thomas Matthews fixed the hearing for 10 November. As of 11 November no decision had been reported. Any order lands mid-count: on 10 November Peltola held a 4,250 first-choice lead over Senator Dan S. Sullivan, tabulation follows on 18 November and certification is planned for 25 November.
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Written with AI from Lowdown's published reporting. Not individually reviewed by an editor. Updated 11 November 2026. Editorial standards.