ALASKA'S NEWSPAPER

| Updated: 10:50 PM

Dems, Republicans to sue over write-in lists

The state's Democratic and Republican parties are planning to sue over the decision by Alaska elections officials to provide voters who ask with a list of write-in candidates.

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Sarah Mouracade, a spokeswoman for the Democrats' coordinated campaign, says attorneys will seek a restraining order this morning to halt the practice.

Both parties believe the providing of lists is unfair, with Democrats having alleged that election officials are trying to influence the outcome of the U.S. Senate race by providing the list. The director of the division of elections has viewed the practice as consistent with officials' obligation to provide voter assistance.

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski is running as a write-in after her loss in the GOP primary to Joe Miller, the nominee backed by the state Republican party.

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