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Lawsuit alleges 18 rural Alaska early voting sites failed to open

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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly left-leaning (67%).

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A lawsuit filed by Democrats alleges that at least 18 rural Alaska early voting sites failed to open. Most of the communities are Alaska Native villages reachable only by plane or boat. Early in-person voting began Oct. 19. The state’s website lists the Nanwalek site as open, while the lawsuit and a tracker paid for by a political group say it did not operate that week. The case is set for a hearing Monday, days before a Senate race that polls show is close between Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Dan Sullivan.

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A lawsuit filed by Democrats accuses the state of advertising in-person voting sites that then failed to open in at least 18 rural communities.
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Raw Story
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The New York Times
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Newsweek
Early in-person voting in Alaska began Oct. 19.
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Raw Story
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Newsweek
Most of the 18 named communities are Alaska Native villages reachable only by plane or boat.
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The lawsuit is set for a hearing on Monday, Nov. 2, before the election.
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The state’s website lists the Nanwalek site as open since Oct. 19, while the lawsuit says it was not operating that week.
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Polls cited by the outlets show the Senate race between Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Dan Sullivan is close.
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Did the Nanwalek in-person voting site operate after early voting began Oct. 19?
Newsweek reports that the state’s website lists the site as open since Oct. 19. The lawsuit says it was not operating that week, and a crowd-sourced tracker paid for by the 907 Initiative, a political group, reports that it did not open.

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All sides report that a lawsuit alleges at least 18 rural Alaska early voting sites failed to open before a close Senate race. The left frames it as a Democratic suit over closed polling places, while the center focuses on residents of villages left without the sites state officials had advertised.

the left
2 outlets
Presents the event as a Democratic lawsuit over closed polling places; the far-left Raw Story headline adds ‘thousands’ of voters and the ‘critical race’ stakes.
Democrats File Suit Over Closed Polling Places in Rural Alaska
The New York TimesLeftAll left-leaning headlines
the center
1 outlet
Leads with residents and villages left without the voting sites the state promised, a human-interest angle rather than a party lawsuit.
Alaska Native Villages Face Election Without Loaded verb“Promised Voting Sites”Says the state promised voting sites, which presents the lawsuit’s allegation about advertised sites as an established promise.More neutral: Without the voting sites the state advertisedDisagree with this highlight?
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Promised Voting Sites
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Promised Voting SitesMore neutral: Without the voting sites the state advertised
Says the state promised voting sites, which presents the lawsuit’s allegation about advertised sites as an established promise.
Alaska Native Villages Face Election Without Promised Voting Sites
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From the left

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Leads with

Democrats’ lawsuit
closed polling places
stakes in a close Senate race

Leaves out

State website lists the Nanwalek site as open

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Raw StoryFar Left
Dems sue as polling site failures hit thousands of voters in critical race: report
Democrats filed a lawsuit Friday as early voting failures affected thousands of Alaskans in villages “ key to Democratic hopes ” just days out from the midterms, The New York Times reported Saturday. …
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The New York TimesLeft
Democrats File Suit Over Closed Polling Places in Rural Alaska
Voting sites in 18 far-flung communities failed to open, the suit claims.
1 day agoRead at The New York Times (opens in a new tab)

From the center

1 outlet

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Alaska Native villages
residents’ accounts of lost polling places
the state’s promised sites

Leaves out

Democratic state senator’s earlier letter to election officials
Lawsuit brought by Democrats

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NewsweekCenter
Alaska Native Villages Face Election Without Loaded verb“Promised Voting Sites”Says the state promised voting sites, which presents the lawsuit’s allegation about advertised sites as an established promise.More neutral: Without the voting sites the state advertisedDisagree with this highlight?
Days before a tight Senate race, a lawsuit says rural Alaska villages were left without the voting sites the state promised.
2 hr agoRead at Newsweek (opens in a new tab)

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First to report
The New York Times, Oct 31, 2:41 PM EDT
Center
1 day 10 hr later
Its first report, Nov 1, 11:43 PM EST
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The New York TimesLeftOct 31, 2:41 PM EDT
Raw StoryFar LeftOct 31, 4:37 PM EDT
NewsweekCenterNov 1, 11:43 PM EST

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Lawsuit alleges 18 rural Alaska early voting sites failed to open

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From the left

Dems sue as polling site failures hit thousands of voters in critical race: report

Democrats File Suit Over Closed Polling Places in Rural Alaska

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Alaska Native Villages Face Election Without Loaded verb“Promised Voting Sites”Says the state promised voting sites, which presents the lawsuit’s allegation about advertised sites as an established promise.More neutral: Without the voting sites the state advertisedDisagree with this highlight?

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