Blanche defends controversial lawsuit in Alaska Senate race over Dan Sullivan name confusion
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[0:00] Attorney General Todd Blanch is
[0:01] defending the DOJ's lawsuit involving
[0:04] the race in Alaska. The Justice
[0:07] Department wants to preemptively block
[0:09] the certification of the results if the
[0:11] Republican incumbent, that's Senator Dan
[0:14] Sullivan, loses. Federal officials say
[0:16] they're concerned voters could be
[0:18] confused by the other Dan Sullivan on
[0:20] the ballot who's running as an
[0:22] independent. Margaret Brennan asked
[0:24] Attorney General Todd Blanch about this
[0:25] yesterday on Face the Nation.
[0:29] What right does the federal government
[0:30] have telling a state not to certify or
[0:31] how to certify?
[0:32] >> We are not. We are, you know, if you
[0:34] talk the whole time, you're not going to
[0:36] get answers out of me. But if you let me
[0:37] answer your question, I can address your
[0:39] question. Okay. So, the exactly what we
[0:42] want is that there are ways because of
[0:43] the way that Alaska ballots are set up
[0:45] where where voters can vote for more
[0:46] than one candidate. There is a way
[0:48] potentially, we don't know what's going
[0:50] to happen yet, where it will be obvious
[0:51] from the results and from the ballots
[0:53] that voters were confused.
[0:55] >> Now, take a look at