INTRO: The D-O-J probe into Alaska’s Senate race escalates as speculation about a secret effort to stack the ballot intensifies. Fox’s Madeleine Rivera reports in D-C.
ACK: Fox’s Madeleine Rivera in D-C
TAG: Democratic nominee Mary Peltola has denied knowing about or participating in any ballot-stacking scheme, repeatedly describing the controversy as a “distraction” and a “diversion” by the Republican Party. The New York Times article that broke the story noted that Republicans have also used similar tactics in the past … bolstering independent candidates who lived outside the state or members of the Green Party in a bid to hurt Democrats’ chances.
KEYWORD: Politics, Election
