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Trump demands Alaska votes switch between two Dan Sullivans

MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace examines the president's proposal as reporters explain voter rankings and the unfinished Senate count.

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Trump makes OUTRAGEOUS DEMAND that Republican be declared winner in UNCALLED Alaska Senate race

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0:49Trump's displayed post demands that the third-party Dan Sullivan's votes go to Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan.
1:21Noriega explains ranked-choice transfers and reports that the other Sullivan's voters often ranked Peltola second.
2:44Additional vote batches are scheduled, with tabulation concluding on November 18, Noriega reports.
3:34Noriega says ranked-choice voting itself is not the reason Alaska counts slowly.
5:22Hillyard reports Trump's renewed demand and explains limits on Vance's authority when senators are seated.

Two candidates named Dan Sullivan are at the center of Donald Trump's demand over Alaska's unresolved Senate election: he wants votes cast for the third-party candidate given to the Republican incumbent.

On Deadline: White House, Nicolle Wallace brings in David Noriega in Anchorage and White House reporter Vaughn Hillyard to explain why that proposal is not how the count works. Posted today, the segment has drawn roughly 1.9 million views in its opening ten hours.

The broadcast shows Democrat Mary Peltola narrowly ahead of incumbent Dan S. Sullivan, with counting still underway. Trump's displayed social media post calls for the other Sullivan's votes to be transferred immediately to the Republican.

Noriega explains the crucial distinction: Alaska's ranked-choice system follows the preferences voters marked, rather than assigning their votes according to a shared name. He reports that voters who chose the third-party Sullivan often ranked Peltola second.

"Trump's proposal here does not really make very much sense," Noriega says. He also separates the voting system from the lengthy wait: "Rank-choice voting itself is not what makes Alaska a slow state to count votes." Further batches are scheduled before tabulation concludes on November 18, he reports.

Hillyard then takes the discussion from counting ballots to seating senators. He reports that Trump repeated his demand in the Oval Office, but says JD Vance's role presiding over the Senate does not give him express authority to refuse to seat a senator. The segment's final substantive question is therefore not just who wins Alaska, but what authority Washington has over the result.

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