Donald Trump on stopping Alaska Senate ballot count: "There is no other fair solution!"

In a Thursday Truth Social post, President Donald Trump urged Alaska officials to stop tallying ballots in the U.S. Senate race and award votes cast for third-party contenders to Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, Truthout reported. Trump claimed voters were confused by a second Dan Sullivan in the race; the state’s ranked-choice rules let residents mark both Sullivans, the report said. By Thursday morning, about three-quarters of Alaska ballots were tabulated, with over a quarter outstanding. Democrat Mary Peltola led Sullivan by slightly more than 600 votes but lacked a majority, so an instant runoff was likely if the margin held. The article said a federal judge dismissed a Justice Department suit seeking to postpone formalizing the outcome if the incumbent senator lost. Trump’s proposal would omit uncounted ballots from the result.