Certification of the special primary election for Alaska's open House seat can move forward following a legal battle over ballot access, the state Supreme Court ruled.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin addresses supporters at the opening of her new campaign headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, April 20, 2022.
Corbisier's attorneys said the election does not offer adequate methods for people with visual impairments to cast ballots"without invasive and unlawful assistance from a sighted person." Attorneys for the state said that ample secret voting options were available.Alaska's primary election features 48 candidates hoping to win the state's lone House seat vacated by the March death of longtime GOP Rep. Don Young.
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