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Mary Peltola's campaign sued in Alaska state court seeking a list of absentee voters whose ballots have been rejected in the closely watched Senate race against Republican Dan Sullivan. A judge, Thomas Matthews, said at a Tuesday hearing that he expected to rule quickly and planned a written ruling within a day. The campaign says it does not want to disrupt ballot counting and wants to know the reasons for the rejections, aiming to ensure all qualified voters have their ballots counted. State attorneys argue the requested information would violate voter privacy. They say daily reports listing absentee ballots under review are not public records because they contain confidential information and are ephemeral working documents. The state also says observer reports include home addresses voters want kept private, and that voters are not notified of rejections until at least 10 days after certification, so a campaign should not learn of them first. Sullivan's campaign backed the state but asked that any data released be made equally available to all candidates. The race is one of two Senate contests, with Mississippi's, still too early to call.