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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — GOP nominee Joe Miller sued Tuesday to keep the state from using discretion in counting write-in ballots in Alaska's hotly contested Senate race, setting off what could become a drawn-out legal battle.
The lawsuit was filed the day before election officials planned to start counting write-in ballots that could determine the outcome of the race. Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell, who oversees Alaska elections, said the count will proceed Wednesday morning as planned.
I thought I read that the law said that the votes would count as long as the voter's intentions were clear.
If true, it would be a pretty short lawsuit, right?
I believe the statutory law requires the name to be either written as applied for in the write-in procedure or simply the last name of the write-in candidate. The "voter intent" issue that is being reported has to do with a series of Alaska Supreme Court decisions regarding the counting of ballots that date back to 1978.
That is my understanding of what is going on.
This issue here is that Miller wants ballots thrown out that misspell Murkowski's name, even if only one letter is incorrect. Never mind that the intent of the voter is crystal clear when he or she wrote in Murkowski's name.
I have only one statement to make here:
Joe Miller - You are an ass and a douche bag of the lowest calibre. And you will not succeed in circumventing the will of the voters, who probably already knew what kind of a dishonest bitch you really are, hence the reason they voted for your opponent.
OK, make that 2 statements. :mrgreen:
Article is here.
This is going to be like Al Franken's election in 2008, but WAY LONGER.
Lisa Murkowski promised while running in the Primary to support whoever the candidate was if she lost. She evidently lied (as did Charlie Christ). I have no sympathy if hard-ball politics is played against her.
Lisa Murkowski promised while running in the Primary to support whoever the candidate was if she lost. She evidently lied (as did Charlie Christ). I have no sympathy if hard-ball politics is played against her.
This is not just hard-ball politics being played against her. This is some piece of **** politician giving voters who did not vote for him the middle finger by trying to throw their votes away.
no, you play by the rules of the game. the law states X, then X is what needs to occur, irregardless of whether or not you like X.
Regardless of the legality, it is still voter theft or throwing away votes. It is still "Miller telling voters **** you, your votes do not matter". I would think a conservative such as yourself would be against voter theft or throwing away votes, But I guess you are a republican first and a conservative 2nd.
If the law says that write-ins must be exact, then so be it.
no, you play by the rules of the game. the law states X, then X is what needs to occur, irregardless of whether or not you like X.
no, you play by the rules of the game. the law states X, then X is what needs to occur, irregardless of whether or not you like X.
Joe Miller - You are an ass and a douche bag of the lowest calibre. And you will not succeed in circumventing the will of the voters, who probably already knew what kind of a dishonest bitch you really are
wow, real mature
it is impossible to divine a voter's intent without the diviner's own intention having some influence on his or her divination
for a vote to be counted for a write in candidate, it should be just that, written in
not divined
The signs of a flawed election system is when courts of law have to decide the outcome.. pathetic.
This is going to be like Al Franken's election in 2008, but WAY LONGER.
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