Posted on 11/11/2010 12:47:19 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's campaign on Thursday accused observers for rival Joe Miller of making petty challenges in the counting of voters' write-in ballots in an attempt to tilt the Alaska Senate race in their favor.
Miller's campaign disputed the charge, saying observers are simply challenging votes that don't meet the strict letter of the law - including those with minor misspellings of Murkowski's name or those with legibility or penmanship issues.
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Murkowski needs to live by the law, not the spirit of the law.
Well, when an idiot candidate goes “write-in”, thems the breaks.
I don’t like Murkowski, or Stupid people.
But let’s be real, rejecting votes where the candidate is clear, is UnAmerican.
Get ready for the Drive-bys to ramp up the criticism of Miller for his “frivolous” and “desperate” challenges, while never mentioning what the Alaska law says about the write-in name having to match the candidate’s write-in declaration. Miller is just saying -follow the law.
That’s as bad as rejecting Military Ballots on the basis of Postmarks.
Following the law is very American.
How can you argue the “spirit” of the law when it states the name must be identical to the name on the write in application form? Yeah it is kind of technical but that is how the law was written. If the lawmakers intended to say voter intent, they could easily say voter intent.
Allowing subjectivism into the vote counting process is un American. Down with intent! Up with the law!
Then she ought to have won her primary.
Write-ins are write-ins. Them’s the breaks.
If someone wants to challenge the constitutionality of the Alaska voting law in court, let them do so, -but no election official should be allowed to just disregard the law as written or invent clauses to the statute which are not there.
She must be losing
Mrs. Prince of Space
Leftists always want to inject subjective interpretations over objective standards so they can rule from the bench rather than go through the process of changing the constitution by the amendment process or the law through new legislation. It’s quicker and easier to rule by subjective judicial fiat.
Alaska ‘10 = Floriduh ‘00
Dear Ms. MurCOWski ... my vote should not count.
Get a grip.
Those laws are written by people interested in protecting themselves from challenge.
Free and Fair elections is the American way.
And I will bet dollars to Donuts, anyone on these threads arguing about ‘the letter of the law’ that was here in 2000, was singing a different tune with regards to Florida’s military ballots and postmarks.
Which is hypocritical and slimy.
I’m not one for manufacturing votes, but any close spelling should be acceptable (Lisa M. should not, as there was a another one on the ballot)
Too much law-abiding going on for Mrs. Merkouwski.
After the primary, she spent $ on a campaign to educate voters on the spelling of her name. Then suddenly, as luck would have it [RME], that was no longer necessary, because the correct spelling of name requirement was READ OUT of the law.
Moosecowski?.........
It’s legally required under the statutory language in Alaska.
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