If you voted absentee, did you have any way to vote for Murkowski?
“If you voted absentee, did you have any way to vote for Murkowski?”
I think you could write Murk in, but check this out:
http://www.freerepublic.ucom/focus/news/2624667/posts?page=15#15
Sundayjack:
“This is going to sound crazy, but I’d like to hear from someone in the military who voted in Alaska to see what the ballot looked like. My brother, stationed last in Alaska, but now serving in Iraq, voted by Alaska military ballot. He told me he voted for Murkowski. When I joked about spelling her name right, he said that he didn’t have to write it out at all. He said it was printed on the ballot. I asked questions every which way to make sure he knew what he was talking about - that it was the general election and not the primary, etc. He was sure. He’s a doctor in the army medical corps, so he’s not a stupid guy. I mean, aside from the Murkowski vote, and all.
Thoughts?
Crazy?”
I’m not an Alaskan, but would not think so, unless space was provided on the absentee ballots for a write in. I am not even sure Murkowski had started her campaign when the absentee ballots were mailed to the military.
One thing I do know: It is high time that we guarantee that absentee ballots are mailed to the armed forces and counted in a timely manner. This crap first came to my attention in the 2000 election, was still there in the 2004 and 2008 elections, and, amazingly, has still not been rectified. This should be an addition to the TEA Party agendae.
What is the hold up on counting the absentee ballots?
An Absentee Ballot does allow for write-ins but:
When the Absentee Ballots went out, Lisa had not gotten her write-in candidacy on track and Joe was riding high in the polls. And.......
Write-ins on Absentee Ballots are very rare.