Alaska counting of absentee ballots begins - Go Miller!! [Murkowski just conceded.]

Alaska Politics Blog - Anchorage Daily News ^ | August 31, 2010 | Alaska_Politics

[CedarDave]

From Sean Cockerham at the Alaska Division of Elections office in Anchorage --

Update, 11:10 a.m.: Joe Miller's lead over Lisa Murkowski narrowed from 1,668 votes to 1,325 with the first count of absentee ballots this morning.

It looks like 2,391 votes were counted in this first batch. They're from Districts 17 through 26, all Anchorage.

More numbers to come.

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[Raycpa]

810 more votes counted for a 166 loss for Miller.

[NYRepublican72]

Next batch of votes are counted, lead dwindles slightly.

Miller, Joe REP 49888 50.66%
Murkowski, Lisa REP 48594 49.34%

Miller ahead by 1,294 votes.

[hoosiermama]

Have a FRINK for your FReeper FRiends! Tell Joe we are proud of him, his family, his committee etc. They’ve mapped a course we all must follow.

[duckln]

If Coleman were a conservative he would have won. Any Republican Senator voting against drilling in Alaska should lose.

[onyx]

God bless Mike Pence for coming through! I'm sure once he heard that Cornyn and the NRSC got involved he knew that shenanigans were in play. Conservative Republicans backing conservative Republicans pleases me to no end, particularly when the incumbent rino’s set out to protect and fight sleazy for their own.

[GoCards]

lead dwindles slightly? that seems to be alot. Keeping fingers crossed.

[hoosiermama]

What area were the votes from.

[campaignPete R-CT]

"... growing minority of critical thinkers ..." welcome to the jungle, where right-wing folly is a virtue.

[GVnana]

I presume those absentee ballots were cast before the very end of the campaign, so I hope Miller’s lead holds out.

[campaignPete R-CT]

"... growing minority of critical thinkers ..."

welcome to the jungle, where right-wing folly is a virtue.

[ArmstedFragg]

“I would say immaturity is a big issue on this forum more than anything”

Oh yeah?

Well, nahhh, nahh, nahh.

[GVnana]

Al Franken. Brought to you by the illegal, multiple votes of paid felons. aka democrats.

[onyx]

A 1,000 vote lead in Alaska is considerable.

Joe Miller still leads by 1,294 votes.

[WWRD]

Where in the heck were those 810 from... Murkowski’s trunk? She won 70%+ of them!

[Theodore R.]

“Narrowing” is the word. I have little doubt that the “narrowing” will shortly remove Mr. Miller from the nomination for which he worked so hard. People in AK really do like government programs, as Ted Stevens fully understood.

[the_Watchman]

I write off most of the “immaturity” as people venting. Clearly, some threads have gone over the edge with little analysis to balance. Some of the threads reporting on the mention of Arizona to the U.N. Human Rights commission would lead you to believe that a contingent of blue helmet troops were on the way.

However, a lot of people are at their wits ends and want to “shout at the TV”! It’s either that or cry.

[CincyRichieRich]

How many absentees are remaining to count?

[Raycpa]

She won 70%+ of them!

Because 100% might have been too obvious?

[NYRepublican72]

What area were the votes from.

Not 100% sure, but they started counting the votes around Juneau at 1 PM Alaska Time and were supposed to start in Anchorage, then do the Mat-su valley, Juneau (1 PM) and Fairbanks (3 PM).

The Juneau count will include House Districts in S.E. Alaska Kodiak and the Kenai Peninsula. If it's Juneau that's begun to report, that's not a bad result at all.