Is Operation Alaska Chaos working? Update: 56 Senate write-in applications so far (chaos for Lisa!)

conservatives4palin ^ | Thursday, October 28, 2010

[Bigtigermike]

Apparently so, via Kyle Hopkins at the Anchorage Daily News:

I'm sitting at the Division of Elections office here in Midtown, where more than a dozen people have filed this afternoon to run as write-in candidates for U.S. Senate.

KFQD 750 AM radio host Dan Fagan, a backer of Republican nominee Joe Miller, has been urging voters to sign up in an act of "civil disobedience" -- defying what he calls the courts' illegal decision to allow a list of write-in candidates at polling places.

The ruling is expected to aid Sen. Lisa Murkowski's write-in bid. The idea of the mass registration is to create a long list of potential write-in choices and make it harder for voters to find Murkowski's name.

The deadline for registering as a write-in candidate is the close of business today.

"I'm signing up to become a senator," a man in a hoodie said into his cell phone. An Anchorage woman who said she was upset with the court ruling wheeled in her oxygen tank, asking if she could sign up to run for both federal and state office.

More soon.

UPDATE: Make that about two dozen people.

I'm not sure about the Dan Fagan connection. I thought this was Dan Riehl's idea. But as Reagan once said, there's no limit to what can be accomplished if you don't care who gets the credit. If there are any more readers in Alaska, get down to the Division of Elections and join the party.

Update: Hopkins has updated his article to include the following information:

The Anchorage office received 56 Senate write-in applications -- in person or by fax -- in just 45 minutes, said election clerk Raymond McAndrews at 5 p.m.

Question for our Alaska readers: Are there Division of Elections offices other than the one in Anchorage? If so, how many more write-in applications have been received on top of the 56 in Anchorage?

[UCANSEE2]

Please send sand

That's funny. Good comeback.

[The Cajun]

Please send sand. tk

Just tilt your head left or right Ace, the sand will come pouring out of you ears followed by a lot of backed up crap.
That might clear your little troll mind some.

[tongass kid]

I have been a long time Palin supporter and wanted to hear her speak, just gave up too early. tk

[tongass kid]

You may have noticed one of the requirements to post is no personal attacks. I do not mind disagreeing with some one but the point of Free Republic is to not be disagreeable. I believe your name calling and insults demonstrate to all that your arguments do not pack sand. One second thought, save the sand for yourself, you need it.