Posted on 11/03/2010 9:33:02 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Write-in votes for Joe Miller in the Alaska Senate race won’t count toward the GOP nominee’s tally.
So says Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell.
Campbell, who oversees elections, tells The Associated Press that because Miller’s name isn’t on the official list of write-in candidates, any ballots with "Joe Miller" written in won’t be credited to the tea party favorite.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bostonherald.com ...
Doesn’t matter why anyone would write-in the name of a candidate on the ballot.
Fact is, Alaska decided voter intent was so important, they changed the rules weeks before the election, citing “voter intent” as the reason.
Every ballot with Miller’s name on it should be counted.
If not, I pray he takes it all the way to the Supremes....
Bio is here
http://ltgov.alaska.gov/campbell/lieutenant-governor/biography.html
Political? OH Hell yes, Hack? Hard to say - did spend some time in the Anchorage City council - a nonpartisan position. He did file as a (R) to run for the position he fills now.
So did Murky...
Have Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell produce “the official list of write-in candidates”. Murkowski write-in’s will have to disallowed because her name wasn’t on “the official list” which never existed in the first place.
A curtailment to the ability of one jumping in at the last minute to screw up the process is to require a certain number of valid signatures on a write-in petition. I think some states use that requirement now.
Fair question. Registration provides some amount of integrity to the write-in process.
Imagine unbeknown to local voters there are 10 John Does in a small community, the name John Doe is not on the ballot, and only one has registered. As the result of write-in votes, a John Doe garners the majority vote: which John Doe?
Local election officials decide the matter by reference to the registration. Obviously, if all ten had registered local voters would have had to add an address or some other identifying mark to qualify their write-in.
The issue with Miller is not complicated. His name should have appeared on the pre-printed ballot and where it did not, it would seem due to the negligence of local election officials. Nonetheless, if his name did not appear then he is the only candidate on the formal list with the name Miller for that office.
Just how many states are there where a write in vote for a candidate who is already on the ballot does count for that candidate? I know the law is the same in Texas.
Such “technicalities” should be dismissed, in favor the general purpose of the rule - you can “write in your preferred candidate, when the intent is clear in the actual vote.
What I don’t understand is why is their ANY restrictions - “approved list” or anything else, on write-in candidates. Who are such rules really trying to protect anyway - those that have to count the votes?
They were trying to rig the election to confuse voters and disqualify Miller anyway they can.
It’s pretty obvious.
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