Posted on 11/09/2010 5:02:51 PM PST by deport
The Division of Elections has unveiled the process by which it will count the write-in votes in the U.S. Senate race. The write-in count will begin Wednesday morning, though the division is also counting more than 20,000 absentee ballots today.
The ballots will be transported by Goldbelt Security from the Division of Elections ballot room to Juneau's Alaska Litho Building, where there will be 15 teams of two elections officials, with an observer from both the Murkowski and Miller camps likely sitting at each table.
When the counting of the write-in ballots begins, election workers will open the sealed envelopes containing a precinct's ballots and begin sorting the ballots into five box lids.
There are five categories in the initial sort:
1. The confused votes: Ballots on which a candidate whose name is printed on the ballot has been written in.
2. The extremely confused votes: Ballots on which more than one oval is marked or a name is written in but no oval is marked.
3. The inarguable votes: Ballots on which the oval is marked for a write-in and "Lisa Murkowski" or "Murkowski" is written in exactly.
4. The votes to watch: Ballots on which the oval is marked for a write-in but the name written is a variation or misspelling of "Lisa Murkowski" or "Murkowski."
5. The "Spider-Man" votes: Ballots on which the name written in is not "Lisa Murkowski" or a variation thereof.
Once that initial sort has been completed, the election officials will take the ballots in box lid #4 (remember, that's the important one) and sort those into four sub-categories:
a. Ballots that are determined by the election workers to be for Murkowski that are not challenged by either of the camp's observers.
b. Ballots that are determined to be for Murkowski that are challenged (presumably by a Miller observer). These ballots will be segregated and placed in an envelope labeled "Challenged Counted for Murkowski."
c. Ballots that are determined not to count for Murkowski that are challenged (presumably by a Murkowski observer). These ballots will be segregated and placed in an envelope labeled "Challenged NOT Counted for Murkowski."
d. Ballots determined not to count for Murkowski that are not challenged. These ballots will be placed back in box lid #5.
The instructions released by the Divison of Elections (PDF) read, "Each ballot in box lid #4 will be reviewed to determine voter intent." All ballots will be reviewed by elections director Gail Fenumiai, according to Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell.
end snips...
Miller - Murkoswki
S/B
Miller - Murkowski
sheesh....
Advice from WA State: watch closely and expect cheating.
What about the ballots with hanging chads? Or dangling participles.
Watch us find out later that only 8 of the 30 were Miller supporters
15 had best be or he did a very poor job of vetting. I would want the best of my staff there.
Millerkowski
Ah I see you were referring to the election officials/workers and I was referring to the observors. But you maybe correct in your reference.
What about the write in votes that are marked Miller?
Senator Miller stated that they announced that write in votes for him would be counted.
What about the write in votes that are marked Miller?
Miller and all others go in lid #5 as per the following:
d. Ballots determined not to count for Murkowski that are not challenged. These ballots will be placed back in box lid #5.
Here is the actual document with how the votes will be recorded after the separation.
http://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/info/Counting_Write-In_Instructions_2010_FINAL.pdf
The difference is now 12,218 votes between Miller and Write-in.
I believe that’s a bit less than it was earlier.
http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/10GENR/data/results.htm
Thanks deport. Besides Murkowski, there was another Democrat in the race, got its ass kicked.
Thanks queen lisa of RINO, for this TOTAL and complete mess...we’ll expect our apologies immediately.
This is the ‘plan’?
Sorry Bruce. I copy the wrong URL for THE PLAN:
http://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/info/Counting_Write-In_Instructions_2010_FINAL.pdf
The difference is now 12,218 votes between Miller and Write-in.
The closer that number gets the harder it is for Murkowski to find enough in the write-ins to win.
I’m betting the ballots will be stolen by big foot on the way to the recount.
The closer that number gets the harder it is for Murkowski to find enough in the write-ins to win.
What percentage of the write-ins have to date been for Murkowski?
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