There have been questions from the ballot observers about the criteria Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai is using to rule on the Miller campaign challenges of Murkowski ballots.
Here’s what Fenumiai told me:
“If I can pronounce the name by the way it’s spelled, that’s the standard I’m using.”
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This makes no sense with the person who said that they are keeping aside and not counting yet the ones not spelled right. Is Fenumiai using that criteria to determine which ones get set aside to be challenged, or to determine which get counted?
Aha. That’s the standard being used on the challenged ballots, and they’re counting them right along with all the others.