there is a conjunction after that, is there not?
And after said conjunction, it does not legislate spelling.
now you're arguing like a democrat by skipping the phrase that does not suit you.
It only says 'last name' not 'last name "explicitly spelled" ' and a write in ballot by it's nature assume human eyes doing the reading and counting.
You’re full of it tonight. :)
“the name” is required to appear “as it appears on the write-in declaration of candidacy”. Let’s examine what that means...
First, the candidate is both required and allowed to specify the correct spelling of their name. Further, the candidate is allowed to specify that once, and only once. Otherwise, the same candidate could list themselves in multitudinous ways, gaining several footholds on the same ballot.
Second, the candidate’s official name for themselves is the key that now unlocks each separate vote from the people writing in names. Specifically, the name must be presented to resemble the candidate’s self-specified name, in that it must appear “as” the candidate specified on the form.
Now, what does “as” mean? According to dictionary.com it means “to the same degree, amount, or extent; similarly; equally”
Hmmm... “Equally”? As in “equal to” the presentation of the candidate’s name that very own candidate declared to be their official name?
The law allows for the last name to be written in, rather than the whole name.
Oh - and then the law itself says that there are no exceptions to the rules outside those included in the rules.
But you already knew that, you just don’t agree with the sentiment, right? ;-P
(Yes, I am being jovial in our sparring, FRiend.)
The voters knew before the election that the spelling had to be correct. The Murkowski campaign spent alot of money to teach the voters the proper spelling. The law was clear to everyone beforehand. If after all that they still could not spell the name correctly than that is too bad.
Is her last name Murcowsky?
No more than my last name is Pelleteer.
The law is the law, and it says nothing about "human eyes" or some mystical divination of voter intent.