The article says that there are “thousands of absentee and write-in ballots” still to be counted. That’s because they still haven’t finished counting the write-ins cast on election day. Since they have consistently counted over 90% of write-ins for Murkowski, I have to assume that whatever number of election-day write-ins are yet to be counted will net Princess Lisa 90% of those votes (Miller has gotten very, very few write-ins, as was to be expected).
I think that we need Miller to outperform HUGE on absentee ballots, and even then he would need to get the courts to throw out ballots marked for “Lisa Merkowski” and “Lisa Murkowsky” and such. I am even less optimistic about the second factor as the first. I really hope that I’m wrong here.
This article makes clear that the number so far point to Princess Lisa keeping her scepter. http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/murkowski-victory-within-reach/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OTB+%28Outside+The+Beltway+%7C+OTB%29
Thanks a lot, Alaska RINOs.
This statement by Politico that there are 40,000 absentee ballots to be counted hits me as incorrect. From absentees already counted, Miller piled up a pretty good margin. If 40,000 are still to be counted, this could mean 8,000 net for Miller and even more. In other words, enough to beat the projected undisputed votes + disputed but counted votes for Murcowski. This would put Murcowski into the position of trying to get some of the disputed but not counted votes counted by the courts (which is how Frankin got elected). I suspected that the figure 40,000 absentee ballots refers to all absentee ballots including those already counted or to absentee ballots not yet received only some of which will trickle in by the deadline (having been mailed by the deadline). If this is the case, the undisputed vote for Murcowski will be about the vote for Miller and, if necessary, certainly the courts will accept enough of the disputed but counted votes for her to win. So, we now know what miracle we’re hoping for. It’s 40,000 uncounted absentee ballots putting Miller over the top.