“Not sure you have the update, 102,028 write-in votes, 90,448 Miller votes.”
Looks like Miller gained 2,931 or so votes and write-ins gained 3,463 or so votes today...not good. 3,463 * 89.5% is 3,099 - still out ahead of Joe, for today.
On the plus side, there are still at least several thousands and maybe many more absentee ballots to count - but who knows how many at this point, as the dept. of elections has been very coy with this information.
Miller - 90,448
murky - 89.32% uncontested * 102,028 = 91,131
91,131 less 90,448 = 683 votes.
This one is a squeaker with uncontested votes. It will come down to contested votes, of which there are 9470 total from both camps.
HOW MANY ABSENTEES and MILITARY BALLOTS ARE STILL UNCOUNTED?
http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-murkowski-pulls-ahead-111510,0,3548210.story
“Ballot counting is finished for Monday.
Elections workers and volunteers will return Tuesday and continue to pore over ballots. Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell says that could continue likely until the end of the week.
Absentee votes represent the last big batch of outstanding ballots from the Nov. 2 election.”
HOW MANY ABSENTEE BALLOTS REMAIN STATE OF ALASKA??
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/11/15/politics-us-alaska-senate_8108366.html
“Murkowski ran as a write-in after losing the primary. A total of 8,707 votes were added Monday. It gave write-in votes the lead, with 102,028 votes cast. Miller had 90,448 votes....
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But up to 600 overseas ballots have until Wednesday to be returned. The state will count those on Friday.”
Well, are there any other remaining absentees - I’m starting to think that the absentees except for the 600 potential additional overseas ballots, have been counted, making Politico’s article yesterday evening discussing 40,000 absentee ballots ‘yet to counted’ balantly false.
I hate to say, it’s looking like it will be close to a tie on UNcontested votes, which would mean Joe’s only recourse would be if the courts upheld all his 7601 vote challenges, and give murky none of her 1869 challenges.
There are 600 overseas yet to come in. Also see post 71.