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Murkowski's lead more than 10,000 votes
Anchorage Daily News ^ | 11/16/10 | SEAN COCKERHAM

Posted on 11/16/2010 6:52:07 PM PST by rhema

Today's review of write-in ballots ended with Sen. Lisa Murkowski enjoying an apparently insurmountable 10,420-vote lead over Joe Miller.

Murkowski also now has collected more votes that went unchallenged by Miller ballot observers than Miller's total vote count. That makes it appear as though Miller's lawsuit to seeking to toss out misspelled votes is irrelevant, since there aren't enough of those for him to win.

The Division of Elections has now counted a total of 100,868 votes for Murkowski. Miller has 90,448.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: miller; murkowski; senate
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To: TitansAFC
Miller, Angle, O’Donnell, and Buck all going down to defeat - in a tidal wave year for Republicans.

Exactly! Everyone seems to be celebrating the 2010 elections. I say: we are "effed." This win was not big enough. All we may have done is delay the inevitable socialist subjugation. If those four had won, we would have had a chance to actually turn things around.

41 posted on 11/16/2010 7:31:23 PM PST by outofstyle (Down All the Days)
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To: ConservativeTerrapin

The recall of Federal Representatives and Senators is Unconstitutional. The Constitution specifically provides for the method of removal of a Senator or Representative, and recall is not among the options.


42 posted on 11/16/2010 7:31:35 PM PST by freedomwarrior998
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To: socialism_stinX

Yeah, but Skank won it with a write-in, which is a logistical nightmare if you only have two months to pull it off, it certainly tells us what HP her machine had - probably a lot of NRSC fingerprints all over it.


43 posted on 11/16/2010 7:31:46 PM PST by txhurl (If we can shake Congress like a can of pennies, we can uproot voter fraud like a D-9.)
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To: Windflier

I read in another thread there were only 600 military votes left.


44 posted on 11/16/2010 7:32:37 PM PST by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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To: txhurl

She was probably helped a lot by the high level of literacy among Alaskans, who can write a name on a ballot more proficiently than voters in Philly or Detroit.


45 posted on 11/16/2010 7:34:40 PM PST by socialism_stinX (He didn't invent fresh-brewed coffee, but he perfected the art of sipping it during tennis warm-up.)
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To: freedomwarrior998

Hey, I’m not making it up. Someone posted documented evidence of the 25K to 30K absentee ballots yesterday. I’d have to check through my pings to find it for you.


46 posted on 11/16/2010 7:34:49 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: GoCards

Yeah. A little while ago it was 1700 votes. How come the big jump?

I bet the real answer to this one stinks to high heaven.

In the real election, Lisa Murkowski lost. What is this a do over until she’s voted back in?


47 posted on 11/16/2010 7:34:56 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: socialism_stinX

Are you studying politics in school?


48 posted on 11/16/2010 7:36:31 PM PST by txhurl (If we can shake Congress like a can of pennies, we can uproot voter fraud like a D-9.)
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To: txhurl

This is unfortunate. I was looking forward to Miller shaking up the senate with true fiscal conservatism.


49 posted on 11/16/2010 7:36:31 PM PST by socialism_stinX (He didn't invent fresh-brewed coffee, but he perfected the art of sipping it during tennis warm-up.)
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To: Windflier

I don’t think you are making it up, I think they were making it up. That number is simply not realistic.


50 posted on 11/16/2010 7:37:11 PM PST by freedomwarrior998
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To: txhurl

No, my last class in grad school was back in the 80s. I haven’t been in a classroom since then, except for traffic school.


51 posted on 11/16/2010 7:38:03 PM PST by socialism_stinX (He didn't invent fresh-brewed coffee, but he perfected the art of sipping it during tennis warm-up.)
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To: freedomwarrior998
Even the "self-nominated" ones?

If not for the unions all but forcing members to vote/wear bracelets for this witch, it would be over and Joe would be in DC.

52 posted on 11/16/2010 7:38:54 PM PST by Jane Long (2 Chron 7:14)
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To: Windflier

Look here:

http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/11/09/2152369/absentee-count-to-start-in-alaska.html

The Fresnobee references 30,000 absentee ballots. THAT number is true. There were about 30,000 absentees that needed to be counted, and they now have been. That number was simply absentees and early votes, not military ballots. Someone took that number, added some spin to it, and then claimed these were all military ballots that would favor Miller.

In reality, a lot of people in Alaska vote by absentee.


53 posted on 11/16/2010 7:39:49 PM PST by freedomwarrior998
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To: PghBaldy
I read in another thread there were only 600 military votes left.

Could be, but I'm having a hard time separating facts from hype in this story. There's just so much rumor and spin going on, you know?

I read in a news story (posted here), that the military absentee ballots would not be counted until November 17th. If something has changed with that, I'm not aware of it.

54 posted on 11/16/2010 7:40:15 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: HerrBlucher

http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/lisa-murkowski-leading-joe-miller-by-nearly-2000-votes-and-counting/19721335


55 posted on 11/16/2010 7:40:23 PM PST by ltc8k6
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To: Jane Long

What kind of unions are in Alaska?...public employee unions?


56 posted on 11/16/2010 7:40:24 PM PST by socialism_stinX (He didn't invent fresh-brewed coffee, but he perfected the art of sipping it during tennis warm-up.)
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To: GoCards

http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/lisa-murkowski-leading-joe-miller-by-nearly-2000-votes-and-counting/19721335


57 posted on 11/16/2010 7:40:43 PM PST by ltc8k6
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To: Windflier

But that’s because most people don’t have the facts, and just repeat things that are outdated.

THere were approximately 30,000 absentee ballots, and they have been counting them over the past week.

The military has until the 17th to return their ballots, but that doesn’t mean all the military ballots have been held until the 17th. The military are just a special case of absentee ballots which are allowed to be postmarked later; you have to assume that many of the military ballots were not sent in later, and could already have been counted.


58 posted on 11/16/2010 7:42:22 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: omega4179

Alaska had a sore loser rule to prevent this total bullshit.


59 posted on 11/16/2010 7:42:58 PM PST by BenKenobi (DonÂ’t worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth.)
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To: freedomwarrior998
There were about 30,000 absentees that needed to be counted, and they now have been. That number was simply absentees and early votes, not military ballots.

Someone took that number, added some spin to it, and then claimed these were all military ballots that would favor Miller.

Thanks for the link and the clarification.

60 posted on 11/16/2010 7:43:26 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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