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Alaska counting of absentee ballots begins - Go Miller!! [Murkowski just conceded.]
Alaska Politics Blog - Anchorage Daily News ^ | August 31, 2010 | Alaska_Politics

Posted on 08/31/2010 12:40:40 PM PDT by CedarDave

From Sean Cockerham at the Alaska Division of Elections office in Anchorage --

Update, 11:10 a.m.: Joe Miller's lead over Lisa Murkowski narrowed from 1,668 votes to 1,325 with the first count of absentee ballots this morning.

It looks like 2,391 votes were counted in this first batch. They're from Districts 17 through 26, all Anchorage.

More numbers to come.

Read more: http://community.adn.com/adn/node/152974

(Excerpt) Read more at community.adn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; frankenvotes; joemiller; miller; millertime; murkowski
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To: CedarDave

810 more votes counted for a 166 loss for Miller.


101 posted on 08/31/2010 2:29:45 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: CedarDave

Next batch of votes are counted, lead dwindles slightly.

Miller, Joe REP 49888 50.66%
Murkowski, Lisa REP 48594 49.34%

Miller ahead by 1,294 votes.


102 posted on 08/31/2010 2:30:34 PM PDT by NYRepublican72
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To: Eska
Have a FRINK for your FReeper FRiends! Tell Joe we are proud of him, his family, his committee etc. They’ve mapped a course we all must follow.
103 posted on 08/31/2010 2:31:32 PM PDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: Keith in Iowa

If Coleman were a conservative he would have won. Any Republican Senator voting against drilling in Alaska should lose.


104 posted on 08/31/2010 2:31:45 PM PDT by duckln
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To: newfreep
God bless Mike Pence for coming through! I'm sure once he heard that Cornyn and the NRSC got involved he knew that shenanigans were in play. Conservative Republicans backing conservative Republicans pleases me to no end, particularly when the incumbent rino’s set out to protect and fight sleazy for their own.
105 posted on 08/31/2010 2:31:48 PM PDT by onyx (If you support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
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To: NYRepublican72

lead dwindles slightly? that seems to be alot. Keeping fingers crossed.


106 posted on 08/31/2010 2:33:09 PM PDT by GoCards ("We eat therefore we hunt...")
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To: NYRepublican72

What area were the votes from.


107 posted on 08/31/2010 2:33:17 PM PDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: Arizona Carolyn; Keith in Iowa; jveritas
"... growing minority of critical thinkers ..." welcome to the jungle, where right-wing folly is a virtue.
108 posted on 08/31/2010 2:33:31 PM PDT by campaignPete R-CT ("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
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To: CedarDave

I presume those absentee ballots were cast before the very end of the campaign, so I hope Miller’s lead holds out.


109 posted on 08/31/2010 2:33:36 PM PDT by GVnana (I'm a Mama Grizzly)
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To: Arizona Carolyn; Keith in Iowa; jveritas
"... growing minority of critical thinkers ..."

welcome to the jungle, where right-wing folly is a virtue.
110 posted on 08/31/2010 2:34:05 PM PDT by campaignPete R-CT ("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

“I would say immaturity is a big issue on this forum more than anything”

Oh yeah?

Well, nahhh, nahh, nahh.


111 posted on 08/31/2010 2:34:20 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: jimbo123

Al Franken. Brought to you by the illegal, multiple votes of paid felons. aka democrats.


112 posted on 08/31/2010 2:35:42 PM PDT by GVnana (I'm a Mama Grizzly)
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To: GoCards

A 1,000 vote lead in Alaska is considerable.

Joe Miller still leads by 1,294 votes.


113 posted on 08/31/2010 2:36:02 PM PDT by onyx (If you support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
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To: Raycpa

Where in the heck were those 810 from... Murkowski’s trunk? She won 70%+ of them!


114 posted on 08/31/2010 2:36:10 PM PDT by WWRD
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To: CedarDave

“Narrowing” is the word. I have little doubt that the “narrowing” will shortly remove Mr. Miller from the nomination for which he worked so hard. People in AK really do like government programs, as Ted Stevens fully understood.


115 posted on 08/31/2010 2:36:21 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Rush was right when he said America may survive Obama but not the Obama supporters.)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

I write off most of the “immaturity” as people venting. Clearly, some threads have gone over the edge with little analysis to balance. Some of the threads reporting on the mention of Arizona to the U.N. Human Rights commission would lead you to believe that a contingent of blue helmet troops were on the way.

However, a lot of people are at their wits ends and want to “shout at the TV”! It’s either that or cry.


116 posted on 08/31/2010 2:38:09 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: GoCards

How many absentees are remaining to count?


118 posted on 08/31/2010 2:40:23 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Keep your head up and keep moving forward!)
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To: WWRD
She won 70%+ of them!

Because 100% might have been too obvious?

119 posted on 08/31/2010 2:40:39 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: hoosiermama
What area were the votes from.

Not 100% sure, but they started counting the votes around Juneau at 1 PM Alaska Time and were supposed to start in Anchorage, then do the Mat-su valley, Juneau (1 PM) and Fairbanks (3 PM).

The Juneau count will include House Districts in S.E. Alaska Kodiak and the Kenai Peninsula. If it's Juneau that's begun to report, that's not a bad result at all.

120 posted on 08/31/2010 2:41:03 PM PDT by NYRepublican72
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