Alaska counting of absentee ballots begins - Go Miller!! [Murkowski just conceded.]

Alaska Politics Blog - Anchorage Daily News ^ | August 31, 2010 | Alaska_Politics

[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

[jimbo123]

The fix is in.

[heiss]

57% of 15,000 means say hello to another 6 years of RINO senator. I just hope that Anchorage was exceptionally good area for her and the rest of the state is more even.

[Retired Greyhound]

there’s only 12 people in Alaska.

Only two of them can count.

[FarNorth]

These precincts are predominantly from Anchorage area where Lisa took them 9923 to 8864 a 52.8% lead.

The absentees gave her 57.6% not surprising given the area. There’s a lot more to come.

Southeast and Western Alaska also gave her the majority of votes, but they have a lot fewer voters than these first 10.

There’s still Mat-Su Valley, Kenai Peninsula, and all interior to come. Joe won those area by a lot.

Plus we still have the military votes.

[Pollster1]

I hope that the RINO party leadership knows that choosing Murkowski by fraud will lead to the Dems taking this race. It’s not worth the risk of faking the count, even with the fact that Murkowski is practically royalty and her family has a generations-old divine right to rule over us. We’re going to take a huge number of seats, and this is not the time to throw one away for the good old boys’ club.

[Kaosinla]

Update

Miller, Joe REP 49566
Murkowski, Lisa REP 48106

Miller up by 1460

[wireman]

As of 12:04, Miller's lead is back up to 1,460

(per http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/10PRIM/data/results.htm)

[Tzimisce]

Don’t count your vote until the liberal judges do. :D

[Carry_Okie]

I hope that the RINO party leadership knows that choosing Murkowski by fraud will lead to the Dems taking this race.

From what I can tell, they don't have a problem with that.

[ichabod1]

Well, at least if she wins we’ll know the pubs know HOW to cheat if they have to.

[American Dream 246]

small gain for Miller:

Miller, Joe REP 49566 50.75%
Murkowski, Lisa REP 48106 49.25%

[WWRD]

Looks like another 2,895 Republican ballots counted in this latest update.

[Iron Munro]

"Miller's lead over Murkowski narrowed"

[Scythian]

Miller will lose is my guess, to bad too.

[arthurus]

Now the DemocratsRINO ops will start finding "misplaced" ballot boxes or touch screen units full of only Murkowski votes. There will be recounts and in this day and age Democrats win recounts and Democrats will be working hard for Murkowski. They know they can't win as Democrats this year but they can help ensure that some Democrat-compliant Republicans will go to Washington.

[jveritas]

It is highly unlikely for a recount and absentee ballots to change the results of any elections if the initial count was over 1000 votes difference. This apply to almost any elections and not just this particular Senate primaries in Alaska.

Joe Miller is going to win this primaries by no less than 800 votes.

[wk4bush2004]

“As of 12:04, Miller’s lead is back up to 1,460”

Great to hear! I’m praying for a Miller victory. If (God forbid!) Murkowski cheats her way back in, there will likely be protests throughout Alaska and the rest of the country.

The Age of the RINOs ends NOW!

[hoosiermama]

WHen two or more.....AMEN to a Miller win.

[bray]

Miller will win.

[jveritas]

Not a chance he is going to lose this one.