Don’t worry. It will be “Miller Time” realllll soon I bet. ;-) One more thorn in the side of Senate Democrats and Senator Obama’s agenda.
Miller, if willing to fight it out to the end will end up on top. The Rino establishment won’t help him though. It’s up to us.
Miller, if willing to fight it out to the end will end up on top. The Rino establishment won’t help him though. It’s up to us.
I so hope that Miller pulls this out. If Murkowski wins, she may be worse than she was before the election.
Hoping that at least 10,000 idiots wrote in funny names, not Liza’s
You mean Murk hasn’t found a judge to disqualify the absentee ballots yet? She is really slipping.
Sure would be fun to see princess lose this one. She will freak out, FREAK OUT!
Miller would have to take about 22,000 of the absentee ballots to ensure victory. That’s assuming all writeins go to Murkowski. The vast majority probably will. I don’t see it ending today.
This thread reminds me of the “Christine can win!” threads prior to Nov 2nd. Joe will not win, sadly.
How do they count 31,000 absentees in one day?
Are they split between locations to be counted in machines (assuming they are scanned?
Are Miller’s reps on hand to make sure no funky business is happening? I hope the place is filled with his people during these counts.
and.....are we going to hear the final decision on this today?
One issue to which I haven’t heard how it was resolved. Alaskan law clearly states the write-in candidate’s name MUST be spelled correctly, yet the state elections commission says it’s acceptable if it’s close. Has Miller said he’ll challenge this?
I think there are fewer Murkowski write-ins than many people think.
I don’t get the math. In order to bring the race to a tie using 31000 absentee ballots, Miller would need to win them 29000 to 2000. That’s a tall order, but I, too, am hoping to see it come to pass.
Hope you’re right.
Good point. I hope you are right.
I bet he will win, and the look on Murkowskis face will be priceless.
But it shouldn’t end with just the victory, what is next is the illegal campaigning on Federal property by Murkowski’s supporters.
Its the military votes that will get the Miller win.
let’s recap.
Elections officials have stated that they do not require correct spelling (but voter intent). Hence, “senator Lisa” would likely qualify.
The current stats:
Write-ins (including Murkowski): 83,201 (41%)
Miller 69,762 (34%)
Dem-loser (48,034 (24%)
It is likely that 90-95% of write-ins go for Murkowski (about 75,000). That would be a lead of about 6,000 votes.
There are 31,000 absentee ballots to be counted.
I think absentee voting began before Miller’s scandals emerged (he admitted lying, unethical things relating his previous employement) so he is likely to get more votes than Murkowksi.
Write-in Ballots are 81,000
Miller votes are 67,500 (trails write-ins by 13,500)
There are 31,000 absentee
Assumption
The Absentee write-ins for MurCokeSki will be approximately equal to the number of true Write-ins that ARE NOT for MurCokeSki, so give her total votes of the 81,000 Write-ins.
Outcome
If Miller captures 44% of the Absentee votes (13,360), that would be enough to push him over the top...
There are only two items of concern. The number of Write-ins that the Princess actually got and the number of Absentee that wrote her in.
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Growing up in AK a handshake sealed a deal and a person’s name was their bond. Evidently lisa spent enough time in DC where honesty and the word means nothing. I wouldn’t trust that woman as far as.....
Bump. Murkowski still doesn’t have a single vote.
If Joe Miller's lead, after the count of the Absentee Ballots, exceeds the 81,000 Write-in Ballots,...
How can this happen?