[nerdgirl]

Not to pat myself on the back or anything, but Miller’s lawyers are arguing exactly what I argued on ADN a few days ago: that misspellings could in fact be protest votes, and cannot be counted. The Native corps have extreme influence in the bush; and it’s possible that a fed up native might have misspelled the name in order to stick it to the man. Why not simply vote for Miller? In order to report back “yes I voted for Miller, just like you told me to.”

In addition, the law says no exceptions to the correct name. Voter intent? Not present in the statute - and this is in Federal court, not State.

[nerdgirl]

ah sorry, poor editing!

Last post should say -

In order to report back “yes I voted for Murkowski, just like you told me to.”

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Not to pat myself on the back or anything, but Miller’s lawyers are arguing exactly what I argued on ADN a few days ago: that misspellings could in fact be protest votes, and cannot be counted...In addition, the law says no exceptions to the correct name. Voter intent? Not present in the statute - and this is in Federal court, not State.

Pat away. Sounds good to me. 8~)