I don’t see how a write in vote COULD be counted for a candidate if the name is misspelled. If the spelling isn’t right, then that’s not who the voter cast a ballot for. Simple as that.
What in the hell are they doing up there?
Candidate Murowski, er, Minkowski, um, Murtovski, no, Murkyoski, wait Murrkoski, yeah, that’s it ... Murrkoski filed a predictable objection.
Miller Ping
Amen, it has to be spelled 100% PERFECT or no count. It seems that is what the ruling was when they allowed her unorthodox write-in candidacy.
The Alaska Lt. Governor has a job that is little more than warming a seat, just in case the governor croaks. One of the few actual responsibilities they have is overseeing electoral vote counts.
Alaska’s Lt. Governor was on with Mark Levin last night, and Mark took him to task for allowing those who are counting the Senate race votes to subjectively decide upon a write-in voter’s “intent”, instead of applying the letter of the Alaskan election statutes which clearly state that votes have to be tallied objectively by simply reading what’s on the ballot.
It appears to me that the Miller camp heard this conversation last night, and filed suit immediately to force the Lt. Governor to apply the law as written.
By the way, Mark had Joe Miller on a couple of nights back, and he told Joe in no uncertain terms that he’d better get his lawyers to the courthouse right away, if he intended to have the votes counted according to the law.
Looks like they listened to him. Good on them.
Please let that female dog lose! Please let that female dog lose!
Votes for an unspecified “Murkowski” shouldn’t be counted.
The senator is just one of a long line of Murkowskis involved in Alaska politics, no?
Votes for an unspecified “Murkowski” shouldn’t be counted.
The senator is just one of a long line of Murkowskis involved in Alaska politics, no?
Professor H. Chad
Gore School of Creative Electioneering
Years ago in NY we had a major write in mess too...It took weeks but “intent” was thrown out finally and exact spelling, as everyone had been told in advance, was upheld.
Even then, bad handwriting had to be considered if there were enough wiggles to represent the correct letters.
The write in candidate lost.
This is a smart move.
How many ways can they rig a race?
If she somehow manages to win through her cheating; I would address her as the “fake senator from Alaska”.
Mugabeski didn’t think of that...should have changed name to Jones.
I accidentally wrote in Eyjafjallajokull.