Originally the Lt. Gov said it wouldn’t count. The only problem was that the state statute clearly stated it would. There was no getting around it, so he walked that back.
If someone wrote in Miller, it counts.
You'd think that having this one solitary function as his only real responsibility in office would compel this guy to be thoroughly familiar with state electoral law, but you'd think wrong. Like politicians on Capitol Hill who have never read the Constitution, this guy thinks its his right to make crap up on the fly.
Your tax dollars at work, folks.