[saltus]

The Court’s decision, as I read it, said the court had no choice based on state law and Federal Court decisions but that “voter intent as could be ascertained” had to be the controlling principle. In order to not disenfranchise any voter and in order to assure equal protection.

The decision spends several well-written pages addressing these topics, with many citations to laws and previous rulings, including Bush v. Gore. The decision strictly and properly ruled votes for Murky invalid when the oval was not filled in.

It is sad that Miller was smug and lazy in his campaign and bad that Murk won, but the blame lies with Miller, not the court.

[muawiyah]

Naw, the problem is vote fraud, and Alaska has NO WAY of controlling it.

[sport]

Keep believing that. The outcome of this election was signaled when the Senate Republicans did not strip her of her seniority and committee posts. After he won the primary he had to contend with vote counters that counted one for Miller, two for Lisa. "Rules" that gave every write in ballot to Lisa in spite of the law which stated that the spelling must be correct. And in the end, he[Miller] had to plead his case before a kangaroo court.

The actual message sent by the Republican Party to the Conservatives [Tea Partiers] was go fornicate with yourself. We do not appreicate nor want you getting in our business. If you want to give us your money and support the candidate we select for you, fine. But other than that, stay your ass under the porch. Every two years we will call on you to support our candidate, until then, keep your mouth shut and stay out of our affairs,