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December 13, 2010

Alaska Senate Update: To the Supremes, Baby!
— Gabriel Malor

Joe Miller has appealed his spelling and fraud lawsuit to the Alaska Supreme Court on an expedited basis. It will hear argument in the case on Friday.

Miller and his attorneys argued that the law calls for write-in ballots to have the ballot oval filled and either the candidate's last name or the name as it appears on the declaration of candidacy written. Spelling, they contended, matters.
Judge William Carey disagreed, saying that if the Legislature intended for a candidate's name to be spelled perfectly to count, the law would have stated that. Miller's campaign said the ruling "essentially modifies state law."
Carey also dismissed as unfounded questions raised by Miller about voting irregularities.

Miller is also asking for a hand recount of the non-write in ballots, since, after all, the write-in ballots got counted by hand. The Division of Elections has countered that state law does not provide for hand recounts, but instead requires machine recounts.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 03:14 PM | Comments (59)
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1 Lisa Murkowski just released my second Chakra, baby!

Posted by: Porky McEarmark at December 13, 2010 03:17 PM (GGEUV)

2 Is it true that if the lawsuits stretch into January and princess Me-cowski doesn't get certified until after the new Congress is sworn in that she loses her currently accumulated seniority?

Posted by: Methos at December 13, 2010 03:19 PM (Ew1k4)

3 The Division of Elections has countered that state law does not provide for hand recounts, but instead requires machine recounts.

State law also didn't provide for the last minute changes in the spelling law but that didn't stop the Division of Elections. Sauce, goose, gander, etc.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at December 13, 2010 03:19 PM (PMGbu)

4 Joe, I gave you lots of money.

Don't fuck up a run later. Give it up.

You can't be those Eskimos!

They love being on the tit and Lisa has em, you don't.

Posted by: Kemp at December 13, 2010 03:20 PM (JpFM9)

5 Judge William Carey disagreed, saying that if the Legislature intended for a candidate's name to be spelled perfectly to count, the law would have stated that. Miller's campaign said the ruling "essentially modifies state law." Well wait a minute, didn't we all understand all along that was what the law said?

Posted by: CoolCzech at December 13, 2010 03:22 PM (tJjm/)

6 You can't be those Eskimos!

They love being on the tit and Lisa has em, you don't.

Posted by: Kemp at December 13, 2010 07:20 PM (JpFM9)

I just LOVES me some Eskimo tit!

Posted by: Nanook of the North at December 13, 2010 03:24 PM (5qJM5)

Gabe, so you're saying Miller wants a hand job and is jonesing for an active judiciary.

Just say it.

Posted by: journolist at December 13, 2010 03:25 PM (LwLqV)

8 Judge William Carey disagreed, saying that if the Legislature intended for a candidate's name to be spelled perfectly to count, the law would have stated that. Miller's campaign said the ruling "essentially modifies state law."

Ok, can someone quote exactly what the law says?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 13, 2010 03:26 PM (bgcml)

9 5
Judge William Carey disagreed, saying that if the Legislature intended for a candidate's name to be spelled perfectly to count, the law would have stated that. Miller's campaign said the ruling "essentially modifies state law."

Well wait a minute, didn't we all understand all along that was what the law said?

Posted by: CoolCzech at December 13, 2010 07:22 PM (tJjm/)

Well... thats what the Law IS...

But it all depends on what Is IS...

Posted by: Lawyer Channeling Bill Clinton, Convicted Liar at December 13, 2010 03:26 PM (AdK6a)

Attention Mr. Miller:

At some point, it stops being CPR and starts being necrophilia.

For your campaign, that point was weeks ago.

Actually, it was probably necrophilia when you proposed cutting back on the pork going to Alaska.

Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at December 13, 2010 03:27 PM (xy9wk)

11 Joe baby, bubbi, I love ya, but it's over. Get a life

Posted by: nevergiveup at December 13, 2010 03:28 PM (0GFWk)

I just LOVES me some Eskimo tit!

Posted by: Nanook of the North at December 13, 2010 07:24 PM (5qJM5)

I don't know what I've been told . . .

Posted by: R. Lee Ermee at December 13, 2010 03:30 PM (BP6Z1)

13 Don't second-guess the guy in the thick of it unless you have a seriously good reason.

Joe's doing what he needs to.

Posted by: cthulhu at December 13, 2010 03:30 PM (kaalw)

14 Joe Miller just threw an interception to the Vikings. Oh wait that was Eli Mannings 18th interception, sorry

Posted by: nevergiveup at December 13, 2010 03:31 PM (0GFWk)

15 OT but awesome;

http://tinyurl.com/3xy7sa2

Posted by: 18-1 at December 13, 2010 03:32 PM (bgcml)

16 I say go for it - he probably knows he cannot win but at least he is giving it to Lisa McKowskunk. If he were a dem you bet your ass he would be taking it all the way. It is fine with me that he is just doing what they would do to him.

Posted by: gesc at December 13, 2010 03:32 PM (kN3pM)

17
Is it me, or is the court and the media trying to frame this case as solely about spelling?

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 13, 2010 03:33 PM (Sl76L)

18 University Alaska graduate and Inuit native Eli Manning serves up a pick

Posted by: USS Diversity at December 13, 2010 03:33 PM (RWtqz)

19 You know where all this started? Al Gore sitting in his limo talking to Satan on a secure line on election night 2000.

Posted by: Dang at December 13, 2010 03:34 PM (TXKVh)

20
I guess I should give credit to Brett Favre for doing the right thing.

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 13, 2010 03:35 PM (Sl76L)

21 I guess I should give credit to Brett Favre for doing the right thing. Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 13, 2010 07:35 PM (Sl76L) Why because he kept his dick in his pants this time

Posted by: nevergiveup at December 13, 2010 03:37 PM (0GFWk)

22
How are you watching the game, ngu?

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 13, 2010 03:37 PM (fFMjt)

23 "Judge William Carey disagreed, saying that if the Legislature intended for a candidate's name to be spelled perfectly to count, the law would have stated that."

OK then. If that's the case, I challenge that all the ballots that read L-I-S-A M-U-R-K-O-W-S-K-I really spell out J-O-E M-I-L-L-E-R. It's that damn misspelling getting in the way. I mean, if we're going to make shit up, why not just pile it as high as possible?

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 13, 2010 03:38 PM (swuwV)

24 ABCNEWS: Diplomat Richard Holbrooke Has Died... Developing...

Posted by: nevergiveup at December 13, 2010 03:38 PM (0GFWk)

25 How are you watching the game, ngu? Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 13, 2010 07:37 PM (fFMjt) It's on FOX here in the NY/NJ area

Posted by: nevergiveup at December 13, 2010 03:38 PM (0GFWk)

26 This guy is becoming something of an embarrassment. At some point the only thing you accomplish is to look even more like a sore loser.

Posted by: Ace's liver at December 13, 2010 03:39 PM (XIXhw)

27
oh, I didn't know you were in that area.

I guess only there and MN can see the game on Fox.

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 13, 2010 03:41 PM (Sl76L)

28 Does this piss off Princess Mur-Scruntski?

Then I say let him have at it.

Oh, and the Packers suck. Saw it myself yesterday.

Posted by: Navin R Johnson at December 13, 2010 03:42 PM (HpT9p)

29 >>ABCNEWS: Diplomat Richard Holbrooke Has Died... Developing.. Seems pretty clear to me that when you are dead things stop developing.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 13, 2010 03:43 PM (TMB3S)

30 Camera keeps panning to Brett on the sidelines between and during every play.

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 13, 2010 03:44 PM (fFMjt)

31 Seems pretty clear to me that when you are dead things stop developing.

Shut up, you.

Posted by: The Michael Jackson is still dead joke at December 13, 2010 03:46 PM (Ew1k4)

32 I still get emails from the Miller campaign. I believe one said he trails by 1% in uncontested votes and I don't believe he thinks he would overturn vote counts in the fraud instances. So I think this is just about trying to address corruption in AK politics. Is it worthwhile for him to do this so a conservative Republican has the best shot in 4 years when the D who got Steven's old seat due to the later dismissed charges against him is up for re-election? I would guess Miller is not planning on pursuing the seat himself?

Posted by: PaleRider at December 13, 2010 03:46 PM (dkExz)

33 How many times are they gonna show that Washington driving a Challenger commercial. I've seen like 5 already.

Posted by: USS Diversity at December 13, 2010 03:47 PM (RWtqz)

34
Joe Miller for RNC chair.

He's got some fight in 'im.

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 13, 2010 03:47 PM (fFMjt)

35
The Giants look shitty tonight.

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 13, 2010 03:48 PM (Sl76L)

36 So if Brett Favreh falls on the sidelines, does the NFL make a sound?

Posted by: Philospher Hack Sports Producer at December 13, 2010 03:49 PM (swuwV)

37 Keep at it, Joe. Make Mercharky and the Lt. Gov of AK pay the price for changing the rules in the middle of the game. The law is clear enough that the judge should've ruled for Miller. Drag it all the way to the SCt, Miller. No seniority for Mcraky. None!

Posted by: apodoca at December 13, 2010 03:49 PM (JCHdz)

38 The Giants look shitty tonight. Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 13, 2010 07:48 PM (Sl76L) Somehow it does not feel like a real game

Posted by: nevergiveup at December 13, 2010 03:49 PM (0GFWk)

39 23 "Judge William Carey disagreed, saying that if the Legislature intended for a candidate's name to be spelled perfectly to count, the law would have stated that."

OK then. If that's the case, I challenge that all the ballots that read L-I-S-A M-U-R-K-O-W-S-K-I really spell out J-O-E M-I-L-L-E-R. It's that damn misspelling getting in the way. I mean, if we're going to make shit up, why not just pile it as high as possible?

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 13, 2010 07:38 PM (swuwV)

Snicker- good point

Posted by: Museisluse© at December 13, 2010 03:50 PM (DTfXb)

40
Yeah, it feels like one of those baseball games they play the day before the all-star break.

Or it kinda feels like the pro-bowl where everyone is just chillin.

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 13, 2010 03:51 PM (fFMjt)

41
it's kinda seems like a pre-season game

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 13, 2010 03:52 PM (Sl76L)

42 #39 Somehow it does not feel like a real game

Yeah well, that big Lion in the middle of the field is the first indicator that the game you're watching is all a bad dream.

Posted by: Navin R Johnson at December 13, 2010 03:53 PM (HpT9p)

43
it'd be funny if Tavarez Jackson gets knocked out

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 13, 2010 03:53 PM (fFMjt)

44 So is there any mathematical possibility left that Miller can win if he gets his way? Or is he just being a dick to keep Murkowski tied up? Not that being a dick is a bad thing in this case.

Posted by: CrustyB at December 13, 2010 03:54 PM (qzgbP)

45 it'd be funny if Tavarez Jackson gets knocked out Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 13, 2010 07:53 PM (fFMjt) Nah the Refs protect the QBs so much now a days, he'd have to run into his own teammate for that to happen?

Posted by: nevergiveup at December 13, 2010 03:54 PM (0GFWk)

46
new post

Posted by: lolsoothsayer at December 13, 2010 03:56 PM (Sl76L)

I say keep giving it to Mercuntski...Long and hard

Posted by: Chrissy at December 13, 2010 04:01 PM (AphdG)

48 Miller is through in AK politics now anyways, so I say fight on brother! Take it all the way to SCOTUS! Make her wait until June to get seated. The Alaskan fools that voted for that b*tch deserve nothing less.

Posted by: KSgop at December 13, 2010 04:20 PM (1B8Ua)

49 48 I say keep giving it to Mercuntski...Long and hard Posted by: Chrissy at December 13, 2010 08:01 PM (AphdG) I don't know man... that may be just a prick too far...

Posted by: CoolCzech at December 13, 2010 04:39 PM (tJjm/)

50 As long as it keeps Scrotey too busy to make trouble in the lame-duck session, Miller's more than served his purpose.

Posted by: Sekhmet at December 13, 2010 04:43 PM (FSpKM)

51 48
I say keep giving it to Mercuntski...Long and hard

Posted by: Chrissy at December 13, 2010 08:01 PM (AphdG)

Not even with my ex-husband's dick.

Posted by: Sekhmet at December 13, 2010 04:44 PM (FSpKM)

52 Hey, if the Left can Al Franken a seat, I say the Right can Al Franken a seat too. Fair's fair.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 13, 2010 04:45 PM (bvfVF)

53 At this point, Joe seems like the bitchy reality show contestant who knows he's about to get voted off the island, and who's doing everything to stay in the limelight until his fifteen minutes of fame is up. Because once it's over, he has to go back to being a normal person, and nothing's more lame than that.

Posted by: Dave at December 13, 2010 04:49 PM (jDS1m)

54 Hay I voted for Millerkowski! Really now throw everything we can at the establishment. Cause right now WE are the radicals!!

Posted by: Krazy Kat at December 13, 2010 05:41 PM (Vqtet)

55 If the positions were reversed, what would Murkowski do?

Posted by: davidt at December 13, 2010 07:11 PM (9Pzy7)

56 Good luck, Joe!

Posted by: Yankee Mechanic at December 13, 2010 07:17 PM (SsNRK)

57 OT, but Kate Gosselin is just about useless.

Posted by: Sam Adams at December 13, 2010 09:39 PM (GkYyh)

58 This is becoming pathetic. Joe is reduced to the ugly game he once cried foul about during the primaries. This is going nowhere, and he should have reconsidered for his future to fight another day - now he lowers his credibility further. The revelations he abused a government job and took government aid only proved how mindless the fashion has become - image is a loser. WFB had it right, and we best return to basis, reason, logic, and leave the fashionable hype alone.

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