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Alaska GOP candidate wants to stop votes from being counted

Merkowski....Murkowsky....Murkowskee.

The intent is clear. Count the votes.

Or be known as the party that stands against the right of the American people to have their voices heard.
 
The state and national Republican Party should call for all votes to be counted, as long as the intent of the voter is very clear. Misspelling a name should not make a vote null & void.
 
Ysidro said:
Not according to Alaska voting rules. Intent counts more.
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It's actually the Lt. Governor who is making the decision about intent. One of his responsibilities is to head the election commission. I heard him talking about this on a talk radio show. The rule states that the name has to appear. IANAL so I'm going to leave this to the judge.
 
Or be known as the party that stands against the right of the American people to have their voices heard.
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Well, that only applies when the spelling mistakes are in the name of a Democratic candidate. If Murkowski were the Republican candidate, Thunder & co. would be sneering: "Can you believe it? Republicans want votes by people too dumb to spell the name of the person they want to elect to count! Yet more proof Republicans are the stupid party!".
 
Skeptic said:
Well, that only applies when the spelling mistakes are in the name of a Democratic candidate. If Murkowski were the Republican candidate, Thunder & co. would be sneering: "Can you believe it? Republicans want votes by people too dumb to spell the name of the person they want to elect to count! Yet more proof Republicans are the stupid party!".
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Murkowski is a Republican, running as a write-in candidate. But don't let facts affect your perception of the world.
 
Skeptic said:
Well, that only applies when the spelling mistakes are in the name of a Democratic candidate. If Murkowski were the Republican candidate, Thunder & co. would be sneering: "Can you believe it? Republicans want votes by people too dumb to spell the name of the person they want to elect to count! Yet more proof Republicans are the stupid party!".
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:confused: What are you on about this time? Murkowski is a Republican candidate. The Democrat, McAdams, didn't get enough votes to matter.

This is between a GOP RNC-backed write-in candidate, Murkowski, and a GOP Tea Party-backed candidate, Miller.
 
Thunder said:
The state and national Republican Party should call for all votes to be counted, as long as the intent of the voter is very clear. Misspelling a name should not make a vote null & void.
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Skeptic said:
Well, that only applies when the spelling mistakes are in the name of a Democratic candidate. If Murkowski were the Republican candidate, Thunder & co. would be sneering: "Can you believe it? Republicans want votes by people too dumb to spell the name of the person they want to elect to count! Yet more proof Republicans are the stupid party!".
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Ok Both of you Listen!! If you have not been paying attention to the election, Murkowski is actually the candidate that most represents the Republican Party. She lost in the primary to the TP candidate Miller, which greatly upset the party. However, she decided to soldier on and run in the general election as a write-in.

Its been said before, but it appartanly bears repeating because you two partisan nincompoops refuse to listen. MURKOWSKI IS A REPUBLICAN!!!!

ETA: Giggywig and Cleon beat me to it because I was too busy venting my spleen. Sorry.
 
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Thunder said:
Merkowski....Murkowsky....Murkowskee.

The intent is clear. Count the votes.

Or be known as the party that stands against the right of the American people to have their voices heard.
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I don't know if it happened, but I believe Miller was trying to get a gazillion write-in candidates with names very similar to Murkowski's to run. It would be very difficult to argue (legally) that the intent wasn't for one of those variant spellings. Again, that's if that happened. I don't know what it takes to be an official write-in candidate.
 
JoeTheJuggler said:
I don't know if it happened, but I believe Miller was trying to get a gazillion write-in candidates with names very similar to Murkowski's to run. It would be very difficult to argue (legally) that the intent wasn't for one of those variant spellings. Again, that's if that happened. I don't know what it takes to be an official write-in candidate.
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Hmm, Now if they are trying to interpret Micky Mouse as a variant of Murkowski, we may have problems. I am certain there are at least one or two votes for him (there always is).
 
cwalner said:
Its been said before, but it appartanly bears repeating because you two partisan nincompoops refuse to listen. MURKOWSKI IS A REPUBLICAN!!!!
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Except she failed to get the Republican nomination, so she didn't run as a Republican.

I agree she'll vote with other Republicans (and Skeptic is certainly wrong if he thinks Murkowski is a Democrat--or even a foe of the Republicans), but she's sort of in the Joe Lieberman status. She'll caucus with the Republicans without actually being a Republican.
 
cwalner said:
Hmm, Now if they are trying to interpret Micky Mouse as a variant of Murkowski, we may have problems. I am certain there are at least one or two votes for him (there always is).
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From what I heard, they even had people with the same surname and first initial. IIRC, there was a radio station behind this scheme.

And this sort of thing is the danger you run when you fail to get a party nomination.

It would be a terrible miscarriage of justice, though, if the courts decide that Miller won the election.

ETA: Here's a link to the story I'm talking about:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/44417.html

It was a radio show host who tried to get people with similar names to register as write-in candidates. They got over 100 names listed. The courts allowed this, but the list was only provided to voters who asked for it. However, if they actually spelled the name of someone else on the list, it would be very difficult to prove they didn't intend to vote for that other person.
 
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From what I heard, they even had people with the same surname and first initial. IIRC, there was a radio station behind this scheme.

And this sort of thing is the danger you run when you fail to get a party nomination.

It would be a terrible miscarriage of justice, though, if the courts decide that Miller won the election.

ETA: Here's a link to the story I'm talking about:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/44417.html

It was a radio show host who tried to get people with similar names to register as write-in candidates. They got over 100 names listed. The courts allowed this, but the list was only provided to voters who asked for it. However, if they actually spelled the name of someone else on the list, it would be very difficult to prove they didn't intend to vote for that other person.
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Are you saying that the Tea Party supporters placed winning so much higher than the democratic process and supporting the will of the people that they'd subvert the will of voters using blatant underhanded tactics?

I'm sorry, I meant to say 'this radio station' instead of 'Tea Party supporters'.
 
Alaska Stat. § 15.15.360. : Alaska Statutes - Section 15.15.360.: Rules for counting ballots.

(11) A vote for a write-in candidate, other than a write-in vote for governor and lieutenant governor, shall be counted if the oval is filled in for that candidate and if the name, as it appears on the write-in declaration of candidacy, of the candidate or the last name of the candidate is written in the space provided.

(b) The rules set out in this section are mandatory and there are no exceptions to them. A ballot may not be counted unless marked in compliance with these rules.​
 
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Cleon said:
This is between a GOP RNC-backed write-in candidate, Murkowski, and a GOP Tea Party-backed candidate, Miller.
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Actually, the RNC did NOT back Murkowski. In fact they told her they would strip her of any seniority and threatened to not allow her to caucus with them if she won.
 
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