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Murkowski camp cries foul in ballot count
A challenged ballot is shown Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, in Juneau, Alaska.... JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's Campaign declared she's headed for re-election, saying her rival's unverified voter Fraud claims and frivolous challenges of write-in ballots are pointing to his desperation. Murkowski, whose hopes for another term hinge on her winning a write-in effort, undisputedly held 89.8 percent of that vote with 45,132 ballots counted so far. That's enough for her Campaign to feel ...

Alaska Senate Race: Lisa Murkowski Slams Delay Of Game Tactics In Write-In Ballot Count Saga
JUNEAU, Alaska — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Campaign on Thursday accused observers for rival Joe Miller of challenging properly cast write-in ballots in an effort to drag out the heated Alaska Senate race and “delay the inevitable.” Shortly after the second day of write-in ballot counting began, a Miller observer challenged a vote for Murkowski that appeared to have her name spelled and printed correctly, though the “L” in “Lisa” was in cursive han...

Murkowski camp cries foul in ballot count
JUNEAU, Alaska — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's campaign declared she's headed for re-election, saying her rival's unverified voter Fraud claims and frivolous challenges of write-in ballots are pointing to his desperation. Murkowski, whose hopes for another term hinge on her winning a write-in effort, undisputedly held 89.8 percent of that vote with 45,132 ballots counted so far. That's enough for her campaign to feel she's poised to win, in spite of thousands of outstanding ballots yet to be u...

Joe Miller Files Federal Suit Over AK Ballot Count Spelling
Alaska Republican Joe Miller filed a Lawsuit in Federal Court yesterday over the planned count of write-in Ballots in the Senate race. The suit asks that the judge stop the state from counting Ballots that misspell write-in Candidate Sen. Lisa Murkowski's name. According to the complaint, Miller wants to prevent election officials from "counting or otherwise accepting as valid any write-in Ballots in which the name of the Candidate is spelt incorrectly, or on which the name of the Candidate i...

Murkowski camp says she's heading for re-election
A challenged ballot is shown Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, in Juneau, Alaska.... JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's Campaign declared she's headed for re-election, saying rival Joe Miller's unverified voter Fraud claims and frivolous challenges of write-in ballots are pointing to his desperation. Murkowski, whose hopes for another term hinge on her winning a write-in effort, undisputedly held 89.8 percent of that vote with 45,132 ballots counted so far. That's enough for her Campaign t...

This Is Not a Murkowski Misspelling
Photo: Eric Engman/Getty Images Up in Alaska, election workers are laboring night and day — actually just night, since that's what it is there all the time — to count the write-in ballots in the yet-to-be-decided Senate race. The campaign of Republican nominee Joe Miller has sued to disallow any spelling variations of the name "Lisa Murkowski" from being counted for his opponent, Incumbent senator Lisa Murkowski, who ran a write-in campaign after losing to Miller in the primary and h...

Murkowski Camp Cries Foul in AK Ballot Count
(JUNEAU, Alaska) — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's campaign on Thursday accused observers for rival Joe Miller of making petty challenges in the counting of voters' write-in ballots in an attempt to tilt the Alaska Senate race in their favor. Miller's campaign disputed the charge, saying observers are simply challenging votes that don't meet the strict letter of the law — including those with minor misspellings of Murkowski's name or those with legibility or penmanship issues. Shortly aft...

Murkowski camp cries foul in ballot count
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's campaign declared she's headed for re-election, saying her rival's unverified voter Fraud claims and frivolous challenges of write-in ballots are pointing to his desperation. Murkowski, whose hopes for another term hinge on her winning a write-in effort, undisputedly held 89.8 percent of that vote with 45,132 ballots counted so far. That's enough for her campaign to feel she's poised to win, in spite of thousands of outstanding ballots yet...

Murkowski camp cries foul in ballot count (AP)
JUNEAU, Alaska – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's campaign on Thursday accused observers for rival Joe Miller of making petty challenges in the counting of voters' write-in ballots in an attempt to tilt the Alaska Senate race in their favor. Miller's campaign disputed the charge, saying observers are simply challenging votes that don't meet the strict letter of the law — including those with minor misspellings of Murkowski's name or those with legibility or penmanship issues. Shortly aft...

Murkowski camp cries foul in ballot count
JUNEAU, Alaska — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s campaign on Thursday accused observers for rival Joe Miller of making petty challenges in the counting of voters’ write-in ballots in an attempt to tilt the Alaska Senate race in their favor. Miller’s campaign disputed the charge, saying observers are simply challenging votes that don’t meet the strict letter of the law — including those with minor misspellings of Murkowski’s name or those with legibility or p...

Alaska Senate Race
The country’s last Undecided Senate race could depend on a Legal Battle. Senator Lisa Murkowski now seems likely to pull off an unlikely victory as a write-in Candidate, after having been ousted by Tea party Candidate Joe Miller in a Republican Primary in August. Alaska residents cast more than 92,500 write-in Ballots, about 40 percent of all votes.  Alaska Election officials have begun to scrutinize and count all 92,500 write-in votes, about 11,000 more votes than were cast for Joe M...

Lisa Murkowski says she has no plans to watch Sarah Palin's new TV show
JUNEAU, Alaska — There's one person who won't be tuning in Sunday when Sarah Palin's new TV series airs: Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Murkowski tells The Associated Press she has no plans to watch the TLC travelogue, "Sarah Palin's Alaska." Murkowski says she read a review slamming the show. Besides that, she says, "I know what my Alaska looks like." Murkowski is seeking to defeat Palin-backed Candidate Joe Miller in the still-undecided Alaska Senate race. Murkowski ran as a write-in Candidate ...

1 viewer Palins show wont get: Lisa Murkowski
Murkowski on cusp of win; how will she legislate? JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — There’s one person who won’t be tuning in Sunday when Sarah Palin’s new TV series airs: Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Murkowski tells The Associated Press she has no plans to watch the TLC travelogue, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” Murkowski says she read a review slamming the show. Besides that, she says, “I know what my Alaska looks like.” Murkowski is seeking to defeat Palin-backed ca...

Murkowski appears to have lead in Alaska vote count
JUNEAU, Alaska - Sen. Lisa Murkowski appeared to have a solid lead Thursday in this state's closely watched Senate contest, despite aggressive attempts by her opponent's campaign to disqualify as many write-in ballots as possible. This Story Alaska's Elections frontier Murkowski appears to have lead in Alaska Vote Count In Alaska, Murkowski isn't the only spelling that Counts Counting Votes in Alaska Alaska Senate race could hinge on spelling Opinion: The GOP's Palin paradox Counting Votes in...

Lisa Murkowski says she has no plans to watch Sarah Palin's new TV show
JUNEAU, Alaska — There's one person who won't be tuning in Sunday when Sarah Palin's new TV series airs: Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Murkowski tells The Associated Press she has no plans to watch the TLC travelogue, "Sarah Palin's Alaska." Murkowski says she read a review slamming the show. Besides that, she says, "I know what my Alaska looks like." Murkowski is seeking to defeat Palin-backed Candidate Joe Miller in the still-undecided Alaska Senate race. Murkowski ran as a write-in Candidate ...

Is Joe Miller Trying to Disenfranchise Alaskans?
A challenged ballot is shown Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, in Juneau, Alaska. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's campaign on Thursday accused observers for rival Joe Miller of making petty Challenges in the counting of voters' write-in ballots in an attempt to tilt the Alaska Senate race in their favor. (Credit: AP) Joe Miller, the Tea Party-backed Republican nominee for Alaska Senate, may be on the cusp of losing the Senate race to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who ran as a write-in Candidate after losing...

Too Stupid to Vote?
Ben Johnson, FloydReports.com The name “Murkowski” is somewhat exotic in the lower 48, but in Alaska it is the political equivalent of Smith, Jones, or Johnson. The state has been ruled by a Murkowski for 30 years. Frank Murkowski first ran for U.S. Senate in 1970, but was elected in his second run ten years later. He held that seat until 2002, when he became Governor and appointed his daughter, Lisa Murkowski, to his vacant seat to continue the royal dynasty. The arrogance and Corruption ...

Tea Party News From AOL News
(Nov. 12) -- Tea Party Activists in Virginia are rallying supporters to have the state issue specialty license plates bearing the "Don't Tread on Me" motto adopted by the movement. Republican state Del. John O'Bannon has proposed a bill to establish the license plate modeled on the historic Gadsden flag, which features the rallying cry and a... Nov. 12 -- Joyce Kaufman's Controversial statements have afforded her a radio career, but now they appear to have cost her a job on Capitol Hill. Just da...

Murkowski confident as tally grows
The Division of Elections has reviewed write-in ballots for almost half the precincts in Alaska and is counting nearly 98 percent of them for Lisa Murkowski. The Murkowski campaign is acting confident of victory and is accusing Joe Miller of taking "desperate" measures to try to win. ...

1 viewer Palin's show won't get: Lisa Murkowski
JUNEAU, Alaska — There’s one person who won’t be tuning in Sunday when Sarah Palin’s new TV series airs: Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Murkowski tells The Associated Press she has no plans to watch the TLC travelogue, "Sarah Palin’s Alaska." Murkowski says she read a review slamming the show. Besides that, she says, "I know what my Alaska looks like." Murkowski is seeking to defeat Palin-backed Candidate Joe Miller in the still-undecided Alaska Senate race. Murkowski ran as...

Alaska write-in fun: Is this ballot ambiguous?
Have a look at some of the “questionable ballots” being flagged by Joe Miller’s team. The one I posted in the thumbnail on the front page is being challenged, I think, because the “r” in “Murkowski” looks vaguely like a “v”. That’s what it’s come to here. If you’re wondering why Team Miller is forced to resort to frivolous challenges like these, it’s simple math. Murky evidently did a bang-up job of instructing her s...

Will spellling count in Alaska write-in ballot count?
They’re counting write-in ballots in Alaska to decide the winner of the last Undecided U.S. Senate race of the 2010 Elections. It’s write-in Candidate Lisa Murkowski versus Sarah Palin protege and Tea Party favorite Joe Miller in a Republican family feud where Spelling counts. Incumbent  Murkowski lost  to Miller in the Republican Senate primary. But she mounted a write-in campaign to keep the seat she’s held for eight years. It’s the “The Great Alaska Spe...