Miller Will Not Appeal Federal Ruling; Concedes AK’s U.S. Senate Race to Murkowski
In a press conference held this afternoon in Juneau, Alaska’s GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate, Joe Miller, finally conceded the election to write-in candidate and incumbent Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski. He has decided not to appeal his federal case as dismissed by a U.S. circuit court judge on Tuesday. See AP’s coverage for more […]
FEDERAL JUDGE DISMISSES MILLER’S ELECTION SUIT IN ALASKA U.S. SENATE CONTEST
After requiring Alaska’s GOP U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller to file his federal lawsuit by Monday (yesterday), the federal judge in the case has now dismissed it without even waiting for the reply from the state, which was ordered due by Wednesday (tomorrow). From Anchorage Daily News as posted within the last hour… A federal […]
‘Election Integrity is Vital’: Joe Miller Makes a Federal Case out of It in AK’s U.S. Senate Contest
[Update 12/28/10: Federal judge dismisses Miller’s complaint. Details now here…] “We want the end result of this legal action to be for the people of Alaska to not only have full faith in the outcome of this race, but a confidence in the manner in which elections will be conducted in our state in the […]
AK Supreme Court Rules Against Joe Miller’s U.S. Senate Election Contest On All Counts
As largely expected, the Alaska Supreme Court has rejected GOP U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller’s contest against the Division of Elections, which has unofficially determined write-in candidate Sen. Lisa Murkowski bested both Miller and Democratic candidate Scott McAdams on November 2nd. Via Sean Cockerham at Anchorage Daily News… The Alaska Supreme Court today ruled against […]
NY, AK Election Contests Demonstrate, Again, Why Paper Ballots Need to Actually Be Counted
[Update 12/22/10: Alaska Supreme Court decides against Joe Miller on all counts. Details here…] * * * Having paper ballots is one thing. Seeing them actually be counted, unfortunately, continues to be quite another matter. For those of you who may not understand why it’s not enough to merely have hand-marked paper ballots that are […]
Federal Judge Rules for Miller, Temporarily Halts Certification of Murkowski in AK Senate Race
Via Huffington Post… JUNEAU, Alaska — An Alaska federal judge ruled Friday that Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller’s challenge to the counting of write-in ballots raises “serious” legal issues but is a matter for a state, not federal, court to decide. Yet in deferring to an Alaska state court for a final decision, U.S. District […]
Joe Miller May Seek ‘Hand Count’ in Alaska’s U.S. Senate Race – He’d Be Wise To Do So.
– Brad Friedman, The BRAD BLOG After a week of hand-counting paper write-in ballots in Alaska’s three-way U.S. Senate race between incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (who ran as an independent write-in candidate), Republican candidate Joe Miller and Democratic candidate Scott McAdams, the Associate Press called the race this afternoon for Murkowski. Trailing by some 10,000 […]
On Alaska’s ‘Hinky’ Elections & the Fight for Oversight of Their U.S. Senate Write-In Count
I’m prepping for tonight’s Mike Malloy Show which I will be, once again, guest hosting this evening (9-Mid ET / 6-9p PT, with listen links and live chat right here at BradBlog.com later), but took a short break to chat with Shannyn Moore on Alaska’s KUDO about the state of the state’s elections right now […]
Judge Rules for AK Dems, GOP, Against State Election Div. in U.S. Senate Write-In Controversy
[The AK Supreme Court has put a stay on the Superior Court Judge’s order. For now. See important update at bottom of article.] As we’ve been suggesting in our two previous articles on the issue, the Alaska Division of Election’s unprecedented move to supply printed lists of write-in candidates to polling places, purportedly to “assist” […]
AK Admits to BRAD BLOG State Has Never Before Supplied Precincts With Write-In Candidate Names
Over the weekend we covered the dispute between Alaska’s Division of Elections (DoE), who has been handing out printed lists of write-in candidates to early voting sites, and the Alaska Democratic Party (ADP) who says doing so amounts to inappropriate electioneering at the polling place for write-in U.S. Senate candidate Lisa Murkowski in support of […]
AK Dems: State Div. of Elections Inappropriately Aiding Write-in Voters in U.S. Senate Contest
As you may know, the U.S. Senate race in Alaska between GOP nominee Joe Miller and Democratic nominee Scott McAdams, Mayor of Sitka, has been thrown into what’s quickly turning into a potential three-way toss-up with Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s write-in bid for the seat. She and her father have long been insider fixtures within Alaska’s […]
AK Republican Senate Candidate’s Security Guards ‘Arrest,’ Handcuff Reporter at Town Hall Event
No, seriously. Via Anchorage Daily News tonight… The editor of the Alaska Dispatch website was arrested by U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller’s private security guards Sunday as the editor attempted to interview Miller on camera at the end of a public event in an Anchorage school. Tony Hopfinger was handcuffed by the guards and detained […]
Murkowski’s Write-in Bid Could Test Alaska’s Dubious Diebold E-Voting System
Over the weekend, Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced she would run as a write-in candidate this November after reportedly losing a close GOP primary race to far Rightwing “Tea Party” candidate Joe Miller. The three-way race, along with Democratic candidate and Mayor of Sitka Scott McAdams, could prove to be a serious challenge for Alaska’s […]