Posted on 10/27/2010 9:37:36 PM PDT by Red Steel
ANCHORAGE, Alaska —
The Alaska Supreme Court has stayed a Superior Court injunction that bars the Alaska Division of Elections from providing lists of write-in candidates to voters at polling places, after an appeal by the state and Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s write-in campaign.
The stay allows the division to continue providing the lists to early voters, but requires that only names and not party affiliations be listed. It also states that ballots cast prior to the injunction remain valid, but should be tallied separately.
“In the interim period prior to this court’s ruling on the underlying Petition for Review, all ballots cast by voters provided with the list of registered write-in candidates shall be marked or otherwise segregated,” the court wrote.
The stay requires the Division of Elections to inform the court of any reason why ballots can’t be segregated by 3 p.m. Thursday.
Chief Justice Walter Carpeneti did not participate in the decision.
Ping.
It isn’t complicated. If you provide a separate list of write in candidates you are providing an alternate ballot.
Can’t the scum ever play it straight, just once?
No.
All kinds of shenanigans!!
Providing a list of write in candidates? This makes absolutely no sense.
She is putting herself back on the ballot.
This is amazing.
A write-in candidate that is now on a separate ballot with her name on the ballot?
Insanity rules the day.
Sounds like this list of write-in candidates is being provided even to voters who don’t request it. They are modifying the official ballot, or issuing an amended ballot for all practical purposes.
Why can’t they have the standard two-way race? what happens if all three get 33.3%? Will Senator Stuart Smalley come to the rescue?
I’m confused, are the state election workers handing out names inside the polling place? Or is it Murkowski supporters outside the polling place?
Damned Murkowski. R or D, an elitist member of the ruling class feels entitled to the seat, regardless of election law.
Joy Bahar should address this candidate.
If there is to be a write-in list, it should be a list of all 350,000 or so Alaskans over the age of 30.
It’s amazing how much money Sen. Murkowski has to wage write in campaign of this scale. She seems to have axcess to as much money as she has little honor.
IMO, the whole debate is one whether to *remind* voters of Murkowski as they are stepping into the voting booth as opposed to forcing the voter to remember this on their own.
In Texas, I have seen lists of write-in candidates who qualified as such by turning in petitions with enough names to be write-ins yet not enough names to be included on the official ballot. This is normally the province of fringe candidates who tend to get only a minimal number of votes.
Very astute observation. I think you have it correct with that one.
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