http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/politics/7504-murkowski-continues-steady-climb-in-alaska-senate-race
According to this article there are 15000 write in and 8600 absentee ballots left. They have been counting absentee ballots all along.
O.K., this article did not mention the Overseas Military Ballots to be counted on November 17. What really ticks me off is now, Murkowski wants the votes counted for her that do not have the oval colored in. ALASKA STATE ELECTION LAW SAYS THAT MUST BE DONE FOR THE VOTE TO COUNT; NO EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE!!!
I've been wondering this - why does Politico cite “officials still have to count about 40,000 absentee ballots this week, according to the Alaska Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai.”
If that Politico number is true, somebody’s been holding back the statistics on a pretty large number of absentees. Since the first batch of absentees broke for Miller - this is good news for Miller and bad news for all the propagandists that curse at Miller, the TPs and Palin and wish they would just ‘go away’ and leave the status quo pork barreling alone.