Posted on 08/29/2010 5:48:42 AM PDT by onyx
SENATE RACE: Miller's camp says GOP group is preparing for legal battle.
There were more allegations by the Joe Miller campaign of ballot-counting monkey business on Saturday as the absentees continue to pour into the Alaska Division of Elections. State elections officials now say there are 23,472 ballots to process, with more coming, and the first count set for Tuesday.
Miller currently leads Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski by 1,668 votes in the Republican primary.
Miller campaign spokesman Randy DeSoto said in an e-mail Saturday that there are many calls going out to Alaskans who voted absentee ballots, asking them who they voted for in the primary.
DeSoto said his basis for making that assertion is that a woman contacted the Miller campaign about getting a call, that such a call was brought up in the comment section of a story on the Daily News website, and that several people had called an Anchorage talk radio show to say they've received such calls.
"I believe, and time will prove it, (the calls) are being done for nefarious purposes," DeSoto said in the e-mail. "It is definitely not being done by the Joe Miller campaign. It is being done, I believe, by the National Republican Senatorial Committee or someone they contracted with as the beginning of a legal battle to throw out ballots."
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How can this be...I read 16,000 were sent out how is now 23,472 to process?
She and her father just might have a huge interest in some scheme that her committee chairmanship can steer his way through a myraid of others.
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Yes . I heard him today on Face the nation.
This might prove to be the battle to end all battles.
I have a theory I am mulling.
The number of outstanding absentee ballots grew dramatically from election night’s 16,000 to today’s 23,000+.
Lisa knew on election night that she was losing. I am thinking her team could have dumped thousands of absentees into the mail to meet the postmarks, but those mass mailings will catch the eye of the Republican Lt. Governor in charge of the election. That’s why Joe Miller and his team are raising hell and that’s why Lisa has called-in the NRSC to help her.
I could be out to lunch and wearing tight tin foil, but at this point, anything is possible, and I can’t think of another explanation for the dramatic increase in the number of absentee ballots.
The Murkowski’s are crooks.
I’m keepin’ The Faith that Joe Miller will be the winner of this primary...no matter what they pull....
Why do you call Lisa a crook? What has she done that makes you think that she is a crook?
I wouldn’t put anything past the NRSC, John Cornyn and the establishment. The battle for the GOP has definitely begun and sadly, my senator John Cornyn looks to be on the wrong side. I hope Texans don’t forget this.
Didn’t they say they only sent out 16,000 ballots? How can there be 23,000 ballots?
This is getting UNREAL, isn;t it?
I am calling Cornyn and Hatch, tomorrow.
Orin is second in line at NRSC.
Are you hearing a lot about this locally?
The Murkowskis ascension in Alaska is all about favoritism, with a wide open frontier with not a whole lot of people but a vast wealth of resources they have been right on top of anything that went boom.
Though its rather harsh to say corrupt they most definitely were involved in deals and back room handshakes for decades. They do not have a high opinion of honesty by most Alaskans.
And I happen to be an Alaskan, the old royalty of Alaska is a dying breed and the people of this generation made up of the “newcomers” or cheechakos see the light, and they don’t want family generations being their representatives any more.
All the more reason Joe Miller is the best person and image of the average Alaska, he is one of us.
Yes, I also thought I read that "they" (the election authority-whatever it's called) state that there were 16,000 outstanding absentee ballots!
Yet, now 23,000+ have been received!
I can only think that "someone" mass mailed thousands on election night to make the postmark after "someone" started to watch the returns and saw that "someone" way behind.
Do you have any other ideas to explain this dramatic increase?
What unethical back room transactions has Lisa performed? Has Joe informed us of these deals? Do have details or are you just slinging mud?
The number of questionable ballots went up, plus 500 or so early votes I think. If I understand right they have been sorting and will know the totals the republicans are working with tomorrow, will count them Tuesday.
Ah, here's the answer.
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