The state of Alaska paid about $100,000 to fight Republican senate candidate Joe Miller’s failed challenge of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s win in November, according to testimony by an assistant attorney general.The Alaska Dispatch reports that the Senate State Affairs Committee of the Alaska Legislature is considering a bill to allow minor misspellings or abbreviations on write-in ballots to be counted if “voter intent” can be determined. Miller had argued in his suit that determining voter intent was against Alaska law, and therefore write-in ballots with misspellings of Lisa Murkowski’s name should not be considered.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=115343