Will Murkowski succeed in her write-in campaign? by Zuzana Zelenakova

As Republican Lisa Murkowski struggles to succeed in her write-in campaign to sae her seat in Senate the whole country watches. Counting of the last votes in Alaska began Wednesday. Some of 92,000 write-in ballots have already been counted and some are still waiting to be counted. The write-in votes represent about 40 percent of the total vote and if they were cast in favour of Murkowski, she would gain a significant lead over her oponent Joe Miller. Republican Miller and his team are watching closely the process of counting ballots challenging every variation or mispelling of Lisa Murkowski´s name. However, Alaska´s lieutenant governor Craig Campbell stated that! the votes are valid as long as the intent is clear. His decision was followed by Joe Miller filing a lawsuit. He requests that all write-in ballots with misspelles name of Lisa Murkowski are declared as not valid. "This isn't supposed to be a penmanship test," responded Murkowski spokesman John Tracy. A judge decided Wednesday that the count is still on while Miller´s case is being considered. Murkowski, who has a chance to become the first US Senate candidate to win as a write-in, dedicated much of her campaign to get people familiar with the correct spelling of her name saying that is the way how to ensure that the votes are counted. She closed many of her speeches by encouriging the crowds to spell her last name. Lisa Murkowski has critics even harsher than Joe Miller, for example the South Carolina senator Jim DeMint. "Rather than accepting defeat and working to unite Republicans behind Joe Miller, she has decided to put her own personal interests ahead of everyt! hing else," he stated back in September. Miller has considere! d her ru nning as a write-in candidate instead of supporting him as breaking her word.

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by Zuzana Zelenakova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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