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Thu Dec-23-10 10:38 AM
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Alaska: Court Ruling Favors Murkowski

Joe Miller, the Republican Senate candidate, lost another legal battle when the State Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that voters do not have to spell a write-in candidate’s name perfectly for their vote to be counted. Citing decades of legal precedent, the court ruled that votes should count as long as election officials can determine a voter’s intent.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/us/politics/23brfs-COURTRULINGF_BRF.html?src=twrhp

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Thu Dec-23-10 10:39 AM
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1. Joe Miller-dumb as a birther.

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Thu Dec-23-10 10:40 AM
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2. This is good news n/t

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Thu Dec-23-10 12:25 PM
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3. kick n/t

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