"Operation Alaska Chaos" Tries to Hobble Murkowski, Miller supporters add themselves to the ballot

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"Operation Alaska Chaos" Tries to Hobble Murkowski

The race between U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R) Alaska and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Joe Miller got even more heated this week. Miller supporters began a campaign Thursday to add themselves as write-in candidates, hoping to draw attention away from Murkowski at the ballot box.

(Credit: AP Photo) Alaska Senator and write-in candidate Lisa Murkowski got a victory Wednesday when the Alaska Supreme Court decided that election officials could distribute lists of write-in candidates at voting booths.

Those who don't want her to succeed, however, came up with a way to blunt the decision's impact: Get enough names on the list of write-in candidates to make it hard to even find Murkowski's name.

At least 100 Alaskan citizens showed up at the elections office in Anchorage on Thursday, the last day to register as a candidate for the Senate seat, to register as write-in candidates, the the Anchorage Daily News reports. Many came in the hopes that an overwhelming list of names would create confusion in the voting booths for potential Murkowski supporters.


The list of candidates now includes around 150 write-in candidates, not included those denied eligibility because of late entry or age requirements.

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