Joe Miller Pushes Back Against Murkowski Campaign Intervention In Alaska Senate Election Lawsuit

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sen. Lisa Murkowski's rival in Alaska's contentious U.S. Senate race is opposing her motion to intervene in his lawsuit against the state's elections office.

In a response filed Friday, Joe Miller's attorneys say the state is the sole entity in dealing with enforcement and application of state law at issue.

Miller's attorneys also are opposing a request by state attorneys to transfer the case to Juneau from Fairbanks.

Murkowski mounted a write-in challenge after losing to Miller in the Republican primary. Murkowski has declared victory with a 10,328-vote lead, a total that includes 8,159 ballots contested by Miller observers.

Miller, who is seeking to block certification of the general election, alleges elections officials illegally counted improperly marked votes for Murkowski.

Comments

[bmike]

01:52 PM on 11/29/2010

Miller say Acorn workers working for Murkowski.

[infopro]

10:53 PM on 11/29/2010

lol Swear to God, this guy goes farther out every day. We'll need a radio telescope to pick him up next week! }:)

[forty8r]

01:30 PM on 11/29/2010

Palins hand picked person is just another whinner and complainer. The "influencer" doesn't seem to have much political muscle even in her home state.

[oldgrendel]

11:51 AM on 11/29/2010

Now children, each of you go to a corner and stay there for ten minutes ...

[rgateman]

11:27 AM on 11/29/2010

While I'm not a MorePorkSki fan it is good to see them fighting it out in the Laskan courts even though the outcome has been determined. Miller is Laskas Ammadinnerjacket. lmao

[S-Man]

09:29 AM on 11/29/2010

The recount is in Joe and it's unanimous, everyone says BATHE.

[thepoliticalcat]

08:33 AM on 11/29/2010

Joe "The Beard" Miller is about to alienate the last Alaskan who does not support Murkowski. OTOH, to look on the BRIGHT side, he'll keep her from taking her seat till after the rest of Congress is seated (hopefully LONG after), which means she loses her seniority and AK doesn't get squat for all his fiddly-doodly. That's not bad at all, is it?

[ShoreSage]

08:30 AM on 11/29/2010

It's time for Joe Miller to "man up." Take his whuppin' and try again some other time.

[pelladutch]

08:16 AM on 11/29/2010

Unfortunately Murkowski won't be any better for Alaska or the country.

[LastTexasRose]

04:06 PM on 11/29/2010

Compared to Miller she seems sane, Miller just scares the heck out of me

[liberalking37]

08:10 AM on 11/29/2010

Joe Miller is a sore loser,tea party hack!

[Bega]

08:08 AM on 11/29/2010

Can HP stop maintaining Miller on its news page? I see no reason unless it is an attempt to make him look legit.

[Higgs Boson]

06:58 AM on 11/29/2010

Let me get this straight ...... he is contesting 8 thousand ballots and yet he lost by 10 thousand votes . Is there some kind of right wing fuzzy math going on here that we do not understand ?

[gamoonbat]

07:58 AM on 11/29/2010

I think that the election law requires a runoff for a total below 2000 or something. Miller wants to get Murkowski's lead down to where there will have to be a runoff.

[Cananna]

06:51 AM on 11/29/2010

Joe is such a crybaby!
No respect for the democratic process or the voters if he doesn't get his way.
I've met two year olds with more dignity.

[castleblanca]

04:16 AM on 11/29/2010

"In a response filed Friday, Joe Miller's attorneys say the state is the sole entity in dealing with enforcement and application of state law at issue."

Gee, that sounds exactly like what we Floridians said in 2000 after the Presidential election.

And look at what happened!

The GOP was on the other side, then.

[Higgs Boson]

07:01 AM on 11/29/2010

We know that they are unabashed hypocrites

[knerd]

03:48 AM on 11/29/2010

All Miller has to do is hire attorney James Baker to help. Or borrow the Supreme Court for an afternoon...

[Bruckley]

03:37 AM on 11/29/2010

Lots of wasted time and money there