More Than 20K Ballots Left in Alaska
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 27th, 2010 4:40 am by HL
More Than 20K Ballots Left in Alaska
Joe Miller (R) is currently leading Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) by 1,668 votes but the Anchorage Daily News reports there are more than 20,000 absentee and questioned ballots left to process that could tip the tight Republican U.S. Senate primary either way.
“The state has received back 11,266 absentee ballots so far out of over 16,000 requested. The ballots had to be postmarked by Tuesday’s election but can come in as much as 15 days afterward. There are also 658 early votes not yet counted and 8,972 questioned ballots. A ballot can be “questioned” for several reasons. Often the reason is that the voter cast the ballot in a precinct other than where they live.”
The state plans to count all the absentee ballots next Tuesday that it has received by then.
Muslims Give Obama Highest Approval, Mormons the Lowest
Gallup: “Among major religious groups in the United States, Muslims give President Obama the highest average approval ratings and Mormons, the lowest. Jews and those with no religious identity rate Obama higher than the national average, while Protestants’ ratings are below average, and Catholics’ near the average.”
Snyder Opens Huge Lead in Michigan
A new EPIC/MRA poll in Michigan shows Rick Snyder (R) crushing Virg Bernero (D) in the race for governor, 51% to 29%.
Key findings: “Independents favored Snyder 50% to 15%, with 35% undecided. Snyder leads by more than a 2-1 margin outside Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties and by 12 percentage points in the three metro Detroit counties. The poll also showed a shift in the electorate, with slightly more voters identifying themselves as Republicans and 49% calling themselves conservatives; 23% say they are liberals.”
