ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The GOP candidate in the Alaska U.S. Senate race asked a federal judge Thursday for a preliminary injunction stopping officials from certifying the election.
An attorney for?Joe Miller sought the injunction as part of a previous lawsuit challenging write-in ballots for?Lisa Murkowski, the incumbent senator.
Murkowski on Wednesday declared victory in the race, the first Senate candidate in more than 50 years to win a write-in campaign.
Miller’s lawsuit claims Alaska law requires voters to write in a candidate’s name as it appears on a declaration of candidacy, or the last name of the candidate, to cast valid ballots.
Alaska Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell, who oversees the Division of Elections, has said voter intent would drive acceptance of ballots and that previous court cases had supported that policy. Elections officials have credited Murkowski with ballots that contain minor misspellings.
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