Lt. gov.: Miller election claims 'baseless'

Alaska Lieutenant Governor Craig Campbell has so far defended the way the state's Division of Elections has handled the ballot count in the contentious Senate race, but he stepped it up a notch in a recent, prepared statement. According to The Associated Press (via The Washington Post), Lt. Gov. Campbell's statement dismisses as "baseless" several claims that have been made by candidate Joe Miller in a recent lawsuit in state court. Campbell said that if such allegations continue without response, he believes it "could make members of the public lose trust in a lawful, reliable and consistent process." Miller spokesman Randy DeSoto responded that Campbell "has miserably failed" at his duty to oversee Alaska elections and reiterated Miller's contention that state law is unequivocal on the subject of correctly spelling a write-in candidate's name, adding that Campbell has done an about-face on the issue of "voter intent" since the election ended. Read much more from the AP, here.