Lisa Murkowski declared herself the winner of Alaska's Senate race Wednesday but her victory may be put on hold if the Republican nominee has his way.
Joe Miller asked a federal judge Thursday to order Alaska to halt its certification of election results, The Associate Press reported.
"An attorney for Joe Miller sought the injunction as part of a previous lawsuit challenging write-in ballots for Lisa Murkowski, the incumbent senator," according to AP.
The lawsuit maintains that voters must write in the candidate's name on the ballot exactly as it is appears on the declaration of candidacy. Law would require voters to write "Lisa Murkowski" or "Murkowski" for the vote to be counted.
But in the case that a voter doesn't spell the name correctly or abbreviates the name, Director Gail Fenumiai says the Division of Elections would determine the voter's intent.
