Alaska Senate Election Recount Results: Murkoswski Spelling Vital

Miller maintains election law must be upheld in scrutinizing the ballots, meaning the ballots must have the oval filled in and either "Murkowski" or "Lisa Murkowski" written next to it to be a valid vote for Murkowski.
Election officials, pointing to past case law, have said they plan to use discretion in determining voter intent on ballots where voters misspell Murkowski's name, with a final ruling coming from the director of the Division of Elections, with input from a state attorney.

... both campaigns have hired attorneys and fundraised to prepare for a legal showdown over contested write-in ballots. Murkowski has brought on a well-known Republican recount attorney, Ben Ginsberg, and started a legal defense fund. Meanwhile, South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint's Senate Conservatives Fund has raised almost $130,000 for Miller's counting fund.
The write-in-ballot counting process is an arduous task that could drag on for days before a winner is determined or even longer if legal challenges are mounted to a significant number of ballots. Election officials have indicated that write-in ballots will be sorted and counted according to their respective state legislative districts, and each district will report its results as they are completed.