change the rules as we go just because an incumbent senator is in the process of trying to win an election. this is not that far out as far as votes. we are counting absentee ballots and we have another 12,000 to go and a number of question ballots, 10,000 or 12,000 and the gap was narrowed by 2 percent yesterday. so we are continuing to see closing as far as the numbers. no vote has been coupled for senator murkowski, but this is a matter making sure we have clear rules on the background and that they follow state law. >> if someone wrote her name incorrectly, would you consider that a vote for senator murkowski? >>guest: it is not my decision or the decision of the individual teams on the ground to make that decision, it is the decision of the state statute that controls. murkowski those a high standard of a write in campaign. there are rules that go along with it, rules that have been followed throughout the course of political history and the