before the election. the states said they continue get the ballots to the troops 45 days ahead of time. delaware, massachusetts, rhode island and the state of washington got the okay from the feds and all the others did not. a top official with the washington state elections department will join me live later this hour to defend her state s request for this and explain why they are not doing more to protect the vote of our military. the gap is getting tighter each day as the vote count goes forward in alaska s republican primary for u.s. senate. tea party favorite joe miller leads senator lisa murkowski by 1700 votes. starting tuesday workers will begin counting more than 20,000 absentee and questioned pal lots. miller says he still expects to come out on top on this. i believe that they will embrace us. i m looking forward to additional results as they come back.