Was Alaska's election stolen?

The title links to a post by my fellow Alaskan blogger and friend Shannyn Moore.

What she has to say will send a chill through the hearts of Alaskans all through this great state.

With all of the early voting, with excitement and participation at an all time high, we are supposed to believe that FEWER people voted in this election then voted in 2004!

You don't believe it?

Let's look at the math.

In 2004 there were 313,592 votes cast.

In this 2008 election we currently have counted 222,095 votes cast.

Now there are supposedly about 60,000 absentee ballots still to be counted, but that only moves the number to 282,095. And that still makes absolutely no sense!

We have spent months being the butt of jokes by late night comics as they watch the antics of our trailer trash Governor and her brood of misfits. I know for a fact that thousands of Alaskans were hoping to gain vindication by showing the world that they were ready for REAL change in this country and in our state. But instead we are led to believe that FEWER Alaskans showed up to vote then predicted and that the polls predicting a substantial victory for both Ethan Berkowitz and Mark Begich were wrong?

I call bullshit!

And if the Alaskan Republicans think that they can steal THIS election from Alaskans then they are sadly mistaken.

Update: Perhaps somebody can explain to me why the current number of votes cast for President number 222,095, while the current vote for the Senate race is only 220,373? Where are those missing 1,722 votes?

My advice to the Alaskan GOP is, if you are going to steal an election perhaps you should bone up on your math skills. Sloppiness will be your downfall.