Hijinks in the Absentee Ballot Count?

Maybe; accusations are starting to fly.

There were more allegations by the Joe Miller campaign of ballot-counting monkey business on Saturday as the absentees continue to pour into the Alaska Division of Elections. State elections officials now say there are 23,472 ballots to process, with more coming, and the first count set for Tuesday ... Miller campaign spokesman Randy DeSoto said in an e-mail Saturday that there are many calls going out to Alaskans who voted absentee ballots, asking them who they voted for in the primary.

DeSoto said his basis for making that assertion is that a woman contacted the Miller campaign about getting a call, that such a call was brought up in the comment section of a story on the Daily News website, and that several people had called an Anchorage talk radio show to say they've received such calls.

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Several people called the Dan Fagan talk radio show in Anchorage on Friday to say they voted absentee and have received calls asking who they voted for. One man, who was identified as Brian, said the caller identified themselves as being from the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. Another, Arnie, could not recall the full name but said that it included the words "Republican National." Another, Ryan, said the caller identified themselves as from the "something information group." Fagan, who asserted on his show he had sources confirming this was being done as an effort to challenge absentee ballots for Miller, on Saturday evening did not immediately return a cell message and an e-mail.

Remember, this isn't R vs. D: it's entrenched bureaucrat vs. Tea Party candidate of the same party. The fun's just starting, and the official count doesn't begin until Tuesday.