This is a rush transcript from "On the Record," August 30, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Six days since election day in Alaska, and Alaska remains on pins and needles, in suspense, not knowing who will be the Republican nominee for the United States Senate. Will it be Sarah Palin-backed Joe Miller or sitting senator Lisa Murkowski? It is still neck-and-neck. State officials are starting to recount -- or starting to count the 23,000 absentee and provisional ballots.

Joining us now is Joe Miller. And right now, he is inches ahead of Senator Murkowski for the Republican nomination. Good evening, sir.

JOE MILLER, SENATE CANDIDATE, R-ALASKA: Good evening, Greta. Thanks for having me.

VAN SUSTEREN: Thank you for joining us. Can give me sort of an update in terms of what the numbers are because I assume that you're following them very closely?

MILLER: We are. We have basically a spread of about 1,700 votes now. There are approximately 20,000 ballots that still must be counted. They include absentee ballots, as well as question ballots. That count will begin tomorrow morning. In fact, we'll have a better idea as to where we stand probably by close of business tomorrow.

VAN SUSTEREN: All right. Now, as I understand it, sir, a lawyer for your campaign has filed a complaint against the Murkowski -- Senator Murkowski campaign, or against her. Is that correct? Or am I correct or am I saying it incorrectly?

MILLER: Well, there were a couple of complaints made concerning observers that are apparently working for the other campaign. And I think the Division of Elections has appropriately taken response to those complaints.

VAN SUSTEREN: Is it vote tampering? Is that -- I mean, that's the way it's portrayed in The Anchorage Daily News, I think, is they called it vote tampering is the accusation.

MILLER: You know, we're confident that the Division of Elections is going to come up with a certified and accurate count at the end of the day. The things that have gone on in the campaign or the election count reflect that there has been attempts to perhaps skew results. But in the end of the day, we believe that the Division of Elections will have a certified count that really does reflect the will of the Alaskan people.

VAN SUSTEREN: Well, it's sort of interesting when you talk about the will of the Alaskan people because if -- if, indeed -- I mean, one of you has to win. One of you has to lose. Senator Murkowski -- there'd be some chatter that she might try to run as a Libertarian. The Libertarian Party of Alaska says they don't want her to run as Libertarian, that they reject her.

Then you've got the NRSC sending someone up to Alaska to assist Senator Murkowski in her campaign, which is a little bit -- it's -- at least to me, it's a little bit unusual because it's picking sides between two Republicans vying for the nomination. And then you've got the question, if you don't win, do you run as a Libertarian. So can you sort all of this out for me?

MILLER: Well, you know, the Libertarian Party has made it very clear -- in fact, I guess they vote unanimously within the last day not to permit a third party bid by Murkowski. And frankly, we really didn't have much concern about that. There have been a number of Libertarians who've been supportive of our candidacy.

With respect to whether or not we'd run, obviously, we're committed to the outcome that the Division of Elections I believe will certify properly. And in fact, that is exactly what the senator also stated about a week-and- a-half ago at a forum at Dekenai (ph). So we're convinced that this is going to proceed with Joe Miller against Scott McAdams in the general race. We intend to prevail in the general election in November, as well.

VAN SUSTEREN: All right, in the event that you are the candidate for the general election, what's the story on Social Security and Medicare? Are you for it or against it?

MILLER: Well, you know, this question, I think, has been asked by a number of outlets, and I think that the response that's been provided by the media doesn't really accurately reflect where we stand. Let me make it straight. I mean, my parents are dependent on Social Security. That's their primary source of income. They receive Medicare. They're out here working on the campaign.

It's critical that this government control the fiscal insolvency that's upon us all in order to ensure that those commitments that we've to those most dependent on Social Security are maintained. If we don't get a grip on the fiscal situation of this country, it's very likely that, in fact, we're going to break the contract that we have with our seniors.

I do believe that it's entirely irresponsible of the leadership in D.C. to ignore the crisis, though, that's coming upon us. Not just the fiscal crisis, but also the one that's bearing down on Social Security. If you look at, for example, the inlays (ph) coming in to Social Security, as of April this year, they're outstripped by the payments. That's the first time in a while that that's happened. It's projected to continue for several years.

And if we don't get a grip on that now, if we don't come up with solutions, you know, whether it be privatization, personalization or some other solution, which, frankly, you know, it's our preference that that be a transferred power to the states. That's really what the constitutional basis of our platform has been, that we need to get back to transferring many of the powers of the federal government to the states. We believe that that's what the 10 Amendment provides.

VAN SUSTEREN: And sir, I hope you'll join us as we march towards -- or you or Senator Murkowski -- and of course, we've also reached out to Senator Murkowski for an interview, and she's also welcome anytime. Mr. Miller, thank you very much, and we'll watch the vote beginning -- or the counting beginning tomorrow. Thank you, sir.