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BREAKING: Computer Error Gives Prosser 7,381 More Votes, Almost Certain Victory
The Corner -- National Review Online ^ | 04/07/11 | Christian Schneider

Posted on 04/07/2011 2:47:44 PM PDT by dep

After Tuesday night’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election, a computer error in heavily Republican Waukesha County failed to send election results for the entire City of Brookfield to the Associated Press. The error, revealed today, would give incumbent Supreme Court Justice David Prosser a net 7,381 votes against his challenger, attorney Joanne Kloppenburg. On Wednesday, Kloppenburg declared victory after the AP reported she finished the election with a 204-vote lead, out of nearly 1.5 million votes cast.

On election night, AP results showed a turnout of 110,000 voters in Waukesha County — well short of the 180,000 voters that turned out last November, and 42 percent of the county’s total turnout. By comparison, nearly 90 percent of Dane County voters who cast a ballot in November turned out to vote for Kloppenburg.

Prior to the election, Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus was heavily criticized for her decision to keep the county results on an antiquated personal computer, rather than upgrade to a new data system being utilized statewide. Nickolaus cited security concerns for keeping the data herself — yet when she reported the data, it did not include the City of Brookfield, whose residents cast nearly 14,000 votes.

Throughout the day Thursday, official canvass numbers flipped the lead back and forth between Prosser and Kloppenburg. While many believed a recount was inevitable, the addition of the Brookfield votes for Prosser could push the justice’s lead beyond the legal threshold that would trigger an automatic recount. Under state law, Kloppenburg could still ask for a recount up to three days after the official canvass, but would have to pay for it herself.

More details as they become available.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: wisconsinshowdown
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To: Jean S; Diana in Wisconsin

This sounds like some beautiful news!!!!!


81 posted on 04/07/2011 3:05:53 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: gov_bean_ counter

82 posted on 04/07/2011 3:06:28 PM PDT by Gideon7
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To: dep
But... that's completely unfair. How can Madistan know how many votes to fabricate if the GOP won't put its cards on the table on Election night?

All that work... all the bogus late-night vote totals oozing out of intentionally held-back precincts... all the out-of-state students and the fraudulent same-day registrations... the instant claim of victory as soon as the Rat pulls ahead... you mean all that was for nothing?

Heh heh heh.

Maybe you can teach an old party new tricks.

83 posted on 04/07/2011 3:06:32 PM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: dep

Woops, she’ll have to pay for the recount, herself.

Up go the union dues!


84 posted on 04/07/2011 3:06:32 PM PDT by unspun (It's the Sovereignty, Stu... | We are Gulag Bound)
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To: KarlInOhio

listen it might have been done on purpose, to take out dems cheating!


85 posted on 04/07/2011 3:06:34 PM PDT by factmart
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To: All

86 posted on 04/07/2011 3:06:36 PM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
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To: Gideon7

Awesome! CP-M running on twin floppies...;-)


87 posted on 04/07/2011 3:08:13 PM PDT by rockrr ("Remember PATCO!")
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To: beebuster2000

Have you considered the possibility that she did this deliberately so the rats would have a false total to “fraud” to, then she comes in with, “Oh, gee, loollee here. I forgot to send this entire city in.” That would be a case of NOT committing fraud but beating the rats at their own game.

I don’t say this happened, but the one sure way to beat the rats without cheating/manufacturing votes is to sucker them into only manufacturing a certain number of votes that they think puts them over the top, and then giving up your REAL totals after the fact. LOL! I HOPE that’s what happened. :) About damn time!


88 posted on 04/07/2011 3:08:34 PM PDT by ratsreek
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To: Gideon7
Even better:


89 posted on 04/07/2011 3:08:57 PM PDT by Tuxedo (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Gideon7

And those darned things were heavy...


90 posted on 04/07/2011 3:08:57 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (I am declaring 2011 to be the year of ME!)
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To: All

I’ll see your 204 votes and raise you 7,381...


91 posted on 04/07/2011 3:09:13 PM PDT by Snardius
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To: dfwgator

Those communist fascist progressives are going to try to kill this country every which way they can. And getting rid of the electoral college is one of them. I blame the dumbed down parents and kids who are not taught the foundations of their own freedoms.

More and more of “majority rule” is nothing more than MOB rule.


92 posted on 04/07/2011 3:09:21 PM PDT by TruthConquers (.Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
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To: Interesting Times

This is bull$#it.

Voting machines should be able to give out receipts, like credit cards.

One copy for a box, for manual recounts and a second for the consumer, which could be duplicated and sent back ..even the odd ad hoc would discourage cheating.


93 posted on 04/07/2011 3:09:28 PM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to...." ;)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

I loved my Trash-80. 64 characters by 32 rows, cassette backup, 4KB memory. Woot!


94 posted on 04/07/2011 3:09:43 PM PDT by Gideon7
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To: ransomnote; All

I just love the stench of liberal desperation...

Here’s a post from Daily Kook’s:

“WTF is wrong with the people of Wisconsin?????
One might as well give them a loaded gun. After all, by supporting Walker and Prosser they’re still committing suicide, only more slowly.
This election should have been a landslide for Klopenburg.”

Gotta love it...
And they haven’t even got the latest posted yet.


95 posted on 04/07/2011 3:11:37 PM PDT by tcrlaf (2012 Slogan: "You'd Have To Be Insane, To Vote For Hussein!")
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To: dep
WTMJ Realtime News Feed
96 posted on 04/07/2011 3:11:49 PM PDT by bigbob (u)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Election tampering should be punished with Capital Punishment!

I'm for drawing and quartering for that offense but that may actually be unconstitutional.

97 posted on 04/07/2011 3:11:54 PM PDT by Stentor ( "All cults of personality begin as high drama and end as low comedy.")
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To: Snake65

that’s why it’s always best to report your votes second, not first......


98 posted on 04/07/2011 3:11:54 PM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: dep

The libs are going to do a Fukashima and melt down all over the place...their little ANTI WALKER revolution just hit the skidzzzzzzz!


99 posted on 04/07/2011 3:12:09 PM PDT by austinaero ((More Bark, Less Wag))
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To: dep

The libs are going to do a Fukashima and melt down all over the place...their little ANTI WALKER revolution just hit the skidzzzzzzz!


100 posted on 04/07/2011 3:12:20 PM PDT by austinaero ((More Bark, Less Wag))
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