Prosser Now Up 7,000+ Votes After Error Is Corrected

Weekly Standard ^ | 4-7-2011 | Stephen F. Hayes

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Prosser Now Up 7,000+ Votes After Error Is Corrected

Stephen F. Hayes

April 7, 2011 5:57 PM

Supreme Court justice David Prosser has picked up more than 7,381 votes in Waukesha County, a conservative county outside of Milwaukee, as part of the statewide canvass following the election for Supreme Court on Tuesday. The total gives Prosser a comfortable lead as the canvass continues Friday.

The error came when Waukesha County clerk Kathy Nickolaus failed to save some 14,000 votes that came from wards in Brookfield before passing the vote total along to the Associated Press. County officials discovered the mistake Wednesday and shared the information with state election officials on Thursday. Prosser won Waukesha County with more than 70 percent of the vote there.

Wisconsin sources say that the paper trail on the votes will be obvious and difficult for anyone to dispute. Either votes from Brookfield were counted in the initial tally or they weren’t. Still, the discovery of the extra votes is sure to stoke the embers of the heated battles that have taken place across the state over the past two months, particularly because Nickolaus, the woman at the center of the controversy, is a Republican activist. A posting on the website of the Republican Women of Waukesha County indicates that Kathy Nickolaus recently served as president of that group.

But several sources have pointed to questions about her competence in the past. In August, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that her superiors “ordered an audit of the county clerk's election equipment and system beginning with the September primary despite several memos she sent to the committee over the weekend defending her practices and resisting the move.”

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[Lazamataz]

There's a possibility I am a moderator.

I didn't say I was, but there's a possibility.

[Mountain Mary]

http://www.jsonline.com/

Watch Press Conference here!

[glock rocks]

That she was.

[DakotaRed]

Looks an awful lot like the one I posted from Moveon.org at #81.

Looks like all the little commie groups followed similar scripts and , all premature.

Gotta love it when it backfires in their faces like this.

[Cheerio]

Kloppenkommie declared herself to be the winner, didn’t she?

OH SNAP!… Suddenly Leftists Find Themselves Losing – Too Bad About the Kloppenburg Victory Speech

Watch the first 36 seconds of her victory speech.

http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2011/04/oh-snap-suddenly-leftists-find-themselves-losing-too-bad-about-the-kloppenburg-victory-speech-huh/

[jazusamo]

LOL!

I’d bet that old battleaxe Judge Sumi is beside herself.

[NoGrayZone]

An error??? When the say error is the same thing as barry a natural born American error?

[skaterboy]

Take a look at Mike Moore’s twitter feed....lol...its over cause kloppenberg declared victory and stuff

[Cheerio]

The little commies are all very very organized. Astro Turf is what Piglosi calls it - she should know. Whenever the libtards accuse the right of this or that, it is because they have experience doing it.

[DAC21]

Just watched the video..........OMG! Talk about nobody home.... it was Pelosiesque

[goodnesswins]

Is that the wicked witch of the East??

[Cheerio]

Take a look at Mike Moore’s twitter feed....lol...its over cause kloppenberg declared victory and stuff

love it......

Kloppenburg has already declared victory! Repubs in WI r behaving like sore losers. Now they've hired Bush lawyer from FL 2000 recount. about 1 hour ago via OpenBeak

[fwdude]

I don't at all blame Klopp for any of this fiasco. She is a commie, but a relatively innocent one in this instance. The thugs have hijacked her campaign for their own purposes. Her loss wasn't primarily a repudiation of her, but of the despicable thuggery of the Left.

[Beaten Valve]

All your votes belong to us!

Cheers, DUmmies...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/06/964040/-Lets-get-our-messaging-straight:KLOPPENBURG-WINS

[Scanian]

With ballots being kept in unionized county buildings and guarded by unionized police...

What, me worry?

[jennings2004]

Could you please post the totals? Thanks!

[sickoflibs]

It been getting tough to watch the MSNBC gloating lately so this will be gift from above. In fact ,,,,

YES! They are reporting it on MSNBC 7:50 PM EST right now, while the daily rerun of Matthews from 5pm is playing in the background with Democrats on it gloating over WI vote. Wait till O Donnall, Maddow and Schultz tonight :)

[TheConservativeParty]

That was the net gain for Prosser.

WOO HOO!

It’s about time we conservative Cheeseheads got a break!

[Scanian]

I commented on Tues. night that the last side to “find” a load of votes will win.

I’m glad the right used that ancient trick for a change.

The question is, what will the lefties come up with now?

[wvguy]

I’d bet that old battleaxe Judge Sumi is beside herself.

A double-wide! ;-)