Posted on 04/07/2011 3:15:35 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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.”
Thanks, that makes more sense.
Yeah, I wondered about that too. Initial reports didn’t mention the total number of votes.
Yeah, I wondered about that too. Initial reports didn’t mention the total number of votes.
Enjoy the reaction:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4805394
Losing a battle wherein the opposition played by the rules always pisses off the left and the presstitutes.
watching the canvasing board official announcement now. It IS official. Prosser gains mega votes!!!!!!!
LMAO... I rest my case.
Makes me glad to know that I will be on the side that's armed.
Awesome. I can feel the libs pain.....
I see the language at DU is a bit skewed from what I am used to at FR. ; )
The votes weren’t “found.” They weren’t entered in the version of the spreadsheet Waukesha County sent in - the document was out-of-date when it was sent. The official vote total from Brookfield wasn’t included on the file - I’ve done that myself (until I wised up and opened the file from the email instead of looking at the version on my desktop).
Please Lord let everything be above board and true, and right. We DO NOT WANT TO WIN BY CHEATING!!
I don’t think that is right, his net gain was some 7500 according to Fox, a total of 11,000 combined votes doesn’t work.
BS, whether planned or not. She just blew the Dummies out of the water.
I guess you think destroying public property, threatening Repub pols is NOT a shenanigan.
Face it, you have been OUTSMARTED.
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are making an assumtion that has NOT been proven.
Or is it only Dummies that are never guilty.
You aren’t supposed to giggle while you say that. :p
Sweeeet!
Just signed up today,sport?
Yeah, there's something fishy, it's you, trout breath.
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