Waukesha Co: Human error caused mis-count of votes
WAUKESHA, Wisconsin - The Waukesha County Clerk says “human error” led to not counting several thousand votes on Tuesday night. The adjusted totals give an unofficial 7,500 vote lead to incumbent Justice David Prosser in the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus said Thursday that the votes weren’t reported to The Associated Press on Tuesday due to “human error.”
She says she noticed the error on Wednesday when she came in to start the process of canvassing, or rechecking the numbers from Tuesday’s vote.
Nickolaus says they worked through Thursday to verify the new numbers were correct.
Before the announcement, it was assumed 68-year-old conservative Justice David Prosser’s race against liberal assistant state attorney general JoAnne Kloppenburg was headed for a recount.
But Prosser’s lead is likely to stand if the new numbers hold up through canvassing in all of Wisconsin’s 72 counties.
Opponents of the union rights law had hoped a Kloppenburg victory would set the stage for the high court to strike it down.
Not trying to pick nits here, but when did AP become the official election arbiter?