Posted on 05/21/2011 9:29:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Waukesha County has filed its certified recount numbers with the Government Accountability Board, while Iowa County snuck in a revised set of certified numbers a bit before that point. With all 3,602 reporting units recounted, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting Justice David Prosser has beaten challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg by 7,006 votes, 310 votes less than the pre-recount 7,316-vote margin. The Associated Press (via WLUK-TV) has the totals as Proser 752,697, Kloppenburg 745,691. Final numbers from the GAB are not yet available, however; therefore, I don’t have an updated spreadsheet just yet.
The Journal Sentinel further reports that, since the GAB expects to certify the results on Monday, Kloppenburg will have until May 31 to file a judicial appeal, which will be heard by a reserve (retired or defeated for re-election) judge of Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson’s choosing. Kloppenburg’s campaign says that decision will come after they review the evidence, while Prosser’s campaign issued a statement that said it was warranted. Quoting from the statement, “As an attorney, Ms. Kloppenburg would know she has a ‘right’ to go to court, and as an attorney she should recognize it’s not the right thing do.”
The reason Iowa County revised their canvass was they were informed by the GAB that 4 ballots, all for Kloppenburg, were “improperly rejected” by the board for not having proper signatures. According to the GAB, ballots lacking proper signatures can only be rejected if either there were more ballots than voters or the issue was uncovered in absentee reconciliation. Since neither happened, Kloppenburg was awarded those 4 votes.
Update: The GAB has released the certified Waukesha County numbers. However, I have not updated my spreadsheet after reviewing both the daily tracking spreadsheet and the various county-certified spreadsheets. In a few other counties, there are still some unexplained differences between the daily tracking spreadsheet, the county-certified spreadsheets, and the minutes from the recount, where only two of three were the same. Notably, not all of the differences were between the daily tracking spreadsheet and the minutes.
In sum, the differences don’t change Prosser’s margin of victory much. If one uses the numbers from the county-certified spreadsheets found on the county-by-county certified numbers/minutes page, Prosser’s margin of victory changes to 7,004. If one adjusts the numbers from the county-by-county certified numbers page for the instances where the canvass and minutes (where available) do not agree by substituting the numbers from the minutes (and the daily tracking spreadsheet) for the numbers on the certified spreadsheets, Proser’s margin of victory changes to 7,005.
Probably not.
No. She is such a dimwit asshat that she’ll probably go on the media and give a victory speech again.
Justice David Prosser has beaten challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg by 7,006 votes, 310 votes less than the pre-recount 7,316-vote marginAt that rate, they'll have to do 23 more recounts to put Kloppenburg in the lead.
Daunting, but I think they can do it.
Oh, but wait... Tim Pawlenty isn't governor of this state, is he?
Nevermind.
I guess it’s hard for her to believe with all that voter fraud, she still didn’t win. Is it really over now?
with a Democrat, a/k/a Socialists/ Communist it is never over. Evil never rests or sleeps.
Nice...we all knew this outcome.
It’s still damn annoying how the dem always creeps up on these.
True. Possner should take command and just give a victory speech.
Wait, wait....It has been revealed that not a sufficient number of Black people or union members were on the recount committe and the results are obviously biased and racist and must be wrong.
Woo Hoo!!!
Come on Joanne embarrass yourself even further.
Kloppenburg for Senate!
Isn’t it amazing how we always seem to lose votes in recounts? It is never the other way around. Yes, thank goodness the forces of evil lost this time, but notice they gained 300+ votes. I would like to see the Repubs just once gain votes on these recounts. Which makes one wonder just how badly did Prosser actually pound this witch? How many thousands of these Klippity Klop votes were fake?
She’s definitely going to court...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, May 20, 2011
Contact: Melissa Mulliken
The Kloppenburg for Justice Committee
608-206-1818
Statement of Melissa Mulliken, Kloppenburg for Justice Campaign Manager on Supreme Court Recount
Melissa Mulliken, Campaign Manager for JoAnne Kloppenburg, today issued a statement on the conclusion of the recount process in Waukesha County:
Clerks around Wisconsin have done hard and good work on this recount and all Wisconsin residents owe them thanks. We also thank the hundreds of volunteers across the state who have served as observers.
The recount has uncovered numerous anomalies and irregularities. Vote tallies have changed in every county.
Now, as the process calls for, we will review the record and we will determine, based on the facts, the evidence and the law, whether to request judicial review.
BTTT
She has five days to decide to sue, and on the fifth day she will announce that she is suing. From what I understand the end game is to delay the seating of Prosser on August 1st so that the Wisconsin Supreme Court can vote 3 - 3 (tie) on the recently enacted union legislation, which would thereby let a lower court ruling stand.
We will see if Governor Walker allows the union thugs who are directing Kloppenburg’s every move to succeed with this disgraceful slap in the face to the voters. My guess is that he has something up his sleeve to deal with this. He better.
I agree that she will sue. Obviously there is no chance that the courts will overturn the election results. The only reason for this initial recount and addtional litigation is to make the seat vacant when the union bill comes to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. I understand that the winner starts the term on August 1. I have not been able to answer the question about the seating of the winner if the state elections board has certified the winner but the loser brings a court challenge. Will Prosser be seated on August 1 if the court challenge is not settled?
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