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With the weeks-long recount complete, unofficial numbers confirm that state Supreme Court Justice David Prosser narrowly defeated Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg in the April 5 election, but the fight may now turn to court. Final recount numbers expected to filed later Friday showed Prosser with a 7,006-vote advantage over Kloppenburg. Kloppenburg will spend the coming days reviewing the findings of the recount to determine whether to sue over the results, said Kloppenburg campaign manager Melissa Mulliken. "I'm not going to speculate" on the likelihood of a lawsuit, Mulliken said. "We have to look at the record and analyze the...

As I type, Waukesha County is working on the process of certifying its results after finishing the physical recount about 2 pm yesterday. With unofficial numbers from all of Waukesha County except the city of Muskego, most of the city of Waukesha, and most of the village of Summit (the last was reported to the Government Accountability Board but was still under review as of this morning) available from the GAB as of this morning, and certified numbers from the other 71 counties, 3,545 of Wisconsin’s 3,602 reporting units have been reported and at minimum reviewed by the Government Accountability...

Wisconsin GAB Rebukes Kloppenburg Claims Of Fraud May 16, 2011 On Monday, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board issued a stiff rebuke to the Kloppenburg campaign’s complaints and challenges to torn and stretched ballot bags in Waukesha County. In recent weeks, the Waukesha County recount of the April 5, election revealed a number of “ballot bag issues,” prompting conspiracy theorists to allege fraud and the Kloppenburg campaign to issue challenges based on “chain of custody.” The Kloppenburg campaign challenges attempted to have entire bags full of ballots thrown out based on a tear in the plastic bag. SNIP The GAB’s rebuke...

The Journal Sentinel Editorial Board is entitled to its own opinions but it is not entitled to its own facts. The board's speculation about my motives regarding the recount of the vote in the Supreme Court election is inaccurate. I appreciate this opportunity to set the record straight. The recount process in Wisconsin is unfolding as prescribed by Wisconsin law. Votes are recounted in all 72 counties, and an official record is made of that process. When the Editorial Board says the recount is a "mere preamble to the court challenge," it is wrong on the facts and wrong to...