Posted on 04/07/2011 2:47:44 PM PDT by dep
After Tuesday night’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election, a computer error in heavily Republican Waukesha County failed to send election results for the entire City of Brookfield to the Associated Press. The error, revealed today, would give incumbent Supreme Court Justice David Prosser a net 7,381 votes against his challenger, attorney Joanne Kloppenburg. On Wednesday, Kloppenburg declared victory after the AP reported she finished the election with a 204-vote lead, out of nearly 1.5 million votes cast.
On election night, AP results showed a turnout of 110,000 voters in Waukesha County — well short of the 180,000 voters that turned out last November, and 42 percent of the county’s total turnout. By comparison, nearly 90 percent of Dane County voters who cast a ballot in November turned out to vote for Kloppenburg.
Prior to the election, Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus was heavily criticized for her decision to keep the county results on an antiquated personal computer, rather than upgrade to a new data system being utilized statewide. Nickolaus cited security concerns for keeping the data herself — yet when she reported the data, it did not include the City of Brookfield, whose residents cast nearly 14,000 votes.
Throughout the day Thursday, official canvass numbers flipped the lead back and forth between Prosser and Kloppenburg. While many believed a recount was inevitable, the addition of the Brookfield votes for Prosser could push the justice’s lead beyond the legal threshold that would trigger an automatic recount. Under state law, Kloppenburg could still ask for a recount up to three days after the official canvass, but would have to pay for it herself.
More details as they become available.
We need accounting firms to handle elections, if it’s good enough for the Oscars, it should be good enough for the country.
joke?
We are now several notches BELOW a Banana Republic.
I long for Banana Republic days again.
He’s the incumbent Supreme Court Justice that the Communist Union Goons are trying to unseat. Need I say more?
This is too good to be true...heading off to Hot Air to find out if true or not. DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH THOUGH!
Please Lord, let this be so.
Prayers for Japan.
Tatt
I’m holding my fire on this one.
James 5:16 - The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
DU is going to EXPLODE!
You are dead-on correct, it truly sucks that this many errors can happen. It’s just COUNTING people, what we learn how to do in kindergarten! There is not a lot of chatter about requiring photo ID to vote in WI - something the legislature should have taken care of while the fleabaggers were out of the state. They should anyway....
Two big problems: The potential for fraud, and the potential for error. Having a county official rely on an old PC just because she felt like it is the height of incompetence.
OH MY...IT IS TRUE!!!
It appears that again the unions have failed to “Make It So”.
Epic Fail.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand cue union protest in Madison tomorrow.
These people will not let elections decide the matter. The union members in WI are fascists. They do not believe in the rule of law.
I wonder how long until the union burns that city down.
Dont worry, the dems always lose the first two tallies. It’s the third counting of the votes where the dems voter base materializes, (out of thin air). Just ask Rossi in Washington.
-PJ
Where was it confirmed???
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