BREAKING: Computer Error Gives Prosser 7,381 More Votes, Almost Certain Victory

The Corner -- National Review Online ^ | 04/07/11 | Christian Schneider

[SouthTexas]

We have a winner!

[dep]

it is not official until it is officially reported via canvassing, with an april 15 deadline. all the numbers one sees on election night are *unofficial.* the fact is that they usually are or are close to accurate. but the system did not break down because the system has not reported any — repeat, *any* — official counts yet, except those reported by canvassing, which began today.

[ratsreek]

Incompetence? Perhaps, perhaps not. ;)

In poker, it’s called suckering the biggest loudmouth at the table to put all his chips on the table, then forcing him to draw to an inside straight.

[Hunton Peck]

Awesome, if it holds up. (Though the headline doesn't make it clear that it was the correction of the error that went Prosser's way).

In any event, I picked the wrong year to quit drinking.

[dfwgator]

This ain’t poker.

[ransomnote]

Please pardon the smell...I was just wading in the DU swamp.* hoping this washes off*
Anyway, there’s a post on DU that reads:

“Look! Now the GOP is cheating!”

It’s the ‘Now’ that catches me. As in ‘first the Dems cheat (fake ballots etc.) and ‘Now’ the GOP is cheating? (adding actual, tallied votes to the overall count).

[outhousepatrol]

Unconfirmed reports of Democrats jumping from windows!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I'm not a follower of Hannity, so a discussion about him isn't an option for me. But if you really want to worry about people eating up bandwidth, go chase after the folks who have posted at least 7 articles about this news in the last 45 minutes or so, including 3 repostings of this particular article.

Or, you know, just celebrate the thought that a leftist may have been defeated at the polls, and try not to worry so much about the bandwidth eaten up by a single off-topic post.

[Aroostook25]

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.

Voter turnout was only 42% in heavily conservative and Republican Waukesha County (63% for Palin/McCain). Only 42%!

Voter turnout was 90% in heavily liberal and Democrat Waukesha County (74% for Obama/Biden). 90%!

Conservatives and Republicans lose not because of union thugs, but because too many conservatives don't vote!

[torchthemummy]

Thanks for the prompt answer.

Torch

[Cousin Eddie]

“Voter turnout was only 42% in heavily conservative and Republican Waukesha County (63% for Palin/McCain). Only 42%!

Voter turnout was 90% in heavily liberal and Democrat Waukesha County (74% for Obama/Biden). 90%!”

Waukesha is heavily conservative AND heavily liberal??

[ransomnote]

While I agree with you for the most part - I am not sure that 90% of Dems actually voted and that those Dems who did vote were legally permitted to do so. Just sayin’...

[dep]

[mikrofon]

I hear that they're planning to migrate to a more modern system:

[Ladysmith]

Live feed to news conference: http://www.wiba.com/main.html

[Freedom56v2]

Conference running now :)

[Fido969]

It’s brilliant when you think about it, demand that you keep your own computer off-line, then it is an easy matter to just keep a town out until later.

[Ladysmith]

http://www.wiba.com/main.html Live conference in progress

[Freedom56v2]

This is not tampering...this is the official canvass report...unofficial results till today for Waukesha County :)

[ratsreek]

Well, there is a tiny fiber of relevancy to the old computer dialogue. But yeah, I somehow feel this can’t be true until we get a full report on what Hannity had for breakfast on this day in 1975.