Voting shenanigans in Wisconsin

[DarrinS]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_846431.html

[Winehole23]

UPDATE: 10:54 p.m. -- Also at the press conference, Ramona Kitzinger, a Democratic member of the county board of canvass, agreed with Nickolaus and said they "went over everything and made sure that all the numbers jived up, and they did."


"I'm the Democratic vice chair of Waukesha County, so I'm not going to stand here and tell you something that's not true," Kitzinger said.

Mistakes happen.

[DarrinS]

Mistakes happen.

The trough feeders weigh in:

sour grapes?

A recent revelation by Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus of thousands of votes supposedly cast for her former boss -- Justice David Prosser -- does not pass the smell test. Just one year ago, county officials ordered an audit of Waukesha County’s outdated election system after Nickolaus removed election data from county computers and installed them on personal computers in her office. Even before this issue, Nickolaus was resistant to an independent and thorough review of her election system. Now she wants the public to believe that some 7500 ballots for Prosser were somehow lost on her personal computer. Waukesha county’s ballots should be immediately impounded and recounted. [...]

Following what can only be described as a midnight or sneak attack where Governor Walker summoned his friends to help him eliminate collective bargaining rights for nurses and teachers, this is yet another reminder of the lengths this administration will travel to side with partisan politicians and corporate donors rather than Wisconsinites.

[George Gervin's Afro]

The trough feeders weigh in:

sour grapes?

Wow darrins found one person to complain about..

[Winehole23]

The trough feeders weigh in:

sour grapes?

The optics suck. It's an embarrassing mistake. Best case scenario, it reflects incompetence.

[Marcus Bryant]

Mistakes happen.

But the almighty AP was told...

[boutons_deux]

this used to work for Prosser.

[Marcus Bryant]

There's the romantic charm.

And...so what?

[Crookshanks]

Actually, there were no shenanigans. These weren't ballots that were suddenly "found" like in the election that gave us Al Franken. All the ballots were counted correctly, they just neglected to include one county in the early vote tally that was given to AP. And they give that number to AP as a courtesy - it's not an official tally.

Democrats are just angry that they couldn't steal another election!

[Marcus Bryant]

And they give that number to AP as a courtesy - it's not an official tally.

[ChumpDumper]

Looks like she shouldn't have had that job in the first place.

[jack sommerset]

Another republican won in Wisconsin even after all those union protest. Who would have thunked it?

[Wild Cobra]

Another republican won in Wisconsin even after all those union protest. Who would have thunked it?

Just remember.

The louder lib s scream, the more they know their agenda is a losing cause.

[jack sommerset]

WC. You might get a kick out this.

[Wild Cobra]

WC. You might get a kick out this.

I'll watch it later. I have found some of those pretty funny.

[boutons_deux]

how's this for "Repug luck"

"In fact, given the totals available late Tuesday, the revised figures for the missing city shifted the margin for Prosser to 7403, which is 3 votes above the number needed to avoid a recount(!)."

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes...er=rss&emc=rss

damn, lucky by only 3 votes.

[George Gervin's Afro]

how's this for "Repug luck"

"In fact, given the totals available late Tuesday, the revised figures for the missing city shifted the margin for Prosser to 7403, which is 3 votes above the number needed to avoid a recount(!)."

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes...er=rss&emc=rss

damn, lucky by only 3 votes.

he's a lucky guy..

[George Gervin's Afro]

Another republican won in Wisconsin even after all those americans protest. Who would have thunked it?

[Viva Las Espuelas]

But of course. Wisconsin USA but a union protest to be specific.