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questionseverything

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7. from the bradblog article i posted...
Mon Apr 13, 2020, 07:13 PM
Apr 2020

BREAKING: Computer Error Could Give Prosser 7,381 More Votes, Victory
April 7, 2011 5:29 P.M. By Christian Schneider

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.

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hopefully the campaign is aware and watching everything they can


as an aside...if votes were publicly counted and transparently reported this stuff couldn't happen

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stay on guard wisconsin questionseverything Apr 2020 #1
Absolutely. old guy Apr 2020 #2
Waukesha County is bound to "find" a Bettie Apr 2020 #6
from the bradblog article i posted... questionseverything Apr 2020 #7
Yep, that's the one I was thinking of Bettie Apr 2020 #9
she is not in charge anymore but prosser the crooked judge she helped "elect" is there questionseverything Apr 2020 #10
Ah yes, David Prosser Bettie Apr 2020 #11
Steady on Karofsky! Cha Apr 2020 #3
Watch out for "found" votes in some cherry red county Jake Stern Apr 2020 #4
I wouldn't call the result "tight". DavidDvorkin Apr 2020 #5
This makes me smile Gothmog Apr 2020 #8
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