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Conservative Victory? Vote-Counting Error Rocks Wisconsin Court Race

Conservative Victory? Vote Counting Error Rocks Wisconsin Court RaceWAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A stunning discovery of votes in Wisconsin could give the state’s hotly contested Supreme Court race to the conservative incumbent in an election largely seen as a referendum on Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s explosive union rights law.

Adding another twist, the county clerk who said she incorrectly entered vote totals in the race has faced criticism before for her handling of elections and previously worked for a state GOP caucus when it was controlled by the candidate who stands to benefit from Thursday’s revelation.

The corrected totals gave Justice David Prosser a 7,500-vote lead over little-known liberal assistant state attorney general JoAnne Kloppenburg, according to unofficial tallies. Before the announcement, it was assumed the race was headed for a recount. The difference between the two had fluctuated throughout the day Thursday as counties began verifying votes, but at one point was as close as 11.

Opponents of the law that takes away nearly all public employee collective bargaining rights had hoped a Kloppenburg victory would set the stage for the high court to strike it down.

Kloppenburg’s campaign manager Melissa Mulliken demanded a full explanation of how the error occurred and said an open records requests for all relevant documents would be filed.

Conservative Victory? Vote Counting Error Rocks Wisconsin Court Race

Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus said it was “human error” that resulted in more than 14,000 votes from her predominantly GOP county not being reported to The Associated Press on Tuesday. She said the most significant error occurred when she entered but did not save totals from the city of Brookfield, a suburb of Milwaukee.

“This is not a case of extra votes or extra ballots being found,” Nickolaus said. “This is human error, which I apologize for.”

Nickolaus worked for 13 years for a Republican caucus that was controlled by Prosser when he was Assembly speaker in 1995 and 1996. She was given immunity from prosecution in a 2002 criminal investigation into illegal activity by members of the caucus where she worked as a data analyst and computer specialist.

The corruption probe took down five legislative leaders, all of whom reached plea deals. Nickolaus resigned from her state job in 2002 just before launching her county clerk campaign.

Nickolaus also has been criticized by the Waukesha County Board for her handling of past elections and lack of oversight in her operations.

An audit of Nickolaus’ handling of the 2010 election found she needed to take steps to improve security and backup procedures, including by not sharing passwords. The audit was requested after the county’s director of administration said Nickolaus had been uncooperative with attempts to have county experts review her systems and confirm backups were in place.

The surprise discovery of votes that could give Prosser the win had liberal groups crying foul.

Conservative Victory? Vote Counting Error Rocks Wisconsin Court Race

“There is a history of secrecy and partisanship surrounding the Waukesha County Clerk and there remain unanswered questions,” Scot Ross, director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, said in a statement.

Rep. Peter Barca, Democratic Assembly minority leader, said the mistake raises significant suspicion that could warrant an investigation.

“It doesn’t instill confidence in her competence or integrity,” Barca said.

Prosser issued a statement saying he was encouraged by various reports from counties as they began verifying the votes. He did not specifically mention the Waukesha County change.

“Our confidence is high, and we will continue to monitor with optimism, and believe that the positive results will hold. We‘ve always maintained faith in the voters and trust the election officials involved in the canvasing will reaffirm the lead we’ve taken.”

The race was so close, despite 1.5 million votes being cast, that the lead flipped back and forth repeatedly on Election Day and in the days after as preliminary totals were checked and updated.

The Government Accountability Board, which is in charge of overseeing Wisconsin’s elections, will review Waukesha County’s numbers to verify the totals, said agency director Kevin Kennedy.

Kennedy said it was unfortunate the clerk didn’t double-check the data before releasing it to the media. Kennedy also said such mistakes are known to happen but that “we just don’t see them of this magnitude.”

Nickolaus said she didn’t notice an absence of votes because her figures showed a 42 percent voter turnout, which exceeded the 30 percent turnout the county typically sees in spring elections.

“That was an amazing amount of votes,” she said. “So I had no reason to believe I was missing anything.”

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Bauer reported from Madison. Associated Press writer Dinesh Ramde in Milwaukee also contributed to this report.

Comments (190)

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  • Falcon11
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:35am

    Trumpka’s really gonna be pissed about this one.

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  • Balthazor
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:33am

    It was a great day for Wisconsin. Prosser should have won by a much wider margin, but his campaign was terribly run and, as always, the Dems pulled out all the stops and threw slime. We dodged a bullet on this one, The Klopp is a bad cookie. I got to sit in court and watch her argue to the judge that my in-law’s house should be torn down because it was built on a “wetland” (i.e. the ground gets wet when it rains). The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a pretty blatantly Democrat-leaning newspaper, even blasted The Klopp, saying:

    “She has shown toward Wisconsinites all the humanity of the Terminator.”

    http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/118948209.html

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    • hauschild
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 12:04pm

      Wow – that’s strong words from a rag like the JS.

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    • Balthazor
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 1:21pm

      No kidding, after reading the article I had to check the sky for flying pigs.

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    • concealled9mms
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 6:59pm

      Yes and she would be so impartial like judges should be

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  • rcw1120
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:22am

    It would be nice to have a legit and well done election for once. I wonder what other mysterious votes will be found…

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:21am

    What is truly amazing is the fact that the Democrat backed candidate, Kloppenburg doesn’t have the experience to be a judge.She couldn’t get a judgeship for a dog contest, with a Democrat Governor in power, much less a Supreme Court judgeship. It was very clear to everyone in the state, her ONLY goal as judge, was to shift the balance in the court to liberal, and legally defeat Walkers legislation.
    The unions invested millions and millions of getting her elected. There’s word of shredded ballots in conservative Ozaukee County too.

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:39pm

      The unions may have invested millions, but the Prosser campaign spent three times as much, and I‘ll bet it didin’t all come from concerned private citizens worried about Kloppenburg’s lack of judicial experience.

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  • Warpath
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:17am

    Thank god for Krystal Ball and Kirsten Powers. They’re about the only liberals a human being can stand the sight of. This Kloppenburg is a dog! Woof woof!

    Eric

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    • hauschild
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:59am

      I’ve often argued that liberals always seem to be very unattractive, be it cosmetically or personally.

      This leads me to question whether being unattractive makes you easier prey for progressives. Is it the attitude that you‘ve finally realized you’re no prize, so you focus your attention on destroying the lives of people that are actually attractive (in any way)? I believe so.

      Take a look at any high-ranking liberal woman in this country and if she ain’t at least a “12-pack” material, I‘m a monkey’s uncle.

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    • concealled9mms
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 6:56pm

      How can you stand them there insane

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  • republic2011
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:16am

    I’m originally from what some would call a third world country (in Central America). I grew up in the States, but would spend my summers there with my grandparents. I saw a lot of things as a kid and had the opportunity to compare and contrast between the US and there. For years I thought election fraud and cries of election fraud were only something that happened in a 3rd world country. The left is going to have a field day with this one, but I hope Prosser does win in the end. The part that really bothers me is that since the Bush/Gore debacle, this is becoming more and more of an issue. Is the US becoming a 3rd world nation? I say yes.. That’s why we need to fight to restore what we have already lost. The budget battles that are going on right now are extremely critical. The politicians are playing it like a game, but it is no game. I heard a Democrat on Greta, last night, say “if the government shuts down, people won’t get the services that they are already paying for…”. The thing that just made me boil is “why are we paying for services we don’t want or use?”. This is the main point. The left is spending us to bankruptcy and spending us into becoming a 3rd world nation. Eventually, we won’t be able to borrow anymore and then all those lovely services like Planned parenthood, NPR, welfare, food stamps, social security, medicare, medicaid, etc. etc. will disappear overnight. People will really die in the streets, there will be chaos, and our future will be uncertain. AMERICA, WAKE UP!

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    • Katayno
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:40am

      That is the point…The extreme left want it to all fall apart so the Socialist Agenda is achieved. We are like lambs being led to slaughter.

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    • what would reagan do
      Posted on April 9, 2011 at 1:04am

      This country started out as seperate colonies, probably less then a third world country. The U.S.A. has grown into a major world power, It is possible the U.S.A. will become a third world country, which will hurt many all over the world, but I believe the U.S.A. can rise again and hopefully learn from previous mistakes.

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  • april 12 1861
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:14am

    So where is the FBI?

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  • Conservophiliac
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:12am

    I would cry foul too if it was the other way around. If it is legit, then awesome!

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  • buckhead patriot
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:11am

    Hooray for Prosser! Let’s hope this is the first in a long line of conservative trends…..Let’s start pushing for more stringent election/voting laws. They will try to steal every election they can!

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    • Katayno
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:30am

      In WI, Scott is incorporation VOTER ID for the 2012 election. We need more Walkers, Christies, Kasichs, and Daniels.

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  • Junter
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:06am

    Some folks just can’t do the jobs they are paid to do. How is she at waiting tables?

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    • concealled9mms
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:48am

      This is funny the biggest liars and election cheats are calling fowl what a joke hell if we went through all the districts and disaloud all the extra votes for obamma he wouldnt be president . They even just said a district in colorado i think had like 7000 more votes then registered voters so cry on libs cry on the only thing this has shown that even as corrupt these union scum are they were over ridden by real americans that care . Now they will even have to lie and cheat more on recall election its not gonna work . I knew i quit local 952 in orange calif for a reason

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  • Rickfromillinois
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:06am

    I am a conservative but I strongly believe that this and all questionable votes need to be investigated. Regardless of who is running there should be little if any doubts as to the legitimacy of the elected official. I think that this is more of a case of incompetence then dishonesty.

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 7:11pm

      Not counting votes for your (REPUB) candidate, is stupid. Having 10,000 votes more than are (DEMO) registered in a district, is criminal.

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  • momprayn
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:06am

    Ha! I was soooo………overjoyed when I heard this. I was upset when I heard that lady announce her “win”. But I kept praying specifically that any “shenanigans” the Dems would pull would be exposed and found — that he would win (if ok with God of course). So then I heard about this!!!! YES!!!! I know – can’t prove anythig — but I’ll credit answered prayer for that. Funny & humiliating for the Dem too – exposing their ways. More Lord!!!!!!!!

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    • dawg of gawd
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:16am

      How you gonna feel when she’s exposed as a fraud and a cheat . . . AGAIN! Trust me, God doesn‘t care who’s on the Supreme Court in Wisconsin. Wait, no, I’m wrong, he does. He’s very involved in judicial matters. That’s why he stepped in to uphold Roe v Wade.

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    • Katayno
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:33am

      I also prayed and in the morning after the election when I heard we lost I said it is not over yet….we will win…there was a mistake. I remained calm…and it turned around.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:54am

      Dawger:

      Who, Kloppenberg?

      Why do you progressives have no problem with corruption? Don‘t you have the capacity to understand that the progressive ideology never works long term because it’s all based on greed and deception and eventually piper gets his due?

      I figured this all out before I was 12 years old, but I guess it takes others longer.

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    • 1chancey1
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 12:14pm

      Dawg, you just got KTFO.

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    • IowaWoman
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:59pm

      Me too Mom! I did not pray for victory, I prayed God would expose the fraud.

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  • kmichaels
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:03am

    I love it. This is like a great movie. Have things look close, up to the very end, then have a huge victory for the conservative candidate, dashing the hopes of the evil liberal hordes, who thought it was close, all that much more. Man, I just love it.

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:02am

    It was reported that it was AP that didn’t report the votes in Waukesha county. Without that Kloppenburg declared victory two days ago. Now the finger pointing begins.

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  • Romans828
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:01am

    You guys have NO IDEA what the sound of liberal heads exploding all over the state is like. It’s a great day to be a conservative in Wisconsin. But we have no delusions that 7,300 is enough of a lead to prevent the libs from still stealing the election. Milwaukee‘s certification isn’t done yet.

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    • Katayno
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:37am

      Lost ballets in the trunks of cars and in boxes in the basement in polling stations in MADISON will start to pop up…just like every election.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:50am

      Remember the old bumper sticker slogan back in the 1980′s….Escape to Wisconsin.

      Now, it’s…Escape FROM Wisconsin.

      It’s one of the few states where half the people are great people, and the other half are all whining liberals that’ll practice anything but honesty. Very tough to figure out how people who grow up in the very same communities at the same times, can have ideologies so radically different.

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    • Romans828
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 12:07pm

      Madison canvass is now complete. Prosser lost less than 100 votes. Getting close, though, to the margin where the taxpayers will have to fund the recount instead of the losing candidate. Milwaukee is worse than Madison when it comes to fraud. I heard a first-hand account of a guy seeing someone register, vote, then get back in line to register again. He pointed it out to the poll workers and was told to mind his own business. We’ve GOT to get rid of same-day registration!

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    • Romans828
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 12:16pm

      Gotta share this too: we couldn’t get photo ID through for years, it was always blocked by Dems. I just heard a union member tell a talk show host that he has to show photo ID to vote in his UNION elections!

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  • Bill30097
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:01am

    The Kloenturd has been flushed!

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  • harumph
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:00am

    Let the libs open this can of worms.They had no problem finding a few hundred (read: Stewart Smalley). Now it’s too late to find several thousand. Sorry, guys. Your plan backfired.

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  • Rightsofman
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:59am

    “Human error” I think not.

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    • concealled9mms
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 6:46pm

      no just the return of a old liberal democrap trick enjoy

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    • Mosell
      Posted on April 9, 2011 at 11:41pm

      Its amazing to me. When this happened in Minnesota to elect Al Franken, some “uncounted” votes were found in a car trunk, and a closet. That should have had SOMEBODY in State Prison for vote tampering. Nobody seemed to care much less the press.

      It is sort of weird as well. The law of averages would have this very thing happen sooner or later. It always seems that the “FOUND” votes almost always (about 99% of the time) put the democratic candidate ahead. And now that the count goes the other way it is suddenly a tragedy and can’t possibly be correct.

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  • Alan
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:56am

    it ain’t over

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  • kraphtsman
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:55am

    As a poll judge myself, it‘s not unusual to find clerical errors or to have vote tally’s updated after the polls close. It’s a relatively simple process to match the numbers of votes cast, by candidate, with the total number of ballots issued to any precinct, and to account for any unused ballots. In the case of electronic voting, the process is faster (but a bit more complicated…the paper records of votes cast on a machine needs to be reconciled with both the voter sign-in sheets, as well as the electronic vote tallies).

    Bottom line (unlike what would be the case if the final tally had shown the Democrat to have won) it is safe to assume there is no “fraud” taking place here.

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  • the zipper
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:54am

    Imagine what the final margin of victory will be once they throw out all the illegal votes cast for Kloppenburg?

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    • Romans828
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:03am

      Most of them are impossible to throw out. You can prove, for instance, that a college student voted absentee with his home address and then again on election day at school, but you can’t prove HOW he voted.

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  • MidwestConservativeCoalition
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:53am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Na1rj5kQyg&feature=player_embedded <<<Funny

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  • MODEL82A1
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:51am

    Oh, man, I can’t WAIT to hear the Libs howl!!!!! When this sort of thing happens to, say, Al Franken, it’s ALL GOOD. Somehow, I suspect they’ll have a different take on this one.

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    • sodizzy
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:24pm

      This is sooo good I didn’t even dare to hope.

      Yay! we need to celebrate! It’s good for the soul and good for the party. Yay!!

      I am with you. It‘s fun watching the libs’ misery.

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  • Blazer334
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:47am

    This was not “accidental human error”. It was intentional…except that the socialists got caught dumping conservative votes this time! Wisconsin should fix their voting laws so that these traitors can’t do this again.

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    • abseas
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:58am

      Hey BLAZER334 . . Wouldn’t be the first time . . . Huh?

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    • wedgesixty
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:13am

      I assume you can prove that ridiculous rant-huh? A little of one’s own medicine is a bitter pill indeed.

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:19am

      God does answer prayers! This woman who thought she was the winner has the classic looks of a radical, leftist, corrupt woman, reminds me of Piven.

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    • getalong
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:26am

      Honest poll watchers will be needed at every precinct in the country. Volunteer to be a poll watcher in 2012. Especially in MN, CA, NY, and other heavy unionzed states. Fraud is part of the liberal loonie’s agenda. The ends justify the means. In 2012, we will see some of the most outrageous fraud attempts in the history of this country.

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    • ozchambers
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 12:24pm

      NOT TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT…But am I the only one that looks at these two and think they look like they should be on a eHarmony commercial?

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    • IAMMADDOG
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 1:37pm

      Read what I said right above…the lady that made the mistake was a conservative. The mistake was not intentional.

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 1:57pm

      soory, GETALONG, I responded to your post above instead of below.

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:35pm

      Did you read the whole story? Because it says pretty clearly that the Republican who found the votes claims that it was her own error that caused them not to be counted in the first place.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 7:32pm

      This is real FUNNY !! The Bimbos at MMMsn, Mathewes,Madcow,OhDonald and of course BIG ED
      were ******* all over themselves because Kloppingburg was declared the winner by 402 votes…
      saying this would be a Referendum for Walker, Sure was quiet last nignt….I think Tingels actually
      wet himself, like he does when ever he talks about “the almighty one” .gotta check it out when
      FOX goes to Com. brake, good for laughs. Old Yahoo Right Winger, Semper Fi.

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  • Sam Brown
    Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:46am

    It’s not the votes that count but who counts the votes.

    Lennin

    Sammy

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:52am

      Also declared by George Soros.

      Of course the liberals would decry foul in any election that their own candidates do not win. Even if it is by a wide margine they still feel it would only be possible by massive fraudulant means; and if they win and are declared to have cheated, they use the tired old tactics of ‘racism, racism…”

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:56am

      I wonder how many votes Nickolaus really got? You know how the unions vote early and often.

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    • larman
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 10:59am

      Nothing or no one is the country can be trusted. Its disgusting.
      http://www.larryfalco.com

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:00am

      GAH! Kloppenburg not Nicklaus. Must be the pain medicine.

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    • abseas
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:03am

      Just wait ’til the 2012 election. It’ll be a mess!

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:04am

      There needs to be hard prison sentences for these actions and it needs to be fedearl law that anyone caught tampering with elections should get 5-10 years federal prison sentences.

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:05am

      Socialists cry foul! Because they have insider knowledge about vote fraud, they’ve done it so many times. Why, one little old lady in Madison had 1600 registered votes living in her basement, some of them post here, 13thGeneration, Encimon, SleazyHippo, Jzs, all democrats too.
      He who laughs last laughs best.

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    • dawg of gawd
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:14am

      Imagine if a liberal had “found” all these votes, how the right wing would be claiming foul and fraud. Hell, you were doing it yesterday when Prosser was behind.

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    • MODEL82A1
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:15am

      You all should check out the Dailykos today. They are in a quandary. One the one hand, they very much want to lambaste Nickolaus as a stupid, incompetent Republican, but that would mean admitting defeat in the election. It’s fun to watch them twist in the wind!

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    • jjoy
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:16am

      No surprise here… the lib/progressive/socialist/commies always try to steal an election they can’t possibly win honestly…

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    • gramma b
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:25am

      This article fails to quote the Democrat who was involved in the discovery of the previously omitted votes, and who confirmed that it was all on the up and up. What’s up, Blaze writers? This is much more sensational than it needs to be.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:26am

      A 42 percent turnout is amazing?!

      FACEPALM! The majority of people in Wisconsin are still asleep!

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:31am

      Was she taught math by a union teacher???

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:38am

      Funny (not) how they tried to “miss” a whole town of votes …. now the progressives will have to go look for more in trunks of cars.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:40am

      Somebody please explain to me how secession is NOT the only real answer here? We’ve got corrupted pockets throughout every village, town and city in America. We need to begin fresh with people that subscribe to an ethical and moral ideology.

      This sucks, really, because America was the last bastion. There’s nowhere left to run.

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    • exdem
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:40am

      Uh oh!! The union thugs are failing at fixing elections. Maybe there is hope for 2012.

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    • wildjoker5
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:44am

      This “mistake” huh? Hate to through someone under the bus, but who is this clerk that “forgot” to save the numbers on her computer? They already said this district is a heavily favored conservative district, whos to say they didn’t just “OOooops”. And claim forgiveness cause they got caught?

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    • MASTER YODA
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 12:01pm

      Ha, Kloppenburg got Gregoired.

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    • Beckofile
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 12:10pm

      This was a great joke. Pull out the real votes after Dems determined they only need to make up some hundreds of fake union votes to make it so close and then “Whamo” someone finds 7500 RINO votes. He He He …The dems do not have the time to stuff the ballot box a second time. Ha Ha Ha

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    • skinnydipinacid
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 12:11pm

      Democrats need to find better hiding places for ballots placed in conservative districts, lol

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    • BeerSnob
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 12:20pm

      This won’t end well…

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    • Wolf
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 12:21pm

      Considering there were more votes cast in Milwaukee than there were voters- and all were for the lib- makes it obvious there’s problems in WS.

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    • Marcobob69
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 12:40pm

      Watch the crap that goes down in that race! Lawsuits, accusations, this will make a great script for one of those liberal Hollywood piece-of-crap movies!!!

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 12:58pm

      I have noticed that many of those who post in this room are very sensitive about any criticism of obvious grammar and spelling errors that are occasionally pointed out on the Blaze. Many of these indignant reactions are way too ugly and violent-sounding than would seem appropriate! But the best part is, the most virulent responses have twice as many errors as the original postings! Looks like a nerve is being hit.
      So, I am curious — are people who know how to speak and write US English well, supposed “elistists?” Are they “enemies of the state” like I have seen them called, because the write well?

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    • restorehope
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 1:14pm

      As Dems are used to thinking in the ‘ends justify the means’ mode, it is no surprise that they are shouting false accusations of fraud. After all, those tactics are part of the Dem playbook….just look at the results of any race in Chicago for an example. The number of deceased Dems voting there almost exceeds the number of live Republicans.

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    • GreatAmericanBeckFan
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 1:19pm

      @SMITHCLAR3NC3,

      There was no tampering with those votes we are keying on, it was human error. Even the Democrat who was watching her actions carefully verified she had done everything correctly. The only thing that she done wrong was releasing the wrong total to the press which isn’t a crime it is a courtesy for election officials to do that. Furthermore those votes had already been officially counted it is just when they were tallied up to give the press the numbers that is where the error happened and of course with the Liberal biased the Dem was prematurely declared the winner, until the press release count error was discovered.

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    • IAMMADDOG
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 1:35pm

      First off it was a mistake not “found votes. The votes were counted they just were never entered into the database. Its not the poll workers fault that Kloppenburg chose to jump the gun and declare victory. Also the head Democrat was right there and agreed that the votes are good.

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 1:54pm

      GETALONG, not too early to be thinking about such possibilities–complicated though with all the electronic voting and early voting… There is a good chance that the progressives are going to be desperate by 2012. I‘ll bet they’re planning for it already….

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 1:57pm

      I’m sure the unions are lining up the illegals and dead people to swing the vote back in their favor.

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 2:25pm

      Looks like Kloppenburg should have hired the Black Panthers to watch the doors.

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 2:30pm

      I’m waiting for the Dems to come up with 8500 “uncounted” votes. Maybe the Dems missed a few graveyards.

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    • HUGGINGMYBABIES
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 2:32pm

      THIS is what DEMOCRACY looks LIKE!

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    • Jennifer
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 2:36pm

      Mistakes happen, that’s all I know. To pretend like every one of us has never made a computer error before when importing and saving documents is absolutely unbelievable. Give the poor woman a break. Fact is, even if she would have figured in the last city before publishing her (oh, yeah, that’s right) *UNOFFICIAL* numbers, the left and it’s unions would not have taken this beating lying down. Wisconsin is sick of big unions calling the shots. I, as a resident of Wisconsin’s Capitol city, watched the unofficial numbers come in on election night and knew there was something going on. I figured it was the unions. There have been many firsthand accounts of voter fraud going on…people double registering, scamming names or utility bills off of others and using them to vote multiple times. Truth be told, if we had tighter voting laws in this state, Kloppenberg would have lost by a lot more than just 7,000 votes.

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    • HUGGINGMYBABIES
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 2:42pm

      There were no votes “found”. The community (the one I happen to WORK in) was told NOT to alter the spreadsheet in any manner. This town submitted a sheet with extra columns. This forced the vote total column out of the votes column FOR THE REPORT SHE TOSSED AT THE AP! Not for the one she actually submitted to the GAB! Geez! Don’t get all wet in your pants liberals…..why would she have done this? Pull Prosser votes so he loses the election? Um if anything she was aiding Kloppy supporters. Then she openly blames herself…..UNHEARD OF! She caught the error before the canvassing began and the accurate could was submitted to the GAB. These final tallies from the canvas are not due to the GAB until April 15th. If the Kloppy supporters are stupid enough to pay for and file for a recount……they will lose even more votes, because Dane county (the place where all the protesting was) had a VERY suspicious 10,000 “over vote” that will get dug through with a fine toothed comb. In that they will find out of staters who completed absentee ballots, double voting and maybe even Mickey Mouse. We are on the brink of a voter ID (pushed by the reps and hated by the left) bill and if they scream foul enough, that vote will go through……seriously they are between a rock and a hard place. I HEART BROOKFIELD WISCONSIN!

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    • DaytonConserve
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 3:39pm

      Looks like the Breitbart journalism technique applied to deal with progressive vote rigging.

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    • DaytonConserve
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 3:41pm

      The left was Acorned.

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    • exdem
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 3:44pm

      You are the silliest sleazyest hippo !!

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    • jakartaman
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:01pm

      I hope Mr. Prosser has a long memory regarding union thuggery!

      We are not done yet – vote all the socialist out in 2012

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    • hifi74
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:18pm

      DAWG OF GAWD
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 11:14am
      Imagine if a liberal had “found” all these votes, how the right wing would be claiming foul and fraud. Hell, you were doing it yesterday when Prosser was behind.
      ———————————————————————————————————-

      These were not “found” votes. The votes were legitimate votes out of 14*** votes 10*** (just a bit shy of 11000) and about 3400 votes for Kloppenburg. The votes were counted in Brookfield for their local races (Mayor, School Board, Etc) and sent to the County Clerks office. The County Clerks office only deals with the Statewide and County wide votes in that county. As she was entering in those results throughout the night she would save and the tallies were added to the spreadsheet given to the AP. For some reason she either did not enter in the votes from Brookfield into the spreadsheet by oversight, or she for some reason did not save after entering in the data from Brookfield. The votes were counted, the only thing they didn’t get applied to was the spreadsheet given to the media for their reports. So the AP quoted wrong numbers, and Kloppenburg with only a 204 vote lead before waiting for the official canvassing was complete declared herself winner press conference and all when no official deceleration was made by the election committee. Hell even the Democratic leader in Waukesha county said she double checked the new results herself and found that everything “jived” (her words not mine). So go troll elsewhere else be prepared to be made a fool over and over again.

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    • hifi74
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 4:21pm

      HUGGINGMYBABIES
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 2:42pm
      There were no votes “found”. The community (the one I happen to WORK in)

      Heh it would seem we are neighbors so to speak. Hello from cheery Walworth county.

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    • junior1971
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 6:01pm

      Perhaps they will uncover a vote or two from mickey mouse and donald duck. I wonder which candidate they would cast a vote for? I would be willing to bet on that if anyone would like to take me up on it.

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    • dawg of gawd
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 6:12pm

      sleezy hippo – enjoy

      I have noticed that many of those who post in this room are very sensitive about any criticism of obvious grammar and spelling errors that are occasionally pointed out on the Blaze.

      (“of those” should be replaced with “people” in the interest of brevity and contemporary usage . . . you are not “in this room” you are “on this blog . . . “very” and “any” and “obvious” are gratuitously adjectival . . . “occasionally” equally gratuitous . . . generally cumbersome construction . . . redundant use of “in this room” and “on the Blaze” . . . T in “The” Blaze should be capitalized.)

      Many of these indignant reactions are way too ugly and violent-sounding than would seem appropriate!

      (”violent-sounding” is inaccurate since you can’t hear the commentary . . . “seem violent” is the better approach here . . . unless you’re screaming for help, don’t use exclamation points)

      But the best part is, the most virulent responses have twice as many errors as the original postings! Looks like a nerve is being hit.

      (no comma required after “here is” . . . “virulent” is an overstatement by definition and by semantics, more typically reserved for references to rapid onset of disease . . . avoid the passive voice at all costs, distracting and unnatural.)

      So, I am curious — are people who know how to speak and write US English well, supposed “elistists?” Are they “enemies of the state” like I have seen them called, because the write well?

      (”US a meaningless distinction here, since you make no assertion of English as a language different than what we use in America. U.S. requires periods as an abbreviation because without them it spells a second word “us” . . . no comma required after “well” . . . not “supposed” elitists“ just ”elitists”. the supposition to which you refer relates to the person making the judgment, not the person being judged . . . “enemies of the state” requires no quotation marks because you are using the idiom in the conventional sense and not implying a different or interpretive meaning . . . no comma required before “because the write well” since it is such a short secondary (and final) independent clause . . . and finally, I think you meant “they” write so well.)

      There you go!

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    • Anti_Spock
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 6:51pm

      “She said the most significant error occurred when she entered but did not save totals from the city of Brookfield, a suburb of Milwaukee.”

      Oh. Well that explains everything. MORON! Why hasn’t she been fired yet?

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    • HUGGINGMYBABIES
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 8:43pm

      HUGGINGMYBABIES
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 2:42pm
      There were no votes “found”. The community (the one I happen to WORK in)

      Heh it would seem we are neighbors so to speak. Hello from cheery Walworth county.

      @HIFI
      Well howdy there fellow cheddar head. I live in Wauwatosa……Scott Walker’s home town!

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    • waggie
      Posted on April 8, 2011 at 9:05pm

      It doesn’t make sense that anyone would purposely hold votes and then retrieve them later. She obviously would want the Republican to win, so why would she hold or hide votes? Dems are making waaaaayyyyyy too much of this. Was it an incompetent error? Yes. Is it worth getting all worked up about and saying something is foul? No. Now if she held Dem votes so that the Repubs would win, that would make more sense. This is just a stupid mistake.

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    • jzs
      Posted on April 9, 2011 at 12:52am

      Voter fraud, you know it, I know it. Okay, let’s move on.

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