Wisconsin Tag

Several days ago the Editorial Board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel joined a growing chorus expressing exasperation that JoAnne Kloppenburg failed to see her own recount folly.Among other things, Kloppenburg's ballot bag security complaint has been rendered just a theory because the recount votes have...

By demanding a statewide recount, and insisting that the recount continue to the end even as it became clear she had no chance of success, JoAnne Kloppenburg has seen her public persona devolve into a caricature of a bitter partisan lacking the necessary judgment for the...

(Originally posted 5/12/11, but lost in the Big Blogger Blackout of 2011, brought back to life courtesy of the Restore Honor and Sanity (and missing Legal Insurrection posts) Project)Just a meaningless but curious etymology. From Kloppenburg.org:As my father explains, the Kloppen part means “‘fighting’, beating, defeating,...

Via Wisconsin State Journal [if embed doesn't work for you, check out the video at the link]:In other news, it's Sunday, and Kloppenburg is still losing it.I like this commentary, It's Not About Counting Votes:Still, the recount continues.Why? Because the Democrats are playing for time....

As previously reported, the Recall Wirch effort obtained an estimated 18,300 signatures to recall Wisconsin Democratic State Senator Robert Wirch, far in excess of the 13,537 needed.As further reported, the Wirch campaign has engaged in misleading "push-calling" to petition signers in an attempt to create the...

Last night I called on JoAnne Kloppenburg to concede.  I don't think she listened.Kloppenburg's only chance of winning is to knock out several thousand legitimate votes by challenging "ballot security" based on gaps and openings in ballot bags.But I also noted that this was just a...

As discussed in two prior posts, JoAnne Kloppenburg's team has been attacking "ballot security" in Waukesha County, particularly in the city of Brookfield, based on claims that there were gaps or openings in ballot bags.  The implication is that there was ballot stuffing or ballot...

As I posted yesterday, the city of Brookfield recount is complete and there was almost no change in the vote count from the canvass and as reported by Brookfield on election night.  That all three vote counts match almost precisely puts to bed, in the...

The city of Brookfield, and Waukesha County in general, have been the heart of the attack by JoAnne Kloppenburg's recount forces seeking to overcome a 7316 vote deficit.  As discussed yesterday, the strategy was to contest whether ballot bags were properly sealed, the implication being...

The recount in Wisconsin is moving along pretty much as expected given the history of recounts in Wisconsin:  There hasn't been much change in the vote count.As of the end of the day yesterday, with 82% of the voting units in, and 78% of the...

As of the end of the day yesterday, with 75.43% of the reporting units and just under 70%, of the votes recounted, JoAnne Kloppenburg has picked up ...

I reported on Friday how Democrats were using call centers to make suggestive and misleading "push-calls" to people who signed recall petitions against Democratic State Senator Robert Wirch.  The problem apparently is not limited to Wirch.  A group which filed recall petitions against Democratic Senator David...

The demand for a recount, at taxpayer expense, by JoAnne Kloppenburg has produced almost no change in the vote count after six days of counting, but has cost taxpayers several hundred thousand dollars already.The Prosser Recount committee has a handy way of keeping track of...

"Push-polling" is where a type of campaign tactic where, under the guise of a poll, misleading or inflammatory questions are asked about an opposing candidate.  The point of the push-poll is to persuade the person being polled as to a candidate or issue, rather than actually...

I know there is no logical way David Prosser could lose 7316 votes in the recount.But stuff like this gets me very nervous, via JSOnline:The state Supreme Court recount got off to a wobbly start here Wednesday.After more than a half-hour of meticulous instructions and...

Recall Wirch has filed petitions to recall Democratic state Senator Robert Wirch.According to the Wisconsin GAB website, an "estimated" 18,300 signatures were filed, far in excess of the 13,537 needed to require a recall election.As reported by JSOnline, Democrats already are attacking the Recall Wirch...

Local news in Wisconsin is reporting that JoAnne Kloppenburg has filed for a full statewide recount.Details to follow.Updates: Unfortunately I did not get to watch the news conference live. From what I read, it was a real tinfoil hat moment. I'll post video as soon...