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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2011 10 Comments

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...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2011 7 Comments

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...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 20, 2011 51 Comments

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...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2011 11 Comments

The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB) has completed its inquiry into the Waukesha County vote count, which put David Prosser into the lead by 7316 votes, and has found the vote count to be accurate, with only a handful of questioned votes.As reported by The Milwaukee...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 16, 2011 9 Comments

On display in Madison, Wisconsin today, as related to me by reader Jim, who sent this photo:"This guy was next to me screaming for two hours. Here he is showing civility and tolerance to Sarah Palin."What can I say, I look for the good in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 16, 2011 10 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 16, 2011 7 Comments

Here's why.  Despite all the vitriol from the unions and Democrats, Walker is getting Wisconsin's fiscal house in order.From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (h/t @byronyork)(emphasis mine):The property tax bill on the typical Wisconsin home would rise by less than 1% annually over the next two...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 15, 2011 39 Comments

The results have just been posted in the Milwaukee County canvass, and nothing much changed from yesterday. AP reports Prosser picked up 11 more votes and is the winner. I repeat, JoAnne Kloppenburg lost.  David Prosser won.The vote margin stands at 7316, a virtually insurmountable...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 15, 2011 8 Comments

As we await the one remaining county yet to complete its canvass, comes this heartening news via JSOnline:In the wake of the state's hotly contested Supreme Court race, a sharply divided Milwaukee Election Commission voted along party lines Thursday to prohibit its own members from...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 14, 2011 11 Comments

The conspiracy theories run deep at Think Progress when it comes to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Koch Industries.The latest post by Lee Fang, the designated Koch investigator at Think Progress, attempts to bring David Prosser into the conspiracy as well, by claiming that recent environmental regulations...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2011 32 Comments

If not, it's all over in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, as reported by WiscPolitics Election Blog:The canvasses from Sauk and Taylor counties have now been posted to the GAB website. But it could be until the end of today or even tomorrow before Milwaukee...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2011 26 Comments

Alexander Burns at Politico argues that Wisconsin in 2011 is a template for what will happen nationally in 2012, a split electorate with a narrow margin of victory:Wisconsin’s contested Supreme Court race has set in motion a drama that’s by now almost painfully familiar. It...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2011 6 Comments

The Government Accountability Board (GAB) in Wisconsin is the governmental entity which is responsible for elections.Ever since Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickaulous discovered during the county's election canvass that the city of Brookfield was not included in numbers initially reported to the press, Democrats have been crying foul...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 12, 2011 5 Comments

I posted yesterday about how Recall Wirch expects to submit several thousand more signatures than required for a recall election of Democratic state Senator Robert Wirch, who fled along with 13 other Democrats to Illinois.Now Democrats are organizing to challenge as many of the signatures...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 11, 2011 16 Comments

The Democrat in Waukesha County who verified -- on video -- that the numbers from the city of Brookfield mistakenly were left out of the count reported to AP now insists she didn't see nothin' (via The PJ Tatler):I am 80 years old and I don’t understand anything...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 11, 2011 13 Comments

A few weeks ago, when the protests in Madison were still raging, it appeared that Justice David Prosser would go down to defeat by at least several percentage points, and the recall efforts seemed lopsided against Republican Senators.  I urged readers to get involved because we could not...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2011 14 Comments

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 08, 2011 24 Comments

Kathy Nickolaus, the Waukesha County Clerk who mistakenly forgot to include the City of Brookfield numbers in the initial county reporting already is under pretty intense attack, including claims she is lying because the reporting error was not technically possible, and that she cannot be trusted "because...

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