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Title: Wisconsin begins recount process for Supreme Court contest
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The Hill
URL Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief ... ount-in-wis-supreme-court-race
Published: Apr 21, 2011
Author: Jordan Fabian
Post Date: 2011-04-21 17:10:51 by CZ82
Keywords: None
Views: 1299
Comments: 2
Wisconsin begins recount process for Supreme Court contest By Jordan Fabian - 04/20/11 05:25 PM ET Wisconsin is poised to conduct a recount of the state's hotly contested Supreme Court race, following the request of defeated candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg, a state agency said Wednesday. The Government Accountability Board (GAB), which would administer the recount, said it is prepared to move forward with the process after the liberal-backed Kloppenburg requested one Wednesday. "We have assembled an internal team to direct the recount; we have been in close consultation with our county clerk partners, and have arranged for legal representation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice," GAB director Kevin Kennedy said in a statement. The move is the latest twist in the Supreme Court race, which captured national attention as a referendum on GOP Gov. Scott Walker's controversial union law. The GAB anticipates the recount will begin the week of April 25. State guidelines require that the results be returned to the GAB 13 days after the recount is called. Conservative-backed Justice David Prosser was declared the winner of the contest — but only after post-election re-canvassing showed him taking the lead over Kloppenburg, the state's assistant attorney general, who led the race by just 204 votes the day after Election Day. Prosser was shown to be leading by 7,316 votes after 14,000 previously uncounted votes were discovered in Waukesha County that swung the race in in the incumbent justice's favor. Kloppenburg's supporters have accused the county clerk, who previously worked for Prosser, of foul play. The GAB is investigating the claims, but a preliminary report said that the results were consistent. Before the dust-up over the final count, liberals and conservatives nationwide had helped mobilize Wisconsin voters to get to the polls to ensure a victory for their respective sides. The activity helped bring 1.5 million voters to the polls in a race that was initially expected to be a quiet affair and an easy win for Prosser. Walker's law, which could be challenged in the conservative-leaning Supreme Court, curbs collective bargaining rights for unionized public employees.
Poster Comment: Since they waited until the last minute to ask for a recount (to allow enough time to manufacture some votes) what do you bet they find 8,000 or so votes for Kadiddlehopper........
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#1. To: CZ82 (#0)
Flip - Floppenburg The village ... pillage --- people's court !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons are for girlie boys !
Misleading as hell; the votes WERE counted, and reported to the state, but the COUNT given to AP was sans the 14,000 votes ... repeating, the votes HAD been counted, but the early numbers handed out to the PRESS were off due to a process error by the clerk's office. Last I knew, the damned AP was not a branch of govt ... get the votes early, throgh another 'channel' expect there to be variances ... Better coverage of this over at althouse.blogspot.com
Kadiddlehopper........
#2. To: CZ82 (#0)
Prosser was shown to be leading by 7,316 votes after 14,000 previously uncounted votes were discovered in Waukesha County
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