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    The Supreme Court Election in Wisconsin

    I guess this happened last week, but the Democratic candidate (Kloppenburg) was leading the Republican Wisconsin Supreme Court justice (Prosser) by about 200 votes...until Thursday when the County Clerk of a GOP leaning district realized that she had not added 14k votes coming in from one particular town to the total for her county (supposedly she received the vote numbers but for some reason or other it wasn't added to the computer database). Prosser then leads (wins) by about 7200 votes.

    The Dems are pissed. They were loaded for bear, well as much as one could be loaded for bear in a Supreme Court election. But the energized side in a low turnout affair like a SC election will usually win, but they didn't this time. As is usually the case, the Dems are going to litigate this thing but 7,200 votes is just too much to overcome. It's outside the margin of "hey, look at these absentee ballots I just found in this car's trunk!" Al Frankin margin of error.
    Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”
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    Hmmm...how does the county clerk forget to include that many votes? Granted, I think it's hilarious and am happy to see that it resulted in a more conservative victor, but still, that's a rather large number of votes to suddenly remember that needed to be included when the count was as close as it seemed.

    What's the over/under on when Glenn Beck gets blamed for this?
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    • #3
      Originally posted by il Padrino Ute View Post
      Hmmm...how does the county clerk forget to include that many votes? Granted, I think it's hilarious and am happy to see that it resulted in a more conservative victor, but still, that's a rather large number of votes to suddenly remember that needed to be included when the count was as close as it seemed.

      What's the over/under on when Glenn Beck gets blamed for this?
      I think it may have been as simple as failing to completely input a number into a database. They all came from one town and the County Clerk may have thought that she had already put the number into the total for the county. It's not like a few votes here and there weren't counted, she didn't count all the votes from a town of about 40k residents. The numbers from the town match up with other communities in the same county (a conservative suburb county of Milwaukee).

      I read a comment somewhere speculating that the County Clerk may have purposely withheld those votes to flush out any shenanigans the Democrats were going to pull. Prosser actually had a narrow lead at the end of the night and then more "counting" produced a result of Kloppenburg winning by 200 votes. Kloppenburg actually gave a victory speech at a press conference, lol, and then the 7500 vote differential bomb (it was actually about 14k votes that weren't added to the total, but the differential in favor of Kloppeburg was 7.5k) was dropped late Thursday. But the County Clerk looked like an idiot in the process and she wasn't going to fall on the sword for a Supreme Court election.
      Last edited by Color Me Badd Fan; 04-11-2011, 03:28 PM.
      Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

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      • #4
        After a quick search, I found a few sites telling pretty much what you were saying - that she didn't click the "send" button to have the votes counted. I found this video of the news conference when she told about the mistake she had made:

        http://www.jsonline.com/general/37714089.html?bcpid=8725036001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAGgk 8Us~,dLqgruaIT6rTqyyEHVUdSjL5KQ9h61sv&bctid=895391 546001

        In the clip at about the 12:55 mark, the vice chair of the Dem party for that county confirmed that everything was on the up and up.
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        • #5
          7000 votes is generally too much of a margin for the Democrat election fraud machine to overcome. Sorry boys, you can't steal 'em all!
          Last edited by venkman; 04-11-2011, 03:56 PM.
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          • #6
            Pardon the non-attorney for asking a stupid question:

            Is it common for states to elect their SC justices? I realize that's only one step away from appointments by elected officials, but it still seems wacky.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by il Padrino Ute View Post
              Hmmm...how does the county clerk forget to include that many votes? Granted, I think it's hilarious and am happy to see that it resulted in a more conservative victor, but still, that's a rather large number of votes to suddenly remember that needed to be included when the count was as close as it seemed.

              What's the over/under on when Glenn Beck gets blamed for this?

              Really, you find the situation hilarious? Thats sad. Really.

              The woman has a record of counting "irregularities" that go back to 2004, and she's swung a couple others in the past.

              Yeah, potential fraud or gross incompetence just cracks you up.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by Borderline Divine View Post
                Really, you find the situation hilarious? Thats sad. Really.

                The woman has a record of counting "irregularities" that go back to 2004, and she's swung a couple others in the past.

                Yeah, potential fraud or gross incompetence just cracks you up.
                I find it funny as well. If there was outright fraud then I'd have an issue with it, but it appears all votes got counted so the situation is quite funny. It's a classic tale of not counting your chickens before they hatch.

                I also find 4th and 18 hilarious as well.
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                • #9
                  I would caution you against any premature chortling. This thing isn't anywhere near over.

                  Brandon Burton told me this.
                  The Holy War is over, and Utah won - Federal Ute

                  Think of how stupid the average American is. Then remember that half are even dumber than that. - George Carlin

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                  • #10
                    Read if you dare

                    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/0...A-Quick-Review

                    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/0...a-county,-2006)

                    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/0...o-back-to-2004

                    Yeah, it's freakin hilarious.
                    The Holy War is over, and Utah won - Federal Ute

                    Think of how stupid the average American is. Then remember that half are even dumber than that. - George Carlin

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Borderline Divine View Post
                      http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/0...A-Quick-Review

                      http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/0...a-county,-2006)

                      http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/0...o-back-to-2004

                      Yeah, it's freakin hilarious.


                      I especially like that the democratic rep was an 80 year old woman that barely even knows what a computer is. Apparently democrats weren't too concerned with Nikolaus if they are putting an incompetent rep in her area. This all sounds (and reads) like sour grapes. Look, people lose elections. Get over it.
                      "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Borderline Divine View Post
                        http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/0...A-Quick-Review

                        http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/0...a-county,-2006)

                        http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/0...o-back-to-2004

                        Yeah, it's freakin hilarious.
                        Poor Kos, I feel his pain. What I really want to read was his grandstanding blogs about Americans and Wisconsins supporting workers rights. I hope someday that blog, which he was likely about to post until Kathy Nickolaus kicked him in the balls, makes its way to Deseret Books and shares a common table with the complete works of Paul H. Dunn and "Navajo Story" by George P. Lee.
                        Do Your Damnedest In An Ostentatious Manner All The Time!
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                        I'm choosing to mostly ignore your fatuity here and instead overwhelm you with so much data that you'll maybe, just maybe, realize that you have reams to read on this subject before you can contribute meaningfully to any conversation on this topic.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Eddie Jones View Post


                          I especially like that the democratic rep was an 80 year old woman that barely even knows what a computer is. Apparently democrats weren't too concerned with Nikolaus if they are putting an incompetent rep in her area. This all sounds (and reads) like sour grapes. Look, people lose elections. Get over it.
                          So it's okay to rig an election because the poll watcher is senile? Hell, even the MWC suspended the replay officials in the San Diego game.

                          Chortle away, this thing ain't half over.
                          The Holy War is over, and Utah won - Federal Ute

                          Think of how stupid the average American is. Then remember that half are even dumber than that. - George Carlin

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Borderline Divine View Post
                            So it's okay to rig an election because the poll watcher is senile? Hell, even the MWC suspended the replay officials in the San Diego game.

                            Chortle away, this thing ain't half over.
                            I think rigged is a strong term. More accurately it was purposely reporting favorable voting results late in order to emotionally embarass your opponent. Incompetence and low grade behavior, no doubt.

                            I, once again one who is not easily offended and one who does not hold class in all that high of regard, find it very funny. I doubt I would find it funny had the democrats won, but I likely wolud say win some..lose some.
                            Do Your Damnedest In An Ostentatious Manner All The Time!
                            -General George S. Patton

                            I'm choosing to mostly ignore your fatuity here and instead overwhelm you with so much data that you'll maybe, just maybe, realize that you have reams to read on this subject before you can contribute meaningfully to any conversation on this topic.
                            -DOCTOR Wuap

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                            • #15
                              Seems like a lot of trouble to embarass a candidate whom was defeated. But then things have taken a rather nasty turn in the Badger State of late.
                              The Holy War is over, and Utah won - Federal Ute

                              Think of how stupid the average American is. Then remember that half are even dumber than that. - George Carlin

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