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5/31/11 Today JoAnne Kloppenburg announced she will not seek judicial review of the recount results. In a letter to the Government Accountability Board she stated, "The facts and the evidence contained in the record of the recount, do not in my judgment establish a sound legal basis on which to proceed with a suit, based on Wisconsin law." She also said, "David Prosser has won this election and I have congratulated him." She went on to say in prepared remarks, "The recount was always about much more than the small difference in votes between the two candidates. Widespread irregularities, unintentional as thy may be, around the state along with the cascade of irregularities in Waukesha, make it clear that we must do more to unsure the ellectoral process in Wisconsin is beyond reporach." She was also adamant in her prepared remarks saying, "Thousands of votes were not counted, were counted incorrectly, or have been called into question." Her concession finally brings a resolution to the high court election, which, despite the 7,000 plus vote margin, has been in limbo for nearly two months.
5/20/11 As of 7:30 p.m. today, 3,602 Reporting Units have reported results, which have been reviewed by G.A.B. staff. That is 100 percent of the of the 3,602 total Reporting Units. So far, counties have recounted 1,500,130 votes, which is 1,250 more than the orginal votes cast in the State Supreme Court race. This is the final update from the Government Accountability Board until May 23 when the unofficial recount results are replaced with the Official Ward by Ward Certified Results. The unofficial recount totals show Prosser with a lead of 7,006 votes over Kloppenburg. Obviously it is time to move on but there still remains some concern that Kloppenburg may pursue court action. She has until May 31 to decide if she wants to appeal the recount results to the circuit court.
4/20/11 Kloppenburg requested a recount of the total election votes for the Supreme Court race. The manual for the recount can be read on the GAB website. The GAB will not certify the election until the recount is completed.
4/18/11 Supreme Court Justice Prosser acknowledged his victory today in Madison.
4/16/11 The vote canvassing is finalized and Prosser won the WI Supreme Court race by 7,316 votes over Kloppenburg out of a total of 1,497,330 votes cast state wide. Kloppenburg has till the end of the day on Wednesday 4/20 to ask for a state wide recount of the votes. If she calls for a recount, this process could take weeks to recount and is estimated to cost the taxpayers $1 million. As taxpayers, let's hope she does not call for a recount.
4/13/11 The canvassing of the votes of the April 5 election are not complete yet, but will be by Friday Apirl 15.
4/8/11 More errors have been found, which is normal, as the canvassing of votes continues across the state. However, the left is now making a big issue out of the large error found in Waukesha County and there is talk of law suites and even federal investigations against the county clerk Kathy Nickolaus. Apparently no one is allowed to make a mistake if they are on the right. The final certified vote count will be interesting.
4/7/11 The vote tally has been changing all day as the process of officially counting the ballots continues to take place across the state. Prosser gained 7,582 votes late this afternoon when it was found that the 14,315 votes cast in Brookfield had been omitted from Waukesha County totals giving Prosser 7,582 votes and 3,456 more votes for Kloppengurg. This brings a whole new light to the final outcome. Other smaller discrepencies are also showing up as the process continues. A final official count will be forthcoming.
4/6/11 The vote totals kept changing all day as the slow count continued. The unofficial vote count at 2:25 pm with all precincts reporting showed Kloppenburg leading with 204 votes. The state has till April 15 to certify the votes for accuracy. Once this is done, 3 days are allowed for a candidate to ask for a recount which is almost a given because of the small difference in the number of votes. Kloppenburg claimed victory with 204 votes.
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