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Wisconsin high court race yields mixed results
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Boston Globe
Posted: April 19th, 2011
http://articles.boston.com/2011-04-08/news/29397565_1_human-...
A conservative incumbent surged to a commanding lead in Wisconsins hotly contested Supreme Court election [on April 7], after a predominantly GOP countys clerk announced she had incorrectly entered vote totals in the race seen as a referendum on Republican Gov. Scott Walkers divisive union rights law. Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus said more than 14,000 votes werent reported to The Associated Press on [April 5, election day] due to human error. Nickolaus previously worked for a GOP caucus that was under the control of Justice David Prosser, who was speaker of the Assembly at the time and who now stands to benefit from the clerks error. Before the announcement, it was assumed 68-year-old conservative Prossers race against liberal assistant state attorney general JoAnne Kloppenburg was headed for a recount. But Waukesha Countys corrected totals gave Prosser a 7,500-vote lead, which is likely to stand. Opponents of the law that takes away nearly all public employee collective bargaining rights had hoped a Kloppenburg victory would set the stage for the high court to strike it down. Rep. Peter Barca, Democratic Assembly minority leader, said the mistake raises significant suspicion that could warrant an investigation. It doesnt instill confidence in her competence or integrity, Barca said.
Note: This article states, "a clerk discovered 14,000 unrecorded votes." Why didn't this make huge headlines? Why didn't AP and other news agencies point out how easily corrupted the US election system is? How can votes just be "discovered"? For lots more on severe corruption in the elections system, click here.
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