Karofsky declares victory in tight Supreme Court race

[LovingA2andMI]

Great Job Wisconsin!! HUGE WIN and hope your all #StaySafe and Never Again have to put your Life on the Line to Vote!!

"MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- With half the state's precincts reporting and a six point advantage over her incumbent opponent, Jill Karofsky is claiming victory. As of 6:30 p.m., Karofsky, the liberal challenger, holds a 53 percent to 47 percent advantage over Justice Daniel Kelly.

“I want to send a heartfelt thank you to the hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites who made their voice heard in this unprecedented election,' Karofsky said in a statement.

Kelly has not issued a response at this time.

Karofsky and Kelly are vying for a 10-year spot on the Supreme Court. Wisconsin's high court has turned sharply partisan in recent years, and sided with Republicans last week in holding in-person voting despite widespread concerns over the coronavirus.

"Although we were successful in this race, the circumstances under which this election was conducted were simply unacceptable, and raise serious concerns for the future of our democracy," Karofsky contended.

Kelly had recused himself from the state Supreme Court case that rejected Gov. Tony Evers bid to delay the election for more than two months and extended the terms of those already in office.

If Karofsky were to hold on and win, her victory would narrow the court's conservative majority to 4-3.

http://www.nbc15.com/cw/content/news/Early-returns-show-tight-Wisconsin-Supreme-Court-race-569610501.html"

[questionseverything]

1. stay on guard wisconsin

https://bradblog.com/?p=8456

you know what crap the repubs have done before in Wisconsin

they can only win if they cheat and they have been "winning" for years now

[old guy]

2. Absolutely.

[Bettie]

6. Waukesha County is bound to "find" a

bunch of votes at the last second! Isn't that how they do it?

I'm from Waukesha, am disgusted at what that formerly bright blue union town has turned into!

[questionseverything]

7. from the bradblog article i posted...

BREAKING: Computer Error Could Give Prosser 7,381 More Votes, Victory
April 7, 2011 5:29 P.M. By Christian Schneider

After Tuesday night's Wisconsin Supreme Court election, a computer error in heavily Republican Waukesha County failed to send election results for the entire City of Brookfield to the Associated Press. The error, revealed today, would give incumbent Supreme Court Justice David Prosser a net 7,381 votes against his challenger, attorney Joanne Kloppenburg. On Wednesday, Kloppenburg declared victory after the AP reported she finished the election with a 204-vote lead, out of nearly 1.5 million votes cast.
On election night, AP results showed a turnout of 110,000 voters in Waukesha County - well short of the 180,000 voters that turned out last November, and 42 percent of the county's total turnout. By comparison, nearly 90 percent of Dane County voters who cast a ballot in November turned out to vote for Kloppenburg.
Prior to the election, Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus was heavily criticized for her decision to keep the county results on an antiquated personal computer, rather than upgrade to a new data system being utilized statewide. Nickolaus cited security concerns for keeping the data herself - yet when she reported the data, it did not include the City of Brookfield, whose residents cast nearly 14,000 votes.

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hopefully the campaign is aware and watching everything they can


as an aside...if votes were publicly counted and transparently reported this stuff couldn't happen

[Bettie]

9. Yep, that's the one I was thinking of

I don't, however think she's still in charge of elections there! At least I hope not.

[questionseverything]

10. she is not in charge anymore but prosser the crooked judge she helped "elect" is there

they seem to have no trouble finding those to do their bidding

believe me I want to be wrong but I feel we need to watch every move they make

Wisconsin repubs are cheats

[Bettie]

11. Ah yes, David Prosser

noted strangler of colleagues.

He is a piece of work all right.

[Cha]

3. Steady on Karofsky!

[Jake Stern]

4. Watch out for "found" votes in some cherry red county

That suspiciously is just enough to put the right winger over the top.

[DavidDvorkin]

5. I wouldn't call the result "tight".

[Gothmog]

8. This makes me smile

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