High-profile lawyers retained for possible Supreme Court recount

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: The Capital Times

Twenty-four hours ago challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg was looking at an all but certain recount of her razor-thin victory over incumbent Justice David Prosser in the Supreme Court race. Now that it's come to light that Prosser might take a thin but substantial lead due to a computer error in Waukesha County, Kloppenburg could be the one to trigger a recount. But one thing hasn't changed: both camps are lawyering up and have brought in the big guns.

Kloppenburg's campaign is working with Marc Elias, an attorney with Perkins Coie, a Washington D.C.-based firm with an office in downtown Madison. Elias is the same attorney who represented Democratic challenger Al Franken in his eight-month epic recount battle with incumbent Republican Norm Coleman. Franken eventually prevailed, winning his U.S. Senate seat by 312 votes.

Prosser has hired Ben Ginsberg, a Washington-D.C. attorney who played a prominent role in the 2000 Bush-Gore presidential recount effort in Florida. He was also part of the team that represented Coleman in his recount effort. Prosser has also retained Madison attorney Jim Troupis, and Dan Kelly, who is based in Milwaukee.

Melissa Mulliken, Kloppenburg's campaign manager, said the campaign first hired Perkins Coie months ago to file an amicus brief in a suit lodged by Wisconsin Right to Life over the state's new judicial campaign public financing law, which Right to Life says stifles free speech. Mulliken said Thursday the campaign "plans to continue to work with him (Elias)."

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[xchrom]

1. oh this is gonna get interesting. nt

[tularetom]

2. The Secretary of State needs to impound that 'puter

before it mysteriously gets scrubbed of any voting data.

[SnakeEyes]

13. Even if the computer was scrubbed

the ballots, ballot counts, and vote tallies would still exist on the equipment that counts the votes. And if that were tampered with, all you'd have to do is a recount of the votes, and verify the ballot count.

[Tippy]

3. K&R....

[Ian David]

4. Prosser Up by 7500+ After 'Database Error' Discovered by Controversial Clerk in Republican Waukesha

Prosser Up by 7500+ After 'Database Error' Discovered by Controversial Clerk in Republican Waukesha
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=842059&mesg_id=842059

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. Hey Ginsberg, how'd that Coleman recount work out for you?

[greiner3]

7. Actually;

It went pretty well until the SCOTUS made a once in a lifetime decision that the Florida recount was not going to happen.

This time the SCOTUS is a different animal and should be a different outcome. I hope for the country.

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. ?

I was referring to the results of the Coleman-Franken race.

[janet118]

6. Battle lines being drawn . . .

this could make the 7-month Franken recount look like a day at the beach.

[lonestarnot]

8. Hoy boy.

[Red1]

9. Time to Get Down

And find the most dirt on the other...:-)

[A Physicist]

11. Original Wisconsin news conference about vote count error

Interesting part starts at 12:56

http://www.jsonline.com/general/37714089.html?bcpid=8725036001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAGgk8Us~,dLqgruaIT6rTqyyEHVUdSjL5KQ9h61sv&bctid=895391546001

[Iliyah]

12. WOW my last

post disappeared. Oh well. Question, since lawsuits will be filed, what happens to the seat itself, does it become moot?

[A Physicist]

23. Temp Appointment

I think Walker appoints someone to fill the post temporarily; someone fair and impartial with no conflicts of interest like David Koch.

[No Elephants]

14. Very disappointing to see it be this close, given what has gone on in Wisconsin.

[RussBLib]

15. just imagine the outcry from the right

if 7500 votes were discovered putting the Dem in the lead. Unfortunately, the Dems are getting used to getting screwed,

[ejbr]

16. +1 n/t

[RDANGELO]

17. I hope there is a recount, and they do the whole state.

This find of 7,000 votes could be a slight of hand where the votes really came from somewhere else.

[matt819]

18. This shouldn't preclude a federal investigation

Surely when voting fraud is suspected, the FBI can investigate, regardless of whatever civil matters are in process.

[bongbong]

19. repig's response

"Laws are for peons (AKA the poorest 99%), and for Democrats. We can do anything we want. We love crime."

[iwishiwas]

20. (WI) High-profile lawyers retained for possible Supreme Court recount

Source: The Cap Times




High-profile lawyers retained for possible Supreme Court recount

JESSICA VANEGEREN AND STEVEN ELBOW | The Capital Times | [e-mail]; [e-mail] madison.com | (60) Comments | Posted: Friday, April 8, 2011 6:30 am


Twenty-four hours ago challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg was looking at an all but certain recount of her razor-thin victory over incumbent Justice David Prosser in the Supreme Court race. Now that it's come to light that Prosser might take a thin but substantial lead due to a computer error in Waukesha County, Kloppenburg could be the one to trigger a recount. But one thing hasn't changed: both camps are lawyering up and have brought in the big guns.

Kloppenburg's campaign is working with Marc Elias, an attorney with Perkins Coie, a Washington D.C.-based firm with an office in downtown Madison. Elias is the same attorney who represented Democratic challenger Al Franken in his eight-month epic recount battle with incumbent Republican Norm Coleman. Franken eventually prevailed, winning his U.S. Senate seat by 312 votes.

Prosser has hired Ben Ginsberg, a Washington-D.C. attorney who played a prominent role in the 2000 Bush-Gore presidential recount effort in Florida. He was also part of the team that represented Coleman in his recount effort. Prosser has also retained Madison attorney Jim Troupis, and Dan Kelly, who is based in Milwaukee.

Melissa Mulliken, Kloppenburg's campaign manager, said the campaign first hired Perkins Coie months ago to file an amicus brief in a suit lodged by Wisconsin Right to Life over the state's new judicial campaign public financing law, which Right to Life says stifles free speech. Mulliken said Thursday the campaign "plans to continue to work with him (Elias)."........................

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[rzemanfl]

21. Jim Troupis. Isn't that name familiar. Didn't he give Walker

some bogus "independent" legal advice recently?

[rzemanfl]

22. Yep:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=439&topic_id=549204