The vote totals are changing again while the precincts reporting stays the same

[Blue Owl]

:wtf:

Who's "running" the AP feed?

[Lyric]

1. That happened all night last night.

I think that they're entering so much information so quickly that they sometimes forget a line or two and only catch it later.

[MineralMan]

2. There's often a lag in reporting totals from precincts that have

just finished their count. It's just part of the process.

[Kber]

3. Maybe counting mail in or absentee ballots?

[annabanana]

4. THIS is where questions arise.... People want to have any

discrepancies explained.. If the totals don't go their way in the end.

[onenote]

5. How is AP getting the numbers it is reporting?

The AP site is the only source I've seen; I haven't found an official "state" electoral results site. If this is a case of AP collecting the data as it is reported and then re-reporting, it wouldn't be surprising if there are lags and mistakes etc.

[Botany]

6. I think one of the two pro Prosser precincts votes have ...

.... been counted but the they haven't taken it off the board.

We still have 2 precincts in Milwuakee in the bank

[theophilus]

7. I believe I read recently (last few months) that the "precincts reporting" stat was going to be

done away with. I don't have a link but Google might help. Anyway, the ol' per cent reporting thingy is probably going the way of the dodo.

[Brickbat]

8. Having been involved in reporting numbers to the AP, I can say that sometimes things change without

a nefarious reason. There are massive amounts of people -- the vast majority of them volunteers -- involved in this kind of work, and it's unrealistic to expect every one of them to work at 100 percent efficiency long into the night. A stack gets placed in the wrong pile, a number is sent to the state without rechecking, and believe me, the person who screws up feels like absolute shit when they realize what they've done and they go and correct it.

[Blue Owl]

10. So long as it's not Karl Rove tampering in democracy's domain

I can live with that!

BTW that reminds me -- a big shout-out to all the election judges & volunteers!

:woohoo:

[L. Coyote]

9. Details here: I'm declaring the winner in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

I'm declaring the winner in Wisconsin Supreme Court race = Tue Apr-05-11 07:35 PM PST
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x821883

[jillan]

11. Maybe it's provisional ballots? Or mail-ins?