There's been a vote-count change in Wisconsin -- Prosser is now in the lead

[highplainsdem]

I hope this is only temporary and other changes give Kloppenburg the lead again.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/119421429.html

The latest vote count in the state Supreme Court race in Winnebago County indicates incumbent David Prosser is leading Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg in votes.

A tally compiled by The Associated Press Wednesday and used by news organizations statewide, including the Journal Sentinel, indicated Kloppenburg was leading the race by 204 votes. Figures on Winnebago County's website are now different from those collected by the AP.

Winnebago County's numbers say Prosser received 20,701 votes to Kloppenburg's 18,887. The AP has 19,991 for Prosser to Kloppenburg's 18,421.

The new numbers would give Prosser 244 more votes or a 40-vote lead statewide.

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[Parker CA]

1. Shady.

[L. Coyote]

20. Winnebago County vote-count change alters Supreme Court race, Prosser leads Kloppenburg by 40 votes.

Added by the County:

Prosser	        710 votes
Kloppenburg	466 vote

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April 7, 2011 2:18 p.m.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/119421429.ht...

... Figures on Winnebago County's website are now different ... Prosser ... 20,701 ... Kloppenburg's 18,887. ... AP has 19,991 for Prosser to Kloppenburg's 18,421.

The new numbers would give Prosser 244 more votes, or a 40-vote lead statewide.

.... The AP last checked figures with Winnebago County at 10:14 a.m. Wednesday, according to the AP. The county adjusted its figures at 2:27 p.m. ...

The news service is working to reach the Winnebago County clerk, but the clerk is participating in the canvass of the vote and has not returned a message.

[MoDupey]

2. What?

I really can't take this. Gah!

[HereSince1628]

3. Well, this isn't completely unexpected, is it?

This is what recounts are all about.

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. There is going to be a recount regardless.The lead may very well switch back and forth several times

before this is over.

[HereSince1628]

13. Yep. Not to say that we don't need our black-box voting team

back on duty.

At least in Wisconsin there are no longer punch cards. The outcome won't hang on a chad.

[upi402]

5. We gave Dems a majority and they were silent on voting integrity

So this should be assumed. Our democracy has been betrayed. I don't care which party the betrayers are in. It's betrayal.

[Pab Sungenis]

Fraud.

Republican officials cooking the numbers after the fact to steal the election from JoAnne.

[Bozita]

6. Here we fucking go AGAIN!

They usually do this shit in the middle of the night.

[iwishiwas]

7. NOOOOO!!

[Dawson Leery]

8. There will be a recount.

[riderinthestorm]

9. All those Freepers crying about election fraud! Now what??

And FWIW, I'm pretty sure there's going to be a lot of see-sawing on this before the end... I just hope that over in Freeperland, now that they have contemplated the possibility of fraud, it's beginning to dawn on them that it stinks for ALL sides when our voting systems are compromised.

[WI_DEM]

18. of course at 206 votes one way or another it will go back and forth...all the counties

are going to do recounts.

[fascisthunter]

10. seriously, who didn't see this coming...?

oh it's just a coincidence I'm sure

[deutsey]

12. Yes, I'm sure that's all it is. Now, go back to sleep America. Everything is fine.

:evilfrown:

[Tippy]

11. Well I'd say ...the FIx is in.......

[Vincardog]

14. Didn't rupert Murdock buy the AP?

[Freddie Stubbs]

17. No, he did not

[WI_DEM]

15. Bring the recount on--I'm sure we have more votes in Milwaukee, Madison and elsewhere for Kloppenbur

[asjr]

16. Smells rotten.

[highplainsdem]

19. County Clerk Sue Ertmer, who hadn't returned AP's call, is on the Winnebago GOP website:

http://winnebago.wisgop.info/contact-us/

And in an article about the recalls, she was complaining about the cost to the county:

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20110313/OSH0101/103130364/Two-area-Republican-senators-subjects-active-recall-efforts

Winnebago County Clerk Sue Ertmer estimated it could cost $40,000 to $50,000, none of which as been budgeted for. Of that amount, Oshkosh City Clerk Pamela Ubrig estimated $17,000 to $18,000 would be borne by the city.

Costs include publication of the election, training poll workers, printing ballots and programming equipment.

"A primary would mean an even longer timeline and twice the cost," Ertmer said. "We'd just have to come up with the funds. It'd be a huge process. This will have an impact on all of the communities involved."

[Viking12]

21. Waukesha County updates: 200 more votes for Prosser

http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/119424759.html

Funny how Republican Clerks of Court are suddenly discovering new votes for Prosser...

[EC]

22. I'd like to see how those numbers from Winnebago for

the SC vote compare to the total number of voters in Winnebago. I wonder if there are more votes than voters?