Wisconsin counties still finalizing Supreme Court votes

[The Northerner]

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is on track to lead challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg by about 7,300 votes after all counties finish verifying the ballots cast in last week’s election — a margin that would be difficult to overcome even with a statewide recount.

As of Monday, 69 of the state’s 72 counties had finished verifying the vote totals from last week’s election and reported them to the Government Accountability Board. The last and largest county — Milwaukee — likely won’t be finished with its work until on Wednesday at the earliest, according to the GAB. Votes from Crawford and Sauk counties also have not been submitted yet.

Adding in the unofficial results as reported on election night from the four outstanding counties, Prosser would finish with 7,303 more votes than Kloppenburg out of nearly 1.5 million cast.

Kloppenburg declared victory the day after the election, based on unofficial results that showed her with a razor-thin 204-vote lead. But the very next day, Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus said she had failed to report more than 14,000 votes, which flipped the outcome of the race in Prosser’s favor by about 7,500.

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[Bluzmann57]

1. What if several thousand votes turn up that favor Kloppenburg?

It likely won't happen but if it did, the repukes would scream bloody murder and either refuse to certify them or demand an investigation. Kind of nice to think about even if it's unlikely.

[slackmaster]

2. Yes, of course they'd kick and scream about it

A perfectly understandable if not reasonable reaction.

[midnight]

3. Wisconsin needs some good news for Kloppenburg voters...