Wisconsin: Prosser ahead by 7316 votes in final canvass

[wundermaus]

"State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser emerged as the winner Friday over challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg in a heated election that drew national attention because of the fight over collective bargaining and a ballot reporting error in Waukesha County.

A canvass of vote totals from the state's 72 counties finalized Friday afternoon shows Prosser beating Kloppenburg, an assistant attorney general, by 7,316 votes. Initial results in the election had showed Kloppenburg leading the race. The final canvass of the April 5 vote was completed 10 days after the election, the maximum allowed by state law.

The margin - 0.488% - is within the 0.5% limit that would allow Kloppenburg to request a statewide recount at taxpayers' expense.

Yet, stunningly, Kloppenburg is not sure she wants to pursue a recount."

http://www.americablog.com/2011/04/wisconsin-prosser-ahead-by-7316-votes.html

[montanacowboy]

1. Too Bad she won't at least give it a try

Democrats always back down, that's what the Repukes count on, that's why they always win

[Tx4obama]

5. She has not said anything one way or the other yet.

She has until Wednesday to request a recount.

[HereSince1628]

2. The taxpayer funding doesn't cover attorney fees

for either side.

I suspect the only issue is raising sufficient money to have the appropriate legal support to participate in a meaningful recount.

Last I read she was raising money to cover that cost. I haven't read anything new since last week.

[shraby]

3. I emailed them and offered a donation if I could have an address

to send it to..I don't do credit cards. Haven't heard back yet.

[Ellipsis]

4. Yes she is... here's a link.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

6. Kloppenburg is now accepting donations via her Twitter page

which can be linked to from her website - [e-mail]

http://twitter.com/Kloppenburg4Jtc

She took down the original donation page after the canvass, with the reported difference being less than 1/2%, kicking in the taxpayer funding of the recount..

She will still have to pay her personal staff and all legal fees herself. With the Kocks behind Prosser, his "allowance" is unlimited to be sure.

[Kurovski]

7. Wow. Someone's good at math. "Found" just the correct amount of "votes".

Experienced pros.

[juajen]

8. So, she doesn't have to pay for the recount?

BTW, I'm convinced that this is a "look over here" to keep us from "looking over there." The whole state needs to be recounted. They are great at throwing out red herrings.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

9. except she'll have to pay her personal staff and LOTS of legal fees

yeah - I agree with you about their distractions.