Waukesha canvass gets OK But a few anomalies noted

[pintobean]

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/120223744.html

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The state's top election watchdog agency announced Tuesday that it has satisfied itself that results certified by Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus for the April 5 election are consistent with totals reported by municipalities, though "a few anomalies" were found in a four-day investigation.

Those discrepancies involved only a handful of votes.

"After completing the review of the election materials from Waukesha County, there were some discrepancies found in the Government Accountability Board's evaluation of the Waukesha County election returns that could not be explained based upon the documentation reviewed," the board staff said in a statement.

"I am pleased that the Government Accountability Board has concluded that a correction of the canvass is not warranted due to the fact that they found no major discrepancies in our official canvass report," Nickolaus said in an email response.
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Here's a link to the GAB statement (pdf)
http://media.jsonline.com/documents/Waukesha_County_Report_041911.pdf

[Pharaoh]

1. I'm not clear

are they looking at computer tally's here or have they looked at the physical paper ballots?

[pintobean]

3. From the GAB statement

The review was conducted over four days and focused on auditing the Spring Election materials, including:

* Total Votes Cast Report from Voting Equipment

* Ballot Container Security Seals/Documentation

* Inspectors’ Statement- Election Day Log

* Write-In Form

*Security Documentation of Voting Equipment Memory Devices

* Certification Page of Poll List

All documents were photographed or scanned and any relevant data was recorded by G.A.B. staff. The total votes cast record reported by the voting equipment was compared to the official canvass report from Waukesha County. The ballot container security seals were compared to the required documentation record maintained by the appropriate election officials. The total number of voters recorded on the Inspectors’ Statement and Certification Page of Poll List were compared to the total number of ballots cast, to ensure there were not more ballots counted than voter numbers issued.

[Pharaoh]

6. But no one

to my knowledge physically looked at the ballots to see which candidate was selected?

That is my point. A true recount has not been done.

[pintobean]

7. I don't think anyone was trying to say

that there has been a recount.

[midnight]

2. In sixty days, we will get the report about why things appear to

have discrepancies that involve only a handful of votes.. I hope we have a full state recount....

[shraby]

4. Like I've been saying, Waukesha was a bright shiny object

designed to keep eyes away from other places.

[pintobean]

5. Tomorrow, we'll find out

if Kloppenburg thinks there's a reasonable chance of finding out if that's the case.