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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemember Kathy's special software?
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/05/scott-walker-recall-wisconsin-kathy-nickolausWill Scandal-Plagued Election Clerk Supervise Walker Recall in Key County?
Republican Kathy Nickolaus may be the only county clerk known by name across Wisconsinand not for a good reason.
Last year, Nickolaus, the top election official in Waukesha County, a solidly Republican suburb outside of Milwaukee, blamed "human error" for the late discovery of more than 14,000 missing votes in a bruising state Supreme Court race. Those votes erased liberal favorite JoAnne Kloppenburg's lead in the race, handed victory to conservative incumbent David Prosser, and later led to an expensive recount. This April, Nickolaus resorted to posting election results on strips of grocery-receipt-like paper after the county's reporting system failed on election night.
After the April controversy, Nickolaus pledged to step down from handling the county's election operations. But ahead of Gov. Scott Walker's recall election on June 5, the most expensive election in state history, recent evidence suggests Nickolaus still has control over the county's vote-counting. Observers and news reports from the recall's May 8 primary say Nickolaus looked like her usual self on election night. The WTMJ news station reported that Nickolaus "appeared to be very much in charge of the count." Says another observer, who asked to remain anonymous to speak openly: "On election night, Kathy Nickolaus was there, and she made it seem as if she was in control."
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for historical perspective:
http://election.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x517648
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Remember Kathy's special software? (Original Post)
deminks
May 2012
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lastlib
(23,356 posts)1. Somebody better watch that woman like a hawk next week!!
I smell shenanigans!
drm604
(16,230 posts)2. That whole election needs to be watched.
I do NOT trust these people.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)3. I can't believe this woman still has a job.
Anywhere.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)4. This may be the most closely monitored election in State history. No one trusts anyone here.