RECOUNT ALERT! SERIOUS BREAK IN CHAIN OF CUSTODY IN WAUKESHA COUNTY!

What is this all about?  Waukesha keeps providing excitement?!  From the source -

"At around 2:15pm, we were ready to open the bags for Delafield. There were three bags total. Bags 1 & 2 were fine. The numbers all matched up. When we got to bag 3, we found out that the bag # was NOT RECORDED ON THE INSPECTOR'S statement...! The Republican canvass person said we could assume that the clerk forgot to write the # down on the inspector's statement and we could proceed. Of course, this is a break in the chain of custody!..."

So Bill (volunteer lawyer) objected. I got my phone out and went to call the campaign. The sheriff wouldn't let me out the back door (even though I went out that door to use the restroom earlier) but made me go around everyone to the front door (front door is for reps, back door is for public). I had to get past the guy sitting out front wanting to know if I was leaving for the day, what my name was...

Recall and Recount and someone said Refresh - Darling

4/21: Facebook page
Darling

WE NEED YOU! We’re asking all supporters and volunteers to join us at 12:00pm, Thursday, April 21 at Kletzsch Park in Glendale. We are asking for everyone to bring in any signed petitions they may have left. As we inch closer to our goal we want to make sure that no signatures goes uncounted. The more signatures we have to turn in makes a statement to both Sen. Darling and Gov. Scott Walker. During the Thursday rally we do plan on making a BIG announcement of where we are. Please invite your family and friends as we gather at Kletzsch Park to discuss our plans moving forward. We look forward to seeing you at the rally!

4/21: WPR ... get an update on their news loop ... Darling, et al
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I remember seeing the above phrase used in connection the Kloppenburg - Prosser contest on election day and the day after!

So Kloppenburg is going for a recount ... not a surprise just like Prosser would have done!  In the end we may get even better election officials if nothing else - the Governor and Republicans passed "voter fraud" protection by making it harder for the young and old to vote - seems like they targeted the wrong people especially in Waukesha County ... but competence is not a requirement!

From the JSOnline about 1pm ...

3 groups targeting Democrats for recalls to file signatures Thursday - By Tom Tolan of the Journal Sentinel

Everyone will challenge everyone one of the other persons signatures - no surprise!  The surprises have more to do with who is not going to be challenged ... in our current political state-of-mind a recall seems the norm not the exception it has been historically.  Let's hope that voter complacency finally goes away and never comes back!

Wisconsin Supreme Court INDEX

Blog Posts from most recent to oldest ... a little easier search if you want the thread or the background!

Click the TITLE to go to page!

Please share the link with your friends ... one of the purposes is to provide information to people who are too busy to get the background so as they think about these issues they have reasonable information ... sure there is some editorial content but there are also many links to the "mainstream journalists" and actual original source material.  We are all intelligent enough to know when we are being spun or we just have a different opinion!

WI 3/29pm Upd - Polling tight in Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign from Daily Kos

Another analysis from JSOnline :
Another "perfect storm": A state Supreme Court race in the grip of external forces 3/29
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Click on Title for article -

Almost more like a rumor but ... from the article ... 3/28

The sources are anonymous, the specific numbers are not released, and the author clearly has an agenda, so take this with a big helping of salt. Even so, it's a decent indication that the Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign will not be a cakewalk for former Republican state Assembly Leader David Prosser. That's pretty surprising, since Republicans swept the state just four month ago and since this is likely to be a very low turnout election.

National Review as also referenced in the article ...

Wisconsin Fight Goes to Court And Walker’s big win could ride on a single judicial election. 3/28

The Greater Wisconsin Committee, a leftist organizing group with deep union ties, has funneled $3 million into anti-Prosser advertising, taking relentlessly to the airwaves. “They are the Left’s biggest political player in the state,” says Brett Healy, the president of the MacIver Institute, a Wisconsin-based think tank. “They run the ads that no one else wants to run.

Indeed. The GWC is airing ads that tie Prosser to the budget bill. “Prosser equals Walker” is the usual theme.

The above quote is from NR by Daily Kos.  To be fair and balanced the MacIver Institute has been labeled by some as a right-wing think tank

WI 3/28 upd pm - 20 percent turnout expected for state's April election - WisSJ

Click on Title for full WSJ article - here is the first paragraph!

MADISON - Even though there seems to be extra interest in the upcoming state Supreme Court race, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board is predicting a typical level of voter turnout.

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After reading that it seemed time to re-post the following from this blog - March 11, 2011
[If you use the "Search Wide" with "supreme" you will see other blog entries.]

Wisconsin April 5th 2011: Supreme Complacency?

The following article is just one of the best I have read and encourage you to read it as well -

Supremely Relevant: Prosser vs Kloppenburg by Bill Lueders, Isthmus

(my comments)

In 2006 there were 831,567 votes cast in the Supreme Court Election. In 2008 there were 827,899 votes cast (see WI GAB for all numbers mentioned plus my arithmetic) for the Supreme Court Election.
 
Michael Gableman got 425,101 votes and sitting Justice Louis Butler got 402,798 votes - 51.19% to 48.50%.  In the previous Governor's election the following numbers apply -

Wisconsin Voter Turnout 11/2010      49.56%    2,160,832    
VAP   4,330,695

(Source: WI GAB – VAP … Voting Age Population)

In the Presidential Election in 2008 -

         Wisconsin Voter Turnout 11/2008      69.20%    2,996,869    
         VAP  ~4,370,000 (Source: Wi GAB)

Need I say more?

 Why Vote - Redux!

WI - Upd3/26 - Supreme Politics - Kloppenburg vs Prosser 3/22 in Milwaukee

 3/26 Saturday Morning
There was a debate last night - anybody change their mind? 


There he goes again -

Prosser calls Kloppenburg an 'ideologue' from JSOnline 

‎Probably what he should have called Chief Justice Abrahamson instead of B****!
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3/25 : Another perspective Walker, budget television ads top $300,000

Written by Kathleen Foody  Wausau Daily

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WisPolitics.com - click the Title to see the atrticle!

Almost a comedy script ...  do you think JoAnne Kloppenburg can prevent someone of her Facebook friends from writing that Prosser or the Governor is a "turd"?  In the exercise of free speech how does that compare with him calling the Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice a "b**ch"!

Related ... WI - Justice is a five letter word ... Prosser VS Kloppenburg

From the source - at least it rhymes :

“It says, 'Stop the turd, vote Kloppenburg,'” he said. "Am I the turd or is the governor the turd?"

Kloppenburg defended the Facebook page, saying she was not responsible for what others post there.

 Another voice from the Isthmus:
Emily's Post: David Prosser's poor temperament, Scott Walker's blatant hypocrisy by Emily Mills 

Update: 3/23
Enraged by Walker, activists put Kloppenburg’s Supreme Court campaign on their shoulders

WI - Justice is a five letter word ... Prosser VS Abrahamson - Vote April 5th

Update: The February date was mistyped as 2011.

Almost missed this one ... incident 2/10/2010 reported 3/19/2011 in JSOnline.  Prosser thinks this is being released to embarrass him and hurt him politically!  Gee ... you think so!  Character / reserve / control / judgment all seem like relevant criteria for choosing a Supreme Court Justice!  See - did not even mention Prosser's real opponent ;-}


Click on the title (above) to find out which "four/five letter word" Prosser used in describing the Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court!

Wisconsin April 5th 2011: Supreme Complacency?

Even Assembly Minority Leader Representative Peter Barca was able to keep his cool when Republicans were ignoring Open Meetings Law!