Local vote totals change in Supreme recount
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Lori Stottler
JANESVILLE — Justice David Prosser gained 10 votes in the recount of Rock County ballots for the state Supreme Court race. Challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg, meanwhile, gained 47 votes.
Rock County Clerk Lori Stottler said those are the preliminary results of the local recount of the April 2 vote. The recount was completed Monday.
Statewide, Prosser held a 7,316-vote lead over challenger Kloppenburg before the recount began Wednesday.
As of Monday afternoon, the state Government Accountability Board reported 1,942 of 3,602 precincts had been recounted statewide.
The votes in those recounted precincts amounted to 376,308 for Prosser and 341,171 for Kloppenberg.
Stottler said no additional ballots were discovered in the Rock County recount. The number of ballots cast remained the same, 37,345. But on 57 of those ballots, the votes in the Supreme Court race were not registered in the original count.
Fifty-one of the changes were on absentee ballots, Stottler said. In those cases, votes were not counted because the voter failed to heed the warning on the ballot that states they must use a black pen or No. 2 pencil.
The recounters also discovered six ballots in which the voters wrote in Kloppenberg’s name rather than vote for her on the line provided, so those votes were not originally counted, Stottler said.
Most precincts where errors were found had only one or two changes, Stottler said. Orfordville had the most with seven.
Stottler said the problem in Orfordville might have been that the voting machine was not properly calibrated, so it was not reading votes correctly.
The Orfordville village clerk has already called the manufacturer to check the machine before it is used again, Stottler said.
Stottler estimated the local recount will cost no more than $2,000. She attributed the low cost to volunteers who donated many hours to the effort.
Fifteen of the volunteers gave up six straight days, “and to me that’s just simply amazing,” Stottler said.
Government Accountability Board spokesman Reid Magney said the town of Larrabee in Waupaca County discovered 68 votes for Kloppenburg and one vote for Prosser. County Clerk Mary Robbins said town officials simply didn’t record the votes.
Before the recount, Prosser held a 182-vote lead, 252-70, in Larrabee. After the recount, he held a 115-vote edge, 253-138.
The Walworth County clerk’s office reports that the recount there could take two more days.
The recount is supposed to be completed by May 9.
May 5, 2011 at 5:54 p.m.
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If the Dems are all concerned about fraud, they should help craft some election reforms......
May 5, 2011 at 5:30 p.m.
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From what I have research lately, as much havoc as this raises, their were actually about 20 cases prosecuted for fraud over the past decade. However, it was nothing that would have been preventable with voter ID. Also, this bill has been on then off the docket since 1998. So, this is nothing new, but it keeps coming up. Another tidbit for thought, with internet access readily available to almost every American, chances are, fraud is easier to pull off. I don't see being able to get this opportunity for fraud under control, without a voter ID bill. I think everyone should have a photo ID, but that's just my opinion. What happens when these people that others claim will be disenfranchised by requiring an ID go to a doctor? I now have to present a photo ID to be treated for a cold.
May 5, 2011 at 9:54 a.m.
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"If you are against voter ID you are for fraud. You are for voter fraud you are no different than a terrorist PERIOD. SHAME SHAME SHAME on you for creating fraud!"
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Please present some evidence to support your claim totellthetruth or change your name to Iamasham. The basis for your claim is laughable. According to your logic, anyone with a photo ID is qualified to vote. The majority of voting irregularities has PROVEN to have resulted from the incompetence of some poll workers and electorate NOT from voter fraud. Our Republican Atty. General spent a great deal of time and effort into investigating vote fraud in the 2008 election. He found enough evidence to prosecute 20 individuals NONE of whom would have been caught by requiring a photo ID. That's 20 cases of voter fraud out of nearly 3 MILLION votes cast. There is NO justification for requiring a photo ID to eliminate voter fraud. The facts provide the proof.
May 4, 2011 at 6:04 p.m.
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poorrichard, oh but they can't take someone's character to issue. They are Nuns for crying out loud. Idiotic. This is all getting so ridiculous!
May 4, 2011 at 2:10 p.m.
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The Klopper has thrown out the votes of 18 monastry nuns from the town of Summit because they were mail in ballots that was in the bag with the regular ballots. Wow! Thats pretty low even for a Democrat.
May 4, 2011 at 2:06 p.m.
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"It's the Democratic way...keep counting till you get to the number you need!"
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As opposed to the republican way: count until you're ahead, then stop (i.e. Florida in 2000)
May 4, 2011 at 1:56 p.m.
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I seriously doubt that the costs would be $2.7 million per year........the democrats must have hired the guy who did the cost estimating on Obama's HCR to get numbers that far from reality:)
May 4, 2011 at 1:29 p.m.
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According to Republicans all we have to do is spend $2.7 million per year and force every voter to show a photo ID when they vote and we won't have this problem anymore.
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You're right, it doesn't make any sense at all but then that's true of most Republican policies.
May 4, 2011 at 12:19 p.m.
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You have things twisted, SG. Corporate corruption is currently running this country, and we're about to put it to an end.
May 4, 2011 at 12:18 p.m.
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SG - what are you afraid of?
And yes, the Democratic way is to ensure there is no corruption when there are significant factors in question. You should want the same, unless of course you're afraid of what might happen from such confirmation.
May 4, 2011 at 11:46 a.m.
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Klops campaign just petitioned to have the ballots of 18 nuns in Praire du Sac disinfrancised. The grounds were that were all the absentee ballots should have been mailed singularly, not all seperaratly, but mailed together in a large envelope. How desperate.Talk about desperation, disinfranchised?
May 4, 2011 at 11:39 a.m.
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Waukesha county is running into all kinds of trouble. One bag wasn't sealed, the number seal on two bags don't match up... it's crazy! I sure hope the feds decide to get in there. I don't care all that much who wins; the strong message was already sent just by the results being so close. I do care about corruption though.
May 4, 2011 at 11:36 a.m.
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NOBAMA - that was a ridiculous post. The two don't even compare.
OBAMA IN 2012!
May 4, 2011 at 11:31 a.m.
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Kind of makes you wonder how many elections weren't accurate. Scary to think they aren't flawless, huh?
May 4, 2011 at 10:45 a.m.
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who does not accept defeat of McCain coffeeman???
May 4, 2011 at 10:40 a.m.
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The machines errored not the humans in this artcle so the Waukesha one was deliberate act IMO as it still has not been Proven that the votes are not duplicate. OBAMA 2012 YEAH
May 3, 2011 at 8:54 p.m.
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And yet to this day you can not accept defeat of McCain by President Obama. Hypocrits.
May 3, 2011 at 8:12 p.m.
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OOOOOHHHHH They should all be fired! Isnt that what the democraps wanted when the woman in Waukesha made an error? Oh wait, it went 35 votes in FAVOR of krappenburg so the Democraps wont say a word!
May 3, 2011 at 7:37 p.m.
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Don't let the constant pressure from the left get to you. It is by design. Push push push is what they do. They never admit defeat. Don’t give up. We will stand strong. We must not waiver. We will stand for the truth. America needs us.
May 3, 2011 at 7:09 p.m.
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Silliness, in my opinion.
May 3, 2011 at 6:30 p.m.
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How do we know the recount is accurate? Now you have two different numbers. I think we need a re-re-count just to make sure.
I'm just sayin'...
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