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BradBlog

(2,938 posts)
Thu Apr 5, 2012, 09:07 PM Apr 2012

BREAKING: Waukesha, WI's Nickolaus Recuses Self From Administration of Upcoming Recall Elections

Source: BRAD BLOG



BREAKING: Waukesha, WI's Nickolaus Recuses Self From Administration of Upcoming Recall Elections

Waukesha County's oft-failed election administrator, Kathy Nickolaus will not participate in the upcoming recall elections for Gov. Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four Republican state Senators.

The BRAD BLOG first learned the news from a Wisconsin Election Integrity advocate late this afternoon, and it has now been confirmed with a statement issued by the office of Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas.

Her decision to recuse herself from the May 8th recall primaries and June 5th recall general elections comes on the heels of yet another embarrassing election administration failure this past Tuesday by the controversial County Clerk in one of the Badger State's most Republican counties.

The BRAD BLOG has been reporting on the many election administration failures of Nickolaus going back as far as 2010 when she refused to change a number of procedures at the request of County Executives after an audit found serious deficiencies in her security processes, such as failing to post election results online, and tracking them only on a personal computer in her own office. But it was the April 2011 election for state Supreme Court that brought national infamy to Nickolaus...

FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9236


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BREAKING: Waukesha, WI's Nickolaus Recuses Self From Administration of Upcoming Recall Elections (Original Post) BradBlog Apr 2012 OP
Now can we get that special source code to recuse itself too..... midnight Apr 2012 #1
She should have been fired long ago. Webster Green Apr 2012 #2
She's elected. Can't be fired... BradBlog Apr 2012 #4
She shouldn't have been given the choice of stepping aside rather than resigning. shcrane71 Apr 2012 #8
They need to get her lap top. Historic NY Apr 2012 #3
will she be around for the federal elections? madrchsod Apr 2012 #5
In theory. She'll be running in it herself, if... BradBlog Apr 2012 #6
Self-kicking... BradBlog Apr 2012 #7
Not good enough. TroglodyteScholar Apr 2012 #9
Kick and recommend WheelWalker Apr 2012 #10
K & R--I think she's busted librechik Apr 2012 #11
Just one of those old GOP dirty tricks. Cal33 Apr 2012 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author eowyn_of_rohan Apr 2012 #13
anti-american piece of shit fascisthunter Apr 2012 #14

shcrane71

(1,721 posts)
8. She shouldn't have been given the choice of stepping aside rather than resigning.
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 12:18 PM
Apr 2012

If the shoe was on the other foot (i.e. Repugs being on the short-end of Waukesha shenanigans), then she would have been forced to resign.

BradBlog

(2,938 posts)
6. In theory. She'll be running in it herself, if...
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 12:13 AM
Apr 2012

...if she wins her primary in...August, I think. If so, she'll both be on the ballot in November, and overseeing it in Waukesha.

Neat, eh?

librechik

(30,674 posts)
11. K & R--I think she's busted
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 12:51 PM
Apr 2012

one of those "fake" morons who get hired to do stupid things over and over in order to bungle the election--They are all over the place--oddly, in swing states predominantly

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