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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midnight
(26,624 posts)Webster Green
(13,905 posts)WTF?!
BradBlog
(2,938 posts)As noted in my story. Check it out!
shcrane71
(1,721 posts)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.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)madrchsod
(58,162 posts)BradBlog
(2,938 posts)...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?
BradBlog
(2,938 posts)...ouch. That hurt.
TroglodyteScholar
(5,477 posts)She is a threat to democracy and should have no involvement in elections whatsoever.
WheelWalker
(8,955 posts)librechik
(30,674 posts)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
Cal33
(7,018 posts)Response to BradBlog (Original post)
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