Wisconsin: No criminal conduct found in Nickolaus' actions

[Scuba]

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/130703943.html

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The state Government Accountability Board said on Wednesday it found probable cause to believe that Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus violated the state law requiring county clerks to post all returns on election night, but concluded that the violation in the April election was not willful and therefore did not constitute criminal misconduct.

Included in the released documents was a letter from Government Accountability Board Chair Thomas H. Barland to Nickolaus that was critical of her actions and noted that she undermined public trust.

"Your failure to post election returns at the reporting unit level on Election Night led candidates for the office of Supreme Court Justice, Wisconsin voters and members of the media at the state and national level to believe the election for State Supreme Court Justice was within 200 votes when in fact unofficial returns would have shown a difference of more than 7,000 votes out of approximately 1.5 million votes cast," Barland wrote.

"This action has significantly undermined public confidence in the conduct of elections in Wisconsin and Waukesha County. As a result state and local election officials, and you in particular, will have to regain the trust of the Wisconsin electorate in the administration of elections in Wisconsin and Waukesha County," Barland states.

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[PeaceNikki]

1. The good news is that this has lit a fire under the asses of Waukesha County Democrats.

We are organized and full of passion and drive. We are watching every move here and working our asses off.

[Scuba]

2. Thank you Nikki.

[PeaceNikki]

3. We still have the 3rd most Democrats of all 72 counties in the state.

We're vastly outnumbered, but in raw numbers we're right behind Dane and Milwaukee.

[indepat]

4. What an effin' farce

:patriot:

[Blue Owl]

5. Kathy Nickolaus and her special remote control purse

OK then, so while the Republicans continue to lose numbers and become more out of touch with the plight of the average American, they'll still keep winning by just a few thousand votes every time.

Why look -- it says the Republicans won right there on Kathy Nickolaus' own fucking laptop!

:sarcasm:

[PeaceNikki]

6. Just to be clear, Waukesha County is red and only gotten redder since the mess Walker started

Her laptop didn't 'say' anything in this case. Her stupidity resulted in an entire community's votes not being included in the county totals reported to the media. The tapes and ballots reconciled. If she were trying to steal an election, the dumbest way to do that would be to omit an entire municipality that leaned in her guy's favor - especially since it would be caught in canvas by anyone with a calculator and the tapes.