You won't believe what just happened in Wisconsin

[BonnieJW]

An extraordinary development in the Wisconsin state Supreme Court election: The county clerk for conservative Waukesha County has reported that she neglected to include 14,000 votes from the town of Brookfield in the totals she sent to the Associated Press Tuesday night. The new numbers reportedly give conservative incumbent David Prosser a net gain of 7,582 additional votes, decisively swinging the race in his favor. At a press conference Thursday afternoon, the Waukesha county clerk, a Republican, reported that the votes for Brookfield had not been "saved in the computer."

Further complicating the story, the clerk in question, Kathy Nickolaus, a former computer specialist, received flak last summer for her idiosyncratic approach to collecting and maintaining election data. And in 2002, during a criminal investigation into illegal campaigning on state time," while running for the office of Waukesha county clerk, Nickolaus was granted immunity from prosecution, for reasons that are unclear at this writing.

All day long, Wisconsin's counties have been recanvassing their vote totals, resulting in numerous small adjustments that have favored both candidates -- and are entirely normal in such situations. But Democrats are sure to scream bloody murder about a mistake this large suddenly turning up, and with reason. Imagine what Republicans would be doing if the situation was reversed.

http://www.salon.com/technology/how_the_world_works/index.html?story=/tech/htww/2011/04/07/huge_swing_in_wisconsin_court_election&source=newsletter&utm_source=contactology&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Salon_Daily%2520Newsletter%2520%2528Premium%2529_7_30_110

[PeaceNikki]

1. That happened Thursday and there have been no less than 4,568,325 threads on DU discussing

[Lefta Dissenter]

2. 4,568,325 threads on the wall,

4,568,325 threads on the wall,
Write one down, give out the call,
4,568,326 threads on the wall.

[RC]

4. Apparently some people don't read their memos

[PeaceNikki]

5. lol

:D

[SpiralHawk]

6. Oooooo, 4,568,326 threads on the wall,

4,568,326 threads on the wall,
Write one down, give out the call,
4,568,327 threads on the wall.

Ooooooo, ...

[William769]

12. I want a recount on the number of thread posts!

[PeaceNikki]

15. You'll need a court order for that, I'm told..

[LaurenG]

17. So? Is this an issue that shouldn't be here? nt

[Webster Green]

3. WTF?!

It's good this didn't get posted in LBN.

[Jackpine Radical]

7. Holy Cow, when did this happen??!?

[Township75]

9. LOL!

Good One!

can't even remember that guy's name but I do remember teh story from 5th grade.

[SpiralHawk]

20. That'd be Ye Olde Ripster (d)

Boy was he pissed when he woke up to find out what the Republicon Homelanders had done to his beloved US of A.

[AngryAmish]

8. Move this to LBN right fucking now!!11!!

[littlewolf]

10. Thank you ... I needed a smile ....

[Lefta Dissenter]

11. I am SERIES!!11! This is HUGH !!111!!1!1

Sorry, Bonnie, letting off a little steam at your thread's expense. :hi:

[undeterred]

13. Is it Groundhog day? Did he see his shadow?

[elocs]

14. I think this is a joke on DUers who continually repost the same story

for 3 days in a row, this just takes it to a ridiculous level.

I highly doubt that many here at DU ever do a quick search to check if a story has already been posted, sometimes 3 or 4 times already. Most DUers evidently believe that if the story is new to them, it's new to everyone.

Let me add that I regularly notice some of DU's biggest posters simply reposting a story that has already appeared. The difference is that the original post usually gets a few Recs, but if one of the big DU names posts the exact same story DUers fall all over themselves to Rec it.

[pintobean]

18. +1

The groupie factor always amuses me.

[elocs]

19. Yes, and DU certainly has its groupies. n/t

[Chipper Chat]

16. What happened in Wisconsin?

Gov Walker outlaw cheese?

[Lefta Dissenter]

21. No,

he cut the cheese, but that's nothing new! :D

[donheld]

22. Bonnie dear, you really do need to try to keep up.