Waukesha voting irregularities go back to 2004...

[shraby]

very interesting diary on DailyKos recounting the outstanding turnout in 2004 as well as other amazing figures.

<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/11/965994/-Waukesha-voting-irregularities-go-back-to-2004>

Waukesha 2004, Bush v. Kerry.

Apparently in 2004 the polls in Waukesha were teeming with voters as the Waukesha County Clerk's office showed a 97.63% turn out. No, that's not a typo. 97.63%

Of the 236,642 registered voters in Waukesha on Nov 2, 2004 apparently 231,031 of them came out in a hint of rain and drizzle and did their civic duty.

Just to put this in perspective, Australia has compulsory (mandatory) voting and their turnout is 95%.

The estimated population of Waukesha in July of 2004 was 375,350 with 91,530 residents under the age of 18. (source) Leaving out solely residents under the age of 18 that leaves 283,820 residents that are of voting age (remember that number, it will be referenced again). That's an 83% voter registration number which is well above both the national average and Wisconsin's average.

Kathy Nickolaus bragged about 2004 turnout on the eve of the 2008 election:

(more)

<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/11/965994/-Waukesha-voting-irregularities-go-back-to-2004>

[shraby]

1. It's late so I'm giving this a shameless kick.

It's too important to let fall.

[The Magistrate]

2. Quite Extraordinary, Ma'am

This old Chicagoan is impressed....

[murielm99]

3. Another kick.

I hope that some of the DUers who are insisting that only "honest mistakes" have been made in Waukesha County will read this.

[Tx4obama]

4. No one has said that.

People have only been saying that the City of Brookfield's numbers that they transmitted to the county on election night that did not show up on the county print out were an error of omission.

The omission was found on canvassing day and corrected.

No one that I have seen has ever said that ALL of the mistakes that have been made in Waukesha County during OTHER years were honest.

But the April 5, 2011 error was an honest mistake, the totals that Brookfield transmitted have been checked out and found to be correct.

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From today...

WI Update 4:58 PM - Kennedy: Waukesha County investigation ongoing, but numbers appear to match up

GAB Director Kevin Kennedy says the agency's investigation of spring election procedures in Waukesha County remains ongoing, but that the final canvass numbers in the city of Brookfield match the initial tallies from poll workers on Election Night.

"We don't see, at this point, any criminal activity, but we certainly see practices that need to be changed to bolster public confidence," Kennedy said.

GAB staff is now the process of matching those numbers for all Waukesha County wards after Brookfield ballots were mistakenly left out of Election Night returns from the county clerk. The numbers tentatively turned a razor-thin lead for Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg into a margin of more than 7,000 votes in favor of incumbent Justice David Prosser.

Kennedy also said GAB staff is reviewing Election Night practices in the county, saying he hopes to give the public and the press greater access to the county's results and break them down by voting precinct so that the 24 voting wards in Brookfield wouldn't be overlooked in future elections.

http://elections.wispolitics.com

[murielm99]

5. Well look who shows up to be an apologist...AGAIN.

I did not mention you or anyone else by name. Yet here you are, making sure that everyone knows that there is nothing to see here, so we should all move along.

Stop following me. Go away.

[Tx4obama]

8. I am not following you - I am following the Wisconsin election threads.

I have every right to post on the Wisconsin election discussion threads on DU just as much as you do.

[rufus dog]

7. O.K. this has passed the point of being fucking annoying!

You have no idea NONE that the April 5th irregularity was a mistake. At best that is your opinion. Read the damn quote you use for back up, "We don't see, at this point, ...."

Direct question, what is your intent on continuing to post statements?

What do you do for a living?

[Tx4obama]

9. Questioning the motives of DUers is against DU rules.

And it is none of your business what I do for a living.
I am a liberal democrat and that is all you need to know.

[rufus dog]

10. Use your alert button

I have twice, recently, once tonight and once last Thursday.

[WheelWalker]

6. Recommend.

[Tx4obama]

11. Updated HuffPo article regarding Brookfield numbers and also the 2011 Waukesha turnout

UPDATE: 11:20 p.m. -- Perhaps the most convincing evidence so far that human error explains the initial omission of Brookfield's results comes from our colleagues at the Brookfield Patch. On election night, they reported a vote total for Brookfield that exactly matches the vote total Kathy Nickolaus did not include in the County level count until Thursday. As Joe Petrie and Lisa Sink of the Brookfield Patch reported on Thursday (via Mickey Kaus):

On election night, the City of Brookfield reported that Prosser received 10,859 votes from city residents, or 76 percent of the vote, compared to the 3,456 votes cast for challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg. The Brookfield Patch reported those numbers in a story with chart posted about 12:30 a.m. election night.

(Brookfield City Clerk Kristine) Schmidt said her office also posted the results on the city's web site before going home on election night.
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The WHOLE article and graph is very informative, should be read by all: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/09/wisconsin-election-bombshell_n_847000.html



Edited to add second and third paragraph.