Since everybody rested on Sunday, there isn’t an update for Day 12. Monday was supposed to be the end of the recount, but due to the multitude of stalling tactics by the JoAnne Kloppenburg campaign in Waukesha County, the deadline for that county was extended to May 26. The other 71 counties completed their portions of the recount by the end of the statutory deadline, and the Government Accountability Board completed certification of the returns from 70 of them. With those 70 counties (containing 3,353 of the 3,602 reporting units), the 55 reporting units in Sauk County (the one county complete but not yet certified) and the 47 reporting units in Waukesha County recounted as of Saturday night, 95.92% of the reporting units have completed their recount of 1,411,609 votes (about 94% of the votes). That, along with the pre-recount totals in the 147 reporting units in Waukesha County not yet recounted, puts David Prosser’s lead over Kloppenburg at 6,977 votes. MORE.
Via Weasel Zippers
Just another reminder of why democracy is an awful system of government. I am more repulsed by it every day.
ReplyDeleteJust think of the wasted money. Asinine.
ReplyDeleteBy my rough math that leaves about 74k votes to go. With a lead of about 7k that's still an open race, but that one county's votes need to have a lot of eyes confirming each one. It would take a significant deviation from the overall trend to wipe out the lead.
ReplyDeleteI read that a number of lawyers from both sides have been following the recounts, so I imagine they all will be looking at this one county.
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