April 30, 2011
April 27, 2011
Recount Starts Today!
Counties Streaming:
April 21, 2011
Thursday: Tracking the Data on Recalls
What are the stats behind the recalls? Check out our recall watch stat tracker spreadsheet. All the stats and numbers to build your scenarios to figure out who will survive and who will dust off their resume. Then check the recall scorecard to see how far along they are in the process.
Real Clear Politics has the numbers analyzed – and the Dems have an incredible strategy – pick off the weakest two in the 1st wave, then build momentum and go for a 2nd wave, and if things roll along – the 3rd wave will be even more vulnerable. Compare the tiers to the order the signatures were turned in…
April 20, 2011
The Road Ahead
Monday, April 25 – GAB issues order for recount
1:30 – 3:30 PM – GAB Conference Call with County Clerks (Watch Online)
Wednesday, April 27 – Recount starts at 9 AM
Tuesday, May 3rd – Special Election for AD 60, 83, 94 Map
June 14th, 2011: Recall Primary for SD 18, SD 32 (tentative) - Map
June 28th, 2011: Recall Primary for SD 8, 10, 12, 14, 22 (tentative) – Map
July 12th, 2011: Recall General for SD 18, SD 32 (tentative) - Map
July 26th, 2011: Recall General for SD 8, 10, 12, 14, 22 (tentative) - Map
April 16, 2011
Saturday: Madison Tea Party with Sarah Palin!
Today: Noon – 2 PM: Madison Tea Party hosted by AFP
Will see what coverage we can get from there 
Watch the Tea Party Live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/melchert
Watch MacIvers Webcam of protests and partiers
Here’s what we were able to stream (after the power supply to the MacBook tripped the wires…
Watch Prosser’s Victory Speech and Tea Party Highlights from Wisconsin Eye!
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April 15, 2011
Friday: The final countdown
Today’s Schedule:
8:30 AM Milwaukee, WI – Continuing Proofing
2:30 PM Milwaukee County Canvass Complete
4:00 PM Prosser Declares Victory!
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Video from today:
2:22 pm – FINAL #S:
- Statewide:
- Prosser: 752,323
- Kloppenburg: 745,007
- Scatter: 1,550.
- Final County Tally.
- Final Margin: 7,316.
- Total votes cast: 1,498,880.
1:54 pm – count done, correcting #s for GAB
1:10 pm – Better mic hopefully at our feed http://72.13.86.202:7070/live.html
12:45 PM - Check out our livestream! (audio now working)
12:40 PM - So far today prosser up 1 net.
Canvass going well – for real time updates check @Melchert
April 14, 2011
Thursday update: The end is near?
Today’s Schedule: 9:00 AM Milwaukee, WI – Continuing Proofing
4:29 pm – Milwaukee County Proofing adjourned for the day – final results expected tomorrow. Rechecked our spreadsheet numbers today. Current numbers: Prosser 752,320 – Klopp 744,997. Margin of victory – 7,323. 7,486 votes or less qualifies for a government-paid recount.
3:25 pm – @KyleMaichle52: Absentee ballots reconciled – no net change on vote totals
2:17 pm – 58 Absentee ballots from Wards 48 and 103 of city of Milwaukee are being hand counted.
Recall Watch: Summer Timetable of Recall Elections
What’s the count on the recalls and what does the summer calendar look like?
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April 1, 2011 | May 1, 2011 | June 14th, 2011
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April 18, 2011 | May 18, 2011 | June 28th, 2011
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April 19, 2011 | May 19, 2011 | June 28th, 2011 | July 26th, 2011 |
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April 21, 2011 | May 21, 2011 | June 28th, 2011 | July 26th, 2011 |
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April 21, 2011 | May 21, 2011 | June 28th, 2011 | July 26th, 2011 |
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April 13, 2011
Where are we at?
Milwaukee County, the only county left to report should be in tomorrow. No word yet from Team Kloppenburg on the results of their 16-person, 2-day review of over 250,000 names on the Waukesha County voter rolls. Some groups are calling for a statewide handcount of the results. This would be a 72-county, one at a time, count of 1.5 million ballots.
However, once Milwaukee turns in its numbers, this means that all 109 cities, 405 villages, and 1,257 towns have processed the election results, submitted them to their county clerk, the county clerk has convened the canvassing board and the bipartisan boards of all 72 counties have reconciled all discrepancies and completed a finished count of all votes, write-in votes, undervotes, over votes, blank votes, and other ways of voting that are being invented by the populace. The 72 counties will have submitted their data to the state election board, and the state board will have certified the result. And the final result will be that Prosser has a 6,500 to 7,500 vote lead over Kloppenburg. It will be about a half a percent or so.
“History does not provide a rosy picture of recounts of a half a percent or less,” said Brian J. Nemoir, Prosser recount team spokesman. “While there may be a legal right to a recount, after a review of past results and consideration for the heavy burden upon the state, it is in the best interests of the state to have the common sense decision be made to avoid the unnecessary drama of a recount.”
Hopefully once Milwaukee certifies its results, and the Kloppenburg team reviews its massive review of every individual voter in Waukesha County, we’ll be able to end this phase of the perpetual campaign in Wisconsin… and move on to the recall elections.
Wednesday Update – the Continuing Saga
Today’s Schedule:
8:30 AM Medford, WI – Taylor County Draw Down – One Ballot
9:00 AM Milwaukee, WI – Continuing Canvass & Proofing
6:04 PM – A reader passes on this link: Fiscally responsible Prosser should forgo $$$ WI recount (DailyKos). Because a 7,000 vote margin is far above “a fairly comfortable margin of just over 200 votes” – a recount that is “free” to the candidate will cost the state “well over one million dollars.”
4:05 PM – Milwaukee County is wrapping up for the day. Tomorrow is the new finish line projection. 38 wards in Milwaukee, 2 in Wauwatosa (22, 24), 2 in Oak Creek (4-6, 7-9), and 1 in West Allis (13) need to be reverified. 1 in West Allis and 1 in Oak Creek need a draw down (see Taylor County).
3:51 PM – Made some corrections to our county count – thanks for pointing out typos. Latest #s: Prosser 752,320 to Kloppenburg 744,995. Prosser 50.25% – Kloppenburg 49.75%. Margin of victory – 7,325. 162 votes within the threshold for free recount.
3:47 PM – from North Shore – “We will not be done in Milwaukee County today. I spoke with Lisa Weiner and she told me 38 wards in the city have to be re-verified”
12:42 PM – from North Shore Strategy Group: “We may expect results to come in before the end of business today. There could be a presser later today.”
12:12 PM – Kloppenburg loses a vote in the Taylor County drawdown of Medford District 2 (Wards 3, 4). A drawdown occurs typically with an improperly accepted absentee ballot. (Coincidentally a friend of mine was down by one on election night, after a drawdown was tied, and won on a coin flip). Sauk county also reports to the GAB – no change. In our county count, Prosser is up to a 7,272 vote lead, with 50.24% of the vote. If Prosser netted 215 votes in Milwaukee (still yet to report) a recount would cost Kloppenburg over $30,000.
11:54 AM – Apparently the GAB posted Milwaukee up for a little bit in its unofficial canvass. Going off the latest #s from the wards in our county count, Prosser is up to a 7,271 vote lead, with 50.24% of the vote.
10:47 AM Update - kylemaichle52 “An employee for the Milwaukee County Elections Commission is beginning to enter in the final numbers for the suburban wards.”
Here’s what’s going on in Taylor: “RECONVENE TO CANVASS THE ELECTIONRESULTS FROM THE CITY OF MEDORDDISTRICT 3 (W-5&6) REQUIRED DUE TODRAW DOWN OF ONE BALLOT CONTAININGA VOTE FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICEFROM THE APRIL 5, 2011 SPRING ELECTION.”
