Monday afternoon updates:
- Dane County Sheriff’s Office has opened an investigation into the alleged altercation in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Chambers.
- The Wisconsin Judicial Commission has also opened an investigation.
- No comment today from Justices David Prosser and Ann Walsh Bradley
The latest twist in the Supreme Court recount: absentee ballots cast by several nuns in Sauk County have been thrown out.
The recount begins at 9:00 a.m. this morning in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. This is only the third statewide recount in Wisconsin history. The last one came in 1989 over a constitutional amendment dealing with property taxes. The other: the 1858 governor’s race. Meanwhile, County clerks say the Wisconsin Supreme Court recount will cost them at least a half-a-million dollars.
We just received this statement from the GAB (regarding its review of election results from Waukesha County):
MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board staff has completed its review of election results from Waukesha County for the Wisconsin Supreme Court race between Justice David Prosser and JoAnne Kloppenburg.
We are satisfied that the numbers reported by the municipalities were consistent with the numbers certified by the Waukesha County Board of Canvassers. Although staff identified a few anomalies, the G.A.B. finds no major discrepancies between Waukesha County’s official canvass report and the documentation provided by the municipalities.
G.A.B. staff members spent four days reviewing the election materials from all reporting units in Waukesha County, and interviewed Clerk Kathy Nickolaus. We will continue our investigation into issues related to the reporting of vote totals on Election Night and reports from the 2006 election posted on the Waukesha County website.
We posted more info at NBC15.com
