The Political Environment: Xoff's Fine Summary Of The Waukesha Vote 'Find'

Friday, April 8, 2011

Xoff's Fine Summary Of The Waukesha Vote 'Find'

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2 comments:

Max B said...: "Nickolaus earned $54,000 a year as a data analyst and computer specialist for Assembly Republicans."

So she has experience with data management AND computers?! And her error was that she forgot to SAVE? And that she didn't check vote totals once more before making results official? Or that she ASSUMED that the Brookfield totals were already included? You couldn't write believable fiction from this material!

If she had any integrity, she'd resign.

Yes, everyone makes mistakes. But this one is a doozy. And it sounds as if she'd already made her personal quota of mistakes while working for the legislature.; April 8, 2011 at 11:02 AM
Becca said...: On jsonline.com, Craig Gilbert writes

Brookfield's totals, turnout are consistent
Do the voting figures look fishy from a purely numerical standpoint? Are they implausible on their face based on what we know about the turnout history of Brookfield and Waukesha County compared with other places? Not at first glance.

Your link to Uppity Wisconsin leads to this:

On Tuesday, shockingly-large turnout suddenly emerged from Waukesha County, which did not comport with either the results of previous spring elections, or even internal estimates from city officials mid-day. In fact, a Waukesha City Deputy Clerk said at 1:18pm that turnout was very typical, predicting somewhere between 20 to 25 percent. As Tuesday night wore on, reporting in Waukesha County stopped altogether for hours, leaving observers to wonder what was going on. Then suddenly, results suggesting massive turnout started to pour in rapidly with Prosser adding dramatically to his total by a 73-27 percent margin.

These two accounts are contradictory, aren't they?; April 9, 2011 at 7:04 PM