Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Journal Sentinel Wants Waukesha County Clerk To Quit

Or step aside.

Fine.

But what if the inveterate incompetent Kathy Nickolaus doesn't?

The GAB needs to assert its authority by remaking her computer system, then managing it over her shoulder through the recall elections, and as a backup, federal election monitors - - even borrowed from the State Department which helps developing countries or new democracies stage honest elections - - should be on-site.

Waukesha County needs to be dragged into the last few decades of the 20th century with election processes and computer machines that are reliable and credible.
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6 comments:

  1. zombie rotten mcdonaldApril 4, 2012 at 8:45 PM

    Maybe we should bring Jimmy Carter in as an election monitor. Heck, he's done it for other third world governments struggling with the unfamiliar concepts of democracy, he can probably do it for Walkerstan.

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  2. zombie rotten mcdonaldApril 4, 2012 at 8:51 PM

    She should have stepped down after the first kerfuffle.

    That this is the third episode is a strong indicator that she is unable to see her duty clear anymore.

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  3. AnonymousApril 5, 2012 at 9:01 AM

    Hear, hear.

    We absolutely cannot countenance this repeated incompetence (?) surfacing again, it seems inevitably, in the recall primary and election. The feds -- the Justice Department -- were here to oversee voting in the Hispanic wards in Milwaukee this week. They needed to head west to Nicklaus Country.

    Petition from the other 71 counties, since Waukeshans won't do what it takes to run ethical elections?

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  4. Reagan's DiscipleApril 5, 2012 at 10:49 AM

    @Anon,

    You are sadly misinformed. While Nickolaus may be viewed as incompetent by many, including republicans, there is no evidence whatsoever that she is running unethical elections. Unless of course by unethical you mean "not the way I wanted it to turn out."

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  5. AnonymousApril 5, 2012 at 5:22 PM

    Reagan - good to see you back. If she were a doctor and displayed gross errors in routine duties would you want her to still be your doctor. Can a clerk who performs so poorly be inadvertently unethical?



    Is her in your face unwavering ( I can do no wrong attitude) unethical?

    The bottom line- these were massive errors performed on a huge scale.
    Can we trust her judgment to correct "minor" voting right errors?
    Can one be unethical because of perceived but misleading incompententcy?

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  6. zombie rotten mcdonaldApril 5, 2012 at 5:43 PM

    perhaps Anon@9:01 meant to say "competent and timely" elections, rather than 'ethical'

    or maybe "minimally adequate" would also work.

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