election

Apr 27, 2011

Recount begins in Supreme Court election  (SLIDESHOW)

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The first statewide recount in more than 20 years began Wednesday with county workers scrutinizing ballots in a state Supreme Court […]

Apr 26, 2011

Supreme Court recount to cost $500K or more (UPDATE)

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court recount will cost at least $500,000, as county election officials feel their way through the third statewide […]

Apr 25, 2011

Supreme Court recount deadline May 9 (UPDATE)

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The recount in the state Supreme Court race will begin Wednesday and, barring a court-ordered extension, must be finished by May […]

Apr 25, 2011

View from around the state: Certainty is worth cost of recount

The recount of the votes in the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court race is the right thing to do. Challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg, who trails incumbent Justice David Prosser by 7,316 votes, requested the statewide recount recently.

Apr 25, 2011

Klein elected as State Bar president

For the third time in the last four years, the State Bar of Wisconsin elected another president-elect who supports a voluntary bar. Phillips attorney Kevin Klein won the election for […]

Apr 25, 2011

Clerks to discuss Supreme Court recount

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state board that oversees elections in Wisconsin is hosting a meeting with local elections officials to discuss how a recount of the state Supreme Court […]

Apr 21, 2011

Attorney backtracks on vow to block recount

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser‘s attorney has backed off from his promise to challenge any recount in Prosser’s race against challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg. County tallies […]

Apr 21, 2011

Supreme Court candidates agree to partial hand recount

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser and challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg have agreed to a partial hand recount in several dozen counties. Kloppenburg told state election officials […]

Apr 20, 2011

Protesters push for Supreme Court candidate to seek recount

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group of protesters gathered in front of the Wisconsin Capitol demanding a recount in the state’s Supreme Court race. Members of Wisconsin Wave, a progressive […]

Apr 20, 2011

Kloppenburg will seek statewide recount (UPDATE)

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg asked election officials Wednesday for a statewide recount in her flagging upset bid against Justice […]

Apr 19, 2011

State: No ‘major’ problems with Supreme Court votes

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials say Waukesha County‘s vote totals in the state Supreme Court election appear to match totals from the county’s municipalities. The Government Accountability Board […]

Apr 19, 2011

Outside groups spent $4.5 million on Wis. court race (UPDATE)

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Outside groups spent $4.5 million in the two months leading up to this spring’s state Supreme Court election, according to a new study a government watchdog […]