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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 recount in Wisconsin history, an Associated Press survey of clerks found. The AP asked clerks in all 72 counties how much it would cost to […]
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 9. Wisconsin’s nonpartisan Government Accountability Board discussed the recount procedure Monday with local election officials from nearly all 72 counties. Given the rarity of a […]
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.
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 completed last week show Prosser has a 7,316-vote lead over Kloppenburg. Prosser’s lawyer, Jim Troupis, promised on Monday to challenge any request from Kloppenburg to [&hel[...]
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 on Wednesday she wants a statewide recount after county tallies showed she lost to Prosser by 7,316 votes. State law requires precincts that used electronic […]
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 advocacy group, say Supreme Court challenger Joanne Kloppenburg must ask for a statewide hand recount to ensure the integrity of the election. The protesters were […]
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 David Prosser, a race that marked yet another front in the fight over Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s polarizing union rights law. Final county tallies compiled […]
Prosser camp: Election recount would be frivolous (UPDATE)
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser’s campaign consultants pressured his challenger to forego a recount in their messy race Monday, warning that such efforts would be costly and frivolous. County tallies completed last week showed Prosser defeated JoAnne Kloppenburg by 7,316 votes. She has until Wednesday […]
Kloppenburg camp weighing recount
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court hopeful JoAnne Kloppenburg says her campaign is weighing whether to seek a recount. Completed county totals released Friday afternoon show incumbent Justice David Prosser with a 7,316-vote lead over Kloppenburg. She has until Wednesday to seek a recount. Her campaign would not have to pay for it since […]
State election officials to review court votes
Madison (AP) - Wisconsin's chief election official has dispatched staffers to Waukesha County after the clerk there announced she had 14,000 more votes than she reported on election night.
Kloppenburg raising recount money as Prosser gains lead
Waukesha - A stunning discovery of votes in Wisconsin could give the state's hotly contested Supreme Court race to the conservative incumbent after a race in which the lead has switched several times as votes poured in from across the state.
Kloppenburg raising recount dollars
Waukesha, WI (AP) – The candidate on the losing end of Wisconsin’s hotly contested state Supreme Court race has started raising money for a recount. JoAnne Kloppenburg’s campaign manager, Melissa Mulliken, said Friday that fundraising efforts for a recount have begun, but she stopped short of saying the candidate would request one. Mulliken refused to […]
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