That's just the one that I saw when I was there. I'm sure there will be more MAU... but rest assured... Heather and I are on it.

An interesting theory of why Waukesha was always so late, so that Milwaukee/Dane Co. did not know how to stuff their (D) ballots. Sounds like it could be right on the $$$.

If this wasn't such a hypocritical statement it would be funny.

HA HA HA - i think he's trying to be funny, i mean he's gotta be - Dman, you're joking, right?

the union hacks just TORE OUR STATE APART because they couldn't wait patiently until the next SCHEDULED election and this guys says Wanggaard needs to let it go?

i'm laughing only to not start crying...

@jukap29

Get over it .
van LOST@@

Ha, you;re funny morningmist, i think i actually remember telling you personally teh same thing about a year ago when you and Bono were piping up about how badly Walker was going to lose the recall

frankly the only reason i care is that he grew up with my father and wasn't a draft dodger like the guy who stole, err, "legitimately won with no shady dealings whatsoever" the 21st municipal district

how does it feel to know you won a minor battle but lost the war? i mean seriously, i'm surprised you still come on to boards with the way you typed till your fingers bled how angry the "middle class" was with Walker's action...

ps - i love you brother/sister, thanks for being such a great sport!

and furthermore morninmist - i think i remember you screaming at the top of your lungs during the Kloppenburg/Prosser flap - if anyone should get better about being a sore loser, well, just take a look in the mirror

i love watching crazy political types heads explode! meanwhile i laugh the whole time thinking to myself - funny, i can't really tell the difference between the R's and the D's - they're all career stooges (aka politicians)

You mean like the recall of Walker, right?

Gee, 5 of 6 in the WAUKESHA election for Supreme Court were improperly sealed, or even TORN OPEN, but THAT was perfectly fine by GOP?? They were awfully quick to point out the Waukesha County poll workers themselves said that the bags, as a rule, were difficult to seal properly, and that this was a common occurance. So, yes, this DOES happen in districts that vote overwhelmingly GOP. http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/121325689.html

But Wangaard and the party would not have anything to gain by pointing out the exact same errors in areas that voted FOR him, and since this is routine, I doubt the clerks or their poll workers want to set themselves up for being excoriated by a bunch of people who think they could do it better, but still don't put their actions where their mouth is.

I strongly suggest that everyone who has issues with this - make sure to volunteer YOUR TIME and ENERGY as a poll worker for the next few elections, since YOU would be so perfect at it...

Perhaps these poll workers were trying to learn from Waukesah and not repeat their mistakes. JUST LIKE IN WAUKESHA, the bags were not sealing properly. So Racine poll worker put them in a second bag that COULD seal properly. In Waukesha, they were STORED while improperly sealed and who knows who could have gotten access. In the Wangaard recall, they were sealed properly in a second bag BEFORE they were stored.

I read your story and the bags weren't TORN open .. some had a gap in the opening .. so hmmm is it the same

From the article about Waukesha County:
...he agreed with objector Bill Hotz's observation that **the bag opening from Brookfield was the largest seen so far::

Hotz said **poorly sealed bags or torn bags appear to be a common problem**, but they were evident on five of six Brookfield bags

**He objected to the counting of those ballots where bags appeared to be open**. Brandon O'Bryon, representing Justice David Prosser, objected to the objection, saying Brookfield voters would be disenfranchised if their votes weren't counted.

Brookfield City Clerk Kristine Schmidt said that **bags filled with too many ballots tend to tear when they're picked up. ... and when the bags are lifted, a gap can open up.**

"Gap" was the word used by the Brookfield clerk to describe the phenomona.
Wangaard, in keeping with the fear mongering, preferred to imply that someone had deliberated OPENED (and implying they had removed).

The poll worker stated - she tried to seal the original bag and the seal wouldn't hold. So she put the whole thing in a second bag, and was able to seal that bag. That's less tampering than removing the original tape from teh first bag and re-taping till it's all a mess, isn't it??

You can clearly see it in the first four seconds of the video.

@P -

Apparently, you missed the most recent update - it would appear that at least a few bags were most definitely deliberately opened and then re-sealed with unofficial tape, but no one knows who opened the bags, why they were opened, and why they were improperly re-sealed! This is 10 times worse than anything that was seen in the Waukesha re-count when it comes to ballot preservation and integrity. The unaccountability in the chain of custody here is absolutely mind-boggling! A similar occurrence happened in ward 15, where it just so happens that the Chief Election Inspector, Michael Clark, had signed the Wanggaard recall petition - coincidence? Only in the City of Racine are such irregularities and problems occurring. Are the people of the City of Racine honestly that much more incompetent than the people in the rest of the old SD-21?

http://mountpleasant.patch.com/articles/recall-recount-day-9-wanggaard-net-gain-still-20-ballot-bags-sealing-still-an-issue

What a stupid idea. That would only disenfranchise all the ballots (voters)!!
Get real!!

if true, that just adds more fuel to the fire for why he's ruining the city with his arrogance and avarice...

the guy needs to go, and soon, and how...

Was going to talk to my regional editor about it... I'm trying to balance the recount stories with what's going on in Caledonia. It ain't easy.

@JeffWarg - we've heard from several city residents that they would like a Racine Patch. I have no pull, but I will make your wishes known to those who can pass it to folks who do have pull.

@dee50 -

So, let me get your point straight - the voters are going to support a man who drafted and implemented one of the largest tax increases that the state had ever seen, combined with one of the largest exodus of jobs, increase in poverty, increase in violent crime, increase of deficits/debts, and decrease in public education performance in his district, all during his previously served term, Lehman, over the man who was responsible for drafting more bi-partisan supported legislation during the last legislative term than any other state representative, was bringing jobs back to the area, was lowering taxes, was working to increase educational performance, etc, Wanggaard?!?!

Yeah, cause that really makes perfect sense!

You really do live in your own world, don't you? Don't you find it the least bit odd that turnout in certain wards in the City of Racine experienced a 500% increase in the number of voters casting a ballot in the recall election vs the Nov 2010 general election - the only place in the entire county to experience such a phenomena, despite a net decrease in the population of the City over the last two years?

@Hoffa,

First off let's stay on topic, you know Election Fraud!!!!

Second, let me remind you there was a big push by Dems such as U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, head of the Democratic National Committee who made a stop in Racine the week before the Re-call. In addition, the Saturday prior to the Re-call Ed Schultz and John Nichols was in Racine and Burlington. For those that are not familiar with John Nichols, he writes for The Nation magazine and is an associate editor of The Cap Times (formerly The Capital Times, headquartered in Madison, WI).

Regardless, of your personal feelings/opinions regarding the three above mentioned there was a BIG push by Dems in Racine to get the vote out (register same day) and the Democratic party felt they would win in Racine with help from the excitement that these three individuals help generate.

Also, I would like to remind you that exit polls (extremely accurate prior to voting machines) showed that Obama lead Romney by a 51-42 margin. Huh?

Diebold voting machines easily hacked

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_exVfvC-cI

Researchers Hack Voting Machine for $26
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/30/researchers-hack-voting-machine-for-26/

@dee50 -

You forgot to mention the Rev Jesse Jackson's visit to Racine the weekend prior to the election - or was his participation inconsequential in your personal opinion?

Likewise, you also conveniently forget to mention the HUGE Tea Party rally that took place in Racine County just prior to the election, in your get-out-the-vote / excitement analysis. While the Dem- heroes only managed to draw a few hundred people each, if that, there were over 4,000 in attendance at the Tea Party Rally, according to all credible media reports.

Sure looks to any reasonable person that the conservatives were far more 'fired up' than the liberals in Racine County were, based upon the support level witnessed at such respective appearances/rallies, wouldn't you say?

There's goes that theory!

But you're right about one thing - the more we learn about what happened in the City of Racine during the election, the more it starts to wreak of Robert Pastrick (D) style voter/election fraud in the City of East Chicago. A re-election of this contest should be ordered by a judge.

You only see your dreams. GAB and Kloppenberg let it alone. Meaning, it was clerical error and NOT voter fraud that is in your dreams.

@morninmist -

Apparently, you're so drunk on defeat that you can't even make coherent sense in your postings anymore!

In many of the wards in the City of Racine, there was over a 500% increase in the number of votes cast in the recall election vs the 2010 general election. The only place in the entire county to realize such a phenomena, despite the falling population of the City. And in those wards, the vote broke for Lehman by 40 points or more. Nothing even close to this was ever observed in Waukesha County.

Let's get real here, shall we?

@Hoffa,

You stated to:

"@morninmist -
Apparently, you're so drunk on defeat that you can't even make coherent sense in your postings anymore!"

Do you frequently try to demeanor other people's comments like the one above. Is this your way of trying to intimidate others if you don't agree with them?

You knew exactly what morninmist meant and if you didn't how the heck could you respond to her comments. As I have said before your name here on patch "James Hoffa" is a perfect match for you!

@dee50 -

misty and Hoffa have a history of conduct towards one another here on the Patch. Think of it as being more playful than hostile. As a liberal, I know that this advice will be hard for you to tomach, but you may want to stop assuming that you know everything, as you know what they say about assumptions...

Pretty cut and dried, she was a poll inspector in a district other than her own. GAB rules say NO to that. Penalty for breaking ther law,????

In fact, today is her birthday look her up on the GAB site yourself 60yrs old today.

@jukap29

You say : "Exit polls are worth about as much as throwing a dart blindfolded -very much a shot in the dark"

Actually exit polls are VERY accurate prior to voting machines....Hoe can anybody forget Gore vs Bush!

http://freepress.org/columns/display/3/2012/1936

http://richardcharnin.wordpress.com/tag/exit-poll-data/

yeh, except for the fact that many people refuse to say who they vote for because they have integrity and wish for the votes to remain anonymous - the ones who report to exit polls are usually the narcissistic, histrionically-motivated "I want my opinion to be known cuz i am soooo proud of myself" people...

generally the non-wonks want to be left alone and it's them and the overly self righteous who let you know what their opinion was.

Did you ever read Animal farm? if so then think of it like this - People who report their votes to an exit pollster are the equivalent of the horse Molly in my opinion.