In another speed bump for the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, the election officials in Dane County (Madison) are saying that they are unlikely to finish their part of the recount within the allotted two weeks.
The Wisconsin State Journal reports:
“We only have 13 days, and I believe ours will take longer,” said clerk Karen Peters.
…In Dane County, Peters said the county Board of Canvassers will work from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day thereafter until the job is done.
The state Government Accountability Board, which oversees elections, set the deadline but left open the possibility that it could be extended for some counties.
Liberal-backed challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg formally requested the recount last week, with incumbent conservative Justice David Prosser ahead by 7,316 votes, or 0.488%. This is within the 0.5% margin that entitled Kloppenburg to request a recount at state and local government expense — and followed the controversial announcement by the county clerk in heavily Republican Waukesha County that she had discovered un-tabulated votes that were not properly added to the county’s database, putting Prosser ahead after trailing in the initial numbers.
