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A recall election to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker from office could cost at least $9 million.

Wow! This is even more than Kleefisch projected in her TV ad by using simple math. She came up with a figure closer to $7 million.

GAB Director Kevin Kennedy cautioned that Friday’s numbers are estimates and election costs can vary. Republicans still pounced on the numbers, saying the state can’t afford recall after recall.

This is the classic “tail bites dog” story, that ever be told.

Since the story casts the donkey icon and democrats as the spend-happy villains, it might be pegged as more of a “tail bites ass” story. Anyway, Wisconsin republicans place the onus for the $9 million on the democrats, like the recall action targeting Walker/Kleefisch is a frivolous effort that is being orchestrated without real cause, or as Rebbecca Keelfisch says in her TV ad, “We already made our choice, back in November, just a while ago”. Life is so simple when you are pulling down $76,261 (after the recent increase) for being a former news anchor turned poster child and captain of the Walker cheerleading squad.

Kleefisch Plus Alter-Voice

Hey, GOP – Democracy is Free

The democrats did not just get together and do this in the dark of night. Wisconsin voters amended the state Constitution over 84 years ago. In 1926 laws were passed to allow for the recall of state officials. The democrats didn’t just post a late night meeting on March 9, 2011 to pass the recall legislation as did the republicans to end collective bargaining rights – a procedure resulting in an injunction in Dane County Court until it was finally ok’d by the state supreme court in mid June, following a choking incident, in a 4 – 3 decision. One of the four, Prosser, was elected under questionable found votes in Waukesha. Another of the 4, Gableman, is now under investigation for ethics violations for his “free defense” by Michael Best Law Firm.

But a Recall Election is too costly.

The democrats did not hire lawyers from Michael Best law firm to gerrymander the rules for recalling elected state officials, as the republicans did to draw new voter districts in their favor – a maneuver that is being reviewed by District Courts and has caused a mess of confusion as to who represents who in the state government.

But a Recall Election is too, too costly.

Not one associate of any democrat in the state senate or assembly has been granted immunity in a John Doe investigation in the past year, but the GOP and Walker cannot say the same. Associates of Scott granted immunity are: Walker spokesman Cullen Werwie, and GOP official Rose Ann Dieck, while associate Andrew P. Jensen Jr. was arrested for refusing to cooperate with the FBI investigation. Then of course William Gardner, president and chief executive officer of Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co., whose company received grants from the state totaling $14 million, was sentenced to two years’ probation after pleading guilty to two felony violations of state campaign finance laws for exceeding the donation limits and laundering donations to Walker and other Wisconsin politicians. Not to mention the recent arrests of Walker’s former top aid Tim Russell, and his Milwaukee associates Brian Pierick and Kevin Kavanaugh who was Walker’s appointee to the Milwaukee County Veteran Service Commission, for charges including embezzlement and child enticement charges.

But a Recall Election is too, too, too costly.

The simple solution is to rescind the $14 million in grants from the convicted felon, William Gardner, and apply it to the cost of the recall elections and there would still be $5 million left over to launch a real investigation of Waukesha County Clerk, Kathy Nicholaus.

Or just buy a can of “democracy” shaving cream for 99 cents shave the whole Wisconsin executive, legislature, and court system clean.

Which will come first? Taking bets

After nearly a year of protests, demonstrations, and even a historic state senate recall election, finally the tables are starting to turn. The ball of tightfisted power grabbing is finally beginning to unravel. Now, the conjecture is: Which shoe might drop first?

Announncement Tomorrow

I am willing to bet that the announcement by Chairman of the Democratic Party Mike Tate will be that enough signatures have been gathered to force a recall of Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch.

However the plot thickens as just yesterday the first arrest was made in the John Doe investigation that has been on going since May.

Another major shoe has dropped in the John Doe investigation of Gov. Scott Walker’s current and former aides.

On Tuesday, authorities arrested Andrew P. Jensen Jr., a commercial real estate broker with Boerke Co. and a past president of the Commercial Association of Realtors-Wisconsin.

Fran McLaughlin, spokesman for Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr., confirmed that Jensen was behind bars Tuesday night. But McLaughlin said no one had filed a criminal complaint against the 50-year-old Milwaukee resident. Fist Arrest

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Now we may wonder, as Walker is being pressed from all sides while the chickens come home to roost, which shoe will drop first?

Will, eagle scout, Walker be able to dodge John Doe allegations of illegal campaign tactics long enough to allow the people of Wisconsin to oust him in a recall election? This is a joyous turn of events in a year where new allegations of power grabbing and rule changing has greased the way for the passage of fringe conservative legislation, week after week, since the original bomb last February; the curtailment of collective bargaining rights for most public workers. The Walker administration guided by the Fitzgerald brothers appeared unstoppable through the long year of passage of bill after bill that threatened working families, teachers, public workers, children and, well nearly everyone who could be defined as a member of the 99%. Yes, this is a joyous turn of events at an appropriately joyous time of year.

Taking Bet Giving Odds

I am willing to bet that a recall election will not happen and the John Doe investigation will be the force to undo Scott Walker. Of course, the bet is a playful one. The vital outcome is the exit of the most ineffective leader in the history of Wisconsin politics – Scott Walker.

THE HOPE

THE REALITY

Remember Your Outrage? Nothing Has Changed

Santa came in the form of Investigating Attorney Verhoff with the backing of his trusty elf GAB Directory Kevin Kennedy (pictured below ho ho ho)

MADISON, WI – Based upon an extensive independent investigation into the actions of Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus after the Spring Election, the Government Accountability Board found probable cause to believe that she violated the state law requiring county clerks to post all returns on Election Night, but concluded that the violation was not willful and therefore did not constitute criminal misconduct.

They confirmed that all of the officials in Waukesha County were good little boys and girls who would never cheat, lie, or do anything naughty with voting software, vote bags, or inspector sheets. HO HO HO
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Thirty-one million dollars.

That’s the amount of money that has been spent on the recall elections in Wisconsin, according to MAPlight.org. In fact, five of the nine recall races exceeded the previous record of $3 million spent on a legislative race in the state.

Do you need to be a conspiracy theorist to understand that when that kind of money is floating around in the legal sphere, that a portion of that largess is falling down into a darker sphere?

Tim Verhoff Lean Your Ear This Way!

Verhoff’s report a is a huge disappointment and a great disservice to the people of Wisconsin. It is a fact that electronic voting machines can be hacked. This is no longer a conspiracy theory or the machinations of malcontent libel loving liberals.

Mr. Verhoff, what if you heard it from a GOP member of the Assembly? Do you dismiss Representative Priedmore as a conspiracy theorist?

Priedmore’s admission that he KNOWS Electronic Voting Machines can be Hacked.

The Recall Walker action looms. Thanks to Tim Verhoff, the man behind the curtain, nothing has changed.

The GAB Report “Fulfills the promise”?

Kevin J. Kennedy, director and general counsel of the G.A.B., said he believes Attorney Verhoff’s independent report and the accompanying staff report fulfills the G.A.B.’s promise to give the public a complete accounting of exactly what happened in Clerk Nickolaus’ office on Election Night and in the following days.

If the report is “a complete accounting” then the hole in my sock is the moon.

After reading the full report, one can only wonder why it took five months to complete. Are investigating Attorney Tim Verfhoff and GAB Director Kennedy really this naive about computer technology and programing?

Laptop not subject to audit?

The laptop on which Ms. Nickolaus stores the spreadsheets/templates and the Access 2007 database was not one of the computers that were the subject the audit. Ms.Nickolaus indicated she did not have security concerns with this laptop because it is used to gather unofficial results in an election. She also stated the laptop must be on the network to send the data to the Canvass Reporting System.

We are to be satisfied that nugget of testimony?

She was not concerned about the security of a laptop that was connected to Canvass Reporting System Network? What? A computer that is on the network is on the network. It doesn’t make any difference what the function is for the individual user, it is on the network. The networks of major banks and CIA have been hacked, and we get an explanation that her computer, that was on the network, was not subject to audit because it was used to gather “unofficial election results”? We are supposed to find this naive, donkey pong, overview of the vulnerability of computer networks…”satisfying”?

Engaging in “conspiracy theories”?

Public trust in the election process is essential. The poor condition of ballot bags and
potential breaks in the chain of custody of ballot bags can foster an environment where
members of the public begin to doubt the integrity of an election and begin to engage in conspiracy theories. But given the number of individuals in addition to Ms. Nickolaus who would have to be involved in a conspiracy to engage in the type of fraudulent election practices above, it appears highly unlikely to have occurred.

Highly Unlikely to Have Occurred

Since Verhoff and Kennedy have spent the last five months focused on questions of election fraud, do you think they might be aware of other instances where “the number of individuals” were involved in a conspiracy to engage in “the type of fraudulent election practices” they were investigating? In Clay County, Kentucky Some of the most powerful public officials including a Circuit Judge, County Clerk, and School Superintendent corrupted elections over a period of years, buying and stealing votes in pursuit of power and money. This was the ruling of a federal jury in March of 2010.

The report expects us to “be satisfied” that a conspiracy of individuals to engage in election fraud in Wisconsin, here, in the midst of this heightened atmosphere of sharp partisan politics where millions of dollars were poured into the recent recall elections from private interest groups – is unlikely?

Here Come the Conspirators

The likelihood of a conspiracy also is negated when one looks at the results of the election. The vote totals for the City of Brookfield were provided to a reporter on election night and published to the public by BrookfieldPatch. These are the same vote totals ultimately reported to the state Canvass Reporting system the morning after the election, certified by the Waukesha Board of Canvass and confirmed during the statewide recount.

Labeling Conspirators

Here is the ultimate and sweeping label to place on activists who threaten the status and power of the privileged; just call them a cult of conspiracy theorists. Before, Verhoff and Kennedy pull out the “conspiracy” card, it might be wise to look at their motives; what they have to gain, and what money they are following.

Many of the observers of the Waukesha recount were unpaid volunteers who gave of their own time and provided their own meals and transportation to participate in the process. They gathered evidence, took pictures of open vote bags, and produced videos and power point presentations to demonstrate their findings – all with no financial support from any organization or corporation. So, what was the motive then and now? It is clear, that Kloppenburg will not be declared the winner of the election. So why do they continue to conspire? Because they are convinced that they hold hard evidence of election fraud. The two most blatant examples:

1) A poll tape that was counted which bears a date of March 30 – two days before the election
2) An inspection report that is clearly falsified as a copy, when it clearly is not a copy.

Another, equally likely, scenario for withholding the election night report of the Brookfield vote from AP, might be the scenario presented in the article Prosser’s Delafield Mission.

It Appears Unlikely – Again

By failing to include the City of Brookfield in the unofficial results Waukesha County posted on election night, it appears Kathy Nickolaus violated the state law that requires her to post all returns. Her actions, however, do not appear to be the result of an intentional act, the refusal to perform a statutory duty or willful neglect. Therefore, her actions do not likely rise to the level of criminal misconduct.

Investigation Report is Riddled with Uncertainties

The major determinations of the investigation report use words “appears likely” and “appears Kathy Nickolau violated state law”. We are expected to be “satisfied” with this “kind of- sort of- maybe” language? The use of this uncertain language suggests the determinations are questionable. If the preliminary investigation is riddled with questions, then obvious action would be to appoint a special prosecutor armed with the judicial powers to examine evidence, bring the matter to trial, and reach a verdict.

Occupy the DOJ Mailbox – Demand an Investigation

The Occupy Wall Street movement is a great public outcry of economic injustice in this country. Yet, if the new energy of the evolving movement abadons the steps of the past in the dust, then activists are only chasing their tails. Activists have worked and organized to develop and document real evidence of election fraud in the Spring Supreme Court Election. Unless this evidence is presented, and further investigated by the Justice Department, it will be lost with the result of leaving us to begin all over again with the next time, the next election, the next instance of “found vote”.

In the two hours after Kathy Nickolaus’ press conference more than 10,000 people signed an on-line petition calling for a federal investigation. In the past two days, about 50 people signed the on-line petition at this most critical time. It is important to demonstrate that even after months of a GAB investigation, we demand the truth.

Please sign the petition

Your message will be sent to Criminal.Division@usdoj.gov

Over 10,000 people signed a petition to investigate Waukesha County election results within two hours of Kathy Nickolaus “found” vote announcement.

After five months of investigation, the determination of the Government Accountability Board accomplished little to restore the confidence of voters in our election process.

Please sign the petition to request an investigation by the Department of Justice.

Most recent Signatures

39. Brenda Gregory,  Oct 23, 2011
38. James Peterson,  Oct 23, 2011
37. James Peterson,  Oct 23, 2011
36. Dee Ives,  Oct 04, 2011
35. Mararet Street,  Oct 04, 2011
34. Linda Pfeiffer,  Oct 03, 2011
33. Paul DeBarbieri,  Oct 03, 2011
32. DEBRA HARTMANN,  Oct 03, 2011
31. Gretchen Kubeny,  Oct 03, 2011
30. Tina Congdon,  Oct 03, 2011
29. R Percey,  Oct 03, 2011
28. tom neale,  Oct 03, 2011
27. Cynthia Burkwald,  Oct 03, 2011
26. Marga Krumins,  Oct 02, 2011
25. Mary Jorgensen,  Oct 02, 2011
24. roger straw,  Oct 02, 2011
23. ELLEN LA LUZERNE,  Oct 02, 2011
22. Maxwell Raboin,  Oct 02, 2011
21. Naomi Rivers,  Oct 02, 2011
20. PEGGY JANECKE,  Oct 02, 2011
19. Debra Anderson,  Oct 02, 2011
18. JACKIE JANECKE,  Oct 02, 2011
17. Robb DeGreef,  Oct 02, 2011
16. Eric Mills,  Oct 02, 2011
15. Robert Ribbens,  Oct 02, 2011
14. Patricia Burlew Cox,  Oct 02, 2011
13. Phyllis Wendler,  Oct 02, 2011
12. janet jesberger,  Oct 02, 2011
11. mary lalime,  Oct 02, 2011
10. Margaret Street,  Oct 01, 2011
9. "Fighting" Bob Bergman,  Oct 01, 2011
8. Ann Stevning-Roe,  Oct 01, 2011
7. Aaron Agassi,  Oct 01, 2011
6. Pamela Wall,  Oct 01, 2011
5. bob gloede,  Oct 01, 2011
4. Maggie Thomas,  Oct 01, 2011
3. Jennifer Wilson,  Oct 01, 2011
2. Shaleen Culbert,  Oct 01, 2011
1. Dennis Kern,  Sep 30, 2011

10-5 / 1:00 p.m. – 54 Signatures!

Your signature will show up on the count ONLY if you confirm via email.
In any case your signing will send a copy of the petition to the DOJ Criminal Justice Department.

I will send a hard copy list of all signers along with most blatant evidence of election tampering via certified mail to the DOJ>

What is Immunity?

Immunity from prosecution occurs when a prosecutor grants immunity, usually to a witness in exchange for testimony or production of other evidence. It is immunity because the prosecutor essentially agrees to never prosecute the crime that the witness might have committed in exchange for said evidence. The prosecution may grant immunity in one of two forms. Transactional immunity (colloquially known as “blanket” or “total” immunity) completely protects the witness from future prosecution for crimes related to his or her testimony. “Use and derivative use” immunity prevents the prosecution only from using the witness’s own testimony or any evidence derived from the testimony against the witness. However, should the prosecutor acquire evidence substantiating the supposed crime—independently of the witness’s testimony—the witness may then be prosecuted for same. While prosecutors at the state level may offer a witness either transactional or use and derivative use immunity, at the federal level, use and derivative use immunity is the norm. WIKI

“You can fool some of the people some of the time…”

It’s a “Big Deal”

Gov. Scott Walker’s chief spokesman Cullen Werwie (pictured left), has been granted immunity in the ongoing John Doe investigation of the governor’s current and former aides, it was learned Friday. records show Werwie was granted immunity April 14. According to the judge’s order, Werwie was planning to invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions to avoid self-incrimination. “It is a big deal,” said Milwaukee criminal defense lawyer Stephen E. Kravit. “He recognizes he’s got (criminal) exposure and he negotiated for a proffer to get immunity, and that’s a big deal. Werwie joined Walker’s campaign after the September primary and stayed on when Walker took office in January. He earns $61,000 per year. JS Online Article

Prank Phone Call Allegations “baseless?”

When Walker “thought” he was talking to David Koch in the prank phone conversation in late February, he let slip the words that suggested his ties to people who could help him, “shore’em up”.

Democrats interpreted this comment to suggest that Walker was calling people with money to protect any potential wafflers to his plan in the legislature, and filed an ethics complaint. A reaction to the filing showed up on a Walker supporters blog, in which Werwie’s name comes up, with the heading:” GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER….STANDS DOWN THE WHINING DEMS…”

Were the Walker comments to the fake David Koch baseless? Did the ethics complaint by the Dems back in April open a door to fuel the fire of the John Doe investigation?

Walker: No Comment
Werwie: No Comment

Who else is on the “Granted Immunity” list?

Railroad lobbyist Ken Lucht and Republican operative Rose Ann Dieck.

Lucht is the manager of community development with Wisconsin & Southern Railroad. He received immunity on Jan. 14.

What does Lucht’s involvement with Wisconsin & Southern have to do with a Walkergate investigation? Why would Lucht be granted immunity?

Would you invest $166,000 to get a cool $14 MILLION? That’s what William Gardener did. Oh, and it was your money. William Gardener of Wisconsin & Southern Railroad was caught for the illegal campaign donation to Walker for Governor. Not because the GAB was vigilant or aggressive, but because a disgruntled former girl friend blew the train whistle on him.

The Government Accountability Board’s investigation into illegal campaign contributions made by Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company and its owner, William Gardner, resulted in two felony charges and a record $166,900 forfeiture by the company.

That’s a lot of cash. But just look at what Gardener’s railroad received as compensation.

Add up the grants. Somewhere around 14 MILLION. Now. that is what I call a sound investment return.

Lucht’s attorney could not be reached late Friday.

Rose Ann Dieck is a GOP zealot with a capital “Z”

Dieck is a former teacher who is listed as the chairwoman of the southwest suburban branch of the Milwaukee County Republican Party. Records show she invoked the Fifth Amendment during the John Doe, and the judge issued an order granting her immunity on Dec. 21.
She also provided a helping hand to state Sen. Alberta Darling, a River Hills Republican, during her recall election.

“They’re taking away the rights of those who voted for change,” Dieck said during an interview with WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) during March protests at Stone’s campaign office. “There was an election on Nov. 2. The people in the state of Wisconsin said we need change.”

Dieck’s attorney also was not available Friday afternoon.

The Tale of Two Scott Walkers – Trapped in Deceit

Walker’s most unforgivable deceit was his campaign

Most of us came to know the Scot Walker #1 when he was running for Governor. Many of us watched the debates with pricked ears to get some idea of his agenda for Wisconsin, and we knew he was opposed to the Obama fast rail proposal, we knew of his plans to cut the state budget, yet the most controversial action to end collective bargaining was not mentioned by Walker #1.

Walker #2 didn’t suddenly arrive at the plan to end collective bargaining on the day he took office, he knew of the plan and the far reaching impact all along. He thought of it as “the bomb”, and as you will read below, he was already orchestrating security plans for the protests that he knew would result as a reaction. But this was campaign time. He had to gain power first. His lips were sealed like someone with a history of wife beating who is engaged to be married and who isn’t about to let his partner know till after the wedding.

He’ll say anything to get elected

In our 20/20 hindsight the add run by Tom Barrett rings with a resounding and reverberating truth that echoes in mult-decibels above the volume of it’s original debut. It was one of our first alerts to the presence of Walker #2, who was laying and lying in wait in the dark shadow of deceit that followed Walker #1.

An early introduction to Walker #2

Ouch~ that message rings so true that it hurts. Unfortunately, Barrett didn’t get a leaked email, or snippet of conversation from Walker #2 and his real plan. If only he had and we had known of the plan to end collective bargaining before the election, Barrett would be the Governor.

Walker #1 is sworn in. Walker #2 emerges.

Just a month after Walker #1 becomes Governor a grand dinner is held at the mansion, when Walker #2 will sit at the head of the table before the exclusive audience of his cabinet- Oh! Plus just one other person: Cynthia Archer.

The voice and nature of #2 was first revealed to the voting public by mistake, he thought he was speaking to David Koch in a private conversation when he said:

This is an exciting time. This is — you know, I told my cabinet, I had a dinner the Sunday, or excuse me, the Monday right after the 6th. Came home from the Super Bowl where the Packers won, and that Monday night I had all of my cabinet over to the residence for dinner. Talked about what we were gonna do, how we were gonna do it. We’d already kinda built plans up, but it was kind of the last hurrah before we dropped the bomb. And I stood up and I pulled out a picture of Ronald Reagan, and I said, you know, this may seem a little melodramatic, but 30 years ago, Ronald Reagan, whose 100th birthday we just celebrated the day before, had one of the most defining moments of his political career, not just his presidency, when he fired the air-traffic controllers. And, uh, I said, to me that moment was more important than just for labor relations or even the federal budget, that was the first crack in the Berlin Wall and the fall of Communism because from that point forward, the Soviets and the Communists knew that Ronald Reagan wasn’t a pushover. And, uh, I said this may not have as broad of world implications, but in Wisconsin’s history — little did I know how big it would be nationally — in Wisconsin’s history, I said this is our moment, this is our time to change the course of history. And this is why it’s so important that they were all there.

Walker #1 continued to appear before the public making statements to continue to cover for #2, saying that curtailing collective bargaining was an imperative to balancing the budget. Of course, this just was not true, truth was never a concern for #1. Then came the inevitable day when Walker #1 and #2 actually met, and where, of all places but the Congressional Hearings, testifying under oath before Dennis Kucinich:

Walker #1 meets Walker #2

As the John Doe Walkergate investigation continues Walker #1 and #2 slam into one another with each new day.

Why is it so difficult for zealots to understand that the truth and deceit must meet. If not today or tomorrow, then next month or next year? A wife beating man can hold back the truth from his fiance until after the wedding, but the beating and the consequences are sure to appear. A campaign can be run with “a bomb” of a hidden agenda, but the day will come when the truth will out. For the Walkers it is coming down now. The two Scott Walkers are holding on to their opposing gates for dear life, but they must inevitably slam, one into the other.

Of course the Walkergate investigation “has legs”

Irony is the king of human foibles. While investigative reporters are working to uncover the mysteries of the John Doe Walkergate investigation to feed an insatiable public, the Walkers are having a gala croquet benefit on the lawn of the mansion for what reason? To raise funds for it renovation? Ok. Wonder which Walker won?

People at PR Watch were too busy to hit balls through metal hoops but did manage to dig up a few telling emails that prove the dissociation of the two Walkers. The emails prove that the campaign of Walker #1 was a lie and that Walker #2 held a hidden agenda for the “a bomb” for workers, including plans to call out the National Guard, that was not business of the voting public.

The Center for Media and Democracy has a number of Archer emails from an open records request to the Walker administration earlier in the year. The emails are from the critical week of February 7, 2011. The collective bargaining bill, which sparked massive protests and recall elections for eight Wisconsin Senators, was introduced on Friday, February 11, 2011.

Archer’s Emails

The emails reveal an administration well aware that by introducing the collective bargaining bill they would be “dropping a bomb” in the state. Archer, along with a few key political personnel, was deeply involved with preparing the governor’s union-busting policy and organizing the “contingency planning” for protests and other actions. The emails also reveal how important a role Archer played in the administration.

The Latest Crashing Gates

Today, news broke that the Walker administration lawyers have petitioned the courts to withdraw an affidavit filed by Archer in a lawsuit brought by the unions against the collective bargaining bill. Apparently, Scott Walker no longer agrees with her sworn testimony or no longer has faith in one of his chief lieutenants.

Polonius to Laertes – Hamlet

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus has been the subject of an on-going investigation since April.

Tim Verhoff, who was assigned to investigate Kathy Nickolaus has now completed his assignment and filed his recommendations with the Government Accountability Board. Melissa Mulliken, manager for the Kloppenburg campaign, announced back in July that she had been notified by attorney Tim Verhoff that he was following up on the complaint she filed with the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. His work is complete.The next step is for the GAB to take further action based on his report. Six full months have passed since her press conference two days after the Wisconsin Supreme Court Election. Her “found” 14,000 votes in the City of Brookfeild excited national attention as one of the most bizarre turns in events in recent election history, and as a result, lead many to suspect foul play. Even though she apologized for the finding, calling it “human error”, the door was open for deep concern, suspicion, and demands for an immediate investigation. The GAB sent staff to Waukesha to investigate her vote tabulation process. Not long after that, the GAB itself was called into question since the board was alleged to have supplied her with unique software, not given to any other County Clerk in the State, to use for tabulating the vote, and of all things, on her personal lap top computer. More than 10,000 concerned Wisconsin citizens called for a bipartisan investigation by Attorney General JB Van Hollen in less than 48 hours. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (now candidate for Senator) wrote a letter to the Justice Department. From letter to Justice Department – Eric Holder “To ensure that the April 5 election for Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is free, fair and transparent, and to uphold faith in our democracy for ourselves and future generations, I ask for your immediate assistance in investigating these election inconsistencies in Wisconsin. Specifically, I urge you to immediately assign the Justice Department Public Integrity Section, which oversees the federal prosecution of election crimes, to investigate the questionable handling of vote records in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.”

As one of a handful of attorneys across the state of Wisconsin to be named to the prestigious “Rising Stars” award (originated by Law & Politics), Attorney Timothy R. (Tim) Verhoff defends people accused of crimes and drunk driving offenses. Outstanding Record Attorney Tim Verhoff began astounding people with his abilities during his secondary education, and graduated Summa Cum Laude, the highest recognition. His comprehension and quick-thinking skills were again recognized during his undergraduate degree from UW-Madison where he graduated Cum Laude, and once again affirmed when he earned his law degree and graduated with honors. Attorney Verhoff began his legal career as an assistant district attorney for Dane County. In short order, he graduated from trying low-level shoplifting cases to trying very complex murder, sexual assault and felony battery cases. criminal defense trial attorney In January 2011, Attorney Verhoff left the Dane County Prosecutor’s Office to further his passion for protecting the rights of people charged with criminal offenses. He joined Attorney Corey Chirafisi, and together they formed Chirafisi & Verhoff, S.C. outstanding results As was true for Attorney Corey Chirafisi, who had also served as a prosecuting attorney prior to entering private practice, Attorney Verhoff possesses a very unique advantage in criminal cases: he has tried every level of criminal case from the other side of the courtroom and possesses a unique insight into the prosecution’s legal strategies and methods. Felony & Misdemeanor Trial Litigation Attorney Tim Verhoff brings to each case a tremendously vast and in-depth knowledge of criminal case work and trial experience from thousands of cases ranging in degree from low-level misdemeanors and drunk driving charges to very complex multiple-defendant high-level felony cases.

We Need Answers

Director Kevin Kennedy and the GAB are on notice; pubic confidence in the Election process has been severely shaken.

We just witnessed how the appointment of the Special Prosecutor” Bradley to bring light to the choking incident in the Chambers of the Wisconsin Supreme Court lead to nothing more than casting an even darker shadow over the actions of Justice Prosser, who just happens to be the beneficiary of the found vote by Kathy Nickolaus! The long list of questions, anomalies, and new proof of election fraud surrounding the Waukesha recount must be answered. A real special prosecutor must be appointed to examine the mountains of evidence that resulted from the the Waukesha recount.

* Nickolaus dismissed an independent audit commissioned over concerns there are massive security threats in her current system. Nickolaus, who maintains a secret system for keeping public voting data, condescendingly laughed off the audit, drawing an irate reaction from the Waukesha County Board chair.

* Nickolaus was an employee of the Assembly Republican Caucus when Prosser was the Republican Assembly speaker, and she was one of two database experts for Assembly Republicans, spending 13 years becoming one of the state’s leading partisan experts on manipulating voter data.

* Nickolaus was in charge of developing a computer program that “averaged the performance of Republicans in all statewide races for the previous eight years in each ward and then averaged that information for each city, township, county and district.

* Nickolaus waited over 24 hours after the time she claimed she discovered the vote change before publicly reporting it. Two conservative media members reported the change prior to Nickolaus’s late afternoon announcement.

* Nickolaus withheld critical information from the the Waukesha Board of Canvassers. One member says Nickolaus invited her to be at the press conference, but had not given her a full picture of the problem. Also, Nickolaus curiously demanded the canvass begin on Wednesday instead of Thursday, and that the problem with the more than 14,000 additional votes were never brought up at the Wednesday or Thursday canvass by Nickolaus.

*Nickolaus was responsible for the vote tabulation in a county

-where she tabulated the votes for the Supreme Court election on her personal laptop with little or no transparency.

-where she tabulated the vote on special software provided by the GAB or, as has come to light more recently, the Department of Administration, which is subject of its own John Doe investigation.

-where the vote bags were open and “winged”, slit open with a sharp instrument and repaired with duct tape, and the numbers on the seal on the bags did not match the report sheets.

-where a poll tape was discovered and counted that bore the date of March 30 or six days before the election.

-where all of the bags, poll tapes, and election materials of the recount where stored in her office throughout the entire recount process.

-where statistical analysis suggests impossible anomalies in the low return vote of Democrats who voted in the presidential election and, who would have needed to switch parties in in the Supreme Court Election for Prosser to win.

We need answers

Do you want to know what election fraud looks like? Read on and you will discover real evidence before your very eyes.

You remember during the recount of the Wisconsin Spring Supreme Court election there was a lot of talk and pictures of unsealed and winged election bags?

Some bags appeared to have been slit with a sharp instrument were actually duct taped.Read “Duct Tape (Really?)”

Then there were the bags whose seal numbers did not match the numbers on the Inspectors Report. To protect the integrity of our elections your ballot is accounted for by numbering and recording where it goes, even after it is placed in bags. The bags are numbered and recorded on Inspector Reports. Whenever there is a discrepancy that points to an opportunity for a bag to be tampered with by adding or stuffing votes it is called a break in the chain of custody.

A host of these instances of break in the chain of custody where apparent in Waukesha County.

In each instance the observers for Kloppenburg challenged each and every one. Why was nothing done? The Wisconsin statutes give complete control of the means and rules for counting the vote to the County Clerk, who was Kathy Nickolaus. Since, Nickolaus had dismissed herself from the count, the head authority was give to retired Judge Mawdsley(pictured top holding bag). In each case it was his judgment that the votes be counted and any challenges to be dealt with later. As you may remember Kloppenburg conceded, the vote was certified by the Government Accountability Board, and the challenges where never officially addressed. It seems none of the challenges rose to real proof and could be dismissed as human error or mistakes. There wasn’t real proof of election fraud.

Until now.

From the Minutes of the Waukesha Recount – Town of Genesse

The ORIGINAL

The COPY

See full copies of “original” and “copy” of Inspection Report

So, the testimony is that the COPY was Changed to include the correct numbers.
You, most likely, viewed the two forms above and see that one is a copy of the other with the numbers changed, just as the observers did? Take another closer look.

It is NOT a COPY
You can see that indeed the numbers are added to the “copy” as testified in the minutes of the Waukesha recount, but look carefully. The “copy” is not a copy at all. It is an entirely different document.

This is what Election Fraud looks like.

In the “Original” the town is not circled, and the date is written as April 5. In the “Copy” the town is circled and the date is written as April 5th. The “Copy” is not a “Copy” as all, but a completely different document that was testified as being a “Copy” of the “Original”.

This is undeniable PROOF of Waukesha Election Fraud

This is like me signing your check with your name and saying “I made mistake.” Someone composed an entirely new and different Inspection Report and it was presented, judged, and counted as a “copy”. This is hard proof of Fraud.

How does a top aid to the Governor avoid being pictured in a photo? And why?

Just yesterday around 9 a.m., a reporter saw four FBI agents – two of them wearing latex gloves – talking in Archer’s backyard before going into her house. Later, one removed a large box and put it in the trunk of an FBI car. They left about 10 a.m.

Archer recently left her job as Walker’s aid. Her departure coincides with a growing John Doe investigation in Milwaukee County, started last year after the disclosure that a Walker staffer at the county had posted political commentary on websites while on her job in the county executive’s office, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Why so secretive?
As a blogger I like to put a picture of the subject of a piece with the words. Normally you can find a picture of a government official by a simple search of google images. Not Cindy Archer who is a top aid to Walker. After hours of searches I was finally able to come up with just the one image of Cindy Archer (below right).

It is understandable that some people are more protective of their privacy and tune their face book settings and web presence to preserve that privacy. But how do you accomplish this when you are one of the top aides to the Governor of Wisconsin? It would take a concerted effort to keep all pictures of a person in such a position away from the the crawling search engines. Yet, Cindy Archer, was able to do just that. The absence of a web presence suggests a effort to remain covert, which leads to the question: Why? It might suggest her role in the Walker cadre was as a covert operative.

More Interesting Tidbits

Archer’s Garage Sale Computer

One of the more peculiar coincidences of yesterday’s search of Archer’s home was the discovery of her discarded computer.

So, the FBI stumbled on more evidence from, of all things, a garage sale transaction.

Funny Who Turns Up to Explain “John Doe”

The report doesn’t say why Attorney Tim Verhoff was the one who explained the meaning of a John Doe investigation, but it is interesting what his role is in the investigative climate that has pervaded Wisconsin since Walker became Governor. Verhoff is the attorney who was finally appointed by the Government Accountability Bureau to investigate Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus’ vote tabulation of the the Spring Supreme Court Election. Was he just standing around and available to explain things for us? Read July 13th post “Waukesha Investigation – News at Last

Strange Bedfellows

From what you know about Scott Walker and the people he surrounds himself with, would you ever imagine that one of his top aides could ever in a million years turn out to be an “out” lesbian?

Fast and Loose with Ethics. What is John Doe? Who is John Doe? Secret. On-going. Covert

A source told Wispolitics.com that the FBI was involved Wednesday for its expertise in computer analysis.