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Ear to the rail

Nearly every child who lived within walking distance of a railroad track, has put their ear to the rail to see if they could hear the train coming. If it was, the vibration could be heard well in advance of the arrival of the approaching train. Now, with ear to the rail, the Walker Indictment train is a’comin.

The Vibrations of Indictment

Last Friday, Walker established a legal defense fund. Of course, those who stand with him, might say that he is just doing the wise thing; like an Eagle Scout, he is just following the motto “Be prepared”. Those million people who signed recall petitions hear a different vibration on the indictment rail, since the rule for establishment of such a fund is quite clear and narrow in specifying the conditions of such a fund defined as the “527 Status”.

But state election law makes clear that a candidate can set up one of these funds in limited circumstances.

“Wisconsin Statutes permit a state government official who is being investigated for or
charged with a violation of campaign finance laws or prohibited election practices to establish a ‘legal defense fund’ for expenditures supporting or defending the candidate while that person is being investigated for, or charged with, or convicted of a violation of those chapters,” says a summary of the statute provided by the Government Accountability Board. No Quarter Blog

Put your ear to the rail…

The Kevin Kennedy Vibration

Just yesterday Kennedy was asked if the Walker campaign had informed the GAB of an investigation against him, given the news that broke last week of the establishment of a legal defense fund for Walker. Kennedy gave a rather surprising answer “the law prohibits” him from answering that question. Wisconsin Media Co Op – Video and story.

The vibration of the rail would suggest the indictment train has made its stop at the Government Accountability Board (GAB) and Director Kennedy is legally bound to the silence that a John Doe inquiry drops, like a mail bag, as it leaves the station.

Put your ear to the rail…

Defendant Kevin Kavanaugh (conveniently) fails to appear in court

Kavanaugh is one of the half dozen former staffers who have been charged in the John Doe investigation. He was finally scheduled to appear at a hearing to face five felony charges accusing him of embezzling about $42,000 in donations intended to help military veterans and their families. At present all the separates the Governor of the State of Wisconsin from complicity in the allegations of his appointees and friends, is the 25 foot distance between his County Executive office door and the secret email network. If just one word of Walker’s knowledge of this network arrives in court, he becomes subject to felony indictment.

But, Kavanaugh failed to appear at the hearing because he was being treated for internal bleeding, a problem that has placed him in intensive care. This according to this lawyer Christopher Hartley.

Put your ear to the rail…

Attorney for Tim Russell Withdraws

Tim Russell was Deputy Chief of Staff under County Executive Walker and is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a veterans fund and illegally campaigning on county time. Just as his roommate Kavanaugh missed his hearing, we learn that Russell’s attorney, Andrew Franklin, told a judge he wanted to withdraw from the case because of a conflict. Attorney Andrew Franklin was granted the withdrawal but the reason will be kept confidential.

Put your ear to the rail…

More than one coincidence is not a coincidence

John Doe defendants are suddenly struck ill, attorney’s are quitting, defense funds are being set, the Director of GAB declines to answer questions for legal reasons – put your ear to the rail. Hear the vibrations?

Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues

I bet there’s rich folks eatin’,
In a fancy dining car,
They’re probably drinkin’ coffee,
And smokin’ big cigars,
But I know I had it comin’,
I know I can’t be free,
But those people keep a-movin’,
And that’s what tortures me.

The first post under the heading “Free Wisconsin” was headlined “Sleeping Giant Awakes in Wisconsin”. It really reflects my personal waking, as from a cold sweat, trembling nightmare, except that no shaking of the head or pinching of myself could make it go away. It was real.

Thus began a daily posting of the barrage of assaults on the rules, procedures, and dignity of the government of Wisconsin in the long year of GOP control under Scott Walker. My posts are often accompanied with a photo-shop picture or two, so I picked a picture with a caption to trace the evolution of events in Wisconsin over the first six months of the past year.

The Koch lobbying office on the capital square

The REAL Koch Bros February 23rd, 2011 | Author: Dennis Kern The Call was a prank….the lobbying office is REAL Judging from the cozy conversation Scott Walker had with the prankster David Koch, one might suspect that similar calls could be made from this quaint little office.

A little piece of American SOLIDARITY March 10th, 2011 | Author: Dennis Kern There was a demonstration in front of the Court House in Richland County, Wisconsin, America at 9:00 a.m. CST on March 10, 2010. It will never go in Wisconsin in the long run; not with these Wisconsin born and bred people of strong and tested will in opposition. I left confident of success and damn proud of Wisconsin!

A mother with her children stood bundled against the cold holding hand-made, cardboard with magic marker signs.

April 5th, 2011 | Author: Dennis Kern Why is it important to know who the Koch Bros are? Ask Bernie Sanders the Senator from Vermont who stood on the floor of the Senate for most of a whole day to deliver a good, old fashioned filibuster, which has become known as “The Amazing Speech”, to stop the action that would extend tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans.

Who are the Koch Bros? Why should I care?

What a season of awakening and action with the result: a record breaking, recall of six (to date) Wisconsin GOP Senators facing a recall election in July!

Summer of UNREST May 1st, 2011 | Author: Dennis Kern This is monumental! This is what Democracy looks like! Count them Darling, Kapanke, Olson, Hopper, Cowles, Harsdorf! All stood with Walker and when Spring came they found the ice melting beneath their feet. Final hour recall drives are still going on for the remaining two of the now infamous GOP 8!

Holy!- STEALING WISCONSIN- Sexy! May 5th, 2011 | Author: Dennis Kern We all suspect that the real problem in the Wisconsin recount is not likely to turn up in the recount of votes because it is quite possible that the votes being counted are already flipped! Why are we not getting to the real suspect issues: Kathy Nickolaus’ criminal history, “special software” given to her alone by the GAB (the board responsible for administrating the state-wide recount), the storage vote counting software on her private computer, the proven vulnerability of the Sequoia (Waukesha) voting system to hacking and manipulation?

Sexy Gap Opening in Ballot Bags!

The Brad Blog calls the Waukesha recount a “Dog and Pony Show”

Fraud 9 – Duct Tape (Really!) May 21st, 2011 | Author: Dennis Kern They make it sound the Kloppenburg found a rip in a single ballot bag and are claiming fruad. It wasn’t one bag. It was many bags. Not only did they appear slit, torn, and lapping open the numbering would be an embarrassment to a third grader! To top it off the slit bags were repaired with duct tape!

Prosser and Activist Judges June 15th, 2011 | Author: Dennis Kern Justice Shirley Abrahamson accuses the majority of 4 of giving case ‘short shrift’ In hastily reaching judgment, Justice Patience D. Roggensack, Justice Annette K. Ziegler, and Justice Michael J. Gableman author an order, joined by Justice David T. Prosser, lacking a reasoned, transparent analysis and incorporating numerous errors of law and fact. This kind of order seems to open the court unnecessarily to the charge that the majority has reached a pre-determined conclusion not based on the facts and the law, which undermines the majority’s ultimate decision.

ALEC – Anti Labor Elderly Children July 15th, 2011 | Author: Dennis Kern How does this activity differ from legislators meeting in party caucus, or designing a party platform for legislative action? - The workings of ALEC are secret. In fact, the existence of the “council” was all but unknown until the past few months even though its influence on Wisconsin legislation can be traced back to the Thompson Administration. - The workings of ALEC have nothing to do with “we the people” or promoting the general welfare, but focus firmly on the “pursuit of happiness” for the already most privileged and wealthy top 1% of the population. The Walker Policies never seemed a match for the historical character of Wisconsin.

What if the wealthiest Americans formed a secret organization

Round and Round we go expecting different results?

Election Merry-Go-Round August 10th, 2011 | Author: Dennis Kern Um, Dems better look into what is going on in district 8! MSNBC “With 62% of the vote in the dem had a 52/48 advantage, then, with 63% in the dem had a 51/49 advantage, THEN with a 64% of the votes in the republican had a 51/49 advantage. THAT CANNOT BE! A 1% swing cannot suddenly give the republican 3% points IF previously a 1% swing took away only ONE % point from the democratic challenger. THIS is the “smoking gun” – that should be investigated by the Dems TODAY. It’s PROOF Nicholas sat on democratic votes. Someone needs to get a copy of the MSNBC tape and look at what i was looking at. Again, if a 1% swing at 10pm means 1,000 votes, then, 1% swing at 11pm CANNOT mean 4,000 votes!!!” Posted by Darcy Gustavsson of the Election Integrity group on face book.

Hurricane Kathy Rips Wisconsin August 25th, 2011 | Author: Dennis Kern A “KAT 4″ Hurricane made landfall in the City of Brookfield in Waukesha County in April, 2011 leaving 14,000 residents stripped of their votes. The massive storm caught the residents of Wisconsin completely unaware. Few warnings were posted by the Government Accountability Bureau regarding the severity of the storm that left thousands of Wisconsin Residents stripped of their freedoms and at the mercy of the devastating power of special interest groups such as Americans for Prosperity and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) – the shadowy Koch Brothers, big tobacco, insurance companies, and a drug industry consortium.

Kathy Leaves Path of Destruction Across State

Van Hollen Files Suit to Purge Voter Rolls – Will You Make the Cut?

The suit presented in this post was dismissed in 2009 – the motives and misinformation regarding voter fraud concerns are present and on-going.

Attorney General Van Hollen has filed suit against the Government Accountability Board. Director Keven Kennedy and each member of the board is listed as individual party in his “complaint”.

In other words, he wants to purge the voter registration roles state-wide.

Pursuant to a grant of federal money, Wisconsin has developed the ability to ensure that fraudulent registrants and other ineligible voters are removed from the list before election day. In some cases, this requires registration information to be compared to information contained in other pubic databases. However, despite a clear legal obligation to do so, the Defendants, who control Wisconsin’s statewide, computerized voting list, refuse to verify the registration information provided to it prior to August 6, 2008.

Van Hollen Complaint

This Is Little More Than a Carnival Hucksters Trick

Most of us just approach the carnival game without knowledge of what’s under the counter or up the huckster’s sleeve. You say “vote fraud” – I say “election fraud” – put down your money, move the shells, then off to the tilt-a-whirl.

Fortunately, there is a Consumer Reports Magazine covering voting issues published in an effort to unscramble the whole voting snarl. Voting issues are complex and chaotic by intention, just like a con man will use language and slight of hand to confuse the victim out their money, in the case of voting, language and slight of hand is used to confuse the victim out of their vote.

Van Hollen’s suit to purge every existing poll book in every ward in the state, presents a prime example of a classic con. What’s the motive? Why would he do this? If you read his document and all the legal jargon, with reference to statutes, it sounds like he is citing a real and present danger. He is protecting the peoples’ vote from “fraud”. Welcome to the shell game. Vote fraud is when a person votes illegally; when they cast a ballot more than once or vote even though they aren’t entitled.

Step Right Up – You Win Every Time

Vote Fraud is the trick card. It is designed to fool you. Although it can and does occur, the danger of vote fraud swaying an election is one hair off the head of a wimp, when compared to the real serial killer of elections. ELECTION FRAUD. Election fraud is tampering with the vote totals by hacking or electronically flipping votes. The effect on the number of votes is obvious when comparing wimpy “vote fraud” and serial killer “election fraud”. How many people would need to vote twice to equal the thousands (14,000 comes to mind) votes which can be flipped by electronic computer manipulation or hacking?

Back to Van Hollen’s Suit

The State Attorney General is doing an exemplary huckster’s job of confusing us with the “vote fraud” hat trick to get us to focus on the wimp while the serial killer is left unmentioned. He is purging the roles as a partisan trick to garner more votes for his agenda. This is not a lefty activist ranting. Here is an explanation from a non-partisan, academic source:

The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author.
The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by the University of Minnesota.

Update 2008 State Database Suppression Tactics are Hot this Year:

A widespread voter suppression tactic this year is the removal of voters from the State controlled election databases
Another tactic of State controlled database voter removal will be the election roster books. Printed versions can have people “removed”, though actually in the State database, just not in the printed version at the polling place. I can hear it now: “Oops, computer error.” Electronic versions of vote rosters can just be fritzed and not work in targeted areas to cause delays or late changes to “lose” people from the rosters. Even “live” changes as the elections are in progress can occur with some computerized vote roster systems. Data base tc.umn.edu

That pretty much sums up Van Hollen’s suit and motive. He is tricking us to focus on the wimp so as not to notice the threat of the serial killer. Don’t be fooled by the huckster’s rant or the flashing lights. He is out to kill your vote.

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.

Election Fraud in Russia?

Hillary Clinton’s State Department is up front and center to underscore the allegations of election fraud in the recent parliamentary elections. Tens of thousands protested in Moscow and cities like Khabarovsk. They alleged widespread fraud in last week’s parliamentary elections and had angry words for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whose party dominates the parliament.

STEVE INSKEEP It’s MORNING EDITION from NPR News
I am really far away from the capital. I’m in the city of Khabarovsk (Map left), But speaking to people out in the streets today in this city, the voice that really stuck with me, Steve, was a woman named Natalia Alexandrovna. She didn’t give me her full name out of fear for her job. She’s a 42-year-old mom. Russian Election Protests Biggest in 2 Decades

What About the U.S.A.? What About Wisconsin? What About Ohio, Florida? What About Waukesha? (Map right)

If Waukesha County or the States of Ohio and Florida where in Russia, would the State Department and the Justice Department step up to the issue of election fraud? Unfortunately, we know the answer. A long and slow NOOOooooo. The hypocrisy of the spontaneous outcry of Russian election fraud swirls blizzard like, while Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nicklaus sits in her cozy office unscathed. Well, Kathy did get a nasty reprimand for her mishandling of the election returns in her county over the past ten years, which finally resulted in the “find” of 14,000 votes in the Spring Supreme Court Election.

If Waukesha, Wisconsin were Khabarovsk, Russia?

If it were so, would the Tim Verhoff (pictured on map at right) report been accepted as the final determination in the matter of Waukesha and Kathy Nickolaus? Apparently not. Not if the evidence of documented election fraud were to occur in Khabarovsk. Then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (pictured on map far right) would have issued strong words as to the need to expose and investigate evidence of election fraud in Khabarovsk. But not Waukesha.

Christmas came early to Waukesha County Clerk Nickolaus this year.

Jolly Old K Nickolaus Lean your ear this way Don’t you tell a sing soul What I’m going to say

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.

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

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

They said it on a more official and lawyerly way of course.

Hear Yea! Hear Yea!

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 described above, it appears highly unlikely to have occurred. 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.

Ah….highly unlikely. Ah…of course.

Because this sort of highly unlikely consortium of conspiratorial collaboration has never been seen else where.

Yet all it takes is a little journey into a Christmas past. to prove that just such a conspiracy is not only likely, but has occurred in the recent past….

The verdict capped the latest phase of a federal investigation that has blown a hole in the power structure that held sway in Manchester and Clay County for years.

Jury convicts all 8 defendants in Clay vote-buying case

It took a federal investigation to uncover the eight year long conspiracy of election fraud in Clay County

Santa Verhoff and his Elf Kennedy are satisfied with unlikely?

This would not stand in Khabarovsk

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>

Christmas came early to Waukesha County Clerk Nickolaus this year.

Jolly Old K Nickolaus Lean your ear this way Don’t you tell a sing soul What I’m going to say

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.

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

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

They said it on a more official and lawyerly way of course.

Hear Yea! Hear Yea!

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 described above, it appears highly unlikely to have occurred. 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.

Ah….highly unlikely. Ah…of course.

Because this sort of highly unlikely consortium of conspiratorial collaboration has never been seen else where.

Yet all it takes is a little journey into a Christmas past. to prove that just such a conspiracy is not only likely, but has occurred in the recent past….

The verdict capped the latest phase of a federal investigation that has blown a hole in the power structure that held sway in Manchester and Clay County for years.

Jury convicts all 8 defendants in Clay vote-buying case

It took a federal investigation to uncover the eight year long conspiracy of election fraud in Clay County

Santa Verhoff and his Elf Kennedy are satisfied with unlikely?

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