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RECOUNT TAKING LONGER THAN EXPECTED
Thursday, April 28th, 2011 -- 12:25 pm
Posted by Riley Hebert-News Director
The statewide recount of the April 5 Wisconsin Supreme Court race got underway Wednesday and an area clerk says it’s taking them a lot longer than expected.
Clark County Clerk Christina Jensen hoped to finish the recount by the end of the day Thursday, or possibly on Friday; she adjusted those estimates after the Board of Canvass got through only 13 of 64 precincts on their first day.
At this pace, there will be a full day of counting Thursday, Friday and possibly some more on Monday.
Taxpayers pay the cost of the recount because Justice David Prosser’s margin of victory was less than one-half of one-percent over Assistant Attorney General Joanne Kloppenburg. The Board of Canvass, comprised of Jensen and one Democrat and one Republican, get paid $10 per hour.
Jensen expects the total bill might be close to $2,000.
As for the results, Prosser lost five votes yesterday due to clerical errors.
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