Waukesha Stonewall: Officials Refuse to Say Who’s In Charge of Monitoring Elections, Counting Result

[Ian David]

Waukesha Stonewall: Officials Refuse to Say Who’s In Charge of Monitoring Elections, Counting Results

County Executive Vrakas said Kathy Nickolaus had been removed from her duties, but evidence suggests she’s still in charge—and no one will comment or clarify

WAUKESHA – After a series of high-profile incidents that earned embattled Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus a reputation as most incompetent clerk in the nation, multiple calls for her removal were made by elected officials and even the rabidly pro-Walker Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board, who stated:

“This gubernatorial Recall is too important to leave in the hands of Kathy Nickolaus… How can the citizens of Waukesha have any confidence that something else won’t go wrong in the next election; something that will call into question the results? They can’t as long as Nickolaus remains in office.”

County Executive Dan Vrakas also called for the removal of Nickolaus from future election oversight, and praised her decision to comply with his request, saying: “When given the choice to step down or step aside, she made the right decision.” Yet multiple reports from last month’s primary election, including one in which Vrakas himself expressed extreme disappointment with her role in the process, suggest Nickolaus is still very much in charge of oversight, tabulation and reporting of election results in Waukesha County.

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According to a report on last night’s Fox News 6, a bipartisan group of concerned citizens requested Vrakas get a restraining order against Nickolaus to prevent her involvement in oversight of – and maintain confidence in – such high-stakes results in such an important area at the heart of Scott Walker’s base. Vrakas said he was “unavailable” for comment, and Nickolaus refused repeated request to clarify her role. This is the second recent report in which Vrakas, Nickolaus and GOP officials all repeatedly refused to clarify who’s actually in charge in Waukesha County.

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[rfranklin]

1. Sounds like the FBI should be brought in...this smells like a criminal conspiracy...

why else would they not comment and reassure the public?

[We Want Peace]

5. good question!

not sure the FBI will help though, we need to expose the bastards ourselves, then occupy the media until they tell the truth

[dixiegrrrrl]

33. Justice Dept oversees voting fraud, I think. Unfortunately.....

they have not been on our side since Shrub stole the WH.

[We Want Peace]

40. yes

we have to expose this ourselves, then take it to the media and demand they report the truth.

[shcrane71]

2. Are they required to have a Democratic observer?

Why not ask that observer what's going on?

[PeaceNikki]

4. There are several Democratic observers at the county and every polling place.

I will be at one myself (note to my 'haters', my shift has not started yet).

[shcrane71]

6. Thank you PeaceNikki!

No hating coming from here.

[We Want Peace]

8. if you feel that Waukesha always goes red...why are they hiding this information?

If everything is on the up and up, Kathy Nickolaus did nothing wrong...why the secrecy?

[PeaceNikki]

9. I 'don't feel' it always goes red, it DOES always go red. By a landslide.

I have no fucking clue what 'secrecy' you are referring to.

I'm done with you, carry on....

[We Want Peace]

10. did you read the thread you are replying to?

If you have no hope for a victory, no belief that this election might go blue, no suspicion after observing the last recount...you have no business being an election observer.

[PeaceNikki]

12. you're rifuckingdiculous

I do have hope for a victory (but understand the reality of this COUNTY)
I do believe the ELECTION could go blue (but not this COUNTY)
I do have suspicion which is WHY I AM WORKING THE FUCKING POLLS

We can't prove what did or did not happen at the SC polls, but we CAN prevent that shit and that's what I am doing.

[We Want Peace]

13. you observed the last election, telling everyone is was perfectly good

even though the recount had torn, duct taped, overstuffed bags with the wrong numbers

[PeaceNikki]

14. No, we did not observe the SC race, there have been 3 SINCE. Try to keep up.

[We Want Peace]

16. you were not at the Prosser/Kloppenberg hand recount?

??

[PeaceNikki]

18. yes, but not at the POLLS during the prosser/klopp RACE, which is where we STOP this shit

from happening. We learned what to watch for via the recount. It's not rocket surgery, ffs.

[We Want Peace]

20. during the election they print the results the want, then they tamper with the ballot bags to match

How are you going to stop this shit if Kathy is in charge of watching the bags before the recount?

The bags come back torn, overstuffed, duct taped and mismarked...and you call that slop? What has changed? What would be evidence of fraud?

[HooptieWagon]

15. Nikki and thousands of other WisDems are.doing a hell of a job.

What are YOU doing, besides complaining and attacking the hard work theyre doing?

[We Want Peace]

17. I am trying to remind everyone of the fraud that occured in recent Wisconsin election

and the idea that we can count on hand recounts is silly, because last time it was so obviously fraudulent and yet recount workers let these tampered with bags be counted anyway. And Kathy Nickolaus is still in charge, yet they are denying it. Just making sure everyone is ready for what they have coming...

[PeaceNikki]

19. Should we have tackled the Board of Canvass?

We objected, entered into evidence and counted the suspect bags separately.

"... recount workers let these tampered with bags be counted anyway"

again, you're rifuckingdiculous.

[We Want Peace]

21. counted the suspect bags separately

There were many suspect bags....and this helped how?

[PeaceNikki]

23. It's called data analysis. We kept track of all ballots in suspect bags and how the votes in those

bags went in comparison with the other bags.

There were attorneys and election specialists there and it's a legal process so we operated on facts and procedures.

So, what should we have done? Tackled them? Kicked and screamed? I don't understand WTF you think could or should have been done. You live in a weird place of non-reality.

[We Want Peace]

29. you should be raising awareness about the torn bags and faulty recount, not trying to shut me up

I don't understand why you defend what has been done, and then tell us there is no hope for a win, always goes red.

[We Want Peace]

22. you should be making everyone aware of the fact that nothing was done about the tampered with bags

not on here defending the recount and saying 'I got this' to everyone who questions the election.

[PeaceNikki]

24. Not *I* got this... *WE'VE* got this. Thousands of volunteers, attorneys and election integrity prof

essionals, ffs.

[HooptieWagon]

26. Why do you need to remind them?

Theyre on the ground, they know whats going on better than you.

[We Want Peace]

27. it 'they're on the ground'...what are they doing here on DU?

I am trying to remind people on DU what happened, so everyone will be informed and ready to spread the word when they attempt to steal it again.

[PeaceNikki]

28. My shift hasn't started yet, thanks.

I'll be closing tonight to help make sure folks in line at 8 can vote and that the certification on bags is recorded, all numbers tallied are given to the boiler room, all ballots are in their bags and that bags are properly sealed.


Meanwhile, you can stay here picking on people. Have fun with that!!

[HooptieWagon]

31. She already said her watch doesnt begin until later.

Not to mention mamy hours of training and instruction leading up to the recall. They dont need you to remind them of anything, nor your instructions how to do their job. WisDems have worked incredibly hard... they deserve our support and appreciation, not criticism and bashing from a keyboard commando.

[We Want Peace]

37. I wasn't reminding people 'on the ground'- this isn't about Nikki!! Most election workers are busy

She is the one going on every thread saying no worries, 'we got this' and Waukesha always goes red anyway.

However PeaceNikki isn't the only person (isn't the person at all) that I was attempting to talk to.

[We Want Peace]

30. believe it or not, I'm not trying to remind Nikki, she feels the need to answer me every time

I am trying to remind everyone else, and she is trying to stop me with incredible arguments like 'I was there, were you' and then the tag team steps in with the same uh 'argument'

[lastlib]

34. Only love from this guy, my friend!

Thank you for what you're doing! It matters to us, and to America!

[Blue Owl]

3. I'll say it -- KATHY NICKOLAUS IS A CHEATING FRAUD

She used to work for Prosser, for fuck's sake.

[tk2kewl]

7. K&R

[We Want Peace]

11. Thanks for this!

[bullwinkle428]

25. That sounds perfectly democratic to me!

[1000 Words]

32. 13

[Dustlawyer]

35. Diebold

[Segami]

36. K&R!

[LiberalFighter]

38. What needs to happen is for each voting area report the results to more than one location

results should be reported to both the Republican and Democratic Party in the county, League of Women Voters if there is one and media.

[We Want Peace]

39. hand counted posted at the precinct before Kathy Nickolaus has time alone with them

n/t

[aquart]

41. This is where we need a DU pool to guess how late Waukesha will report.

And how many lost votes they will find.

[We Want Peace]

42. well when you are pulling votes out of your ass

you need to wait and find out just how many you will need.

[We Want Peace]

43. kick for visibility

[robinlynne]

44. This should be the most important article at the top of every page.....This is what happened today.