Votes for Walker clone magically appear in WI, giving him the victory

Just when we thought the Wisconsin Supreme Court election couldn’t be more of a nail-biter, about 14,000 missing votes "magically" appeared several days after the election. The Teamsters' candidate, JoAnne Kloppenburg, was leading by 206 votes until yesterday. The newly found votes now put David Prosser ahead by 7,500.

How did these votes go missing for days in a closely watched election that was clearly a referendum on Prosser buddy Koch whore Gov. Scott Walker? Short version: It's nice to have friends in the right places.

Waukesha County hack Clerk Kathy Nickolaus insisted there was no foul play, saying it was all due to her own “human error.” Nickolaus kept the county results on her own personal computer, rather than upgrade to a new data system that was being used statewide, according National Review Online, which broke the story. Oh, and she also forgot to hit “save.”

This “oversight” certainly benefits her former boss, David Prosser. Prosser hired Nickolaus after he became leader of the Wisconsin GOP Assembly caucus. She worked for him for eight years as both minority leader and the speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly.

The discrepancy of more than 14,000 votes was discovered before Democratic observers or members of the public came to the canvass. The mistake wasn't disclosed publicly for at least 30 hours.

Scot Ross, the executive director of One Wisconsin Now, a progressive advocacy group, makes a point for a full investigation of the ballot fiasco.

Wisconsin deserves elections that are fair, clean and transparent. There is a history of secrecy and partisanship surrounding the Waukesha County Clerk and there remain unanswered questions.

Prosser has announced he is putting together a legal team, including an attorney who was former Sen. Norm Coleman’s counsel in Minnesota in 2008 and part of President George W. Bush’s 2000 election recount team.

Firedoglake tells us that Kloppenburg has asked for the records of the magical vote appearance.

JoAnne Kloppenburg, now behind by around 7,000 votes in the closely contested state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin, has filed an open records request seeking all documentation surrounding the sudden discovery of 14,000 votes in Waukesha County by the right-wing County Clerk on her home PC...

Firedoglake also tells us there is a paper record of all the ballots.

And so, as a double-check given the highly unusual nature of the glitch, all of those ballots should be impounded and counted.

No kidding.