On other matters, as another blogger said, the Kossacks have made another series of errrors...

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2011/04/they-have-not-thought-through.html

The theory goes that the found "7500" votes put Prosser past the threshhold for an "automatic, free recount."

That's 4 lies for the price of one.

1: The votes weren't "found" - they were counted in Brookfield on 4/5 and submitted to the county. You can verify this through the Brookfield Patch .

2: It wasn't 7500 votes, it was a swing of 7583 - there were over 10,000 votes represented, and Ms. Kloppenburg received some 3,000 of them.

3: Wisconsin doesn't have any provision for an "automatic recount".

4: When the difference in an election is < 0.5%, a recount is free to the candidate. From 0.5% to 2.0%, the candidate pays a fee of $5 per ward.

Those last 2 points come from WI's recount manual, available here.

The current total difference is STILL under the 0.5% threshold, and even if it weren't...do you really think $5 / ward is going to stop anyone from requesting a recount? With millions spent on the campaign, they wouldn't cough up another $18,000? (3630 wards * $5 = $18150)