Waukesha County Recount About 72% Completed

Waukesha County has reported 89,892 ballots in the state Supreme recount to the Government Accountability Board as of Monday night, which is about 71.9 percent of the ballots cast in the April 5 election between incumbent David Prosser and Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg.

While ballots for city of Waukesha, Menomonee Falls and city and village of Pewaukee have been recounted, the Waukesha County Board of Canvassers still needs to finalize the communities before the vote tally is sent to GAB.

The recount of the Muskego ballots will begin today. Ellen Nowak, chief of staff to Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas, said Muskego is the final municipality that needs to be recounted.

The GAB gave Waukesha County an extension until May 26 as the county needed additional time to complete the recount. Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus recused herself from the recount after a mistake she made on election night - Nickolaus did not include the city of Brookfield votes in her unofficial media report - caused Kloppenburg to declare victory. When the mistake was discovered, Prosser won the election by about 7,000 votes, pending the conclusion of the recount.