Great article Patch!

I recommend that Van accept the official Board of Canvass results, as a recount would not be worth it based upon the recent recount of the Circuit Court race between Boyle and Nielsen, which was much tighter than this race was and didn't change the result of that election. The last thing we want is our very own Kloppy, although Van has already proven to have far more character and class than Kloppy.

The district that Lehman will be representing when he is actually sworn in to take his seat will be comprised of a constituency that CLEARLY doesn't want him, as the polls showed both last night and in the Wirch recall of last summer, as the areas of Wirch's district 22 that have since become part of district 21 went heavily for Republican Johnathan Steitz in that recall election. Clearly, the new district 21 is solidly conservative, while the new district 22 is solidly liberal.

In all honesty, this election represents a travesty, as now voters that don't want Lehman are stuck with him representing their interests until 2014. How is that a good exercise of democracy exactly? Especially seeing as how Lehman wasn't exactly thrilled about even running this time out, but was more or less recruited by the party into doing so due to lack of a viable alternative.

I was not surprised to see Wanggaard lose. I am looking forward to James A. Ladwig Racine County Executive to start moving up the political ladder.

Even if EVERY absentee ballot comes back (which they won't) & every person voted for Wanggard (which they didn't), he still doesn't have enough votes to win. Concede.

Let's have a Recall.............I am guessing there will be more votes than originally counted for Lehman...........Let's do this and see what the true vote count is! Come on Republicans you must want this, right?

@Hoffa you stated: "While it would be possible and highly probable that a recall of Lehman would be successful"

Then let's do this Hoffa if you are so sure of yourself......BTW do you work for Patch cause you are consistently on here commenting or you just don't have a life?

Lehman winning doesn't mean anything anyway. Republicans will get the majority back in the November elections. So for now demo's have the majority over nothing!!!

@Peach----

Oh really, now all of a sudden you don't care who wins regardless what happens in November...Come on Republicans don't you want the REAL numbers? You mean you are going to give up that easy! I would like to see what the REAL vote count would turn out....Let's do this!

I am just glad Walker wiped out Barrett by even a larger margin. Van Wanggaard is the better man over Lehman but Racine has a history of cutting it's own throat as most with any type of Means flea the city because it is not a great place to live, send kids to school, have a business or feel safe from crime. The only thing growing is slums. The new districts will give Racine and Kenosha the liberal champion of their choice and the outlaying area will have the Conservative State representation they desire. Racine was once a pretty good city. The recent Census shows by its lowering population that people have made the choice to leave in very significant numbers. It's sad but the liberal mind set has killed the city. In As time goes on the city will be squeezing blood out of turnips for revenue as it never dawns on them to be fiscally responsible with tax payer money. So the tax payers leave the area.Van can pursure whatever course he feels is proper. That is his choice and call to make . I am sure Racine had some fraud . but HEY thats the liberal mind set he was up against.

@Skinny you wrote "I am sure Racine had some fraud . but HEY thats the liberal mind set he was up against."

Then let's RECOUNT those votes...........Come on I dare you and then we will see the real Fraud!

@skinny...By the way I don't believe there was any Voter Fraud, but I do believe the college cheat "Walker" with his cronies the Koch brothers would not think twice about Election Fraud. BTW-These are two different things....

Van should concede. This would be a small step in healing the rift between both sides. Does it matter that lehman won? Yes. Will he be effective? No. November is coming. Enjoy the majority now. Too bad nothing will get done because the legistlature is out of session. Once the new districts are up and running I will be represented by conservatives and not the lehman's and mason's.

I think you all are raising a valid question about how Lehman's win matters. With the legislature not in session, 16 senators and all 99 Assembly seats up for grabs in November, is Lehman's win significant because it's tied to the historic recall or is it significant because of how it changes the balance in the state senate?

Tabulate and add the absentee/provisional ballots to the final vote count. See if the winning vote margin gets bigger or smaller, then determine if a recount is warranted.

I ask why all of a sudden the Republicons are not adamant about a Recount? Very, very unusual if for any other reasons for bragging rights, which we all know how much politicians love this (including Koch). So strange for anybody that follows Politics!

If this situation had been reversed, Lehman, the democrats and the recall gang would be screaming, pounding and in the media attention ad nauseam. Being the gentleman that Van is, they are doing what is their right.

From some of the "anecdotal stories" I have been hearing about voting day improprieties at the polls, it would be a good idea to verify the same-day registrations. I think there is some question as to what is acceptable ID for new or changes in voter registrations.

3. AT THE POLLING PLACE ON ELECTION DAY: If you wish to register to vote at your polling place, you must bring proof that you reside at your present location. For purposes of voter registration, acceptable forms of proof of residence must include:

A current and complete name, including both the given and family name; and
A current and complete residential address, including a numbered street address, if any, and the name of a municipality.

NOTE: Proof of residency is required for voter registration and must be current and valid. The purpose of the proof of residency document is to establish the voter’s current address, not to prove that the voter complies with the 28 consecutive day residency requirement. The voter’s sworn statement on the registration form that they meet the 28-day requirement shall be presumed to be true unless the inspector or a challenger has first-hand knowledge sufficient to question the certification.

@Hoffa you wrote

"Conservatives are gracious losers"............Is that why you and almost of your Republicon buddies here on Patch consistently say there was Voter fraud regarding Lehman's win, but then again most of you don't want a recount. You justify that by stating you are good losers BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA......You are the King of RIDICULOUS and might I add very HYPOCRITICAL!

I have spent enough of my time on these boards.......Most of you totally ignore facts and logic (using your brain) when presented to you, but carry on with your emotional rants.

Lastly, I would like to add this little bit of news:

Recall Election Fraud in Wisconsin? You Betcha!
June 7, 2012

"The early exit polls predicted the race between Walker and Barrett to be a virtual tie. A second round of exit polling data gave Walker a small lead over Barrett but was still too close to call. Let’s see, within one hour the election went from too close to call, to Walker winning by 7%, with only 21% of the votes counted and three counties still voting. In other words that 21% was the equivalent of 57% of the total vote. This is mathematically impossible; clearly the unadjusted exit polls in Wisconsin do not match the reported results, the adjusted results, of the popular vote.

The fact that 80% of the votes counted in this country are in the hands of Republican backed voting technology is probably the reason why whenever there’s a glitch in the voting machine it always skews red.

Sue Wahl-Storbeck, one of the two people operating Command Central, the other being her step-son Aaron Storbeck, is the person responsible for programming 3,000 voting machines in 46 districts in the State of Wisconsin. Wahl-Storbeck’s resume includes a stint at ACS Enterprises, a data processing company out of Texas. I’m not sure what she did at the data processing company but I do know that she was fired for refusing to take the company’s annual ethics exam and when her unemployment was denied, because she refused to take the company’s annual ethics exam, she took it to court and lost. Given the fact that “whoever programs the PROM packs has the ability to inject all the machines with a virus that will flip votes only on Election Day,

Wisconsin though does not manually post check ballots without a recount request and an order from a judge, unless it’s a presidential election, so there is no way to know if the results reported by the computers reflect what the actual ballots say. Clearly there’s a question here as the unadjusted exit polls do not match the reported results, the adjusted results, of the popular vote, results, which were in Sue Wahl-Storbeck’s hands and the machines she programmed.

Hey Cons like I have said let's do that Recount and see where the REAL fraud is!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/06/07/recall-election-fraud-in-wisconsin-you-betcha/

@Hoffa you write "Not to mention that you guys and the brad blog guy were saying the exact same crap before the Kloppy/Prosser recount. And how did that turn out again…."

For anybody to suggest there was NO foul play involved from the original vote and recount from Kloppy/Prosser then you are in denial! No worries, I’m sure Kathy Nickolaus has a very nice Swiss account courtesy of Koch!

Also,

You say: "Exit polling in general has a proven track record of very high statistical margins of error, don't they?"

Wrong again Hoffa, exit polls are highly accurate. They remove most of the sources of potential polling error by identifying actual voters and asking them immediately afterward who they had voted for. Technologies such as electronic voting machines provide no confirmation that votes are counted as cast, and highly partisan election officials have the power to suppress votes and otherwise distort the count.

Remember Gore Vs Bush, but in reality hacking/distort has been happening prior to that election since voting machines.

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/1970/

Here I even took the liberty to provide you with a video that was presented by one journalist that I'm sure you support, he's a Republicon:

Diebold voting machines critical flaws

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy1IlAXeV30

One more thing you state "BTW - A lefty liberal blog does not qualify as a reputable source of objective factual information."

So, I am guessing by this statement that your ONLY source of information comes from the likes of Fox and Rush, sad!.........And for myself I watch, listen, and read from all (left and right) media. My mother always told me keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer......She was a very wise woman...

Seriously, a 'virus' to flip votes a certain way? I work in the electronics industry and can tell you there are checks and balances that systems of this nature go through. Any company tasked with aresponsibilty of this magnitude have endless quality controls in place. What would be the result of a company caught up in an investigation if something was improperly programmed? The company, it's owners and it's employees would be crucified in the media. I have more faith in an electronic voting machine then some person with a spreadsheet and their personal computer crunching the numbers.

@Wallace....Did you watch the Video.......If not, come on I challenge you. Pretty easy and it's presented by Lou Dobbs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy1IlAXeV30

@ Wallace here's another one for you........

Vote Fraud - Diebold Whistleblower Speaks Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_rMpQKqZhM&feature=related

@Hoffa-Here's some information that will answer your first question regarding Obama's win.

http://richardcharnin.wordpress.com/tag/unadjusted-exit-polls/

Regarding Kloppyy/Prosser, Kathy Nickolaus worked for Prosser years ago when he was a Republican assemblyman in Madison And she was granted immunity to testify during the 2002 Republican caucus investigations, concerning campaign finance violations by Republican legislators and their staff.

She had made a "human error" in recording vote totals, and that the real total is 7,500 more for Justice David Prosser than reported on election night. Nickolaus has insisted on keeping election data on her personal computer, under her personal control. Nickolaus has insisted on keeping elections data on a personal computer in her office--to which she alone has access--and rebuffed demands by auditors that she upgrade to a safer and more tamper-proof system. "Nickolaus said she decided to take the election data collection and storage system off the county's computer network - and keep it on stand-alone personal computers accessible only in her office - for security reasons. Plus how long did it take to get those votes.

Anyway's, there's a lot of other reasons to question this woman's integrity regardless if your a Dem or Repub, but then again I have to remind myself that you Hoffa are the type that would prefer to close your eyes to the obvious!

. .....LIKE I SAID earlier FOUL PLAY............Good night!

Anyone familiar with the voters in this district ?
This election had about 1300 undervotes or write-ins presumably people voting for Walker and not voting for anyone for state senate given the numbers. On top of this at least 1,000 people voted for Walker and split their ballot voting for Lehman as well. Is there some local aspect to this election that would cause so many to split their votes ? Win or Lose I hope there is an investigation to track down everyone that used fake local addresses to register and vote. Clearly, Racine was the back-up plan for the dems/unions. There was no way the unions were going to go away empty handed after spending tens of millions on this recall.