PHOTOS: Occupy Protesters Call for Waukesha County Clerk's Resignation
Kathy Nickolaus has already stepped down from handling the recall election of Gov. Scott Walker after pressure from Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas.
About a dozen Occupy Riverwest protesters called for embattled Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus’ resignation Wednesday night, just over a week since the latest Election Night flub in the county.
With shouts of “Nickolaus, you look ridiculous,” the small group drew attention to passing traffic as they took their signs and stood in the grassy median on West Moreland Boulevard.
Nickolaus agreed last week to step down from election-related duties for the primary and special recall elections against Gov. Scott Walker after pressure from Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas.
Vrakas' announcement came just two days after a trouble-filled election night in Waukesha County, when some election results weren't posted until 10 hours after the polls closed.
Nickolaus, who garnered national attention last April when her office made a mistake that flipped the outcome of a hotly contested state Supreme Court race, said she introduced new procedures during the April 3 election to follow guidelines set forth by the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, which oversees elections in the state.
As a result, some elections results were not posted on the county's website until 6 a.m. Wednesday. Nickolaus told Patch April 4 she blamed the procedures set by the GAB for slowing down the vote counting.
Craig
4:36 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
About a dozen idiots with nothing better to do but protest anything. She certainly is not a stellar Clerk, but she also stepped away from elections even after following the proceedure of the GAB.
So--why protest now?
Apparently they had nothing better to do.
Craig
7:24 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Do you agree with the protesters? Tell us in the comments.
I posted my opinion, but apparently Patch doesn't agree with it. They eliminated the comment though there was absolutely nothing against their term of use!
Think this ship is sinking!
Sarah Millard
7:40 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Craig, I approved your comment but we have been having technical difficulties that are currently in the mix of being fixed. Your comments and opinions are very welcome here.
Craig
8:09 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Sorry Sarah, I guess I jumped the gun on that one. I hold Patch to a much higher standard and thus should have known better.
Johnny Paycheck
8:52 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Kathy Nickolaus really is an embarrassment to all of us in Waukesha county... But she won't resign since that means she would no longer be able to collect a paycheck and benefits at our expense. In order to best serve Waukesha country this woman NEEDS to resign.
Luke
8:53 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
So....about 12 people, half of whom were under age 50?
Johnny Paycheck
8:54 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Comments need to be 'approved' here now? What is with this censorship? I guess it's true that freedom of the press doesn't mean that the press is free. It only means that certain interests are free to direct it as they wish...
Sarah Millard
9:12 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Johnny, Waukesha Patch does not intend to require approval for comments. We have had technical difficulties this week, but hopefully the problem has been fixed.
Mark Maley
9:12 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
@Johnny: Patch is having a few technical glitches right now regarding comments...and we're working on getting them resolved. We don't want to pre-approve comments before they're posted. There's a glitch in our system right now
Johnny Paycheck
9:24 am on Thursday, April 12, 2012
Thanks Sarah and Mark.
Craig
9:18 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
About a dozen idiots with nothing better to do but protest something/anything. She certainly is not a stellar Clerk, but she also stepped away from elections even after following the proceedure of the GAB.
So--why protest now?
Apparently they had nothing better to do, like go to work or do something useful.
marvin
8:19 am on Thursday, April 12, 2012
She blames the rules, but Waukesha is the only county having these problems.
Johnny Paycheck
9:27 am on Thursday, April 12, 2012
Why protest? How about because she's still getting a taxpayer funded paycheck and benefits package to do a job that she's not capable of... Stepping away from elections is the first step-- the next step is to admit that she shouldn't be getting paid for them any longer...
Craig
10:26 pm on Thursday, April 12, 2012
Waukesha was the only County ordered by the GAB to tape tickets to the walls for the vote tallying. Your trusted GAB spending our dollars wisely once again.
Steve ®
8:38 am on Thursday, April 12, 2012
12 people protested because it took 10 hours to post results? Don't they have like a job to go to or a lawn to cut?
Randy1949
11:35 am on Thursday, April 12, 2012
When every other county in the state manages to post their PRELIMINARY election results on election night and do it without leaving out an entire city or sticking up tapes on the wall, yes, we citizens of Waukesha County who pay her salary deserve much better.
Johnny Paycheck
2:01 pm on Thursday, April 12, 2012
She would probably still have been ok if she hadn't just screwed up the supreme court election a few months back and erroneously caused Klopperberg (sp?) to be announced the winner.
Craig
10:12 pm on Thursday, April 12, 2012
Uh Randy; she was following the orders of your beloved GAB.
My guess is she was sending a message by following the GAB to the letter. She told them they are nucking futs.
Keith Best
8:56 am on Thursday, April 12, 2012
These liberals are protesting because they are still upset that Kloppenburg lost.
Waaaaah, waaaaaah.
We need to remove the Miner on the state flag (thanks to liberals) and replace it with a Whiner.
Johnny Paycheck
2:03 pm on Thursday, April 12, 2012
Who cares what their political affiliations are? She screwed up counting the votes and caused the wrong person to be announced as the winner and that alone is enough reason for her to resign and leave the job in more capable hands.
shawn
4:29 pm on Thursday, April 12, 2012
Why didn't anyone from blatch go and ask these protesters where they are from? Afraid to publish that most of them are from Shorewood? Better yet, why not go ask the ones holding up the "wisconsin for fair elections" signs if they are in favor of voter i.d. Maybe someone from blatch could have checked to see how many of them have recall walker stickers on their prius's?