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Friday, January 21, 2005

Artison Tesitifies

The Journal Sentinel has an article up on Lisa Artison's testimony before the vote task force. A couple of quick thoughts:

-The fact that Artison is adament about stressing the 84,000 number as an estimate is disturbing. 2 months after the election, she should have exact numbers. Secondly, this "estimate" business smacks of an early cya until a better explanation can be put forth.

-She questions whether critics have an agenda by using the 10,000 number. Well, no, the 10,000 number came from her estimate. As for an agenda, yes, there is an agenda-to secure the integrity of Wisconsin's elections, something several Wisconsin bloggers have hit on already.

-City records show that there are 8300 more votes than people recorded as having voted at this time, like that is some sort of a consolation. It's not.