MONROE - Justice David Prosser gained three extra votes in Green County and two more votes in Lafayette County from a statewide Wisconsin Supreme Court election recount that started April 27.
Prosser had garnered 4,883 votes from Green County in the April 5 election against challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg, who received 5,860 votes.
Kloppenburg gained two and lost two votes in the Green County recount, leaving her with no net gain or loss for the county.
In Lafayette County, Kloppenburg lost one vote, giving her 2,184 votes to Prosser's 2,032 votes in the final tally.
Prosser held a 7,316-vote lead before a statewide recount began last Wednesday.
As of Tuesday night, the Government Accountability Board reported that 2,512 of 3,602 precincts have completed their recounts and had been given a preliminary review by board staff.
Prosser's current total statewide Tuesday was 501,272, while Kloppenburg had 457,917.
Green County Clerk Mike Doyle said his county's recount, which was finished Thursday, cost about $2,600. That expense does not include the time staff spent doing the recount, when they could have been doing other things, Doyle said.
The county board of canvassers met Friday to verify the results.
Lafayette County finished its recount on Thursday also, at a cost of about $1,500, according to Lafayette County Clerk Linda Bawden. Bawden said she hired three extra people as tabulators to assist her and her deputy clerk in the recount. Two other people, as canvassers, were on site during the recount.
Counties must bear the cost of the recount under state law, but Doyle did not follow other counties in the state that are hiring extra staff to complete the job.
The reason, he said, was cost. Doyle had estimated that the recount would cost the county more than $3,000, more than 10 percent of his budget.
Final state-wide recount tallies are due May 9.
Prosser had garnered 4,883 votes from Green County in the April 5 election against challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg, who received 5,860 votes.
Kloppenburg gained two and lost two votes in the Green County recount, leaving her with no net gain or loss for the county.
In Lafayette County, Kloppenburg lost one vote, giving her 2,184 votes to Prosser's 2,032 votes in the final tally.
Prosser held a 7,316-vote lead before a statewide recount began last Wednesday.
As of Tuesday night, the Government Accountability Board reported that 2,512 of 3,602 precincts have completed their recounts and had been given a preliminary review by board staff.
Prosser's current total statewide Tuesday was 501,272, while Kloppenburg had 457,917.
Green County Clerk Mike Doyle said his county's recount, which was finished Thursday, cost about $2,600. That expense does not include the time staff spent doing the recount, when they could have been doing other things, Doyle said.
The county board of canvassers met Friday to verify the results.
Lafayette County finished its recount on Thursday also, at a cost of about $1,500, according to Lafayette County Clerk Linda Bawden. Bawden said she hired three extra people as tabulators to assist her and her deputy clerk in the recount. Two other people, as canvassers, were on site during the recount.
Counties must bear the cost of the recount under state law, but Doyle did not follow other counties in the state that are hiring extra staff to complete the job.
The reason, he said, was cost. Doyle had estimated that the recount would cost the county more than $3,000, more than 10 percent of his budget.
Final state-wide recount tallies are due May 9.