Reply #36: The GAB has been falling down on this job. [View All]

But their job is only to report what's happening on the ground and to answer questions.

The recount I observed was far from a mess. The Marathon County Board of Canvass was open, gracious, helpful and even broadcast all phone calls - whether it was to get clarification from municipal clerks or to speak with an official at the GAB - on a speaker phone for all observers to hear.

Are there problem counties. Sure. Does the GAB suck. Yep. They knew this was coming. They required the county clerks to report their results at the end of every day. But they failed to have the staff in place to cope with it so it could be posted as quickly.

FYI, the GAB is run by a former Tommy Thompson hack, Kevin Kennedy. If you recall correctly, Kennedy originally wanted paperless electronic voting machines and was trumped by the SOS.

So it's no surprise they've fumbled the recount ball in GAB. It's also no surprise that they are not hold the bad players to account.

But I do take issue with using a broad brush to paint all the county canvasses as "a mess."