Brookfield, her county's second largest city and one of the most Republican. The announcement changed the unofficial total, giving Prosser a lead of over 7,000 votes which likely would not be changed by a recount. Other, much smaller errors in the preliminary count were found in other counties favoring both candidates. A final vote canvass of all the counties in Wisconsin gave Prosser an official lead of 7,316 votes on April 15. Kloppenburg did request a recount at taxpayer expense (costing as much as $500,000) and Prosser was eventually declared the winner by 7,006 votes. New York Times analyst Nate Silver declared on April 8 that Nickolaus' error pointed to incompetence, not conspiracy. However, Democrats called on Nickolaus to resign, citing her previous employment under Prosser in the mid-1990s as a member of the assembly caucus and questions about her procedures and counts in prior elections. State election officials announced an investigation of possible voting irregularities going back to 2006. Electoral history References External links The 118-page police dossier on the July 13 incident released in August 2011, a word-searchable 70-page version that only includes the interview reports, and 12 pages of the most relevant excerpts. 1942 births Living people DePauw University alumni District attorneys in Wisconsin Lawyers from Chicago Politicians from Appleton, Wisconsin Politicians from Chicago Speakers of the Wisconsin State Assembly Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly United States congressional aides University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni University of Wisconsin Law School alumni Justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court