UNPACKED SOME OF WHAT'S BEEN
GOING ON WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
FORMER JUSTICE GABLEMAN GRABBED
A BLARING HEADLINE LAST WEEK
THAT READ "HEAD OF REPUBLICAN
REVIEW OF WISCONSIN ELECTIONS
SAYS HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND HOW
ELECTIONS WORK."
>> DAYS LATER, ON A MILWAUKEE
RADIO PROGRAM, HE DOUBLED DOWN,
BOTH PUSHING BACK AGAINST THAT
REPORTING AND REITERATING HIS
LACK OF UNDERSTANDING.
>> I, LIKE MOST PEOPLE, DO NOT
HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE
MECHANICS OF AN ELECTION WORK.
WHEN I PUT MY PAPER BALLOT INTO
THE MACHINE, I'M LEFT WITH NO
OTHER THING TO DO EXCEPT SORT OF
HOPE FOR THE BEST.
>> PLENTY OF PEOPLE DO KNOW HOW
THE MECHANICS OF AN ELECTION
WORK.
WE ASKED ONE OF THEM, ROCK
COUNTY CLERK LISA TOLLEFSON.
>> SO IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING,
YOU KNOW, WATCHING BALLOTS GO IN
AND CROSSING YOUR FINGERS?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WE HAVE SO MANY CHECKS AND
BALANCES IN PLACE TO VERIFY THE
NUMBER OF BALLOTS MATCHES THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED.
>> BUT TO THAT DIRECT QUESTION
ABOUT BALLOTS INTO THE MACHINE.
WHAT LITERALLY HAPPENS THEN TO
THAT BALLOT?
>> SO AN IMAGE IS TAKEN OF THAT
BALLOT AND IT'S STORED UNDER THE
POLLS CLOSE ON ELECTION NIGHT.
THEY VERIFY THAT ALL OF THE
VOTERS HAVE VOTED WHO WERE IN
LINE AT 8:00.
THEY MAKE SURE ALL THE ABSENTEE
BALLOTS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED.
THEY HIT THE CLOSE POLL BUTTON
AND IT TABULATES EVERYTHING AND
CALCULATES THE VOTE.
IT RANDOMIZES THE IMAGES SO THAT
YOUR VOTE REMAINS ANONYMOUS AND
IT PRINTS OUT A REPORT.
THOSE REPORTS THAT PRINT OUT ARE
WHAT WE CERTIFY THE ELECTION OFF
OF AFTER THE ELECTION AT OUR
BOARD OF CANVASSERS.
>> THE ELECTION PROCESS BIMEDZ S
IN MULTIPLE LAYERS OF PRECISION.
IT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS KIND OF
A MYSTERY, RIGHT?
AND IT'S NOT.
>> IT'S NOT A MYSTERY.
EVERYTHING IS DONE IN THE OPEN.
>> LIKE ALL CLERKS IN WISCONSIN,
TOLLEFSON RECEIVED THIS LETTER
FROM GABLEMAN'S OFFICE OF
SPECIAL COUNSEL, REQUESTING
PRESERVATION OF ELECTION
RECORDS, WHICH SHE SAYS CLERKS
ALREADY DO.
AND, LIKE OTHERS, THE LETTER
LANDED IN HER SPAM FOLDER
BECAUSE IT CAME FROM A GMAIL
ACCOUNT.
AS TO FORMER JUSTICE GABLEMAN'S
LACK OF COMPREHENSIVE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE MECHANICS OF AN ELECTION,
TOLLEFSON SAYS HE'S WELCOME TO
GIVE HER A CALL.
>> I CAN GO ON FOR HOURS ON OUR
ELECTION PROCESS.
IN FACT, I DO.
I TEACH LOTS OF CLASSES ON IT.
SO IF