Defeated Sheriff Candidate Objects to Decisive Student Votes
A candidate for sheriff of Wisconsin's La Crosse County is blaming his loss in the Nov. 8 election on student voters who are not permanent county r...
A candidate for sheriff of Wisconsin's La Crosse County is blaming his loss in the Nov. 8 election on student voters who are not permanent county residents, WEAU News reported. After losing to Democrat John Siegel by fewer than 200 votes, Republican Fritz Leinfelder called for a recount, which Wisconsin law allows in any case where the outcome is dependent on a margin of victory of 1 percent or less. The initial results were upheld in the recount, but Leinfelder filed another objection, this time claiming that 1,215 votes should be discounted because they weren't cast by 'permanent residents' of La Crosse County.