WE EXPECT THIS OF URBAN WARD-HEELERS.

Waukesha County clerk Kathy Nickolaus does not fit the profile of an urban ward-heeler.  Several vote counts from Waukesha, however, have looked like something the elder Mayor Daley would have organized.

Nickolaus drew criticism last year during a tight state Supreme Court race when she announced nearly two days after the election that she failed to include 14,000 votes from Brookfield in her unofficial totals. The error helped lead to a statewide, taxpayer-financed recount and flipped what appeared to be a close loss for Justice David Prosser to a 7,000-vote victory.

A state Government Accountability Board investigation found Nickolaus violated state law in how she reported election results, but without criminal intent.

Results have been slow in other races, as well. During the April 3 election, Nickolaus failed to post timely election results online and update them periodically for the public, as promised.

She will not be standing for re-election.