"Computer Expert"

I normally don't post about issues which are sufficiently covered elsewhere, but this needs to be spread, because I haven't heard about it in the traditional media:

In 2006, Nickolaus, who was elected Waukesha County clerk in 2002, was criticized for posting election returns that temporarily skewed results of a Republican primary for the 97th Assembly District. At the time, Nickolaus told reporters some returns from the city of Waukesha were entered in the wrong column.

And last summer, the Waukesha County Board ordered an internal audit of her office, citing concerns Nickolaus was secretive and refusing to cooperate with the county's technical staff in a security review of the computerized election system.

And this tidbit about an entirely different scandal:

A few high-level staffers were charged or fined in the scandal. Nickolaus, a computer expert who handled lists of registered voters and other tasks, was among at least 18 Republican and Democratic staffers who avoided prosecution in exchange for testifying before a secret John Doe hearing in Dane County Circuit Court.

Having worked at Microsoft and several other tech companies, I can say that no "expert" would use an Access database on a desktop computer for a mission-critical task.