Yesterday in the early afternoon, jubilant activists at MoveOn.org sent out an email celebrating the victory of union-backed JoAnne Kloppenburg in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election, over former Republican legislator and incumbent Supreme Court Justice David Prosser. She had won by just over 200 votes out of 1.5 million cast.

Hours later, a clerical error was revealed — an entire city had been omitted from the election night results given to the media. Once the error was corrected, Prosser’s unofficial lead is greater than 7,000 votes. He now appears certain to win.