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The Spectacle Blog
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign today filed legal documents with the Government Accounting Board, asking that 20 more days be added to the time they have to review 152,000 pages of recall petitions. State law allots 10 days for such review and requires 540,208 valid signatures to bring about a recall election.
The supposedly non-partisan GAB was created in 2007 and is made up of six former judges appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate to serve a 6-year term. All current members were appointed by former Governor Jim Doyle, a Democrat, and the GAB has delayed the process of releasing signatures for review. Walker’s team had previously sued GAB under the equal protection clause for treating duplicate signatures as valid.
In January, Waukesha County Circuit Judge J. Mac Davis ruled in favor of Republican officials, ordering state election officials to “take affirmative steps” to remove fake or duplicate names from recall petitions. However, he provided few specifics on what those steps should be.
“We expect that because we have not been given sufficient time to verify the signatures, the Government Accountability Board will adhere to Judge Mac Davis’ ruling, as they have publicly committed, and will continue to take affirmative steps to remove duplicate, invalid or fraudulent signatures in order to maintain integrity and fairness in the process,” explained Walker campaign communications director Ciara Matthews.
In addition to the official effort by the Walker’s campaign, in conjunction with the Republican Party of Wisconsin, a third group, called “Verify the Recall,” has also been attempting to validate signatures via both visual and electronic inspections.
Matthews noted that between both efforts, more than 20,000 people have worked on inspections. “Despite these massive efforts, the time to challenge hundreds of thousands of signatures was simply unavailable.”
The Republican Party of Wisconsin has cited examples of signatures turning up for Donald Duck and Adolph Hitler on petitions. Multiple stories have appeared in local Wisconsin media outlets citing anecdotal evidence of individuals signing petitions on behalf of someone else.
But as Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesman (and former staff writer for the Onion) Graeme Zielinski notes, no formal challenge to any specific signatures has been filed. If an extension is granted, that should change.
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Brent| 2.27.12 @ 5:46PM
I live in Minnesota, but have family in Wisconsin... so I see some clear differences between the governments in the two States. For anyone who lives in Wisconsin and supports Walker, I would ask the following questions. Why is unemployment 5.7% in Minnesota, and 7.1% in Wisconsin? Why has Wisconsin had 6 straight months of job losses, while Minnesota has had 6 straight months of job gains? Why did Wisconsin just announce a deficit of several million dolloars, while Minnesota announced a $876 million dollar surplus? Why does Walker rail against "bad teachers" and "union bosses", and cuts their salaries by 8%, while the governor of Minnesota values teachers and other public employees? How can anyone possibly suggest that Walker's approach to government is a good idea?
Bill| 2.27.12 @ 6:38PM
You are a "big fat union-thug LIAR."
Anyone but Obama| 2.27.12 @ 6:45PM
You should be comparing Wisconsin to how it was before Walker got there, not to Minnesota where they had a Republican governor for almost 10 years
WL| 2.27.12 @ 8:44PM
It's amazing to see the democrat robots come up with their blather...Everybody in the country sees that Walker's actions are turning that state around.....the only ones not happy are the union thieves...S
hey Brent...everybody knows people are in Unions for two reasons...
1. They can't change it.
2. They are unable to stand on their own merits and need to be in the herd of other Union Flunkies and do their best to purchase political favors with a vote that was earned and worked for by NON UNION people.
Bill| 2.27.12 @ 6:12PM
Gov. Scott Walker is the #1 governor in America. We salute him because he has the courage and vision to fix the broken government in WI and to take on the big labor unions. Please help Gov. walker win this battle.
kathie| 2.28.12 @ 12:01AM
BOO to Scooter!!!! His pink slip is coming!!!! YES
Oldefarte| 2.27.12 @ 10:21PM
Shazam, where is FRANK FROM WISCONSIN concerning this supposedly issue within his own home state? As to the signatures, no doubt all were written within the confines of '1600'. Either that or AFL-CIO headquarters using their goon-thugs squad. I don't know though, since most union members are too stupid to write signatures [and would instead simply place their 'X' on the form!!!!!
Nick| 2.28.12 @ 12:42PM
I own some land in Wisconsin and go up there quite often. Walker has lots of supporters once you get out of Madison,ie Berkley Midwest.