Thread: More on Walker Recall

An appeals court has vacated a ruling that would have delayed the Walker recall:

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has vacated an order that would require state election officials to be more aggressive in ferreting out fake or duplicate signatures on recall petitions.The decision released today reverses a Waukesha County judge’s decision and hands a victory to Democrats who wanted to intervene in a lawsuit related to recall signatures.

Basically, a lower court required that the General Accounting Board responsible for verifying signatures to take longer and be more aggressive in finding non-valid signatures. Dems asked to participate in the arguments and were denied an opportunity to intervene. Now the case goes back to the lower court.

Wis. court vacates ruling on recall signatures | Wausau Daily Herald | wausaudailyherald.com

Really? The people collecting the signatures didn't even get a chance to participate in the hearing? Jeez!

The vacated ruling didn't specify the kinds of 'aggressiveness' that should be used to invalidate signatures, only said that the GAB should be more aggressive. From another newspaper:

The appeals court also addressed a number of arguments related to the process of approving signatures, suggesting that making the approval process too exacting could lead to valid signatures being tossed.
For example, it said it's possible that John Smith and John Smith Jr. live at the same address and both signed their names as John Smith. It also cautioned that ordering the GAB to strike "patently fictitious" names could lead to the dismissal of legitimate signatures of voters who share names with famous people.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/stor...calls-Lawsuit/

So while it's reasonable to toss out "Mickey Mouse," even if he has a Wisconsin address, the process is complicated. And both sides should be participating in making the rules.

I don't know why more people aren't interested in this thread. This will be one important Recall Election. It could come as early as May or June, just before the Republican Convention. If Walker is outed this could really hurt the Republicans and stifle any momentum they might have, as little as that may be.

It's pretty clear that Koch-backed fuckery is taking place en-masse in Wisconsin.

Originally Posted by Ronin Tetsuro

It's pretty clear that Koch-backed fuckery is taking place en-masse in Wisconsin.

How so?

BTW, a judge ruled Friday that Walker will not get an additional two week extension to examine the signatures, which means all challenges have to be registered by a week from today (Feb 27) and the board will decide whether to set an election date on March 19.

Judge denies Walker recall extension - THonline.com: Iowa-Illinois-Wisconsin: politics, elections, direct democracy, recall election, petition