A certain anti-union governor will get a recall election

United Wisconsin collected 1 million signatures to recall Gov. Scott Walker. Both Walker and his Lt.Gov, Rebecca Kleefisch. will face recall elections.

United Wisconsin also got sufficient votes to for recall elections for four GOP state senators.

MADISON – United Wisconsin today announced that more than one million Wisconsinites have signed a petition to recall Scott Walker, representing the most-participated-in major recall effort in American history, and a number so significant that it is beyond any legal challenge. 

More then 845,000 signatures were collected for Rebecca Kleefisch. Signatures were submitted to the Government Accountability Board this afternoon.

The signatures represent the largest recall effort in the history of the United States and 185 percent of the signatures needed to trigger a recall of Walker.

“The collection of more than one million signatures represents a crystal clear indication of how strong the appetite is to stop the damage and turmoil that Scott Walker has caused Wisconsin,” said Ryan Lawler, board member for United Wisconsin.

 “Scott Walker and his supporters tried to demean and marginalize recall circulators, but in Wisconsin winter, an army of more than 30,000 Wisconsin born-and-bred recall volunteers took to street corners, malls, places of worship, dinner tables and sidewalks to take their state back.

The total of a million signatures to recall Scott Walker represents nearly half, 46 percent, of the electorate – and is just shy of the TOTAL votes received by Walker in his 2010 election (Walker received 1.12 million votes).

In comparison, this figure surpasses the per capita participation in the effort to trigger a ballot initiative in Ohio last fall against a Republican union-busting effort, where 32 percent of the electorate signed the petition, and in America’s only other two gubernatorial recalls, 

in 2003 in California and in 1921 in North Dakota, the signature totals were 23.4 percent and 31.8 percent, of the electorate signed respectively. The attached charts outline these figures.

Fun facts about the recall petitions of Walker, Kleefisch and the Senate recalls include:

The weight of all of the signatures collected is 3,000 pounds. That’s two of the heaviest Wisconsin Dairy (Holstein) Cows, or 158 of the heaviest Badgers.

300,000 pages at 14″ each laid end to end is 66.3 miles. This is the distance from Green Bay to Oshkosh, La Crosse to Tomah.

Stood straight up the petition pile is 128 times higher than the tallest building in the world.

Stacked on top of one another, the petitions would reach 125 feet high, which is taller than the wings of the Madison Capitol Building (those are 84 feet high).

United Wisconsin is the non-partisan grassroots organization heading up the recall efforts of Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch in Wisconsin. The group plans to continue its work as the recall campaign moves forward. For more information, visit www.unitedwisconsin.com.

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source: http://www.unitedwisconsin.com/jan17-release




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Gov. Scott walker sues GAB over recall procedure

Gov. Scott Walker

The Republican lawsuit, filed in a WS county court is a bit odd. It  asks a judge to order the Government Accountability Board (GAB) to look for and eliminate duplicative signatures, obviously fake names such as Mickey Mouse and clearly illegible signatures on the recall petitions.

According to the GAB this work needs to be completed by a staff who represents Gov. Walker, not the GAB.

The GAB reviews petitions to ensure there are sufficient  signatures to trigger a recall. It  will verify that signatures are accompanied by a Wisconsin address and dated within the recall period. 

The board argues that state law says it's up to the office holder affected by the recall petition to contest the validity of signatures, identify illegible signatures and to find  duplicates.

The lawsuit filed by Walker's campaign and the state Republican Party argues that the review process violates the U.S. Constitution's equal protection clause. 

The lawsuit asks a judge to get the GAB to do this work. 

Rightardia finds the lawsuit hilarious. United Wisconsin is hoping to get between 600,000 and 700,000 signatures that would make the review almost moot. 

It looks like Scott Walker will next try to get an  injunction on the recall to delay it until this frivolous suit is resolved.

Check out this web site. It lists some of the activities of the Walker Brown Shirts to suppress the recall:

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/12/13/recall-of-scott-walker-met-with-violence-abuse-fraud/

source: http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20111216/APC0101/112160504/Walker-recall-effort-hits-90-percent-group-says-GOP-sues-board-over-signature-vetting-process?odyssey=nav%7Chead

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WIN: Wisconsin Recall Walker Movement Collects More Than 507,000 Signatures In 30 Days

12/15/2011

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By Doug Cunningham

In a live webcast Thursday the Wisconsin Democratic Party said the people of Wisconsin have already collected nearly enough signatures to recall Governor Scott Walker. Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate.

[Mike Tate]: “In just 30 days, in less than half the time granted you have done something truly amazing. Your strength and determination has helped us collect more than 507,000 signatures to recall Scott Walker. And we are well on our way to beating our internal goal  of collecting more than 720,000.”

A total of 540, 208 are needed to recall Walker. United Wisconsin says its goal is to collect at least 720,277 signatures to make sure there are more than enough to trigger the recall election. Walker is targeted for recall for his attack on public worker collective bargaining, but a long list of other issues is also fueling the recall effort. Four Republican State Senators are also targeted for recall.

By Doug Cunningham

In a live webcast Thursday the Wisconsin Democratic Party said the people of Wisconsin have already collected nearly enough signatures to recall Governor Scott Walker. Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate. Mike Tate said:

In just 30 days, in less than half the time granted you have done something truly amazing. Your strength and determination has helped us collect more than 507,000 signatures to recall Scott Walker. And we are well on our way to beating our internal goal of collecting more than 720,000.

A total of 540, 208 are needed to recall Walker.

United Wisconsin says its goal is to collect at least 720,277 signatures to make sure there are more than enough to trigger the recall election.

Walker is targeted for recall for his attack on public worker collective bargaining, but a long list of other issues is also fueling the recall effort. Four Republican State Senators are also targeted for recall.

This is an update to an earlier story Rightradia had on the recall effort. We din't have the exact number of signatures collected in that story. 

We hope Walker gets recalled. This will be a warning to other GOP gubernatorial candidates who have reactionary secret agendas.

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Gov. Scott Walker likely to face recall election

Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Mike Tate announced the news in a press conference conference that the party still planned to collect more than 700,000 signatures before the Jan. 17 deadline,

United Wisconsin must have 540,208 valid signatures in order to trigger a recall race.

After 30 Days the United Wisconsin recall organizers have already collected more than 500,000 signatures.

source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/15/scott-walker-recall-democrats-target-signatures_n_1150931.html

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Mediaite: GOP spin on Gov. Walker recall

The Wisconsin Republicans are getting nervous about the Scott walker recall and planting stories about one person signing 80 times and Mickey Mouse and Adolf Hitler signing the recall petition. The initial GOP tact was to tear up the pettions but that is a felony in Wisconsin.

The group United Wisconsin -- needs to collect 540,208 valid signatures by Jan. 17, which is 60 days after the campaign launched. Organizers said they are aiming for 600,000 to 700,000 signatures.

United Wisconsin had 300,000 signature on the Scott Walker recall petition in 12 days. The elections board made it clear that Walker has to challenge the signatures, not the elections board.

Walker is looking for volunteers and it is likely the recall will end up in the courts. A judge will probably end up making the decision whether the recall was legal. A judge is unlikely to be impressed with GOP obstructionism. The case could end up in the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

United Wisconsin is wise to get an many additional signatures as possible. Democrats haven't forgot about the "hanging chads" during Al Gore's run for president.

sources:

http://www.unitedwisconsin.com/

http://www.mediaite.com/online/bs-alert-mickey-mouse-and-adolf-hitler-have-not-joined-scott-walker-recall-effort/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/28/scott-walker-recall-signatures_n_1117071.html

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