Over 1 Million signatures obtained to recall WI Gov. Scott Walker

[Riot]

It's not a good thing to campaign on austerity, then go ahead and needlessly bust unions who have agreed to your austerity measures. Many, many Wisconsin citizens are that upset with this Governor and his legislature. Citizens have been awakened, and are standing up for owning their own democracy, taking it back from politicians.

Madison - Democrats and organizers filed petitions Tuesday afternoon with more than a million signatures as they sought to force a recall election against Gov. Scott Walker - a massive number that seems to cement a historic recall election against him for later this year.

It would mark the first such gubernatorial recall in state history and would be only the third gubernatorial recall election in U.S. history. Organizers Tuesday also handed in 845,000 signatures against Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch as well as petitions against four GOP state senators including Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald of Juneau.

The sheer number of signatures being filed against Walker - nearly as many as the total votes cast for the governor in November 2010 and almost twice as many as those needed to trigger a recall election - ensure the election will be held, said officials with the state Democratic Party and United Wisconsin, the group that launched the Walker recall.

"It is beyond legal challenge," said Ryan Lawler, vice chairman of United Wisconsin.

Walker, who was raising campaign money in New York City on Tuesday, declined an interview but released a statement saying he looked forward to talking to voters about how he had eliminated a $3 billion budget deficit over two years without leaning heavily on tax increases.

Walker was scheduled to hold a New York City fundraiser Tuesday afternoon hosted by Maurice Greenberg, the founder of financial services corporation American International Group, according to a copy of the fundraising solicitation posted on the website of the New York Daily News.

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http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepo...137489833.html

[nebrady]

Lets tell the truth about these socalled recallers! First of all they are a bunch of crybabies. They didn't win the election so their precious little train was derailed and now their mad. The train would have been a financial disaster. Props to walker stopping the stupid money train. Second this recall is a joke! It will cost the state 9 million. If they really cared about the state, they would wait 4 years for an election and quit crying. Third its not walker's fault that he had to made hard decisions to balance a deficit that has been growing because doyle a democrat didn't have the nerve to try to do anything about! Lastly the people who should be recalled are the democrats who ran out of the state because they didn't agree with the process. Plus props for walker to break up these to powerful unions who have spent money to overturn a fair election. In the end walker will win this dumbass recall because people in wisconsin will see that he is doing the job he was elected to do!

[Clip-Clop]

This is what will happen to any Gov. trying to prevent their state from becoming NJ (prior to Christie) and leaving them with no other options than Christie like action to prevent them from dying. The prior administrations in NJ were so in the pocket of the unions there was nothing he could do. Walkers measures look more preventative than reactionary, as Christie's were. He could (still?) save the state from a fate like NJ.

[travelling_vic]

throw the fascist bum out.

good old Snot Walker implemented the rightie mantra and is going to pay dearly for it.

[Cannon Shell]

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1007885

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/g...icle-1.1007800

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/c...icle-1.1007798


http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/g...icle-1.1007796

Funny Gov Cuomo is doing many of the same things in NY that Walker did in WI yet where is the outcry? Where are the marches? Where is the outrage?

Well he's got a D by his name. What do you expect from good slaves?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1007885

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/g...icle-1.1007800

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/c...icle-1.1007798


http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/g...icle-1.1007796

Funny Gov Cuomo is doing many of the same things in NY that Walker did in WI yet where is the outcry? Where are the marches? Where is the outrage?

how much greater the sin when another commits it.

[wiphan]

Originally Posted by Riot

It's not a good thing to campaign on austerity, then go ahead and needlessly bust unions who have agreed to your austerity measures. Many, many Wisconsin citizens are that upset with this Governor and his legislature. Citizens have been awakened, and are standing up for owning their own democracy, taking it back from politicians.

Wow! They got a million signatures. That is incredible. Just wait to see the fraud that will be exposed with these signatures. It is going to be very interesting. The people collecting these signatures had no boundaries and no ethics. They showed up at a local function where we took our kids to see Santa and his reindeer. You should have seen the looks they got. Fortunately they realized that no one wanted them there and they left within 20 mins. They will have enough to force a recall election at the tune of $9+ million in wasted tax payer money.

So what is going to happen when Walker wins again?

Originally Posted by wiphan

So what is going to happen when Walker wins again?

A recount!


Ocala Mike

[wiphan]

Originally Posted by Ocala Mike

A recount!


Ocala Mike

Nice. The silent majority of WI will speak again and walker will win!

Yeah, I guess 900,000 or so of those signatures were phony, right?


Put a fork in Walker.


Ocala Mike

[wiphan]

Originally Posted by Ocala Mike

Yeah, I guess 900,000 or so of those signatures were phony, right?


Put a fork in Walker.


Ocala Mike

Just because you can get enough people to sign a recall petition with no proof of age, residency, etc doesn't mean that they will actually show up and vote, never mind the fact that more people voted for Walker than signed the recall petition. Good luck. I think this spells doom for the democrats when they lose. Nationally the democratic party didn't want this, but the unions fought for it and they had no choice. Should be fun....

[Riot]

Originally Posted by wiphan

Wow! They got a million signatures. That is incredible. Just wait to see the fraud that will be exposed with these signatures. It is going to be very interesting.

What percentage of signatures do you think will be disallowed from the Walker recall petitions?

(Walker recall only, not the five other recalls also submitted. Not the Republican Senate majority leader Fitzgerald, the three other Republican state senators under recall now, or Lt. Governor Klefish now under recall too)

I'll guess, based upon the massive pre-vetting they did as signatures collected, and before they were turned into the GAB, less than 5% will be disallowed, probably more like 1-3%

What is your guess?

[wiphan]

Originally Posted by Riot

What percentage of signatures do you think will be disallowed from the Walker recall petitions?

(Walker recall only, not the five other recalls also submitted. Not the Republican Senate majority leader Fitzgerald, the three other Republican state senators under recall now, or Lt. Governor Klefish now under recall too)

I'll guess, based upon the massive pre-vetting they did as signatures collected, and before they were turned into the GAB, less than 5% will be disallowed, probably more like 1-3%

What is your guess?

I will take the over on 5%

[Riot]

Originally Posted by wiphan

I will take the over on 5%

Naw - be brave and pick a range No under-over.

It's recommended for any recall petition that you get 20-25% extra signatures to account for those proven invalid (see the Republican candidates not on the ballot in Virginia, for example, because they didn't do that).

They needed 520,000, they got just over a million. They vetted the signatures at collection, and by the orgs before they were turned into GAB.

The Scott Fitzgerald recall was done by a different person, on her own.

[wiphan]

Originally Posted by Riot

Naw - be brave and pick a range No under-over.

It's recommended for any recall petition that you get 20-25% extra signatures to account for those proven invalid (see the Republican candidates not on the ballot in Virginia, for example, because they didn't do that).

They needed 520,000, they got just over a million. They vetted the signatures at collection, and by the orgs before they were turned into GAB.

The Scott Fitzgerald recall was done by a different person, on her own.

Over 20% will be thrown out or disallowed. That is almost 7 times more than your highest figure that you believe will be thrown out

[DaTruth]

Originally Posted by wiphan

The people collecting these signatures had no boundaries and no ethics. They showed up at a local function where we took our kids to see Santa and his reindeer. You should have seen the looks they got. Fortunately they realized that no one wanted them there and they left within 20 mins.

Do you have a link for that?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by wiphan
The people collecting these signatures had no boundaries and no ethics. They showed up at a local function where we took our kids to see Santa and his reindeer. You should have seen the looks they got. Fortunately they realized that no one wanted them there and they left within 20 mins.

Try this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ7OR...eature=related

[Danzig]

http://news.yahoo.com/bid-unseat-wis...040348319.html

In bid to unseat Wisconsin governor, whither the challengers?By Brendan O'Brien | Reuters – 3 hrs ago

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Critics of Wisconsin's Governor Scott Walker showed on Tuesday how unpopular he is with many voters, filing more than 1 million signed petitions -- nearly twice the number needed -- to force the first-term Republican to defend himself in a special election.

On Wednesday, they faced what is likely to be a harder task: finding a Democrat who can beat the battle-tested 44-year-old.

"There is no single preeminent candidate," said Charles Franklin, a political scientist and visiting professor of law and public policy at Marquette University, said of the Democrats who might challenge Walker, who gained a national following in leading a successful push to curb Wisconsin's public unions.

Although some Democrats have hinted in recent weeks they might be interested in running against Walker in a recall, so far no one with a marquee name has committed to what is sure to be a bruising fight. No date has been set for the election.


and, further down:

"If Walker is reelected and Republicans are energized because of this, that will have an impact in the presidential race," Sabato said. "I bet if the White House had their druthers the recall would not be happening."


and this gem:

According to a Government Accountability Board report, processing recall petitions will cost the state more than $650,000. The total cost of recall elections for the state and municipalities may be more than $9 million, according to estimates from board officials.

[wiphan]

Walker camp is toying with the idea of not challenging the recall signatures. This way the recall can be expedited. Should be interesting to see which route they go. Either long drawn out challenge or just quick no fight certification by the GAB. It is a hard call because they want to expose the amount of fraud with the recall signatures, but it may be in their best interest to just get this over quickly and get on with the Democratic primary and election.