Wisconsin election vote fraud investigation

[wiphan]

Originally Posted by Riot

www.dailykos.com

I don't know if any recalls have been successfully collected against any Democratic Senators as promised. Wiphan? Do you know of any?

Yes

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepo...120328284.html

Hansen, Holperin and Wirch

[Riot]

Originally Posted by wiphan

Yes

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepo...120328284.html

Hansen, Holperin and Wirch

We'll see if they do get them in today. The Republicans have filed no recall petitions so far, and they have only until Tuesday to file. Another source says they only have enough signatures so far for Hansen and Holperin.

And there's this unflattering new investigation about one Republican signature gatherer:

The Wisconsin Democratic Party is planning to file a complaint to the state Government Accountability Board alleging that a Republican signature-gatherer offered alcoholic beverages to a group of women to get them to sign a recall petition against a Democratic state senator.

Although that's not illegal in Wisconsin, it is strongly discouraged and, Democrats argue, evidence that Republicans don't really have enough grassroots support for their recall campaigns.

Reid Magney, a spokesman for the GAB -- which oversees the state's campaign finance, elections, ethics and lobbying laws -- said offering drinks in return for signatures doesn't actually appear to be illegal.

"Our attorneys have been unable to find anything in state law that would prohibit offering drinks or anything for signing a petition," Magney said, though he added that they "strongly encourage people not to do so because it taints the process."

Based on the above recording, Wisconsin Democratic Party spokesman Graeme Zielinski confirmed that the party may still file a complaint with the GAB challenging a possible Wirch recall petition on ethical grounds.

The Dems have already filed twice the signatures needed to recall four GOP Senators, but only have until May 2 to get enough signatures for anyone else.

Somewhere I read they were going to try and hold all the recall elections on the same date (rather than one at a time, as they come in).

Even though a recall election is forced, there still has to be another candidate to run, and the other candidate has to win against the incumbent being recalled.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

We'll see if they do get them in today. The Republicans have filed no recall petitions so far, and they have only until Tuesday to file. Another source says they only have enough signatures so far for Hansen and Holperin..

A conservative group has filed the first petition to recall a Democratic Wisconsin senator over his stance on Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining law.

The committee to recall Dave Hansen of Green Bay has more than the 14,000 signatures needed to trigger a recall election. Election officials have 31 days to review the signatures, unless a court grants an extension.

Groups attempting to recall Democratic Sens. Jim Holperin of Conover and Robert Wirch of Pleasant Prairie also are expected to file recall petitions on Thursday. Democrats already have filed petitions to recall four Republican senators. Both parties are targeting senators for their support or opposition to a bill that would strip most public employees of collective bargaining rights.

http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/lates...ecall-wis-dem/

[Riot]

Looks like the Republicans filed their first three today (Holperin, Wirch, Hansen) while the Dems added a fifth (Darling) to Olsen, Hopper, Kapanke, Harsdorf.

http://gab.wi.gov/

http://gab.wi.gov/elections-voting/recall

The Dems would need to defeat 3 of those to flip the Senate to Democratic control.

[Riot]

Republican efforts to recall Dems. Taylor, Risser and Coggs have failed.

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_16c6983c-6f93-11e0-a81b-001cc4c002e0.html?nstrack=sid:420910|met:102|cat:3 165555|order:2

A recall effort targeting two Democratic state senators has fallen short at the deadline.

Organizers had until Monday afternoon to turn in petitions to recall Sen. Lena Taylor of Milwaukee and Sen. Fred Risser of Madison. But the organizers failed to meet the deadline.

Election officials are currently reviewing petitions already turned in against five GOP senators and three Democratic senators. The senators are being targeted for their votes for or against a divisive bill that curtails collective bargaining rights for most public employees.

Organizers targeting Democratic Sen. Spencer Coggs of Milwaukee have until Tuesday to file a recall petition.

[dellinger63]

as a sidebar those Dr.'s writing the fake notes were punished. I have no problem with that but do with "The statement didn't identify the doctors, citing public employee records laws, and said "the school will not comment on individual cases."

'We' as in 'taxpayers' pay them and WTF is public employees records laws? Good Grief! Let's see who the f'ups were.

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/loc...cc4c03286.html

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

as a sidebar those Dr.'s writing the fake notes were punished. I have no problem with that but do with "The statement didn't identify the doctors, citing public employee records laws, and said "the school will not comment on individual cases."

'We' as in 'taxpayers' pay them and WTF is public employees records laws? Good Grief! Let's see who the f'ups were.

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/loc...cc4c03286.html

I don't see how the Board will end up being able to do anything - they would have to be able to actively disprove a valid doctor-patient relationship exists.

It's just a witch hunt.