FollowUp 18: Wisconsin Republican Dirty Tricks

It is now official.  There will be a gubernatorial recall election in Wisconsin on 5 June 2012.  The Democratic primary election will be 8 May 2012.

As we discussed previously here, there were many allegations of fraud in signing the petitions.  It turns out that the petitions were almost pristine according to Channel 3000.

According to a GAB news release on Thursday, staff struck 26,114 signatures and found 4,001 duplicate signatures of the 931,053 originally submitted by recall organizers on the Walker petition.

Despite widespread accusations of fraud on petitions to recall Walker, elections officials said they found only five fakes names.

Of the more than 930,000 signatures submitted, the Government Accountability Board said Thursday that only 30,115 were struck. That is just over 3 percent.

Of those struck, there were 4,001 duplicates and just five fictitious names. Those were Adolf Hitler, Mick E. Mous, Donald L. Duck, Fungky Van Den Elzen, and I Love Scott Walker Thanks.

The big problem for the Wisconsin Democrats is getting a candidate.  The Democrat most likely to beat Scott Walker on 5 June, former Senator Russ Feingold, says that he will not run.  Madison.Com has a two minute clip on the problem (which I tried to embed, but can't seem to get right). Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and Wisconsin Attorney General Doug LaFollette are both seeking to unseat Scott Walker. As the clip on that site indicates, voters aren't thrilled, but would prefer the Mayor of Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is not in the race at this time, but is considered by many to be the best hope for ousting Governor Walker.  It is time for the Democrats to get their act together and quickly.  The 5th of  June is coming up fast and the 8th of May even faster.

That Tom Barrett lost in 2010 to Scott Walker does not predetermine a rematch.  However, if Wisconsinites believe the propaganda that Mr. Walker and the Koch brothers are spreading, then Mr. Walker can continue to lie to the people of Wisconsin from the Governor's office.

16 November 2011, Original Pedantic Political Ponderings post.
30 November 2011, FollowUp 1.
4 December 2011, FollowUp 2.
11 December 2011, FollowUp 3.
14 December 2011, FollowUp 4.
15 December 2011, FollowUp 5.
30 December 2011, FollowUp 6.
13 January 2012, FollowUp 7.
17 January 2012, FollowUp 8.
25 January 2012, FollowUp 9.
2 February 2012, FollowUp 10.
9 February 2012, FollowUp 11.
12 February 2012, FollowUp 12.
18 February 2012, FollowUp 13.
22 February 2012, FollowUp 14.
6 March 2012, FollowUp 15.
12 March 2012, FollowUp 16.
16 March 2012, FollowUp 17.

31 March 2012, FollowUp 19.
3 April 2012, FollowUp 20.
4 April 2012, FollowUp 21.
11 April 2012, FollowUp 22.
14 April 2012, FollowUp 23.
17 April 2012, FollowUp 24.
21 April 2012, FollowUp 25.
29 April 2012, FollowUp 26.
2 May 2012, FollowUp 27.
6 May 2012, FollowUp 28.
10 May 2012, FollowUp 29.
13 May 2012, FollowUp 30.
23 May 2012, FollowUp 31.
24 May 2012, FollowUp 32.
30 May 2012, FollowUp 33.
2 June 2012, FollowUp 34.
4 June 2012, FollowUp 35.
5 June 2012, FollowUp 36.