Friday, March 30, 2012
A year after Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill became law, recall petitioners have successfully triggered a recall election of Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch.
Enough petition signatures have been verified to trigger a recall of Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, state election officials decided Monday. The state Government Accountability Board voted 5-0 to order the recall election. If a primary election is needed, it will be held May 8. The general election date will be June 5. This is the first time in Wisconsin history a governor is up for a recall election. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, there have only been two successful gubernatorial recalls in U.S. history — against California Gov. Gray Davis in 2003 and North Dakota Gov. Lynn Frazier in 1921. Of the 931,053 signatures submitted for the Walker recall, the GAB staff found 900,938 valid signatures. And of 842,854 …
Monday, March 12, 2012
After collecting more than 23,000 signatures, staff at the Government Accountability Board found more than 19,000 valid signatures.
The Government Accountability Board met this morning, and members agreed with a staff determination concerning a potential recall election for state Sen. Van Wanggaard. Counting at least 19,142 valid signatures, the GAB will allow a recall election. Recall supporters turned in almost 24,000 signatures, and 15,353 were needed to trigger an election. Wanggaard, a Republican from Racine, represents most of Racine County, including Mount Pleasant, Sturtevant and Caledonia. He told Patch last week that he's ready for a recall election. "I'll stand on my record of authoring or co-sponsoring bipartisan bills for Wisconsin citizens and the residents of the 21st District," he said. Former Sen. John Lehman, whom Wanggaard defeated in November 2010, …
Friday, February 3, 2012
State elections chief says requiring a public searchable database would be expensive and impractical. The state might use a searchable database in its review and enter names, not addresses.
Updated (Feb. 3): An appeals court has vacated a Waukesha County Circuit Court's order that state elections officials do more to ferret out duplicate signatures on Recall Walker petitions, saying the court erred in not allowing recall organizers to intervene in the case. The decision by the Court of Appeals District IV panel based in Madison means Waukesha County Circuit Judge J. Mac Davis will need to re-hear the case, allowing for input from representatives of both campaigns — that of Gov. Scott Walker and the recalls. "We conclude that the recall committees are entitled to intervene as a matter of right," the appellate court ruled. "It cannot be seriously disputed that the recall committees have an interest in the procedures that will …
Friday, December 16, 2011
They say the way the election board is verifying signatures is unconstitutional.
Reports of signatures on recall petitions from Mickey Mouse and Adolf Hitler no doubt played a part in the decision by Governor Scott Walker's campaign to file suit against the Government Accountability Board. The Republican Party of Wisconsin is also filed, on the same side as Walker's campaign. According to a story from the Associated Press, Walker's campaign wants a judge to order the GAB to look for and eliminate duplicate signatures, obviously fake names like Mickey Mouse and Adolf Hitler and any illegible signatures. The GAB, however, says it is up to the officer under recall to challenge those same signatures. Allowing multiple signatures is unconstitutional because it "violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution …
Friday, November 4, 2011
Representative Robin Vos, author of a bill for limiting attorney fees, is not doing anything wrong even though he may now or in the future benefit from the new law.
The Government Accountability Board has issued their opinion about whether or not Representative Robin Vos (R-Rochester) violated any ethics code related to a bill he authored. Senate Bill 12 would limit attorney fees to no more than three times the plaintiff's damage award. Vos has a case pending involving a student to whom he rented an apartment in Whitewater. That student paid $2,175 for their share of the security deposit and fall rent, and the representing attorney is requesting $20,000 for costs and fees. Under this new law, those fees would be capped at $6,525. In part, the GAB states, "Even if Special Session Senate Bill 12 applied to your lawsuit, or to future litigation in which you were involved, it is our opinion that the …
Carrie
4:38 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
Johnny Blade, it is not free stuff, you don't pay for it, and I do. Do your homework. That was so pathetic countering it took no effort on my part. more ›