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Friday, February 10, 2012

Tea Party Ready to Do Battle in Court Over Recall Signatures

Groups say they plan legal challenge after being told Wisconsin's election board won't accept their findings on validity of recall petitions.

Verify the Recall, an effort backed by Tea Party groups to ensure the validity of petition signatures in Wisconsin's recall elections, is now 13,000 volunteers strong and organizers say one signature is being checked every 2.7 seconds. Ross Brown, founder of We The People of the Republic, said Verify the Recall has gathered enough evidence in its vetting process to possibly put the brakes on the attempted recall of Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau). And that’s just the start. Volunteers now are moving on to the reviewing the petitions seeking to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker. But will their efforts all go for naught? According to the Government Accountability Board, which oversees elections in Wisconsin, they just…

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Ready to Rumble: Bell Rings for Main Event in Wisconsin Recalls and Appeals Court Vacates Waukesha Judge's Order on State Review of Recall Petitions

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morninmist

12:38 pm on Sunday, March 11, 2012

SHAWN STOP THE LIES. PUBLIC WORKERS EARN THEIR WAGES AND COMPENSATION. We work for a living and pay our taxes just like other workers.   more ›

Friday, January 13, 2012

Tea Party Enters the Wisconsin Recall Fray

Groups are raising money and lining up thousands of volunteers to review signatures in the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

On Tuesday, organizers of the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will submit stacks upon stacks of signed petitions to the state, a move that will set a 60-day time clock into motion as the signatures are counted and verified. Both the Republican and Democratic parties of Wisconsin have set up their own vetting and verification operations to ensure only valid signatures are counted. However, there’s a new guest joining the recall party, and they’ll be sure all their “I’s”  are dotted and their “Teas” are crossed. Tea Party groups in Wisconsin and around the country have recruited nearly 10,000 volunteers from 49 states to scrutinize the signatures and verify that people who signed petitions are indeed who they say they are. On …

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GAB: Statewide Recall Election Could Cost $9 Million, Up to $20 Million, State Board Needs More Than 60 Days to Verify Recall Signatures, and Ready to Rumble: Bell Rings for Main Event in Wisconsin Recalls

Zuma Bound

10:08 am on Wednesday, January 18, 2012

@ mau Well, mau, if KOCH the KOCH "shoe" KOCH fits. . .(*laughing*) Ah, yes, the rich fantasy world of the wingnut. . ."These are not the [KOCH brothers] you are looking for. Move along." [tip of the hat to Alec Guinness] AND Scott Walker didn't bare his soul for all the world to see in that conversation that he had with someone he thought was David Koch. . . [M]au, people not suffering from …   more ›

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