Friday, June 29, 2012
More than 58,000 votes have been recounted in the much-watched 21st Senate District recall race. Republican Van Wanggaard's net gain remains at 20, leaving Democrat John Lehman up by 814 votes.
Ballot bags continued to be an issue Friday during the recount of ballots in the 21st Senate District recall election. Democrat John Lehman continues to hold a decisive lead — 814 votes — over Repubilcan Van Wanggaard. At the end of the night June 5, Lehman was declared the winner by 834 votes. Since the recount began on June 20, Wanggaard has picked up 20 votes. But, as was the case Thursday, questions arose about why some bags containing ballots were unsecure. As the ninth day of the recount was wrapping up, attorneys from both sides questioned City of Racine Deputy Clerk Donna Deuster about a bag from Ward 12 that was sealed with packing tape. Earlier Friday, Suzanne Matchie, the chief poll inspector from Ward 12, was called to the …
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
After discovering on Day 5 of the recall recount that same-day registration signatures were missing in poll books from the City of Racine, pages of signatures have been recovered and process are in place to minimize any further issues.
A day after potentially hundreds of signatures from same day voter registrations were discovered missing, many have been recovered on different pages but still in the same poll book. Even in the case of a signature not being found, though, that resident's vote still counts per an instruction from the state Government Accountability Board. Democrat John Lehman defeated Republican Van Wanggaard in the June 5 general election for the 21st Senate District by 834 votes. Wanggaard asked for a recount on June 15 and since the process started on June 20, has picked up a net eight votes. Racine County Clerk Wendy Christensen confirmed that, for reasons chalked up to human error, in Ward 1 from the City of Racine, extra pages were in the poll book. …
Monday, June 25, 2012
Voters who registered on election day are supposed to sign the poll book, same as any other voter. Now, though, pages of missing signatures have been discovered during the recount of the 21st Senate District recall election.
Republican recount observers are raising a red flag over votes cast by residents who registered on election day after pages of missing signatures from same-day voters have been discovered throughout the City of Racine. When someone registers to vote on the day of the election, poll workers take the completed registration form and create an entry in the poll book and then duplicate it in a second poll book. The voter is required to sign their entry in the same book other voters sign their entry in order to cast a ballot — and it's those signatures that are missing in some wards in the June 5 recall election. It's not known how many signatures are missing, but Racine County Clerk Wendy Christensen said there are entire pages of missing …
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Well, readers, we are about 48 hours away from the start of the Patch/WGTD candidates forum for the 21st Senate District recall election. What questions do you think we should ask?
With the live debate between state Sen. Van Wanggaard and former Sen. John Lehman just two days away, we want readers to weigh in on what they'd like us to ask. The forum is scheduled from 7 to 8:30 pm Thursday at Mount Pleasant Village Hall. As residents enter the Ebe Auditorium, they will have the opportunity to write down a question they'd like to ask the candidates. We'll collect the cards and deliver them as the debate gets underway to Mark Maley, Patch regional editor and moderator for the evening. The format for the debate includes timed introductions at two minutes each for both Wanggaard and Lehman as well as six questions to which neither candidate will have access prior to Thursday's forum. After the six questions are asked and …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
A new Rasmussen Reports poll indicates Gov. Scott Walker has 50 percent of the vote while Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett comes in at 45 percent.
If the recall election were held today, a new poll indicates Gov. Scott Walker could come out the winner. According to Rasmussen Reports, Walker would pull in 50 percent of the vote while Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett would garner 45 percent of the vote. Two percent would choose someone else and two percent are still undecided. Rasmussen surveyed 500 likely voters by telephone on May 9, the day after the historic recall primary election, when both Walker and Barrett beat out real and "protest" challengers. With a margin of error of +/- 4.5 percent, though, perhaps the points between the candidates more closely mirrors the results of a recent Marquette University Law School poll that shows Walker and Barrett in a dead heat. Survey results for…
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Dane County Democrat and candidate in likely gubernatorial recall election announces plan to restore technical college funding by closing corporate tax loophole.
Just two weeks after she announced her campaign to run against Gov. Scott Walker in a recall election — and possibly other Democrats in a primary election — former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk made her campaign pitch about job creation, school funding and collective bargaining in luncheon Wednesday hosted by WisPolitics.com. Already, she has received endorsements from WEAC, AFSCME, Emily's List and Clean Wisconsin. With the unions, she signed a pledge to veto any budget that does not restore collective bargaining. When Patch asked whether the pledge indicates a loyalty to unions, Falk said she made the pledge because she wants to be upfront and honest about what she will do as governor. "Us candidates are supposed to tell people …
Monday, November 14, 2011
Update: Rep. Cory Mason is undecided if he would run against Wanggaard in a recall election.
When State Senator Van Wanggaard spoke to the Racine TEA Party on Nov. 9, he addressed the possibilty of recall. "I know I might be recalled, but I'm not focusing on that," he said at the time. "I have to be really serious about job creation." But Wanggaard (R-Racine) will be forced to think about recall now that efforts will launch against him tomorrow, Nov. 15, the same day recall signature collection begins for Governor Scott Walker. Wanggaard is one of three state senators targeted for recall. The other two are Pam Galloway (Wausau) and Terry Moulton (Chippewa Falls). A story at jsonline.com confirmed Wanggaard is targeted. To force a recall, opponents of Wanggaard's efforts in Madison have to gather verifiable signatures that equal 25…
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Poll workers confirm steady streams of traffic at two locations.
Residents of Senate District 22 filed through polling locations on Aug. 16 at a steady pace for the recall election of Bob Wirch (D-Kenosha). He faces Republican challenger Jonathan Steitz. Marty Redlin, chief inspector at the Moose Lodge on 30th Street, said turnout is less than during the 2008 Presidential election but well above normal. "I feel like this is an emotional election for people on both sides," he said. "And it's interesting because with the redistricting maps, neither candidate lives inside the new senate district." Wirch was targeted for recall because he was one of 14 state senators to leave the state to stop a vote on Governor Scott Walker's budget repair bill, which removed most collective bargaining rights from public …
Saturday, August 13, 2011
The Republicans have a one-vote lead, and Democrats want to keep it that way.
The last two state senate recall elections are on Tues., Aug. 16, this time with two Democratic seats up for grabs. Bob Wirch (D-Kenosha) and Jim Holperin (D-Conover) will face their Republican challengers; Wirch against Jonathan Steitz and Holperin against Kim Simac. Should Wirch and Holperin retain their seats, the split in the Senate will remain 17-16, but if one or both of them loses, the majority tips even more toward the Republicans. Wirch's recall, in particular, could have an impact on Mount Pleasant, Sturtevant and Caledonia since the re-drawn Senate district map would change the state senator for those villages. According to the new maps, one district would, roughly, encompass most of the city of Racine, parts of Mount Pleasant …
James R Hoffa
11:52 am on Monday, July 2, 2012
@morninmist - If Van challenges the certification of this election in court, which Hoffa hopes he does, a re-election should be ordered, just as when similar occurrences played out in the Pastrick re-election campaign of 1999 in the City of East Chicago, as what happened in the City of Racine on June 5, 2012 is that exact situation only on steroids! more ›