Friday, February 3, 2012
A growing group of Walker supporters hope to spoil Democrats' recall party by writing in the Republican's name in a potential primary.
In the “Wild West” political territory that is the Wisconsin recall elections, it seems anything goes. Therefore, it should probably come as no surprise that some supporters of Gov. Scott Walker have come up with a new plan to thwart efforts to unseat the Republican governor. Utilizing word-of-mouth and social media, these Walker supporters are encouraging voters across the state to write in the governor as a candidate in the Democratic primary — if the recall election moves forward. It started as a conversation on Facebook, but less than a week ago the page Operation: Write in Scott Walker in Democrat Primary popped up on the social media goliath, giving the movement an established spot on the web. In just more than a week, 772 people …
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Groups leading effort to remove Gov. Scott Walker from office won't give any more signature updates until petitions are turned in Jan. 17.
The finish line is in sight to collect signatures for the statewide effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker. But anyone who wants to know just how many signatures have been gathered is going to have to wait until Jan. 17, when all recall petitions will be submitted to the state Government Accountability Board for verification. That's because the state Democratic Party said today it was not going to provide anymore updates on how close organizers are to gathering the 540,280 signatures needed to force a recall election or hitting organizer's internal goal of collecting 720,000 signatures. Organizers say the main reason they're staying mum is because they believe whatever numbers they report will be used by Walker supporters to portray the recall…
Monday, November 28, 2011
United Wisconsin, the main recall group, says it has 300,000-plus signatures; GOP calls the effort a "baseless, partisan power-grab."
Just one day short of two weeks since the effort began, the group behind the move to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker said Monday it has gathered more than 300,000 signatures — more than half the number needed to force a recall election. Wisconsinites were signing the recall petition at the rate of 1,040 per hour, according to Wisconsin United, the main group behind the effort. In the first 96 hours of the recall effort, which began Nov. 15, more than 105,000 signatures were collected from all 72 counties in Wisconsin. The group needs 540,208 valid signatures by Jan. 17 to force an election, and organizers say they hope to gather between 600,00 and 700,000 signatures. County-by-county figures were not available, however, United …
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
There were as many reporters as protesters as grandmother Julie Wells hands in paperwork kicking off the official recall effort.
The streets were eerily quiet in Madison Tuesday as Julie Wells, a grandmother of 12, filed petitions with the state Government Accountability Board to recall Gov. Scott Walker. Accompanied by former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and Mahlon Mitchell, president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, Wells was energetic as they marched from the Recall Walker campaign office to the GAB office. "Walker isn't on our side, he doesn't fight for us," Falk said. As Wells turned in the petition papers, she smiled. "I've waited 10 months for this, it feels surreal," she said. "We're taking back our state." Volunteers were scattered lightly throughout downtown Madison. John Arms, a 42-year-old massage therapist from Madison, signed the …
mary
9:17 am on Thursday, May 3, 2012
why do you all say that Repubs are scared of democracy?? It got Walker elected...if it shoo's him out then so be it. Democracy is a wonderful thing. It is dissapointing when the masses are so uninformed but no one is trying to think for you! Perhaps educate you:) And I believe that when Walker was first elected all you libs in Madison were pretty upset...and perhaps at the time it could be said … more ›