Repost: Signed Sealed Delivered - Kapanke Offically Up for Recall

[sybylla]

From the LBN post last night: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4827366

Source: Politiscoop

Breaking News; Madison Wisconsin - The Government Accountability Board today gave a statement to PolitiScoop.com that Senator Kapankes petition for recall has passed the most stringent review process and has come through with signatures to spare. The second review taking place next week is a mere formality. A recall election for this Senator is now certain.

Read more: http://www.politiscoop.com/component/content/article/35...

[elocs]

1. The question is when will the recall elections be held

and likely as many as possible will be on one day:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x958452

[sybylla]

2. That's a bit tough to anticipate and I'm thinking unlikely.

The rules for recall are in the constitution of the state, setting precise time lines. There should be little real voter confusion as very few of these races are in the same media markets. I can absolutely understand the court might come up with some way to make an exception for those in the same media markets being held on the same day, but how often do the courts go against the constitution?

Article XIII, Section 12, sub 2:

The filing officer with whom the recall petition is filed shall call a recall election for the Tuesday of the 6th week after the date of filing the petition, or if that Tuesday is a legal holiday, on the first day after that Tuesday which is not a legal holiday.

""sub 3.c:

When a recall primary is required, the date specified under sub.(2) shall be the date of the recall primary and the recall election shall be held on the Tuesday of the 4th week after the recall primary, or if that Tuesday is a legal holiday, on the first day after that Tuesday which is not a legal holiday.

""sub 7:

This section shall be self-executing and mandatory. Laws may be enacted to facilitate its operation but no law shall be enacted to hamper, restrict, or impair the right of recall.

And, of course, that assumes there will be no primary in any of these races. Will the GAB ask to hold off the Hopper Recall because there is a primary on the Recall for Senator Hansen or Luther Olsen or Mary Lazich (if they get the sigs in)? That wouldn't hardly seem fair to those 20,000+ petitioners.

I know there are people involved working hard to avoid primaries. But as Dave Obey always said of his opponents, anyone has the right to put their name on the ballot.

Several of these recalls would end up on the same date anyway as they were filed in clusters in the same week. So what does it matter that for three weeks in a row we have recall elections? Seems to me that might be easier on the GAB staff. :shrug:

[elocs]

3. I heard the head of the GAB on WI public radio a few weeks ago

and he said the GAB has the authority to consolidate the dates of some of the recall elections. With the number of recalls in play now this is certainly uncharted waters for this.