WI Recall elections - website link & info

[mzteris]

Accountability Board Still Grappling With State Recalls
Article | May 28, 2011 - 6:33pm | Ashland Current

The Government Accountability Board will only be considering three of six state-level recall petitions on Tuesday, rather than all six as previously planned.

Petition challenges filed by incumbents in Wisconsin Senate Districts 8, 12, 22 and 30 (Alberta Darling (R-River Hills), Jim Holperin (D-Conover), Robert Wirch (D-Pleasant Prairie) and David Hansen (D-Green Bay)) have raised numerous factual and legal issues which need to be investigated and analyzed by agency staff prior to consideration by the Government Accountability Board members, the board reports.

Because of the strong likelihood that any finding of sufficiency or insufficiency will be appealed to a circuit court, it is imperative that the issues raised by these challenges are fully examined, and that a complete record is created for a court to consider, the board says.

. . . Copies of the petitions, challenges, rebuttals and other documents are all available on the accountability board website; under the section “Active Senate Recall Committees,” click on the individual committee names to access documents. http://gab.wi.gov/elections-voting/recall

http://ashlandcurrent.com/article/11/05/28/accountability-board-still-grappling-state-recalls

[ewagner]

1. WOW!

thanks for the link to Ashland Current....I've been viewing the site for over an hour...Ashland is a wonderful place politically and it hasn't changed a bit in 30 years!!!!

[HelenWheels]

2. Heard on WI Public Radio today

The Repukes formally asked Kevin Kennedy to resign as head of the election board (not sure if that is his title). He refused and said this is like blaming the referee when your team loses.
They actually have copies of letters the Repukes sent to their party members to try and get "fake" Dems to run for the recall election.
Will cut funding for WPR as it costs the state $1.13 for every listener they have. This is a good one as don't know how they came up with that figure.