Thursday, February 9, 2012

Recall Follies: Wisconsin Election Watchdog to Ignore Independently-Provided Evidence of Fraud

Imagine the police ignoring evidence of a crime because the right person didn’t call 911. Welcome to the the latest episode of Wisconsin Recall Election Follies. - Breitbart'sBig Government
GAB Decides to Ignore All Independently-Provided Evidence of Recall Petition Fraud - MacIver Institute
...Citizens not affiliated with either the recall organizations or the office holders targeted for recall this spring have found scores of problems with the petitions, but Wisconsin’s elections watchdogs have decided they will not consider any of their evidence....
UPDATE:
Double Reverse: Scott Walker Recall Petitions Finally Posted Online - Brett Healy/Breitbart's Big Government
It’s not quite an online database, but it’s a start.
After reneging on their promise to post pdfs of the Scott Walker recall petitions online, the misnamed Wisconsin Government Accountability Board has relented... The signatures are now online, here. - wi.gov
MORE:
Wisconsin election officials suddenly interested in recall petition fraud — from last spring on petitions to recall Dem Senator - Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

AND MORE:
Sen. Galloway Campaign Statement on Challenges to Recall Signatures #WIRight

“Today, challenges were filed with the Government Accountability Board regarding hundreds of questionable signatures that were discovered after an inspection by local volunteers in the 29th Senate District.

The errors found on the petitions range from signatures collected outside of the circulation period to incomplete ...addresses or names. Individuals from Oak Creek, Oshkosh, and even Rhinelander, communities clearly not in the 29th Senate District, signed the recall petitions against Senator Galloway.

“Throughout the review process, the Galloway Campaign has also heard from numerous individuals who were misled into signing the recall petitions. The Democrat Party and their Big Labor allies spent close to $50,000 to manufacture a “grassroots” effort and to distort Senator Galloway’s record to gather the necessary signatures. This dollar figure is equal to the amount spent by these same groups on the other three Senate recall efforts combined.

“A quick review of the circulators also shows that paid operatives from all over the state and country descended on neighborhoods in the 29th Senate District. One has to ask why individuals from Madison, Platteville, Milwaukee, Maryland, Ohio, Minnesota and Florida are forcing an election onto the taxpayers of North Central Wisconsin. It is estimated that a Senate recall election will cost local units of government around $500,000 in Senator Galloway’s District so the Democrat Party can have a do-over of the 2010 elections.

“The voters of the 29th Senate District, a majority of whom did not sign the recall petitions, expect a thorough review of the signatures by the Government Accountability Board.”