Curiouser and Curiouser in Wis. Recall and Recount

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By Matthew Rothschild
May 6, 2011

http://www.progressive.org/wx0506b11.html

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On Thursday, during the recount in that county (Waukesha, where clerk Kathy Nickolaus, who used to work for Prosser, mysteriously 'found' 14,000 votes 48 hours after polls closed), five out of the first six ballot bags had holes in them.

“There are several bags that appear to be improperly sealed,” acknowledged retired Circuit Court Judge Robert Mawdsley, who is in charge of the recount there, according to an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Second, in the Republican effort to recall three Democratic state senators, huge irregularities have been found.

“The overwhelming evidence clearly shows a pervasive pattern of election fraud,” said state senate Democratic leader Mark Miller.

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By Dee J. Hall
May 6, 2011 8:05 am

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/g...002e0.html

Circulators hired by the state Republican Party have submitted hundreds if not thousands of invalid signatures in recall drives targeting three Democratic state senators in a “widespread and systemic pattern of election fraud,” Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller, D-Monona, charged at a press conference Thursday.

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Miller said Thursday that entire pages of signatures should be thrown out because circulators from as far away as Florida, Colorado and New York claimed to live at invalid addresses.

Republicans paid Kennedy Enterprises of Colorado Springs, Colo., $92,000 to circulate petitions. Calls to the company were answered by a message saying the number was temporarily disconnected. An email to company president Dan Kennedy wasn’t returned.

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“There were hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of forged signatures and fraudulently obtained signatures,” he said. “They (circulators) were motivated to do one thing: Fill pages as fast as they could.”

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[There Is No Spoon]

(05-07-2011 03:16 AM)nofurylike Wrote:  By Dee J. Hall
May 6, 2011 8:05 am

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/g...002e0.html

Circulators hired by the state Republican Party have submitted hundreds if not thousands of invalid signatures in recall drives targeting three Democratic state senators in a “widespread and systemic pattern of election fraud,” Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller, D-Monona, charged at a press conference Thursday.

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Miller said Thursday that entire pages of signatures should be thrown out because circulators from as far away as Florida, Colorado and New York claimed to live at invalid addresses.

Republicans paid Kennedy Enterprises of Colorado Springs, Colo., $92,000 to circulate petitions. Calls to the company were answered by a message saying the number was temporarily disconnected. An email to company president Dan Kennedy wasn’t returned.

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“There were hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of forged signatures and fraudulently obtained signatures,” he said. “They (circulators) were motivated to do one thing: Fill pages as fast as they could.”

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I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that the one's who always accuse others of fraud are doing so out of a guilty conscience, but I am. I hope some or all of the Republican recall petitions are invalidated.

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(05-07-2011 08:10 AM)There Is No Spoon Wrote:  I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that the one's who always accuse others of fraud are doing so out of a guilty conscience, but I am. I hope some or all of the Republican recall petitions are invalidated.

i know that feeling, TINS, about finding it hard to believe that, so often, they are projecting like that! as if they can dispel blame that way, like children.

i hope they are invalidated, too. and, if only, prosecuted for it.

[NJMaverick]

Not unexpected, but the question is will action be taken

[Velleity]

(05-07-2011 08:03 AM)NJMaverick Wrote:  Not unexpected, but the question is will action be taken

As I understand it Wisconsin is known to have clean elections and to take it very seriously, so we will see how that goes. Of course the forces behind this are not of Wisconsin.

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(05-07-2011 01:04 PM)Velleity Wrote:  

(05-07-2011 08:03 AM)NJMaverick Wrote:  Not unexpected, but the question is will action be taken

As I understand it Wisconsin is known to have clean elections and to take it very seriously, so we will see how that goes. Of course the forces behind this are not of Wisconsin.

i am very glad to read that about Wisconsin, Velleity. because, even if outside forces are acting, the people's taking it so seriously might just cause it to backfire on those forces. it does seem to be happening in Wisconsin, in numerous ways.

thank you!

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(05-07-2011 08:03 AM)NJMaverick Wrote:  Not unexpected, but the question is will action be taken

i am hoping these are all signs it will be. here's hoping, with you, NJMaverick!