Citing ‘Impossible Timeline,’ Walker Campaign Won’t File Challenge Against Recall Signatures

[midnight]

The campaign of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) announced Monday — the deadline today to submit challenges against the signatures to recall him — that they will not file any challenge, saying that they did not have enough time to fully review the more than one-million signatures filed against him.

This decision comes a week and a half after Dane County Judge Richard Niess, who had previously granted a 20-day extension to the Walker campaign for the review period, refused their request for another two weeks.

“We faced an impossible timeline,” Walker campaign spokeswoman Ciara Matthews told WisPolitics. She also added: “It obviously takes more time to verify signatures than it does to collect them.”

Matthews has not responded to TPM’s request for comment, to determine whether this move means the campaign is essentially conceding the signature-challenge phase of the recall — and going straight to certification and triggering of the election — or on the other hand, would they file any additional legal challenges or appeals, on the basis that they did not have enough time to review the signatures?http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/citing-impossible-timeline-walker-wont-file-challenge-against-recall-signatures.php

[Old and In the Way]

1. Hmmmmm....I wonder if they've ever heard about statistical sampling?

You know, take 500 random signatures and check those. If 2 of 500 are bad, there's a pretty good chance that your challenge is a waste of time.

[Yooperman]

2. STOP MAKING SENSE!!!

It's the republicans your taking about!

[hayrow1]

3. You can be absolutely certain that they looked into every possible means to try to get the recall

stopped. They have an unlimited budget to hire any and all types of statisticians, mathematcians, alchemists, or any other specialist in any field. The Koch's have concluded it is easier to spend millions of dollars on ads to bamboozle the citizens of Wisconsin, than try to fight the simple truth of a count. The Koch's have a solid grip on the Wisconsin and will not let go without one heck of a fight.

[midnight]

5. I think you have that right.... Wisconsinites need to be reminded of that daily....

In fact, that should be a target message repeated throughout this whole recall season...

[madrchsod]

4. it just about dam near impossible for 51% of those sigs would be invalid.

they knew this as soon as the boxes starting arriving at the super secret location.

[PeaceNikki]

6. As a commenter there stated:

Dog whistle to "The Base": "If we'd only had more time, we would have been able to prove that ACORN and George Soros forged more than 75 percent of the signatures. The recall election will never be legitimate, because it is based on fraudulent signatures."