Great news for Dems in WISC recall elections! [View All]

[KelleyKramer]

A Republican was taken off the ballot because he didn't have the required signatures after 26 sigs were found to be invalid.

In my opinion this is actually a huge screw-up by the GOPer. If you are going to submit only 24 more sigs than are required, you better either get more or make sure the ones you have are bulletproof.

Oh well, great news for the Dems in Wisc!!

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Another break for Wisconsin Dems in recall fight
By Greg Sargent

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In a nutshell, what happened here is that one of the Dem state senators that Dems and labor thought was genuinely vulnerable to a recall challenge — Dave Hansen — will now no longer face his toughest challenger. Once it has been established through signature gathering that a recall election will be held against a sitting official, a potential challenger only requires 400 signatures to get on the ballot in the recall elections. Hansen’s leading challenger, John Nygren, fell short and was disqualified.

Hansen is now all but certain to face a challenge from a far weaker candidate — David VanderLeest. According to Journal Sentinel columnist David Bice, this latest challenger has a court record that includes disorderly conduct.

Kelly Steele, a spokesman for the labor-backed We Are Wisconsin, was thrilled about the new development, claiming that VanderLeest’s “rap sheet reads like a directory of the Wisconsin state criminal code.”

Here’s why this is important. In order to take back the state senate, Dems need to net three recall wins. Six Republicans face recall battles; while only three Dems do. But now one of the three Dems may be far safer than previously thought, which means Dems may have an easier time netting three wins — and that Wisconsin GOPers may have a tougher time hanging onto the state senate.

More here
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/another-break-for-wisconsin-dems-in-recall-fight/2011/03/03/AGe9HynH_blog.html

and here
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/124611729.html