RECALL EFFORTS Attempts to unseat senators could be historic

[Snoutport]

Source: Wisconsin State Journal

Walker's apparently successful effort to eliminate collective bargaining rights for most public sector workers has made his — and the eight Republican senators — removal from office a top priority for union members.
Democratic state party chairman Mike Tate said $940,000 has been donated to the party during the past week for recall efforts.

Democrats point to Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-La Crosse, who represents a district President Barack Obama carried by 61 percent in 2008. Republicans note Holperin won with only 51 percent of the vote in 2008. Walker took 57 percent of the vote in the district last year.

Read more: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_81de6636-4d74-11e0-b690-001cc4c03286.html

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This article made me feel good for some reason. They don't come out and say it but there is a subtle hint that the republican recalls are the ones that are going to happen. Or is it wishful thinking on my part?

[drm604]

1. I recall reading something in the past week

about how the Republicans' efforts to recall Democratic Senators are faltering. It was posted on DU.

On Edit:
Found it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=593431

[Downtown Hound]

2. Yeah, I think these recalls are going to be successful

And boy is it going to be sweet to watch!

[freshwest]

3. Sounds great, but I'm worried.

Will it be soon enough to overcome Walker?

The amount of scorched earth this guy is willing to do is frightening to me and it's clear the People of Wisconsin are being targeted, sort of a 'as Wisconsin goes, so goes the nation.'

Hope to hear more news, keep it coming.

[pacalo]

4. Wisconsin's secretary of state is a Democrat, so there will be no delay there

in getting the petitions processed. :)

[midnight]

5. Does anyone know what the deadline is for handing in

signatures, and then how long to remove them?

[eowyn_of_rohan]

7. Circulation of the recall petition must be completed within 60 days after registration.

Circulation of the recall petition must be completed within 60 days after registration. The completed petition must be returned to the original filing officer no later than 5:00 p.m. on the 60th day from the date of registration. Any signature dated before this 60 day period is invalid.

I am not sure if recall papers were all filed on same day for all 8 thug senators but in the case of Mary Lazich the Filing Date was March 2, 2011. Petition Due Date is May 2, 2011

[demwing]

6. The Wisconsin Rules of Recall

http://www.recallscottwalker.com/2011/02/laws-governing-recall-in-wisconsin/

The citizens of Wisconsin are granted the authority to perform a recall election by the Wisconsin Constitution, Article VIII, Section 12 to all elective officers after the first year of the term for which the incumbent was elected.

Wisconsin is one of nine states with provisions that say that the right of recall extends to recalling members of its federal congressional delegation, but it hasn’t been clear whether federal courts would allow states to actually recall their federal politicians.

Registration of a Recall Committee
Before circulating a petition for recall, the circulator must register with the appropriate filing officer. This includes a Campaign Registration Statement along with a second statement indicating:

• the petitioner’s intent to circulate a recall petition,
• the name of the officeholder for whom recall is sought, and
• the reason for the recall, which must be related to the official responsibilities of the officeholder.

Signature Requirement
The number of valid signatures required for a recall election is 25 percent of the number of persons that voted in the last preceding election for the office of governor within the electoral district of the officer sought to be recalled. Each signer must be a qualified voter within the district represented by the officeholder being recalled, and the address of each signer must be located within that district.

Circulating the Recall Petition
Circulation of the recall petition must be completed within 60 days after registration. The completed petition must be returned to the original filing officer no later than 5:00 p.m. on the 60th day from the date of registration. Any signature dated before this 60 day period is invalid.

Preparation and Circulation of Recall Petitions
After the signatures are obtained the certification must be completed by the circulator. Specific requirements of the circulator are:

• The circulator must list his or her full address, including municipality of residence, and street and number, if any, or rural route.
• The circulator must sign and date the certification after they have obtained the signatures.
• The person signing as circulator must have personally circulated the petition and personally obtained each of the signatures on the paper.
• The circulator must state that he or she is aware that falsifying the certification is illegal.

Review of Petition by Filing Officer
Within 31 days after the petition (with signatures) is submitted to the filing officer, he or she has 31 days to determine the sufficiency of the petition and also that it meets all necessary requirements. Following this review, the filing officer must attach to the petition either a certificate of sufficiency or of insufficiency, allowing at least 10 days for the officeholder being recalled to file any challenge.

If the petition is considered sufficient, the filing officer will submit it to the appropriate local governing body, which will then immediately call a recall election to be held on the Tuesday of the 6th week after the date on which the clerk issued the certificate of sufficiency.

Contact Information
Wisconsin State Elections Board
17 West Main Street, Suite 310
PO Box 2973
Madison, WI 53701-2973
Phone: [phone]


Read the Wiki: http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Laws_governing_recall_in_Wisconsin

[brooklynite]

8. Who gets to vote in the recall?

Is it a statewide vote, or only the people in the Senator's district?

[undeterred]

9. Only the people in each Senator's district can recall that

Senator and choose a new one.

[brooklynite]

10. Considering they got elected in the first place...

I'm wondering how many of the targets are in marginal districts and are actually at risk, notwithstanding state-wide feelings.

[undeterred]

11. I think they are only doing recalls in 50:50 type districts

that tend to swing back and forth, not in districts that always go Democrat or always go Republican. One of the Republicans targeted only won by a couple hundred votes.

[PeaceNikki]

14. Many barely won their districts and there are a LOT of angry moderates and Republicans.

I think we can get at least 3 seats - which is what we need for majority.

[Blue Owl]

12. Let's see them try to re-write this history

Keep those signatures filing in!

:kick:

[mimitabby]

13. my concern is that there are also recalls on the Democrats

how are they going in comparison?
are they going to vote out 8 GOP's and vote out 8 Democrats ending up right back where we started?

[PeaceNikki]

15. They are 3 futile efforts to recall Dems.

We've got them.

[mimitabby]

16. AWESOME

[PeaceNikki]

17. An out-of-state (Utah?!!?) group was (is?) seeking this

"initial filings did not have anyone from the local senatorial district as part of the recall requests."

lol

http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/02/10198/utah-group-seeks-recall-wisconsin-democratic-senators