In Case You Missed This... 'Dem Party of Wisconsin: Expect at Least Six Recall Elections' - FDL

[WillyT]

Dem Party of Wisconsin: Expect at Least Six Recall Elections
By: David Dayen - FDL
Friday April 1, 2011 1:10 pm

<snip>

The chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin is confident that at least six of the eight recall elections of state Senators that the party is seeking will be successful, leading to an unprecedented set of recall elections in the summer or fall.

In an interview, Mike Tate predicted that more districts would turn in their recall petitions early, like they did today with Dan Kapanke. “I see a tremendous amount of activity and energy on the ground,” Tate said. “We have people going door to door. You’ll see other elections filing under the 60-day window.”

Tate said that the petitions were filed in Kapanke’s election because “we’re done,” with many more signatures than what were needed for ballot status, including enough of a cushion in case some signatures are found to be invalid. And not one paid signature gatherer has been used in the Kapanke recall petition or any of the others; it has been an all-volunteer effort. That alone is pretty amazing. “The fact that we were able to get one quarter of the amount of people who voted in the last election to sign a sheet of paper to say that Kapanke should go in less than 30 days is pretty remarkable,” Tate said.

I asked about the impact of sending in the Kapanke signatures early, and whether that will end up staggering the recall elections rather than providing a unified day. Tate explained that the Government Accountability Board directs these recall elections, and they’ve said publicly that it’s in their best interest to put the recalls on the same date to save money.

Six districts are considered the prime spots for the recall. Glenn Grothman and Mary Lazich reside in pretty strongly Republican districts. Efforts are ongoing there, but I wouldn’t be surprised if six out of the eight reached the ballot. But that appears to be the floor, from Tate’s perspective.

<snip>

More: http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/04/01/dem-party-of-wisconsin-expect-at-least-six-recall-elections/

:bounce::woohoo::bounce:

:kick:

[murielm99]

1. Since one or more petitions will be turned in early,

the cheeseheads will have to make sure that interest in the elections stays high. I know that might sound stupid, considering how much ongoing activity there is is Wisconsin. But it is still important to GOTV on election day. Some of those pubbies won by a little over a thousand votes. We would not want that to happen again.

[Zax2me]

2. GREAT to see this!!!

And thanks for posting it....

[starroute]

3. How does the procedure work?

Is there one election to recall and then a second for a replacement? Or is it all one vote?

[elocs]

4. Our momentum in each recall election will build upon the success of the previous one.

Kapanke is very vulnerable here in the La Crosse area. He won election with only 51.6% of the vote, winning by 2807 votes. So a win here and having him recalled will build momentum to the next recall election. We want this all to culminate in the recall of Walker next year. He will have time to see his fate coming.

[WillyT]

5. Kick !!!

:kick:

[progressoid]

6. Too cool!

[Bandit]

7. The election tomorrow should be an early indicator of just how motivated Democrats really are..

We shall see....

[Motown_Johnny]

8. and it will take only 3 seats flipping to a (D) to flip the senate

(unless I am mistaken)


Great news!!! I hope recall fever sweeps the nation this summer. I know that the effort to recall Gov. Snyder (MI) will start July 1st. Hopefully others will follow.

This Fall
Recall
Them All



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_Senate

^snip^


Composition Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus) Total

Republican Democratic Vacant
End of previous legislature 15 18 33 0

Begin 19 14 33 0
Latest voting share 57.6% 42.4%

[fishwax]

9. beautiful!

:kick:

[Blue Owl]

10. K & R

:kick: