The heated recall race began amid the controversy created when Walker released a state budget proposal that included limiting the collective bargaining rights for public union workers. In response, large demonstrations protesting Walker's plan took place at the state capital building which eventually led to a recall effort.
Voters who turned out for this election narrowly supported Walker's handling of the collective bargaining issue: 52 percent approved, and 47 percent disapproved.
Scott Walker wins Wisconsin recall election. Voters were similarly divided when asked about the state law that limited the collective bargaining rights of government workers: 52 percent approved, and 47 percent disapproved. As expected, those voters who approved of Walker's policies voted overwhelmingly for the governor.
Opponents of his policies backed Barrett, the Democrat. Wisconsin voters were also split in their views of unions for government workers.
According to exit polls, 51 percent said they viewed these unions favorably; slightly fewer - 45 percent - held unfavorable opinions. Walker promised to create , private-sector jobs in Wisconsin by According to an April analysis by Politifact, 5, jobs have been created since Walker took office.
Still, 54 percent of those who voted in the recall election approved of how Walker has handled job creation, while 45 percent disapproved. Wisconsin voters had strong opinions on the merit of recall elections.
Sixty percent told exit pollsters that recall elections are only appropriate when there has been official misconduct, and another 10 percent think such elections are never appropriate. Just 27 percent of Wisconsin voters supported holding recall elections for any reason. Minds were made up about this race long ago. Remarkably, just 8 percent of Wisconsin voters decided on their candidate in the last few days; more than nine in 10 made up their minds before that.
On February 13, Walker's campaign said they would be unable to evaluate the signatures in time and asked the court for another two weeks. The court filing stated, "The time needed to search for duplicates, as well as to provide a factual basis for objections to more than , signatures, cannot be met within the existing time limits.
Walker asked the GAB to review a challenge of the signatures conducted by two tea party groups; however, GAB officials said state law did not allow them to consider challenges by third parties. GAB spokesman Reid Magney did say they would look at such challenges "for any potential fraud they uncover.
But we cannot consider it as a challenge under state law. The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board GAB had originally announced it would post the scanned petitions to its website on January 30, but delayed that action after hearing concerns from a stalking victim and others who did not want their names released.
In the past, the GAB had treated petitions as public records. Bill Lueders, president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council , said the GAB should simply block the names of people with genuine safety concerns, such as victims of domestic violence, from the public, rather than blocking all the signatures. Van Hollen found that, although they ran on the same ticket, a recall targeting the governor would not automatically include the lieutenant governor.
In order to recall both officials, separate petitions would have to be submitted, with separate recall elections held. Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate said they still planned to target both. The lawsuit asked that a judge require the GAB to search for and strike duplicate signatures, fake names and illegible addresses.
Stephan Thompson, executive director of the state Republican Party, stated, "The decision of one individual who chooses to sign a recall petition should not carry more weight than the decision of another who chooses not to sign.
This lawsuit seeks to protect the Wisconsin electors whose voices have been trumped by those purposefully signing multiple petitions. The GAB typically reviews signatures to ensure there are enough to trigger a recall and verify they include a Wisconsin address and are dated during the recall period.
It is up to challengers to point out potential issues with signatures. Rebecca Kleefisch and three Republican state senators, filed a motion asking a judge to dismiss the suit. They argued that the suit was designed to create uncertainty, disruptions and expenses in the recall process.
Davis issued a ruling on January 5, , stating that GAB must take "reasonable" actions to eliminate duplicate and illegal signatures from recall petitions. However, he gave them discretion to decide how to achieve that, noting that requiring such action "is limited by the resources and ability they have or are reasonably able to obtain. On February 3, the Fourth District Court of Appeals in Madison overturned the ruling that denied recall organizers from joining the suit, stating that they had a valid interest to join.
The ruling also threw out Judge Davis' decision that the GAB had to actively seek to strike fake and duplicate signatures. The case then went back to Davis. PolitiFact said Kleefisch provided no evidence for the second half of her claim -- that money would be used from funds already designated for school or health care.
However, they noted that money for the election could potentially come from funds designated for other programs. The GAB asked election clerks around the state to estimate the costs of a possible recall election based on November and April elections.
This undertaking is the biggest investment in the future of our state and families we can make. The estimates were requested by Rep. Robin Vos R who was seeking to limit recall elections. Vos criticized the recalls as a waste of taxpayer money, stating, "It's about time taxpayers learned the cost of these unnecessary recall elections.
The citizens of Wisconsin should have known the estimated cost on local governments before a single petition was circulated. Is this how they want their valuable taxpayer dollars spent? On December 15, , Walker's campaign released the first campaign finance report since the beginning of the recall. Left-leaning publication Mother Jones described the organization as "a shadowy Wisconsin political group with a post-office box address" that "did not disclose its funders or who started the group.
Some Wisconsin for Falk staff previously worked for We Are Wisconsin , the organization that led the recalls against Republican state senators. Visit this page for embedded videos of ads relating to the recall. You have to activate those partisan cues. You have to lay out a compelling case to people of what are the stakes if this thing really happens. The best-case scenario, his advisors envision, is a victory in September sparking a political turnaround like that of Walker, who used the recall as a jumping-off point for his national ambitions.
True, said Walker, but it may not be enough for Newsom to simply survive the recall, given how he appeared poised to beat it handily earlier this year. Newsom may not much appreciate the setting of high expectations, or the fact that Walker hopes that after Sept. She started with The Times in Washington, D. Phasing out gasoline cars and coal: What the U. She helped her husband start a far-right militia group.
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