Wis. Dems: We Will Challenge GOP 'Racket' Of Recall Signatures

[babylonsister]

Wis. Dems: We Will Challenge GOP 'Racket' Of Recall Signatures
Eric Kleefeld | April 21, 2011, 12:51PM


Wisconsin Democrats, who have been waging a campaign to recall Republican state senators and take a majority back in the chamber, are now firing back at the Republican counter-campaigns to recall the Dems. On a conference call with reporters on Thursday morning, state Dem chair Mike Tate and attorney Jeremy Levinson predicted that they would be able to successfully challenge the validity of much of the signature-gathering effort by Republicans -- which Tate repeatedly called a "racket."

"At the heart of the Republican effort from the start was a mercenary spirit that naturally used deception and fraud to gain signatures," charged Tate. "In the coming days, you will see affidavits from citizens in these targeted districts who were deceived into signing petitions by the Republican roadies who often refused to identify themselves by their real names."

In particular, Tate said that the Republicans brought in paid signature gatherers from out of state, who were paid on a per-signature basis, and that some of these gatherers had criminal records.

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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/wis-dems-we-will-challenge-gop-racket-of-recall-signatures.php?ref=fpa

[Beartracks]

1. It's why they always suspected ACORN of voter fraud...

... because it's stuff that they do themselves.

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[jenmito]

2. K&R.