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Scuba

(53,475 posts)
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 07:28 PM Jan 2012

Wisconsin: Judge tells GAB to try to remove fake names from recall petitions

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/judge-tells-gab-to-try-to-remove-fake-names-from/article_0fa6809e-37f2-11e1-aee3-0019bb2963f4.html

Judge tells GAB to try to remove fake names from recall petitions


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WAUKESHA — A Waukesha County judge has ordered state election officials to "take affirmative steps" to remove fake or duplicate names from recall petitions.

Judge Mac Davis ruled Thursday that the Government Accountability Board needs to strengthen the process by which it confirms whether signatures are valid.

The board has said its job is to verify that addresses are legitimate, and that it's up to the targeted office-holders to challenge fake names such as Bugs Bunny. But Davis said the board is obligated to remove obviously fake names, as well as duplicate and illegible signatures.

The ruling comes in a lawsuit filed by Gov. Scott Walker's campaign and another party, in response to comments the board made about how it plans to validate petitions seeking Walker's recall.


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They won't find any Bugs Bunny, Adolf Hitler or Ronald Reagan on our submitted forms. We're double and triple checking for such crap.

If there are fake names and addresses, they won't have come from recall supporters, but from right-wing mischief-makers.

The "illegible signatures" part is weird. If the printed name and address are legit, one's signature doesn't should not have to be legible. Mine sure isn't.
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