Total Recall in Wisconsin?

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:46:19 -0500
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The state of Wisconsin has been political mud-wrestling match in recent months.

You might recall earlier this year, the Republican Governor Scott Walker was propelled into the national limelight when he spearheaded legislation to limit union rights in his state.

There naturally has been bitter opposition to the law by union supporters. There also was a fair amount of support for the governor’s proposal in this deeply divided battleground state.

Now the Walker’s foes are nearing what they hope will be the final battle with the Governor.

They are mounting a formidable recall effort against the Wisconsin leader.

Last week, the groups claimed to have 507,533 of the needed 540,208 signatures.

But now legal obstacles for Democrats and unions supporting the movement have started to trickle in.

Walker himself is leading a challenge to the authenticity of the signers.

If people want to sign it — and they have every right to in this state — it should be enforced that they can sign it once and they actually have to sign it with a real name related to a real voting location in this state.”

The governor is also supporting a law that would require his opposition to pay to protest.

As judges and lawyers get involved, the process will likely get messier… like the giant political mud-wrestling match Wisconsin is…