Category Archives: recall elections

“Wis. appeals court vacates ruling on how state elections board must review recall signatures”

February 3, 2012, 2:50 pmrecall electionsRick Hasen

AP: “The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has vacated an order that would require state election officials to be more aggressive in ferreting out fake or duplicate signatures on recall petitions.” (h/t Ballot Access News)

“Wisconsin recall: Petition names go public despite security fears”

February 1, 2012, 4:17 pmdirect democracy, recall electionsRick Hasen

The LA Times reports.I suspect security issues here are greatly exaggerated, just as they proved to be in the Washington state Doe v. Reed case.

“Colorado: Saguache County Clerk ousted in recall”

January 25, 2012, 11:22 amrecall electionsRick Hasen

This item appears at the Recall Elections Blog.

“Walker raises millions to fight recall effort”

January 24, 2012, 7:54 amrecall electionsRick Hasen

The latest from Wisconsin.

Breaking News: Ninth Circuit Upholds Preliminary Injunction Against Washington State Recall Contribution Law

January 19, 2012, 9:47 amcampaign finance, recall electionsRick Hasen

The opinion in Farris v. Seabrook is here: Like independent expenditure committees, recall committees in Washington have at most a tenuous relationship with candidates. The contribution limit here is thus materially indistinguishable from the limit we invalidated in Long… Continue reading

“Democrats to file 1 million signatures for Walker recall”

January 17, 2012, 12:15 pmrecall electionsRick Hasen

With that kind of margin, I expect that a few Mickey Mouse signatures are unlikely to derail the effort to qualify this for the ballot.

“Recall Vote on Walker Appears Likely”

January 17, 2012, 7:34 amrecall electionsRick Hasen

Political Wire reports. Joshua Spivak looks at the signature validation process.

“Governor Who Took On Unions May Face a Closely Watched Recall Election”

January 16, 2012, 9:55 amrecall electionsRick Hasen

NYT reports.

Bugs Bunny Voter in Wisconsin

January 8, 2012, 7:22 pmchicanery, recall electionsRick Hasen

TPM: “In an interesting legal turn, WisPolitics reports that the Republican legal team did successfully produce an example of an actual instance in which ‘Bugs Bunny’ was counted as a signature from last year’s state Senate recalls. But in… Continue reading

“Wisconsin: No Roger, No Rerun, No Recall? Barrett and the unusual nature of the recall Rematch/Rerun”

January 3, 2012, 12:02 pmrecall electionsRick Hasen

This item appears on the Recall Elections Blog.

“2011, the year of the recall Why has the recall vote suddenly become so popular? You may think it’s anger, but it’s really technology.”

December 27, 2011, 10:56 amrecall electionsRick Hasen

Joshua Spivak has written this LA Times oped. He notes that there were 150 recalls in 2011.

“Wis Dems File Rebuttal To GOP Lawsuit Against Recall Procedures”

December 20, 2011, 4:55 pmrecall electionsRick Hasen

TPM reports.

“Walker says lawsuit will protect integrity of recall process”

December 19, 2011, 1:56 pmdirect democracy, recall electionsRick Hasen

The latest from Wisconsin.

“Walker, GOP sue state elections and ethics agency over recall effort”

December 16, 2011, 7:47 amdirect democracy, recall electionsRick Hasen

Journal-Sentinel: There have been scattered reports that some people have signed recall petitions against Walker more than once, either to inflate the number of signatures or because they were concerned that their original signature might not be properly counted. Fitzgerald… Continue reading