Category Archives: recall elections

Walker Recall Petitions: Why Equal Protection?

December 15, 2011, 8:27 pmdirect democracy, recall electionsRick Hasen

Following up on this post, and this response from Ann Althouse, I started seeing a different parallel to Bush v. Gore. One of the smartest pieces on the doctrine of Bush v. Gore is Roy Schotland’s article on… Continue reading

Wisconsin GOP Sues Gov’t Board Over Walker Recall Petition Signatures

December 15, 2011, 1:53 pmcampaigns, direct democracy, recall elections, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The press release is here. The theory is a major equal protection stretch: it is that it violates the rights of Wisconsin voters who did not sign the Walker recall petition for the government not to affirmatively check recall… Continue reading

“Fox Falsely Claims ‘Mickey Mouse’ And ‘Adolf Hitler’ Are On Scott Walker Recall Petition (VIDEO)”

December 15, 2011, 11:03 amalternative voting systems, recall electionsRick Hasen

TPM reports.

“The impossible task of verifying signatures on the Walker recall petitions”

December 15, 2011, 9:01 amdirect democracy, recall electionsRick Hasen

Althouse blogs.

“Technology, grumpy voters made this the year of the recall”

December 14, 2011, 4:31 pmrecall electionsRick Hasen

Joshua Spivak has written this oped in the Oakland Tribune.

Striking Hitler from Wisconsin Recall Petitions

December 14, 2011, 7:32 amcampaigns, chicanery, direct democracy, recall electionsRick Hasen

You need to ask, and believe me, someone will.

“AlterNet: Bullies, Liars and Impostors: How Facebook and Go Daddy Shield Scott Walker’s Online Guerillas”

December 5, 2011, 7:57 pmcampaigns, chicanery, recall electionsRick Hasen

AlterNet on chicanery in the Wisconsin recall and false information spread over the Internet.

” Why Recall Elections Are So Difficult To Pull Off”

December 2, 2011, 3:36 pmrecall electionsRick Hasen

NPR reports.

“Tennessee: Paging Noah Webster — Chattanooga’s strange linguistic problem with the recall”

November 23, 2011, 9:07 amrecall electionsRick Hasen

The Recall Elections Blog explores.

“Dems mum on who’d run vs. Walker”

November 23, 2011, 8:57 amrecall electionsRick Hasen

The latest from Wisconsin.

“Now recalled, Littlefield’s removal rests on legal interpretation of city charter”

November 17, 2011, 11:01 pmrecall electionsRick Hasen

News from Chattanooga.

“How difficult will it be to gather the 540K signatures for the Walker recall? Key comparison points”

November 16, 2011, 1:26 pmrecall electionsRick Hasen

The Recall Elections Blog ponders.

“Wisconsin Gubernatorial Recall — thoughts on timing and signature requirement”

November 15, 2011, 8:56 amrecall electionsRick Hasen

This item appears at the Recall Elections Blog. More from TPM.

“Results from 26 recalls — 13 officials removed, 12 sustained (one outstanding)”

November 9, 2011, 8:55 amrecall electionsRick Hasen

The latest from the Recall Elections Blog.