From JS Online:
State election officials on Tuesday approved recall elections against three Republican senators but put off decisions on certifying recall petitions against three Democrats.
That decision by the Government Accountability Board drew cries of partisanship from Republicans and set up the possibility that two sets of recall elections would be held a week apart, rather than all on the same day.
“This is an example of a supposedly neutral government agency acting in a blatantly partisan manner to further the objectives of a particular political party,” said Dan Hunt, who led the effort to recall Sen. Bob Wirch (D-Pleasant Prairie)…
No need to get really angry, yet – but this does seem a bit screwy. Over at Hot Air is it noted that some of the GOP petitions arrived prior to the Democrat petitions. So it is extraordinary that all three Democrat recall initiatives are a “go” while all three GOPers are in limbo. Let’s hope it is just a bizarre coincidence. But if it otherwise, then we should get ready to flood Wisconsin with protests – especially if bureaucratic shennanigans kill all three GOP recall efforts (remember, if it is three and three then, more than likely, it’ll be a wash…no change in the Senate majority; but if three GOPers are faced with a massive, all-out leftist effort with no counter-punch by the GOP against the Democrats, then that could be a political game-changer).
We know Democrats cheat. While the Government Accountability Board is supposedly non-partisan, if the majority are Democrats, then the chances of cheating rise exponentially. Since all three Democrat recall efforts have been ok’d, if even one of the GOP efforts is rule out of bounds then there had better be massive and conclusive evidence to show why this should be so. For the moment, it is just a bureaucratic oddity…but we watch and see if becomes the spark for a rising of the TEA Party like no one ever imagined.
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