Posted on 04/14/2012 9:34:50 AM PDT by no dems
Democrats demanded Thursday, April 12, that state elections officials disqualify a half-dozen Republicans running as fake Democrats in this spring's recall primary elections, saying the candidates lied about their party affiliation.
The Democrats' attorney, Jeremy Levinson, filed a complaint with the Government Accountability Board alleging that the state GOP has openly acknowledged the candidates aren't Democrats, but the candidates falsely claimed they were in papers filed with the board and on their nomination papers.
Levinson accused the candidates of committing election fraud. He called for the board to keep them off the ballot and open an investigation.
"The fraudulent candidates and the Republican Party of Wisconsin have explicitly acknowledged that, in fact, these fraudulent primary candidates are part of an effort to manipulate the electoral process in support of Republican incumbents facing recall," Levinson wrote.
State Republican Party spokesman Ben Sparks called the complaint a publicity stunt. He noted the accountability board knew Republicans used fake Democratic candidates in state Senate recall elections and still put them on the ballot.
"We're confident that each of the candidates will appear on the...ballot," Sparks said in a statement.
Accountability board spokesman Reid Magney said the board would address the complaint during a meeting Tuesday to set the ballots.
Democrats have forced Republican Gov. Scott Walker, Republican Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four GOP state senators into recall elections as punishment for passing a law last year that stripped most public workers of nearly all their union rights. The accountability board has scheduled elections for May 8 and June 5. If any primaries are necessary, they'll be held on May 8. Sparks said earlier this month the party would run what he called "recall protest candidates" to ensure a Democratic primary takes place in every race on May 8. The move would guarantee no Republican incumbents face a general election that day, when Democrats likely will turn out en masse to decide between four Democrats vying to challenge Walker. It also would give the incumbents another month to campaign.
Levinson alleged the candidates filed with the accountability board campaign registration statements and sworn candidacy declarations stating they're affiliated with the Democratic Party. They also circulated nomination papers stating they represented the party, he added.
Falsifying nomination papers disenfranchised Democratic supporters, Levinson said. Since people can sign only one candidate's nomination paper per office, anyone who signed a fake Democrat's papers lost an opportunity to nominate a legitimate Democrat, he argued.
"The Republican Party of Wisconsin's scheme," Levinson wrote, "involves serial election fraud and invalidates each of the six phony candidacies."
Oh, that ....wellll ...
GFY.
In another article, that I can’t find right now, an Election Official said the GOP’s candidates will more than likely stay on the ballot. You can’t keep someone from running because of their “past” Party affiliation.
YEEEEEEHAW!
In other words, most democrat voters are so stupid they couldn't win a game of chess against a box of rocks.
It’s refreshing to me that they have used the stupidity of the opponents voting block against the opponent!
Gee....what’s the problem? The RAT party has been sending their people to run as Republicans for years. Just look at the examples. Snowe. Collins. Graham. McCain. McConnell. Murkowski. Romney. And more.
Hey Dems, you reap what you sow! How many fake ‘Tea Party’ candidates have you placed on ballots? I rest my case!
Someone explain to me how this differs in substance to an "open" primary, where Democrats get to choose MY Republican candidate?
The Dems claim that is perfectly fair, no disenfranchisement of Republican voters.
Remember, it was the Democrats in Palm Beach County that were so dumb they couldn’t find their Presidential candidate on the ballot. And when they did they were too retarded to punch the chad properly.
Har har har har
I wouldn’t be too surprised to learn that all that is required to get benefits for being handicapped [mentally] is a voter registration card with (D) on it.
Something coming back to bite the Socialist election thieves on the a$$?
I have changed the epithet from the proverbial “box of rocks” to a “sack of dog crap”.
The reason is; that I can use rocks as aggregate or as weapons. Thus it has some value beyond its inanimate status.
Dog crap is completely useless. It just smells bad and it doesn’t even make good fertilizer.
;-)
I thought this came up last year and it was pointed out that recall primaries are NOT partisan primaries?
After all, a non-partisan primary is really the only thing that makes sense for a proper recall. Recalls are not meant to be a “do-over” when the losing party is upset that they lost, but rather a mechanism to get rid of an elected official who is doing something wrong, often (but not necessarily) criminal. It makes no sense to limit the voters to the party they rejected last time, or a “wrong doer” incumbent.
I’m pretty sure that’s why most states run their recalls the other way around — vote on whether or not the incumbent should be removed, then you decide on who will replace.
But that was against the evil Walker. This is different!
This whole thing is a complete farce. Walker and co. had better survive this.
Liberals run in the GOP all the time, from Bloomberg, to Romney to David Duke
That translates into, "We will and have lied cheated, stolen and murdered to save te proles from themselves! There is morality only in victory."
If you will recall, these are the same animals who slashed the tires of Republican voter transport vans the night before the election, in 2008, and WALKED.
Every one knows the actual solution to what must be done to democrats to assure an honest election, but they are words that must never be spoken...
brilliant....elongate the process...I think there is no limit to the amount of money Walker can raise in defense of his recall.
Doesn’t the Progressive macho-man who cries foul want to cry foul about Mickey Mouse’s signature being declared as valid on recall petitions?
(The sound of crickets chirping when some fraudulent signatures were brought to light a while back.)
IMHO
Are you asking me? I haven’t placed any fake Tea Party candidates on ballots. But, the slimey DemocRATS have.
OH, MY BAD. Sorry. I see that you addressed your comment to “Dems” not “no dems”. Sorry.
I thought this came up last year and it was pointed out that recall primaries are NOT partisan primaries?
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Great point. Thanks.
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