And I recommend it to anyone who wants to have a petition in their hands.
Some of you may have heard of the effort Wisconsin is putting together to recall our Governor, Scott Walker. People got a little fired up last winter and marched around the Capitol a few times. The drums came out and the pipers piped. There have been many wonderful diaries detailing the journey including this one.
In five days we Wisconsinites can start the petition process. Yippee! There are offices all over the state that will help you organize and coordinate. There will also be a big rally on the square in Madison, on Saturday, November 19th. Please bring a canned food donation for the food pantries and "CAN" Walker.
Today was training class for a small group at the Wisconsin Democratic Headquarters. They are coordinating with every other recall group you can possibly imagine to get the job done. They will be in their offices from 9am to 9pm starting Nov 15, 2011 to Jan 13, 2012, except on major holidays. They have the state divided into regions with coordinators, organizers, and offices in every corner.
I found out the whos, whats, wheres, and whys of petitioning. I learned that they will let me know if an area will be in need of more petitioners, or if the area has been saturated. They will also be offering cards and stickers to people that have signed, so that their door will not be knocked on 57 times and they start to hate us. I learned how not to screw up my petition, and why I should turn them in quickly. I learned what dirty tricks to look out for from fake petitioners. Did you know that it is a felony to petition with no intent of handing them in? I didn't. We will also have petitions to recall the Lt. Gov. Kleefisch.
There are many (pdf) reasons to recall. I encourage anyone who plans to join the recall effort to spend the time, about an hour or so out of your life, and take the training.
Please tell your top three reasons for recalling in the comments.
Thanks for reading this.
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