There's a little bit of thrashing in the shallow end of the Republican political pool.
Republican Assemblyman Robin Vos has declared Let's recall the recalls! (Here is what the Democratic Underground has to say about it as well).
Robin Vos represents the Racine area in Southeastern Wisconsin. He's the guy who says "Milwaukee’s police chief can fire officers 'for basically no cause' and that "Right-to-work states 'have higher rates of income growth.' " He's the Republican co-chair of the State Joint Finance Committee (the delightful folks who brought us the Budget Repair Bill!)
Here's his take on the recalls:
“No longer should taxpayer dollars be wasted on unnecessary recall elections that were triggered by a vote that some special interest group didn’t like.” said Rep. Vos. “It undermines our democracy and wastes precious taxpayer dollars that are needed elsewhere.”
Tell that to the folks who ran 6 fake Democrats in the July 12 primary election, bud! Oh wait, that would be YOU! How about legislation banning the running of fake candidates and other chicanery (like sending out flyers to Democrats with incorrect dates and addresses for absentee ballot applications, helpful people at the polls with incorrect information about voting laws, poll workers who refuse to let people vote despite their name being on the roster, election officials who blatantly operate outside WI election law... ) And if you're worried about wasting tax dollars, you could immediately repeal the racist Voter ID Bill that will cost the taxpayers 5.7 million dollars to implement.
It is particularly hypocritical to call the voting, tax-paying citizens of WI who brought the recalls a "special interest group," particularly in the face of Koch, AFP, and ALEC money flooding the state and setting the policy.
There is a lot to feel good about in WI, and this comes from someone who worked for months to get Alberta Darling in the unemployment office, so you know I didn't break out any bubbly on Tuesday night.
For people feeling worried about such an amendment, however, here is what the good legislators of WI need to do to amend the State Constitution:
- First, a majority of members in both houses of the state legislature must vote in favor of the amendment.
- Once the proposed amendment passes both houses for the first time, any further progress in the amendment's adaptation must wait until after general elections have been held and the state legislature has reconvened with the members chosen in the new elections; then, both houses must vote a second time to accept the proposed amendment (without changes).
- Should the amendment pass the legislature twice, it must be approved in a third vote, the popular vote cast by Wisconsin citizens.
So, good citizens of Wisconsin, there are two things left to do.
1. GOTV! Let's defend our seats next Tuesday! Wirch and Holperin are counting on us.
2. Recall that bastard Walker.
Update: show some love to Wirch and Holperin via ActBlue!
Thanks MikeB!