We're going full throttle with recall here in FitzWalkerstan. We need to flip three senate districts to regain control of our state; we've got recall petitions out on 8 republican senators.
Word is that we've got the signatures on one - Randy Hopper. He of the girlfriend with a state job fame. With 60 days to get the signatures, the volunteers in his district got them in three weeks.
This is big. We don't have to submit signatures until May 2. Meantime, Randy's sweating it out, wondering what else comes up.
EDIT - I need to give credit where it's due - the wonderful coordinators & volunteers in Hopper's district. I'm working in another district. We received word of this on our recall FB page and followed up. I thought it needed to be shared.
From Merge Left
Efforts to recall Republican State Senator Randy Hopper from Fon du Lac have reached another milestone, as organizers issue a call for volunteers to turn in any remaining petitions to be counted. Organizer Scott Dillman says he’s sure they have enough signatures to trigger the recall, but he can’t give exact figures yet. He says, processing all the information they’ve collected so far will take a week. They need 15,000 signatures to trigger the recall and he had originally set a goal of 20,000 by April first. He says he should have set that goal higher. Once Dillman tallies and submits his petition, a candidate will have to step up to run against Hopper in the recall, which could happen by this summer.
And more:
We still have 6 days till April 1st and yes I wish I would have set the goal at 40k (no we do not have near that amount…although I wish we did) and need to push for more signatures for our effort…Yes we have a lot of signatures, but I just got a call from someone dropping off 23 tomorrow…That is part of the problem with numbers. We have, who knows how many signatures sitting on someones table or in their car..We need to get everyone of those back and collect more…Several reasons are:
1. Every signature we get is one more person who we can educate on the April 5th election and subsequent recall election.
2. We give people who are considering running against Sen. Hopper a chance to get their paperwork ready and financing in place.
3. We get better educated about places that we find numerous supporters in and can then re-work for the elections…and for the eventual recall of Gov. Walker.
4. The more signatures we can gather to turn in, the more demoralized the supporters of Sen. Hopper, the Governor and Judicial Court member running for re-election will become.
5. We are also going to set a date for the Signature turn-in at the GAB Office in Madison and spread the word so that everyone has an opportunity to be part of the final act of the Recall portion and the beginning of the next phase. We will be requesting media attention for the effort and who knows, maybe we can get some Wisconsinites to be there with us….Give everyone in the recall efforts some good news…
Big thanks to all who've made this happen! You volunteers ROCK. I'm working in another district, and this inspires all of us. Keep the faith, Cheeseheads!
A big shout-out to Randy Hopper. We couldn't have done this without you. :-D
A reminder to all - if you can volunteer or donate, see Recall the Republican 8
And finally. A word of warning. Don't F*ck with a Badger. We're vicious when cornered.