[EL] WI Lt Gov recall question

[Aaron Ament]

I apologize if this has already been discussed on the list but saw an interesting question on Politicalwire...would a recall effort of Scott Walker in Wisconsin include his Lt. Gov?  Has anyone looked at this?

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel raises a key question: In a possible recall election of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), is Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch (R) included as part of the package?

"It's an unprecedented question for an unprecedented period in Wisconsin politics, and so far there's no official answer." 

"So far, any talk of a recall of Walker or Kleefisch by Democrats and unions is just that -- neither official is even eligible for recall until early November, one year after they were elected to office. To do it, recall organizers would need to gather a whopping 540,208 signatures across the state within 60 days and then back a pair of candidates in a costly statewide election."

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On Aug 28, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

> “Voter-ID bill awaits action; Pa. Senate will take up whether to require photo identification at the polls.”
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> Posted on August 28, 2011 9:41 am by Rick Hasen
> AP reports that passage in some form seems likely.
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> “Lines Blur Between Candidates and PACs With Unlimited Cash”
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> Posted on August 27, 2011 9:06 pm by Rick Hasen
> A must-read NYT piece on candidate Super-PACs.  Forget such pacs replacing parties.  They will partially replace candidate committees.
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> “Michael Mukasey Pushes to Alter Bribery Law”
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> Posted on August 27, 2011 4:15 pm by Rick Hasen
> Josh Gerstein of Politico offers this interesting report on the FCPA.
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> Posted in bribery, legislation and legislatures, lobbying | Comments Off
> Amazon Has Already Spent Over $5 Million on CA Tax Referendum
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> Posted on August 27, 2011 4:02 pm by Rick Hasen
> Whoa.
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> Right on Cue
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> Posted on August 27, 2011 2:48 pm by Rick Hasen
> Newest fraudulent fraud squad member Matthew Vadum runs with the Project Vote/ACORN/Obama campaign/Project Vote meme.
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> Posted in fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting Wars | Comments Off
> Quote of the Day
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> Posted on August 27, 2011 1:48 pm by Rick Hasen
> “The legality of that is very questionable and additionally it is also a very useful intelligence asset.”
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> –London Metropolitan Police Acting Commissioner Tim Godwin, about shutting off Twitter etc. during the London riots.
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> “Democrats propose measures to rein in California initiative process”
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> Posted on August 27, 2011 8:43 am by Rick Hasen
> The LA Times offers this front-page report.
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> Back in 2000, I wrote this piece for the Columbia Law Review discussing the complex relationship of political parties to the initiative process, especially in California.  More recently, Chris Elmendorf and Ethan Leib have written this interesting article on the topic, which is forthcoming in the California Law Review.
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