Wednesday, December 21, 2011

The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB), will accept all signatures, including Mickey Mouse and Adolf Hitler as legitimate, to recall the Republican Governor (Scott Walker)

From BigJournalism:
"How can the GAB, the government agency entrusted to protect the sanctity of Wisconsin elections, not automatically strike obviously fraudulent signatures like Adolph Hitler or Mickey Mouse? It defies common sense–and judging by the intense reaction our story has generated, it has touched a nerve. Many Wisconsinites are asking if one of their most fundamental rights, their ability to cast a vote just like every other citizen in an orderly election free of manipulation, is in jeopardy.
One organization has already promoted the notion it is okay to sign a petition more than once. WISN Channel 12 TV in Milwaukee broadcast an interview with a gentleman who said he signed “probably eighty times.” The GAB has said Adolph Hitler with a plausible Wisconsin address will be presumed valid.
This would be truly comical if it weren’t so important."

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