Wisconsin's Recall Free-For-All

A couple of weeks ago, it looked like the attempt to recall Wisconsin Speaker Robin Vos was dead in the water. Despite the recall organizers boasts that they had 4,000 more signatures they needed, the reality was that they were at least 1,000 signatures short. Vos already had started doing his vindictive victory dance, calling the organizers "morons" and "whack jobs."

Adding to the recall organizers' woes was the fact that there have been allegations that many of the signatures were collected illegally and/or were forged. The Racine County District Attorney is investigating these accusations.

But it wasn't over. Not by a long shot.

The recall organizers filed a petition with the courts to ask for more time to get clarification on whether they should be using the old districts or the newly agreed upon districts. However, this was complicated by the state supreme court already deciding they weren't going to get involved. On top of that, the Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) was on a tight timeline and had to decide by April 11 to decide if the recall could go ahead.

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