Recall Vote for Wisconsin Gov. Walker May Spell End for Public Unions Nationwide

The Examiner.com - Jeffrey Klein, Political Buzz Examiner - True to their word, labor union backed volunteers flooded the state of Wisconsin over the past months, attempting to attract enough signatures on the re-call petition for Governor Scott Walker, who, along with fellow Republicans took over power in the November 2010 mid-term elections. National labor unions spent the majority of the $35 million on the recall races, which was nearly double the $19.3 million that was spent on all of the 115 original 2010 contests combined. The first hurtle for union-led recall drive will be to have enough 'legitimate' signatures on the recall petitions, boxes of which were delivered to the State Capitol by the liberal group "United Wisconsin," to meet the estimated 540,208 necessary. Fraud is already suspected, as testimony by elections officials during hearings late last year revealed that Mickey Mouse and Adolf Hitler had signed the petitions, and some others were found to have signed multiple times. Evidently, Wisconsin law provides that any eligible voter, with a 'valid' Wisconsin address, may sign a petition, whether they are registered or not. Read more

Recall Vote for Wisconsin Gov. Walker May Spell End for Public Unions Nationwide