Suspect recall petitions being investigated in Racine

A Racine man is in hot water after several people whose names appear on the recall petitions - including his brother and mother - said they never signed the forms, the Racine Journal Times is reporting.

The Racine County Sheriff's Department is investigating signatures gathered by Mark Demet for the petitions seeking the recall of State Sen. Van Wanggaard (R-Racine). The signatures included four from Demet's brother and two from his mother, but they both said they never signed. The newspaper made checks of other names on the Demet-circulated petitions and found another man who said he didn't sign and one man who said he did sign.

Demet couldn't be reached by the paper, but his ex-wife said she thought he was just joking around.

"I think he did some joking around and he is going to get in trouble for it," Kathy Demet told the paper. "It's a shame, he's a good person … I don't think he would do anything intentionally to hurt anyone."

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