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Citing ‘Impossible Timeline,’ Walker Campaign Won’t File Challenge Against Recall Signatures
The campaign of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) announced Monday — the deadline today to submit challenges against the signatures to recall him — that they will not file any challenge, saying that they did not have enough time to fully review the more than one-million signatures filed against him.
This decision comes a week and a half after Dane County Judge Richard Niess, who had previously granted a 20-day extension to the Walker campaign for the review period, refused their request for another two weeks.
“We faced an impossible timeline,” Walker campaign spokeswoman Ciara Matthews told WisPolitics. She also added: “It obviously takes more time to verify signatures than it does to collect them.”
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On a conference call with reporters, state Democratic Party chairman Mike Tate fired back at the Walker campaign, saying that today’s move disproves the Republicans’ previous rhetoric alleging fraud in the signatures.
This decision comes a week and a half after Dane County Judge Richard Niess, who had previously granted a 20-day extension to the Walker campaign for the review period, refused their request for another two weeks.
“We faced an impossible timeline,” Walker campaign spokeswoman Ciara Matthews told WisPolitics. She also added: “It obviously takes more time to verify signatures than it does to collect them.”
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On a conference call with reporters, state Democratic Party chairman Mike Tate fired back at the Walker campaign, saying that today’s move disproves the Republicans’ previous rhetoric alleging fraud in the signatures.
The rest is at TPM.
link:http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/citing-impossible-timeline-walker-wont-file-challenge-against-recall-signatures.php?ref=fpnewsfeed
The law gave Walker 10 days to review the signatures starting from when the petitions are filed. A judge restarted the clock until all of the Government Accountability Board (GAB) could deliver the required number of copies of the vast numbers of petitions. And then the judge granted Walker et. al. an extra 20 days for review. He denied them the further two week extension they requested 2/15 according to TPM. (The same judge gave the GAB and extra 30 days -- they have until 3/12).
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