Wednesday, June 6, 2012
U.S. Senate candidate Mark Neumann rides on Gov. Scott Walker's victory in the recall election to campaign against "wasteful, stupid spending."
Ready for another few months of campaigning and elections? Hours after Gov. Scott Walker won a historic recall election, U.S. Senate candidate Mark Neumann was at the Republican Party of Waukesha County headquarters in Waukesha where he said the election means the voters want a conservative leader “with bold ideas on how to balance a budget by cutting government spending and ending Obamacare.” “It is a fun, great day in Wisconsin. It is really fun to get up this morning and know the victory is about Scott Walker and his team and doing the right thing for this great state,” said Neumann in front of a group of his supporters. “What really is exciting is what it means for the future of the great state of Wisconsin. The message loud and clear …
Governor cruises to victory in Waukesha County with no major issues reported out of the clerk's office.
With the two special recall elections of 2012 behind us, Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus has made it through both without incident. Nickolaus’ office reported elections results numbers Tuesday evening without a hitch after she came under scrutiny in the past year for large election night flubs. Results came out in a timely fashion Tuesday evening with final results reported by only delayed by large voter turnouts in areas such as Oconomowoc, where absentee votes were not counted until after the polls closed. "Everything went very well,” said Shawn Lundie, chief of staff for Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas. "We’ve been working hard for the past several months to implement a system that would disseminate election results in a …
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Revisit Patch's real-time coverage of Tuesday's historic recall election in this replay of our Election Night blog.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Wisconsin voters headed to the polls in huge numbers Tuesday to cast their ballots in the state's historic recall election — and keep Gov. Scott Walker in office. Patch's live blog provided updates from polling places throughout the Milwaukee area and well as reports from the Walker and Tom Barrett campaign parties, and plenty of comments from readers.
State elections officials predict turnout of 60 percent, but some local election officials say the number could go higher.
State election officials were estimating turnout for Tuesday's election at 60-65 percent, but it appears suburban Milwaukee communities could smash that mark. Patch is compiling anecdotes and voter counts from throughout the area. If you have news to share of high turnout or your experience at the polls today, Tweet us @SEWisconsnPatch or email milwaukee@patch.com. Shortly after noon at McKinley Elementary School in Wauwatosa, 600 of 1,340 registered residents in Ward 17 had voted, or 45 percent, the highest figure in a sampling of voting sites. Shorewood Village Clerk Sherry Grant said turnout was close to 50 percent in the entire village before 2 p.m. "I think we are going to exceed what the state has been predicting (for voter turnout…
Muskego Patch is visiting the polls throughout the day, and gathering info there; join in the conversation to help us paint the picture of what the recall election looked like here.
Patch has been covering the recall on a near-daily basis since the protests began in Madison about 18 months ago (although it feels like years, admittedly). Overall polling places reported busy early turnouts, and many new voters coming in to cast their first ballots. No issues with voting itself was seen. If you haven't ventured out yet here are a few notes worth...noting. Today it's time to put your ballot where your mouth is, and it seems like Muskego is speaking loudly at the polls. Here's an ongoing post of what's been happening around the city: 9:00 p.m. After votes are tallied in Muskego (unofficially), with a stunning 86% turnout: 10,023 Walker 3,652 Barret 9,828 Kleefisch 3600 Mitchell 6:45 -7:45 p.m.: A last look-in at the …
Monday, June 4, 2012
Group says Milwaukee police harassed them and ordered them to get off footbridge over I-94, while those holding Barrett signs were allowed to remain on another bridge.
A group of supporters of Gov. Scott Walker is claiming harassment by at least one Milwaukee police officer and preferential treatment for backers of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after an incident Friday evening on an interstate highway footbridge. During the incident, they said, a 16-year-old boy was singled out and handcuffed in front of his father, and held there until all the adults left the bridge. A member of the group took a video showing that the police could not immediately come up with any reason for evicting them before eventually locating an ordinance against loitering. But another video taken the next night by Barrett supporters on another Milwaukee bridge shows members of that group reading their legal grounds to Milwaukee …
Whether you're excited to vote or are counting the hours until the ads for Barrett and Walker stop, here's the information you need to know if you aren't one of the thousands who have voted early.
To be blunt, Tuesday is put up or shut up time for voters across the state, as the recall war finally comes to a matter of ballots at the polls throughout the state. This isn't the longest ballot to consider, but in case it's your first time voting, or you've turned off the radio and TV since, oh, January, here's what you need to know. VOTING INFO A vote for one candidate for governor does NOT mean you have also cast a ballot for their party's candidate for lieutenant governor. You must also indicate your preference for that race as well. Governor/lieutenant governor candidates are listed below: Republican candidates (Governor/Lt. Governor): Scott Walker, Rebecca Kleefisch. Democrat candidates (Governor/Lt. Governor): Tom Barrett, Mahlon …
Experts talk about the impact of polling, fundraising and turnout in the state's first-ever gubernatorial recall election.
This Tuesday will not only mark Wisconsin's first gubernatorial recall election, it will also mark the end of the most high-profile, expensive and politically-polarizing race this state has ever seen. Ever since Gov. Scott Walker unveiled his plans to eliminate most of the collective bargaining rights of public sector employees, the nation has turned its eyes to Wisconsin, of all places, as thousands protested on the Capitol, 14 Democratic senators left the state to stop the bill, recall elections were waged against six Republican senators and two Democratic senators, the results of a highly-partisan judicial election between Joanne Kloppenburg and David Prosser were reversed and recounted, and more than 900,000 signatures were collected …
Here's a look at what the two gubernatorial candidates have said about top issues, including collective bargaining, education, jobs and more.
Before you head to the polls in Tuesday's gubernatorial recall election, take one last look at where Republican Gov. Scott Walker and his Democratic opponent, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, stand on the key issues facing Wisconsin. The match that lit the fuse and sent this state into a seemingly never-ending political season that split Wisconsin in two, collective bargaining is what the recall used to be about. In February 2011, Walker announced he would help tame and trim the state's $3.6 billion deficit by taking most collective bargaining rights away from public workers, including the state's teachers, he instantly became one of the most loved and hated men in the state. Doing so made protests — and counter-protests — in Madison and …
Here are the latest updates from the campaign trail in the Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election.
Every day between now and Tuesday's gubernatorial recall election, Patch will provide daily updates on what's happening on the campaign trail. Check back with this column throughout the day for the latest recall-related news. 3:35 p.m.: US Department of Justice Will Monitor Wisconsin on Tuesday A team of special agents from the Division of Criminal Investigation and assistant attorney generals will head to Wisconsin on Tuesday to ensure make sure everyone complies with the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which outlaws discrimination in the election process based on race, color or membership in a minority language group. “The June recall election is a significant event in our state's history,” said state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen (R) in a …
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6:27 pm on Thursday, June 7, 2012
I would have thought the takeaway on the election would have been moderation and tact going forward, but insults, gloating and hubris are the order of the day if you are Mark Neumann. Even Scott Walker admitted that his "bomb dropping" on public employee unions could have been handled differently. more ›