There are legitimate questions about the results of the recall of Racine state Sen. Van Wanggaard, LOTS of questions.
It's odd that Scott Walker won the Racine district, but Republican Wanggaard did not. Democrat John Lehman did.
That certainly flies against conventional wisdom. It was no secret that this senate race was targeted by the Democrat/Leftist/union forces as the opportunity to take control of the Senate, albeit temporarily.
Reports of illegal voting activities in the district need to be investigated.
For example, from Breitbart's Big Government:
Reports began early yesterday that unions and community organizations were out in Racine in full force. The AFL-CIO deployed roving minivans and trucks displaying recall placards, with megaphones playing a recording of Jesse Jackson telling residents of targeted poor neighborhoods to get to the polls.
Inside the polling places themselves, there were complaints from election observers about "electioneering." At the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, one election observer told a member of Wisconsin Jobs Now that her t-shirt displaying the a union "Iron Fist" would be determined by the Government Accountability Board of Wisconsin to be a violation if worn in the polls for any purpose other than to simply walk in and vote (see video below). I personally witnessed the woman seen in the video walking voters in and out of the gymnasium to cast their ballots--not just voting and leaving.
Following the exchange, polling place election chief Celeste Walker said that the t-shirt itself was not an electioneering violation because it did not advocate for a specific candidate or ballot initiative. She did inform me however, that if the shirt did contain those forms of advocacy, it would not be a violation to wear it, or even a button advocating similar causes, as long as the wearer simply walked into the polling place to vote. it would only be a violation if someone was wearing such items and lingering in a polling place, or with 100 feet of the doors, and influencing the way other people vote.
While we were speaking, I looked up and noticed that the polling place, inside a gymnasium, featured a giant poster of "Obama '08"....
At that location and others throughout Racine, election observers reported that an extraordinarily high number of voters were showing up to the polls for same-day registrations, using change of address forms to obtain ballots. That led to legitimate concern that such an individual showing up to vote, might also have been registered at another location. According to another election observer I spoke with, there is no mechanism in place to prevent people from casting multiple ballots at a different polling location where they have previously been registered. One election observer reported seeing the same woman vote three times at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center polling place....
...At other locations, the situation was even worse. At Festival Hall, one female election observer, Jennifer Neubauer of Illinois, receiving a threat from a thug inside the polling place who was entering and exiting with groups of voters who had been bused to the location to vote. The thug in question was not an election official, and was reportedly issued a $400 citation for threatening to the smash Neubauer’s head into the ground.
Wisconsin Jobs Now and Voces de la Frontera deployed vans to drive voters to and from the polls, as well. One of these vans had the words “Cash Money” painted on the window, giving rise to the question of whether voters had been paid or offered any sort of compensation for going to the polls.
Troubling.
Now, today, MacIver News Service reports:
A Racine County Sheriff's Department official confirmed to the MacIver News Service that it is investigating the discovery of discarded election-related documents in the city of Racine.
At issue are election registration forms and partisan political literature found in a dumpster behind the Cesar Chavez Community Center in the City of Racine.
Upon hearing the allegations, the MacIver News Service contacted the Racine County Sheriff's department to confirm that they were looking into the matter.
Captain Thomas Lamke from the Racine County Sheriff's Office responded to our inquiry and confirmed an investigation was ongoing. The department provided no other comment on the matter.
According to a source familiar with the allegations who wishes to remain anonymous, multiple voter registration forms were discovered, including mostly-blank forms that had been pre-certified by an election official
"There were some registration forms that were partially filled out, paperwork that could have possibly been used for same day voter registration," the source told MNS.
What concerns the person who spoke to MNS is "the fact that these documents aren't supposed to be signed in advance. "
This is BIG news.
We're talking about the integrity of elections in Wisconsin.
Voters must have confidence in the process. If abuses are occurring in plain sight, we need to address them.
It's a mistake to ignore violations.
What good is our process if it's tainted?
Did Lehman's supporters steal the election? We need to know, especially with the presidential election looming.
All steps must be taken to expose any "irregularities."
How many citizens in Racine had their votes cancelled out by illegal activity? How many were disenfranchised?
One is too many.
Bottom line: The voting process must be fair.
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