Today in Wisconsin students rise up and protest!

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Voter ID passed by Wisconsin Senate, sends bill to Gov. Scott Walker | Sheboygan Press | sheboyganpress.com

many Dems will not be able to vote

these bills are passing and being signed by the GOP Govs that took over state houses in the 2010 GOP blow out elections. The Dems are in sad shape for 2012.

[BVS]

Originally Posted by deep

Voter ID passed by Wisconsin Senate, sends bill to Gov. Scott Walker | Sheboygan Press | sheboyganpress.com

many Dems will not be able to vote

these bills are passing and being signed by the GOP Govs that took over state houses in the 2010 GOP blow out elections. The Dems are in sad shape for 2012.

These debates are overblown.

And the areas that are passing these are just going to have to prove that anyone can get a free photo ID otherwise these laws are unconstitutional.

[kramwest1]

Originally Posted by deep

Voter ID passed by Wisconsin Senate, sends bill to Gov. Scott Walker | Sheboygan Press | sheboyganpress.com

many Dems will not be able to vote

these bills are passing and being signed by the GOP Govs that took over state houses in the 2010 GOP blow out elections. The Dems are in sad shape for 2012.

Minnesota's legislature has passed a similar bullshit bill. Thankfully, Gov. Mark Dayton (D) has said he will veto it. We have almost zero voter fraud in MN. Many investigations and the high-profile recounts have proven that.

Why don't Republicans want people to be able to easily vote?
(^Rhetorical. I know why.)

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Originally Posted by BVS

These debates are overblown.

And the areas that are passing these are just going to have to prove that anyone can get a free photo ID otherwise these laws are unconstitutional.

writing that may have made you feel a little better

is it correct? I don't think so.

[BVS]

Originally Posted by deep

writing that may have made you feel a little better

is it correct? I don't think so.

Care to explain?

[corianderstem]

Wisconsin judge strikes down collective bargaining restrictions - CNN.com

[INDY500]

Originally Posted by Jeannieco

The students are joining public servants marching in support of them because they may lose the power of collective bargaining, gasp, yes that means union busting is going on right here in middle America.

Not just middle America but Canada as well.

U2 accused of union busting in Winnipeg

In a statement, IATSE President Matthew D. Loeb said, "This is nothing short of union busting. The members of Local 63 have been working in legitimate theatre and at every major concert event in Winnipeg for over 100 years. They had agreed to match the costs of any non-union labour provider working on the U2 concert. The International will continue to support the efforts of the members of Local 63 to ensure that labour standards are maintained."

Now, if any students want to "rise up" and give away their tickets to future shows as a show of solidarity against "union busters."

I'll take 'em.

[PhilsFan]

U2 isn't the government. C'mon, man.

[INDY500]

Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Antiunion Law - Law Blog - WSJ

Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Antiunion Law

The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the law in a 4-3 ruling, with the court’s conservative justices in the majority. The narrow ruling was not surprising out of a court that long has been beset by a sharp divide between its conservative and liberal blocs.

Tuesday’s opinion said Wisconsin circuit-court judge Maryann Sumi exceeded her authority when she issued a permanent injunction in May barring the law from taking effect. The justices wrote, “One of the courts that we are charged with supervising has usurped the legislative power which the Wisconsin Constitution grants exclusively to the legislature.”

Here is judicial activism defined:

"exceeded her (judge's) authority," "usurped the legislative power which the Wisconsin Constitution grants exclusively to the legislature.”

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Things might get interesting in Wis.

TPM Election Scoreboard | TPM News Pages

Dems have picked up one Senate seat

and most likely Senate seat 18, too.

Senate seat 8 is leaning Dem with 67% of votes in, that makes 3 !

that would put the Dems in control of Wisconsin Senate.


Of course 2 Dems are up for recall next week? They both would need to win.

We do have a few ifs, here.

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11:36 P.M.: Democrats have won a second state senate district — Oshkosh Deputy Mayor Jessica King (D) has beaten state Sen. Randy Hopper (R). King lost narrowly to Hopper in a 2008 race that went to a recount; this time around Hopper took hits not just for his voting record but for his messy divorce and relationship with a staffer.

According to local reports, Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus will not report for over an hour — just like in the state Supreme Court race earlier this year, it all comes down to this county in the fight between Darling and state Rep. Sandy Pasch (D).

Ok, they got two seats.

But, the 3rd seat that the Dems have had a lead all night might not finish that way.

WI STATE SENATE -- 08 Votes
Darling (R) 49% 22,693
Pasch (D) 51% 23,804
68% reporting

I have been checking this all night. It has been coming in at 3-4 percent increments all night.

Now they say this GOP County official will hold further updates? ( until she gets the right result ? )

Wisconsin had a bizarre Supreme Court election finish in this same part of the state.

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Waukesha again in the cross-hairs

A large chunck of votes just came in for Darling in Waukesha County, putting her in the lead 52-48 with nearly 80% counted. As Election Law Blogger Rick Hasen notes, Waukesha is the same county that screwed up in the Supreme Court race. If Darling pulls this out, we may be hearing about this one tomorrow

GOP will not lose the 3rd seat. Through 68% of the votes counted, the Dem had the lead.

Waukesha County seems to wait until they can decide elections.

[INDY500]

Epic fail on the part of progressives, union bosses, Ed Schultz and other defenders of the unsustainable status quo. They hoped to stop gov Walker in his tracks and send a loud message to other states attempting common sense reform and fiscal restraint.

Instead, they got 47% of the vote and won 2 seats they were gonna win next fall anyway.

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I thought you were a defender of status quo?

Oh, is it only when it suits you?

I see now...

[Irvine511]

Originally Posted by INDY500

Epic fail

Instead, they got 47% of the vote and won 2 seats they were gonna win next fall anyway.

so ... really, an almost win?

[INDY500]

Scott Walker | Wisconsin | Recall | The Daily Caller

December 14, 2011 Signatures of Hitler, Mickey Mouse acceptable on Scott Walker recall petitions

The signatures of Adolf Hitler and Mickey Mouse will be counted in the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, so long as they are properly dated and bear a Wisconsin address.

The Government Accountability Board reviewing the petitions unanimously approved a plan that would allow questionable names to be counted if they are signed within the circulation dates and have a proper address, WISN Milwaukee’s Channel 12 is reporting. According to the ABC affiliate, the suspicious names will be noted as such, but will not be eliminated without a challenge.

“All signatures are given the basic presumption of validity,” said petition reviewer co-team leader Katie Mueller before the board. “So it may not be eliminated due to the fact that this is a valid signature on face value.”

I see that Democrats are getting along just fine without the services of ACORN.

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Where are those activist judges when you need them?

[INDY500]

Posted by LaborUnionReport January 6th

Last April, after months of laying siege to the Wisconsin capitol building, unions poured $4.5 million into the state to unseat Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser in an election. Though their efforts ultimately failed, unions did all they could legally and now, it seems, illegally to win at all costs.

In October, Media Trackers uncovered documents exposing three SEIU-affiliated individuals who took advantage of Wisconsin’s lax voter registration rules to register and vote by using a Residence Inn as their address. The individuals, SEIU organizer Todd E. Stoner from Freehold, New Jersey; Clarence Haynes, a SEIU organizer from Florida; as well as Austin Lee Thompson, a left-wing protester employed by an SEIU-affiliated group, all used the Residence Inn in Glendale, Wisconsin as their address.

Now, Milwaukee’s Assistant District Attorney has taken an interest by issuing a search warrant for Clarence Haynes.

Can't wait for the unions to roll into Indiana when our legislature takes up right-to-work legislation. They're so classy.

[Diemen]

Originally Posted by INDY500

They're so classy.

As opposed to the politicians who are trying to strip away rights from citizens who historically vote democrat?

[INDY500]

Originally Posted by Diemen

As opposed to the politicians who are trying to strip away rights from citizens who historically vote democrat?

What about the right to choose to join a union or not? Or the right of non-Democrats to not have part of their paycheck stripped away to support candidates or causes they don't.

I believe there's a place for unions but they seriously need to join the 21st century. The top-heavy, heavy-handed model isn't working in a highly competitive, global market that severely punishes inefficiency and bloated labor costs.