Restricting Recall Is The Right's Next Overreach
A few words about this subject over at Purple Wisconsin:
[The Journal Sentinel], Scott Walker and various legislators - - most of them Republicans - - have said they want the Wisconsin State Constitution amended to make it more difficult to recall an elected official.
That's a big, short-sighted mistake.
Granted the wave of recall elections has been expensive, but democracy has costs and these are well worth the price. Where in a cost-benefit analysis or a balance sheet do you assign a value to your inherited rights?
2 comments:
The recall option has already been destroyed. Now that citizens know that their recall signature and contact information will be accessible 24/7, on the internet, in a format easily searchable by anyone including employers and mischiefmakers, no recall committee will ever get enough signatures.
I will be happy to explain that to the next person asking me to sign a petition against a Dem.
Speaking of legal matters, do you know whether Walker responded to the Oversight Committee in Congress? He was supposed to answer their three questions by June 1st. I'd love to know what happened. Thanks!
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