GOP allies hatching sleazy dirty tricks in Wisconsin recall wars

[a kennedy]

It looks like allies of Wisconsin Republicans are growing so desperate that they’re resorting to sleazy dirty tricks in their last-ditch bid to help the GOP hang on to the state senate.

This is deep in the weeds, but bear with me. As you know, Wisconsin GOP state officials have hatched a scheme to run fake Democrats in Dem primary elections against the Democratic recall candidates, in order to delay the general recall election between Dems and the GOP state senators they’re targeting. As the labor-backed We Are Wisconsin warned recently, this could have major ramifications: Because Wisconsin law allows cross-party voting, Republican voters can vote in Dem primaries and vote for the fake Dem candidate in order to keep the real Dem out of the general election.

Now there's been a new twist to this tale.

Allies of one of the top GOP targets in the recalls, state senator Randy Hopper, are circulating flyers in his district trying to get out the vote for the fake Dem in the Democratic primary against his Dem opponent.

You can view the flyer, which was found and passed along by We Are Wisconsin, right here. It urges voters to go out to the polls to vote for one John Buckstaff against the real Democrat, Oshkosh deputy mayor Jessica King, a strong candidate against the vulnerable Hopper.

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[yourout]

1. We needed to run fake Republicans to keep them from cross over voting with out the risk of their....

own candidates.

[elocs]

2. There is no substitute for getting out & voting. There is no excuse not to vote.

Had Democrats been fired up and turned out to vote last November this would not be happening now.

I voted early last Tuesday at my city hall here in La Crosse in the pseudo primary here with the fake Democrat running against Jennifer Shilling who will go on to beat Kapanke in the recall election next month. It was easy to vote early and it only took minutes.

Every election is important, every one. When Democrats do not turn out and vote they just make it easier for Republicans to take control.