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Staff editorial (Feb. 9, 2011)

The Spectator Staff
February 9, 2012

A recent article in the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram reported that the Wisconsin Court of Appeals had overturned a judges order for state election officials to be more aggressive in the ways they root out fake or false signatures on recall petitions for Gov. Scott Walker. With over one million signatures... Read more »

A Walker turnaround

Spenser Bickett
January 27, 2012

Let me be the first to say that I feel awful about contributing to the massive media coverage devoted to the Wisconsin recall efforts. I hate it when topics get beaten into the ground relentlessly by the media, but I think this column will be a little bit different; it’s different because my position... Read more »

Recall efforts move forward

Eric Christenson
January 27, 2012

On Jan. 17, recall workers from across the state of Wisconsin filed over a million signatures on petitions in hopes of overthrowing Gov. Scott Walker in what is thus far the largest recall effort in American history. For senior Jimmy Haggerty, it was an incredible feeling. “It was great seeing the... Read more »

Why the recall?

AJ Lawton
December 1, 2011

Confused about the campaign to recall Scott Walker? I’m sure amongst all the talking heads and arguments throughout your community you’ve managed to take one side or another whether you are political or not. It’s fairly easy to do when the issues are described as fiscal discipline on one side or... Read more »

Walker recall efforts begin

Haley Zblewski
November 17, 2011

Those who oppose Scott Walker have 60 days to collect 540,000 signatures and force a recall election for Wisconsin’s governor, as the effort to recall him kicked off at 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 15. On the first day of the recall, Recall Walker supporters gathered in the UW-Eau Claire campus mall with petitions,... Read more »

So this is what democracy looks like…

Jason Rector
November 17, 2011

This week kicked off the first of sixty days of the Recall Walker campaign.  It amazes me the time and effort the opponents to Governor Walker will put into this.  Let us imagine for a moment what might have been if they had been this passionate and dedicated to the elections in the 2010 season.  The... Read more »

Walker committed no crimes; unfair to recall over one law

Tim Duffy
November 10, 2011

Current efforts are in the works by the Democrat Party of Wisconsin and other opponents to recall Governor Walker. The recall campaign is supposed to officially kick off on November 15th. In order to successfully foster a recall election, Walker skeptics need to collect 540,000 (25% of votes cast in... Read more »