Scott Walker bows to judge, law and voters in humiliating defeat for gov facing reelection
Madison, Wisconsin—Gov. Scott Walker issued an executive order (#280, not yet posted) this morning to fill two legislative vacancies with elections in a victory for some 229,000 Wisconsin voters, democracy and the rule of law, (AP).
The bizarre action by Walker and legislative Republicans to block elections created an unprecedented spectacle confirming Wisconsin Republicans are still pursuing an anti-democratic, anti-voter agenda.
Walker confirmed last night he would call what he termed "meaningless" elections.
The so-called meaningless elections will ensure that 229,000 Wisconsin citizens have representation for June, July, August, September, October, November, December and part of January 2019.
Another election that begins June 30, (for citizens casting absentee ballots), will ensure citizens are represented by their chosen candidate from Jan 2019 to Jan 2021.
Democracy, elections and voting rights are not meaningless, except apparently in the minds of Wisconsin Republicans.
Walker's executive order comes some three hours before the deadline set by a judge last week demanding that Walker call two special elections in Robert Dallas Newton Jr. et al v. Scott Walker, (Dane County Case Number 2018CV000519).
The Walker blocks-elections scandal reveals again the vulnerability of Wisconsin to determined, anti-democratic political forces that achieve electoral success in part by rigging election law and obstructing voters.
Meanwhile, Wisconsin Republicans are trying to change the subject and flood social media in an attempt to deflect attention from another Scott Walker scandal.
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