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Donald Trump hates Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) because in 2020, Vos refused to take any action to decertify the presidential electors or appoint a fake slate. Trump asked his supporters to organize a recall petition to force a vote on recalling Vos. It now appears after an initial count that the petition fell 945 signatures short of the required number of valid signatures, even though the organizers submitted 4,000 signatures more than the number required.
But the situation is actually quite complicated. The signatures have to be from registered voters in Vos' district. But what is Vos' district? In December, the state Supreme Court ruled that the maps for the state legislature were gerrymandered in violation of the state Constitution and ordered the legislature to draw new maps, which it did, but they don't take effect until Nov. 2024 (i.e., the upcoming election). Now the question comes up: Do the requisite number of signatures have to come from voters in Vos' old district or his new one, which is somewhat different? Also, if the final count says there is a recall election, which boundaries should be used?
The six-member Wisconsin Election Commission voted on Tuesday to kick the ball upstairs and ask the state Supreme Court to sort this out. However last week Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) asked the Court the same thing and it said "nah, we don't want to do that." Who knows what happens next? For the time being, Vos continues to be speaker, though. (V)