Wisconsin - Letter from Defending Wisconsin PAC requests AG van Hollen resign

[Scuba]

Dear Attorney General JB Van Hollen,

It has recently come to my attention that there is need for concern over your election in 2006. As you may recall you were running against Kathleen Falk, a Democrat and County Executive of Dane County. On the surface the results of that race looked as though you were the winner by a narrow margin of only 8,859 votes. In this election, Waukesha County had voted heavily for you.

Here is the problem, though. The Waukesha County Clerk reports that there were 156,804 ballots cast in that election.

You can see that by going here:

http://www.waukeshacounty.gov/uploadedFiles/Media/List_Documents/County_Clerk/2006_Official_Election_Results/Official_Election_Combined_Summary_Nov20_2006.LST .

All seems kosher until you look at the Government Accountability Board Canvass Summary in which over 174,000 votes were cast in that race. You can see this by going here and clicking attorney general:

http://elections.state.wi.us/subcategory.asp?linksubcatid=592 .


Therefore it is clear more votes were cast in this race than ballots cast.

I am told you are a reasonable man. The numbers don’t add up and given the extremely high percentage of votes for you in that county Kathleen Falk would be the winner if the numbers added up.

I am requesting that you do the right thing and resign from office effective immediately. We have now proven you are not the legitimate winner of that election and therefore are unable to be considered our Attorney General.

I am not alleging you had a part in this, but now that you know, the FACT remains you are not our legally elected Attorney General. Please do the right thing and resign, you can even run again and get legally elected if you would like. Thank you for your time and consideration, may you make the right decision and not the right wing one.

Sincerely,Jeremy Ryan
Executive Director
Defending Wisconsin PAC

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I understand this letter is authentic, but I have not been able to learn when it was sent. Please stay tuned.

[murielm99]

1. Keep up the pressure on all of them.

Our national leaders will not do it. It will have to come from the state level.

I am proud to have several family members, Democrats all, living in Wisconsin. Wisconsin makes me proud to be an American and a Democrat. Not much else does these days.

[Blue Meany]

2. Looks like another error...

The votes on all issues are around the number said to be cast on the state report(170000+)and are the same in the local and state reports. It's probably just a typo.

[LiberalFighter]

3. I wonder who told anyone that Van Hollen is a reasonable man?

[Scuba]

4. I now have reliable information that this was sent last week, not in 2006. n/t

[MadisonMike]

5. The letter is very legit

And I know the person who wrote it. K&R, keep this going folks. We are being shammed