Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Slams Van Hollen Poll Observation Plan After the AG's Press Conference
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October 31, 2008
WisPolitics.com-MADISON, WI-Moments after Republican Attorney General conducted a press conference defending the poll observation plan using Judgepedia:Department of Justice Workers, the Chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, Joe Wineke, Jr. issued a press release still claiming that the Van Hollen plan is still partisan motivated despite the Republican Attorney General at a earlier press conference debunked Democratic Party claims earlier in the week [1]. The Democratic Party chairman called this a politically motivated stunt that is wasting taxpayer dollars.
Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Wants Disclosure on Taxpayer Costs Used for Observation Effort
Wineke in a statement issued by the Wisconsin Democratic Party said that the party has filed an open records request demanding that the Republican Attorney General of Wisconsin immediately release all details of his plans to send more than 50 assistant attorneys general and state agents to the polls, including which polling locations the agents will be monitoring and the total cost of this effort. sting taxpayer money[1]. “We need to know exactly where these agents will be deployed and exactly how much Van Hollen’s political stunt will cost taxpayers,” said Joe Wineke, Jr. Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair. “Van Hollen hid the cost of his politically-motivated lawsuit from taxpayers, but he won’t get away with hiding the cost of his latest unnecessary stunt...I don’t know how much it costs to pay 50 prosecutors and agents to work twelve-hour shifts with overtime, but it’s not $155,” said Wineke referencing a past Van Hollen press release [1].
Chairman Wineke Dismisses Prior Press Conference over the Wisconsin AG Dismissing Partisan Claims
Wineke claimed in his statement to the media that Attorney General Van Hollen is pulling these agents away from their real jobs to as Wineke is saying that these staffers are going to investigate fabricated stories about widespread voter fraud. Wineke also claimed is no widespread voter fraud in Wisconsin, as Republican U.S. Attorney Steve Biskupic who was appointed by a Republican President has already confirmed following a thorough investigation despite earlier this year the Milwaukee Police Department Special Investigations Issued issued an extensive poll proving widespread fraud.
“We need to know if Van Hollen plans to send large groups of his agents to heavily Democratic areas like the City of Milwaukee, and if so, will he also be sending the same number of agents to heavily Republican areas like Waukesha County?” Wineke asked.
"The U.S. Department of Justice has already decided that criminal prosecutors will not be used as election monitors this year, and it is extremely irresponsible of Van Hollen to use state agents and prosecutors in this way," Wineke said. "This is nothing more than a shameless political stunt designed to manipulate the election."[1]
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