Loophole: Scott Walker able to raise unlimited money for Wisconsin recall fight

The fight to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker begins November 15, when the 60-day window opens for progressives, Democrats, and other Walker opponents to gather the more than half-million signatures they’ll need to trigger a recall election. Conveniently for Walker, a loophole in Wisconsin elections law opens up the same day and spans the same 60-day window. For that two-month period, the state’s $10,000 donation limit for individuals giving to gubernatorial candidates is out the window. That’s right: Walker can raise unlimited campaign cash for his recall defense as his opponents round up support to recall him.

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Going on a 60-day money bonanza is at the heart of Walker’s recall defense strategy—at least that’s how Wisconsin GOP chairman Brad Courtney put it at a GOP event in Milwaukee last Friday. According to an audio clip provided to Mother Jones, Courtney says Walker stressed to him the importance of being able to rake in unlimited funds to run ads defending his record—especially his controversial budget repair bill.

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