Dead Men Rise from the Grave to Sign Wisconsin GOP’s Recall Papers

For all the screaming that the Wisco GOP has done about voter fraud in the last decade, this should make head’s explode across the Badger state:

Bill Pocan - father of state Rep. Mark Pocan - may have died long ago.

But that doesn’t mean he can’t sign the recall petition against state Sen. Bob Wirch of Kenosha.

Just check page 362 of the Wirch recall petition, and you will find the signature and address for Bill Pocan, also the father of Milwaukee County Judge William Pocan. The petition says Bill Pocan penned his support of the recall effort on March 3.

Wirch is one of 14 Democrats who left the state to block a vote on Gov. Scott Walker’s budget-repair bill. He is one of at least three Dems and six Republicans targeted for recalls.

In an affidavit provided state Democrats, Corinne Pocan said her husband Bill couldn’t have signed the Wirch papers. She said he has been dead for two decades. She also said she lives at the address listed on the recall document.

Now’s here’s the kicker:

Dan Hunt, the chairman of the Wirch recall committee, acknowledged Friday that the signature appears to be forged. But he accused Democrats of intentionally signing Pocan’s name on the document to try to discredit the recall effort.

Hunt said Democrats chose Pocan because it would bring more attention to the matter, given the prominence of his sons.

“It all makes sense,” Hunt said.

Maybe they should have checked people’s photo ID’s before they signed the recall petitions?