AFP Wisconsin ballots have late return date

David Catanese

Americans for Prosperity is sending absentee ballots to Democrats in at least two Wisconsin state Senate recall districts with instructions to return the paperwork after the election date.

The fliers, obtained by POLITICO, ask solidly Democratic voters to return ballots for the Aug. 9 election to the city clerk "before Aug. 11."

A Democrat on the ground in Wisconsin said the fliers were discovered to be hitting doors in District 2 and District 10 over the weekend.

"These are people who are our 1's in the voterfile who we already knew. They ain't AFP members, that's for damn sure," the source said.

One flier was discovered in Hudson, Wisc. where Democrat Shelly Moore is attempting to upend GOP State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf in District 10; the other was found in Kaukauna, where Democrat Nancy Nusbaum is challenging Sen. Robert Cowles in District 2....

Wisconsin Democratic voters targeted with Koch-funded absentee ballot notices advising them to vote 2 days afterthe recall election

by Cory Doctorow

The Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity group has been reportedly distributing fliers in Democrat-leaning Wisconsin districts advising voters to send in their recall absentee ballots “before August 11.” The recall election — in which Democrats are seeking to unseat state Republicans who voted for Governor Scott Walker’s attack on unionized labor — is being held two days earlier, on August 9. AFP has also given $150,000 worth of ad time to Republican candidates facing recall...............