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Since the inception of the Wisconsin Protests, people have had fun with the drama, in addition to reporting actual news.
Most of this takes place on Twitter. There are countless fake accounts for Governor Walker, his SUV, etc.
When the Senate Democrats left the state to prevent the Senate from achieving a quorum (and therefore stalling the vote on Walker's budget repair bill, which all but erased the rights of state employees to collectively bargain, among other things), a Twitter account was created to detail their imagined antics in Illinois.
A response account was made from the Senate Republicans, left behind. Their Twitter tag line was something like, "We're just some guys trying to vote."
The tweets were hilarious, and sometimes disturbingly accurate when describing the personalities of various senators/legislative staff, causing rampant speculation about who was behind them.
In Wisconsin, officials must be elected for a year before recall efforts can begin.
So, we've collected over 1,000,000 signatures to recall the Governor.
Normally in a recall, under Wisconsin law, it is up to the opposing side (i.e., GOP) to look at recall signatures, and challenge any signatures they find suspicious, for example if someone signed twice, or if someone signed as "Mickey Mouse."
The GOP took the Government Accountability Board (non-partisan agency that oversees elections in our state) to court in Waukesha (a conveniently conservative community). A judge in Waukesha ruled that it should be up to the Government Accountability Board, not the GOP, to screen for any fraudulent signatures.
The GOP, probably fed up with accusations of their partisan nature, have set up a webcam of the temp employees they have hired to scan in & analyze the 1,000,000 recall signatures. The webcam's feed is online, and available for public viewing.
This is also because the scanning of signatures is taking place at an "undisclosed, secure" location (adding to everyone's general amusement).
I'm sure the GAB thought that only watchdogs from either party would watch it vigilantly.
Instead, the webcam has attracted tens of thousands of hits since its debut.
And here is where the RPF comes in.
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RecallCam is narrating the webcam, giving backgrounds and identities to the silent temp workers on-screen, imagining relationships that happen between them, publishing fake poll results for changes in hairstyles in the temp workers.
RecallCamHaiku also narrates the webcam feed. While it delves less into the area of RPF, the account does its narration in haiku.
Whether it's called "fanfiction" outright or not by its authors, I think that RPF has been a fantastically amusing addition to political issues in Wisconsin for the last year.
Other coverage specific to the Twitter accounts:
LA Times
Madison AV Club
The New York Times's Lede blog
Most of this takes place on Twitter. There are countless fake accounts for Governor Walker, his SUV, etc.
When the Senate Democrats left the state to prevent the Senate from achieving a quorum (and therefore stalling the vote on Walker's budget repair bill, which all but erased the rights of state employees to collectively bargain, among other things), a Twitter account was created to detail their imagined antics in Illinois.
A response account was made from the Senate Republicans, left behind. Their Twitter tag line was something like, "We're just some guys trying to vote."
The tweets were hilarious, and sometimes disturbingly accurate when describing the personalities of various senators/legislative staff, causing rampant speculation about who was behind them.
In Wisconsin, officials must be elected for a year before recall efforts can begin.
So, we've collected over 1,000,000 signatures to recall the Governor.
Normally in a recall, under Wisconsin law, it is up to the opposing side (i.e., GOP) to look at recall signatures, and challenge any signatures they find suspicious, for example if someone signed twice, or if someone signed as "Mickey Mouse."
The GOP took the Government Accountability Board (non-partisan agency that oversees elections in our state) to court in Waukesha (a conveniently conservative community). A judge in Waukesha ruled that it should be up to the Government Accountability Board, not the GOP, to screen for any fraudulent signatures.
The GOP, probably fed up with accusations of their partisan nature, have set up a webcam of the temp employees they have hired to scan in & analyze the 1,000,000 recall signatures. The webcam's feed is online, and available for public viewing.
This is also because the scanning of signatures is taking place at an "undisclosed, secure" location (adding to everyone's general amusement).
I'm sure the GAB thought that only watchdogs from either party would watch it vigilantly.
Instead, the webcam has attracted tens of thousands of hits since its debut.
And here is where the RPF comes in.
Whether it's called "fanfiction" outright or not by its authors, I think that RPF has been a fantastically amusing addition to political issues in Wisconsin for the last year.
Other coverage specific to the Twitter accounts:
LA Times
Madison AV Club
The New York Times's Lede blog
