Donald Fish Public Statements
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2002
Doyle, Dem candidates should disassociate themselves from DPW voter lists, GOTV efforts
“Jim Doyle and all other Democratic Party candidates should disassociate themselves from Democratic Party of Wisconsin voter lists cited in a State Elections Board complaint I filed last year,” said former party worker Donald Fish.
Fish’s complaint alleges violations of state campaign finance law and concerns computerized voter databases developed using state resources and facilities. Fish was employed, 1998-2000, as the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Voter File Manager and believes party voter lists are part of the state’s caucus scandal.
“If history holds, this week and next the Democrats will be using their voter lists for GOTV [Get Out the Vote] calls and mailings,” Fish said. “Until the Elections Board resolves the matter of the legality of these lists, I believe it would be unethical for any candidate to take part in these [GOTV] efforts.”
Fish believes that if Democratic Party candidates do not follow his advice, citizens of Wisconsin receiving GOTV calls and mail for those candidates should “vigorously complain and ask that their name be permanently removed from the party’s lists.”
“Democrats last week vowed to be a force for reform saying, ‘Fighting Bob would weep for Wisconsin’s progressive tradition if he could see what is happening today,’” said Fish. “Now is the time for the Democrats to show us if they really meant what they said or if it was just more spin.”