As shoppers flocked to malls across the state to find deals on Black Friday, so did volunteers gathering signatures to recall Gov. Scott Walker.
There were around 30 petition-circulating events outside of shopping centers and malls planned for the Friday after Thanksgiving, according to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin website.
While it is legal for recall volunteers to be on public sidewalks, many store managers found fault with volunteers who had set up on parking lots saying it amounted to solicitation.
The Republican Party of Wisconsin likened the volunteers gathering signatures on private parking lots to harassment.
“I doubt these businesses wish their stores to be associated with what is purely a partisan ploy, and these selfish acts on the part of the liberal activists will no doubt adversely affect these businesses,” RPW spokesperson Ben Sparks said in a statement.
But Erik Kirkstein, communications coordinator for United Wisconsin, said the Republican Party is trying to “make a story out of nothing.”
“Numerous volunteers collected signatures without any issues as they have done every day since this recall movement started,” Kirkstein said.
