On September 13, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (which is the name of the body formerly called the State Board of Elections) approved letting petitions be e-mailed to individuals who ask for them. Furthermore, the organization promoting the petition would be permitted to electronically add the requester’s postal address to the blank petition. Then, the voter could print out the petition form at home, sign it, and mail it in to the proponents. See this story. The vote was 5-1.

However, on September 27, a legislative committee held a hearing on the Board’s new policy, and a majority of legislators seemed to feel the Board should not take this action on its own, but should submit the idea to a higher government body that includes the Governor. If that happens, chances are that the policy will be vetoed, because the new policy makes it easier to recall the Governor. See this story. Thanks to Political Wire for the latter link.

Wisconsin does not have the initiative process.