Effort to recall Wis. governor kicks off this week

Democrats and union leaders are organizing the effort to oust Gov. Scott Walker after he pushed through a law that ended collective bargaining for most public workers. They need to gather more than 540,000 signatures over the next few weeks in order to trigger an election.

Author:: BMTN Staff
Updated:: Mar 8, 2018
Original:: Nov 13, 2011

Democrats and union leaders are organizing the effort to oust Gov. Scott Walker after he pushed through a law that ended collective bargaining for most public workers. They need to gather more than 540,000 signatures over the next few weeks in order to trigger an election.

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Democrats and union leaders behind the effort to oust Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker say they've collected 50,000 signatures in 48 hours. Recall organizers need to average 9,000 signatures a day to get the 540,000 needed to force a recall election of Walker.

That's more than half of what is needed to force a recall election in just 12 days. Recall efforts must collect about 540,000 signatures by January.

Recall supporters in Wisconsin say they are submitting one million signatures, which is nearly twice the number needed to trigger a recall election. The state elections board must verify the signatures, which could take months. Democrats are still searching for a candidate to run against Republican Gov. Scott Walker.

As many as 30,000 people showed up at a rally Saturday as part of the effort to recall Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. Organizers say they have 105,000 signatures on the recall petition. They need 540,000.

Critics of Gov. Scott Walker are looking forward to November 15th, with is the day they can begin circulating recall petitions. The group People First is opening a Superior office to coordinate the regional effort. This week they'll begin training volunteers in how to collect petitions.

Those who want to recall the Republican governor will need more than a half-million signatures to trigger a recall vote. The chairman of the state's Democratic Party says he's confident they can find the support.

That puts them more than 90 percent of the way to triggering a historic recall election in Wisconsin. Organizers say they're hoping to collect 720,277 signatures by the January deadline, which would be enough to withstand challenges by Gov. Walker's campaign staff.

Critics who want the governor out have a lot of work ahead of them. They'll need to gather, on average, about 12,000 signatures a day from now until January to trigger a recall.

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