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.

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.

What will surely be one of the most watched political contests in the country has just started next door. Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker, is facing a historic recall after more than a year of high-profile protests. So what happens next? Talking Points Memo explains the process, while the Los Angeles Times explores what this means for the presidential race and the larger political climate.

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.

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.

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.

The Government Accountability Board said Friday that the recall election of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and the primary election that accompanied it cost Wisconsin taxpayers $13.5 million. Some of the costs associated with the recall election -- in which Walker retained his post --- included payment of poll workers, staff salaries, printing ballots and programming election equipment.

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.