Posted by Rachel Weiner
Democrats and their allies in organized labor say they delivered over a million recall petition signatures against Gov. Scott Walker (R) Tuesday, far more than the 540,208 needed to spark a recall election.
The filing kicks off the latest phase in a fight over collective bargaining rights that began almost as soon as Walker took office last January.
Democrats also filed 845,000 signatures to trigger a recall against Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch (R) and enough to recall four Republican state senators, according to party chairman Mike Tate.
Last summer, Democrats attempted to win back control of the state Senate after the Republican leadership passed legislation limiting public workers’ bargaining rights. They recalled two Republicans but fell one seat short of flipping the chamber.
Read More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/over-a-million-signatures-filed...
"New requirements mean that verifying the signatures will take at least two months. The election date will then be set for this spring, barring further legal challenges."
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