How many people live in Wisconson? If 900,000 signed the petition what percentage of

[applegrove]

the population is that? Does anyone have the information?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. 5,654,774

900 000 / 5 654 774 = 0.159157554

[DontTreadOnMe]

2. I just heard Ed Schultz state that ELIGIBLE VOTERS in WISC

total population does not equal the same as the eligible voters, many people are under 18 and cannot vote.

approx. 2.5 million voters in Wisc., but that might be the amount of voters in last election. So I did not fact check that amount.
Anyone with the exact factual figure, please post.

[joshcryer]

6. From 2010 Census, 2,908,000 registered voters:

Here's the page I got the data from: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/socdemo/voting/publications/p20/2010/tables.html

Direct link to the spreadsheet: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/socdemo/voting/publications/p20/2010/Table4c_2010.xls

Interestingly 67% registered is much higher than the US total of 59% registered.

[joshcryer]

8. Sorry, for eligible, not just registered, it's 4,156,000.

I do think registered is at least somewhat instructive, though.

[EC]

13. Only registered voters could sign.

I guess it is required because you cannot recall a vote if you didn't vote.

[N7Shepard]

14. No, eligible voters can sign. You didn't have to be registered.

[joshcryer]

7. 900,000 / 2,908,000 = 0.309491

31%

[applegrove]

10. I love it.

[joshcryer]

9. Eligible only: 900,000 / 4,156,000 = 0.21655

22%

[tabatha]

3. I heard that the number (1 million) is about the same number of votes that Walker got.

[marlakay]

11. But many of those voters feel betrayed by him…so nt

[tabatha]

12. Yes, which is why that number of 1 million is so awesome.

It is surely bye, bye Walker - unless the vote counting is rigged.

[Old Codger]

4. they said

23% of eligible voters signed

[SecurityManager]

5. Signatures to be scrutinized

Mark Belling today was at a slobbering fit about this claiming Wisconsin had now a balanced budget and Walker had created (insert any number he changes it daily) of jobs for Wisconsin.

One interesting thing I did hear were there were going to be two groups looking into the recall signatures one was part of the republican party and damn I can not remember the other group?

[dragonlady]

15. The recall forces have also scrutinized them intensely

A great deal was learned during the summer recalls about how to run this kind of project, so the quality control is much better this time around. The numbers being cited are for good signatures without duplicates as far as the organizers can tell. The disqualification rate should be low.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

16. Glad to hear it

I certainly would want any sigs on a recall of a Democrat to be closely scrutinized, you know how Rethugs are.....but it is important for the forces behind the recall to do their own due dilligence first.