(NY Times on Scott Walker) Governor Who Took On Unions May Face a Closely Watched Recall Election
Thousands of volunteers have raced to collect signatures near busy intersections and malls all over Wisconsin, at makeshift “drive-through” operations in parking lots, during Green Bay Packers viewing parties and New Year’s Eve pub crawls, and even at a fold-up table inside Milwaukee’s airport just off Concourse C.
By a state deadline on Tuesday, these volunteers, many of them Democrats and union supporters, say they will submit at least 720,000 names on petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker, the Republican who curtailed collective bargaining rights for public workers, leading to a face-off in this state.
Only two governors in the nation’s history have lost their jobs in recalls, but Mr. Walker himself acknowledges that, presuming there are no major flaws in the petitions, a recall election appears likely. That puts his removal, which would have a vote in late spring or early summer, within the realm of possibility.
Politicians and political operatives far beyond Wisconsin will be watching closely, not just for what the recall effort may imply for other state’s leaders who are considering cuts to workers’ benefits and union powers as a way to solve budget problems, but also as a sign for the presidential race. Wisconsin was one of several pivotal Midwestern states that gave Barack Obama solid victories in 2008 but then elected Republicans, including Mr. Walker, in significant numbers in 2010. Money from outside the state is certain to pour in from both sides for the recall vote.
full: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/us/scott-walker-recall-drive-is-closely-watched.html?pagewanted=all
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If anybody has better figures let me know.
They needed 540,000 signatures and got 720,000 and this in a state w/ a total population 5,700,000 and a
voting age population of 4,275,000 which at the most has 80% of those people as registered voters (3,420,000)
so over 20% of the registered badger voters signed up to have Walker recalled. If you go by proportions this
is even better than the # of people who signed up to kill SB 5 in Ohio. So the big story here is that it is not
a question of if Scott Walker will be recalled but when he will be recalled.
I might have to take a vacation to Wisconsin in June just to be there for the party.
I am in touch w/ a person in Wisconsin and he told me and I have read
that even some very red counties have been bringing in some large #s
of recall Walker signatures. What was he thinking? Because everybody
knows a teacher or firefighter or cop or the guy from the state that makes
sure dams and bridges are safe so going after those people was just stupid
especially after they had already taken cuts in benefits and pay.
900,000/5,700,000 = 15.7% of the state's population
900,000/3,420,000 = 26.3% of the maximum # of the state's voters (guessing that 80%
of people over 18 are registered to vote)
When I think about those students from Madison East High School who walked out
of their classrooms and up Washington St. and to the state capital where they stood
up for what is right I still get chills.
Way to go Badgers!
I bet he's really 
Why isn't Nicklas in federal prison for vote fraud and election tampering? Why isn't that judge under indictment for corruption and racketeering? this problem isn't going to be solved by holding another corrupt election.