Nearly half of signatures collected for recall of WI GOP state senators

[PeaceNikki]

http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2011/03/14/dems-nearly-half-of-signatures-collected-for-recall-of-wi-gop-state-senators/

Let’s see… Scott Walker and his gang are trying to crush unions, screw over the middle class, and slither toward a one-party rule, which assures the destruction of democracy as we know it. They did this by passing a really bad (and potentially illegal) law.

However, the polls, public reaction, and momentum are against them. The Democrats are energized more than they have been in years. File this one under “backfire”.

Dems have now collected over 56,000 signatures supporting the recall drives, according to party spokesman Graeme Zielinski, after another surge in organizing activity over the weekend. That’s up from rougly 14,000 after last weekend. This means Dems are well ahead of schedule: In each targeted district, Dems need to amass the required signatures — 25 percent of the number who voted in the last gubernatorial election — by a deadline of 60 days after first filing for recalls, which happened nearly two weeks ago.

In other words, Dems are reporting they are nearly halfway to the finish line, with roughly three-fourths of the alloted time remaining.

(Republicans are refusing to reveal the amount of signatures they’ve collected to recall Dems.)

On Wisconsin.

[PeaceNikki]

1. Kicking this cuz people were asking yesterday.