The recall movements are continuing in Wisconsin, in the wake of Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s newly-passed law curtailing public employee unions. And while it has appeared that more energy is on the Dem side, the Republicans could be on the verge of triggering a recall against at least one Democrat.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports:
Dan Hunt, chairman of Taxpayers to Recall Robert Wirch, says his organization has “well over” the 13,537 signatures required to force Wirch into a recall election, though he said the group still has a goal to collect 18,000, in case some of the signatures are disqualified. He said it’s likely the signatures would be filed with the state Government Accountability Board next week.
“Let the voters of Senate District 22 decide whether Senator Wirch was justified when he left the Senate to flee to Illinois,” Hunt said in a statement, referring to a tactic used by Democratic state senators to stall a vote on Gov. Scott Walker’s budget-repair bill. After three weeks, Republicans stripped the bill of items that made a Democratic presence necessary, and passed it without Democratic votes.
On the other side of the coin, Democrats have already filed petitions to trigger a recall against GOP state Sen. Dan Kapanke, and local Dems are currently reviewing their signatures against GOP state Sen. Randy Hopper. Other recall petitions efforts are still ongoing, and have due dates ranging from late-April to mid-May.
