Wisconsin Recall Campaigns Bag Record Number of Signatures
— By Andy Kroll, Mother Jones
On the heels of liberal JoAnne Kloppenburg’s stunning upset victory in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election on Tuesday (though a recount is forthcoming), the campaigns to recall Republicans in the Badger State are cruising, with enough signatures already gathered to trigger a recall of two Republican senators in the Badger State.
As Greg Sargent reports today, Wisconsin Democrats collected nearly 22,561 signatures in their effort to recall Sen. Dan Kapanke. That’s nearly 7,000 more than they needed to launch a recall, and insurance against efforts by Kapanke’s lawyers to challenge and potentially throw out some of the collected signatures. In a sign of buyer’s remorse among Wisconsin voters, the time it took gather enough signatures to recall Kapanke was the fastest in Wisconsin history.
The next Wisconsin senator to face a recall effort is Republican Randy Hopper.
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