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Wisconsin Democrats now say they have more than enough signatures to launch a recall of Republican state Sen. Dan Kapanke, in the battle over Gov. Scott Walker's (R) new law curtailing public employee unions. They are filing the petitions today -- less than halfway through the 60-day window for gathering the signatures.
Recall organizer Pat Scheller said volunteers have gathered more than the 15,588 signatures needed and that they plan to take them to Madison after a noon rally today at La Crosse City Hall.
It is expected to be the first completed of 19 active recall efforts registered between Feb. 24 and March 2 against 16 senators.
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Each recall filed starts the process leading to a recall election, so it's suspected that several petitions will be gathered together so there are not 14-19 different elections this spring. The GOP is supposed to be trying to recall the Dems, too, but there doesn't seem to be as big an active public presence for that. The Dems want to take 3 seats, to shift the legistlature back to Democratic.