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Recall of Scott Walker Gathers 300,000 Signatures in First Twelve Days (crooksandliars)

United Wisconsin, the group coordinating the recall against Wisconsin's
Republican Gov. Scott Walker, announced that they had gathered 300,000
petitions towards the recall in the first 12 days of the recall efforts,
reaching the halfway mark in less than a quarter of the time necessary to
gather the petitions. 540,208 valid petitions have to be gathered by January
17, 2012, the end of the 60-day timeframe to make the recall official.

> Scott Walker has taken to the airwaves, supported by millions in corporate
cash, to defend his record of job loss and full-scale assault on Wisconsin's
institutions and values," United Wisconsin Executive Director Meagan Mahaffey
said in a statement. "But all over Wisconsin, the people are seeing through
Walker's deceptions and are moving to take our state back."

> In the first 96 hours of the recall effort, United Wisconsin and its
supporters collected more than 105,000 signatures from all 72 counties in the
state.

> An election could occur as early as March 27, although it will likely be
later if Republicans challenge the petition signatures or file lawsuits.

Democrats are waiting until after the petition drive to begin discussing
potential opponents for the recall ...

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