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MADISON, WIS. — Critics of Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin submitted more than 1 million signatures, nearly twice as many as required, on recall petitions against Walker to force a new election Tuesday. State officials now begin the arduous, expensive process of studying the petitions for flaws and duplicates.
The anti-Walker forces needed 540,208 names and had estimated that they would produce at least 720,000, so the still larger number came as a surprise to many.
Barring a legal fight, Walker, a Republican who took office a year ago and set off a firestorm by curtailing collective bargaining rights for public workers, will face a new election in the late spring or early summer.
Denver Post wire services
