As the anniversary of Gov. Scott Walker's inauguration approaches, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate announced Monday the group will begin collecting signatures Nov. 15 to prompt a recall election of Walker.
The DPW will partner with United Wisconsin Political Action Committee, which has collected more than 200,000 names of Wisconsinites who would support a recall of Walker. Though they cannot use the names they already have on recall petitions, they can use the collection as a database from which to start.
Walker, like any other elected Wisconsin official, must be in office for one year before a recall election can take place. But groups can begin circulating recall petitions on Nov. 4, which is 60 days before Walker has been in office for a full year.
In order for a recall election to be held, organizers would need to collect more than 540,000 signatures, or a quarter of the number of votes in the 2010 gubernatorial election.
Other PACs, notably Defend Wisconsin, Defending Wisconsin and We are Wisconsin, which became active during the start of the collective bargaining protests, will contribute to the recall effort.
Tate announced recall plans on the Ed Show Monday night.
