The Government Accountability Board announced Thursday that it will take a month longer than its deadline to review recall petition signatures.
Also, GAB Director Kevin Kennedy said as many as 50 temporary workers will need to be hired to review up to 1.5 million signatures that could be collected in the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker and four state senators.
A court order is needed to extend the review period longer than the required 31 days.
On Nov. 28, petition circulators said they had gathered 300,000 of the 540,208 signatures needed to prompt a recall election of Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch. The petitions are due Jan. 17.
As for the four state senators that are being targeted for recall, petition circulators need between 15,000 and 16,700 signatures, depending on the legislator.
The month-long delay in the review process would likely impact the dates of the potential recall elections.
