GAB authorizes 4 Senate recall elections; Walker signature total announced

[hue]

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/gab-authorizes-4-senate-recall-elections-ab4hj00-142337285.html

Madison - State elections officials determined Monday recall elections must be held for four Republican state senators, and they said they want to hold those elections as early as May 8.

Also Monday, the Government Accountability Board, which runs state elections, announced that about 930,000 signatures had been submitted to recall GOP Gov. Scott Walker - well over the 540,208 valid signatures needed, but short of the more than 1 million signatures recall organizers had said they had turned in.

It is the first time the board has provided any kind of official number of how many signatures were submitted in January.

Staff for the board has preliminarily disqualified about 26,000 signatures, according to board director Kevin Kennedy. Other signatures could be removed as officials continue their review of the signatures.

The accountability board found there were enough signatures to recall the four senators, but held off on formally ordering an election. That's because it wants all recall elections to be held on the same dates, and it is waiting to complete its review of the signatures to recall Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch.

[freshwest]

1. Hope it's all done well in advance of May 8th!