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January 17, 2012

700,000 Seek Gov. Walker Recall in Wisconsin 
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Opponents of Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker say they will
submit the signatures of more than 700,000 voters today seeking a recall
of Walker and his lieutenant governor, Rebecca Kleefisch. The signature
drive gathered far more than the 540,000 signatures needed to force a
recall. Signatures have also been gathered to force recalls of the
Wisconsin senate majority leader and three other Republican senators.
They were all backers of a bill signed into law last year effectively
ending collective bargaining rights for most public workers.



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