Walker Recall: Death Threats and Signatures

A protest against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, 03/12/11. (photo: Sue Peacock/flickr)

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Excerpt: "Opponents of Gov. Scott Walker said they have faced threats and thefts in the days since the recall effort began.... The threats involved phone calls from an area code in Minnesota.... 'They said, 'If you don't stop circulating recall petitions, we will kill you,' ... He said I had attracted the attention of some very bad people, and my life and the lives of my family were in danger'"
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Organizer: 50,000 signatures collected to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

MADISON — A spokeswoman for the coalition working to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker says they have collected 50,000 signatures in 48 hours.

United Wisconsin spokeswoman Meagan Mahaffey told The Associated Press on Thursday that the numbers are slightly ahead of their expectations.

Recall organizers need to average 9,000 signatures a day to get the 540,000 needed to force a recall election of Walker. They want to go well above that number, however, in case some signatures are invalidated.

The recall drive began Tuesday and the deadline for returning the signatures is Jan. 17.
Mahaffey says more than 20,000 people have downloaded petitions from the group's website.
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