Wis. Elections Staff Recommend Recalls Against Three GOPers
The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, which oversees elections in the state, is poised to approve recalls for three Republican state senators, as the process unfolds in the wake of Gov. Scott Walker's anti-public employee union legislation.
The GAB staff has recommended to the board -- which is made up of retired judges selected through a non-partisan process -- to approve recalls against state Sens. Dan Kapanke, Randy Hopper and Luther Olsen, when the board meets this Monday. As the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinelreports, these were the first three legislators to have recall signatures filed against them.
The GAB staff memorandum notes that the board will meet again next Monday, May 30, to take up the business of six other pending recall petitions: Republicans Sheila Harsdorf, Alberta Darling and Rob Cowles, and Democrats Dave Hansen, Jim Holperin and Robert Wirch.
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