Walker Recall Effort Kicks Off Tonight

The effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) will start at midnight, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

Organizers have to gather more than 540,000 signatures to force a recall election against Walker but they hope “to gather 600,000 to 700,000 signatures to allow a cushion if some signatures are found not to properly count.”

Joshua Spivak notes the signature requirement “is not low: The 540,000 represents 25% of the vote for the governor’s office in the last election.”