Wisconsin Moves to Limit Recalls

The Wisconsin state Assembly “kicked off a raucous, likely late-night session Thursday by approving the first of two proposals limiting the ability of voters to recall elected officials — measures Republicans are advancing because of a wave of attempts to recall Gov. Scott Walker and state senators in 2011 and 2012,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

“The twin proposals — one a change to state law, the other an amendment to the state constitution — would limit recalls to those who have been charged with crimes or ethics violations.”