Kapanke recall effort files official petition

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[quote]The recall campaign against Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-La Crosse, announced Friday members had acquired the necessary amount of signatures to trigger a special election, becoming the first of the 16 campaigns to do so.

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin and volunteers collected 21,700 signatures, well above the roughly 15,000 signatures needed for a recall election, according to DPW spokesperson Graeme Zielinski. The campaign filed a recall petition with the Government Accountability Board on March 2.

The signatures were collected in half the time allotted, a testimony to the momentum of the movement against Gov. Scott Walker. Hundreds of volunteers turned out to help the campaign in Kapanke’s district, with thousands helping out statewide in other recall campaigns.

“This is a historic moment for grassroots history in Wisconsin,â€