Paperwork has been filed to recall 16 state senators — Democrats and Republicans
16 include every single senator who can be recalled this year. The remaining 17 state senators, who won election or re-election last November, are constitutionally protected from recall efforts for the first year of their terms.
Supporters of the recall effort have 60 days from the filing of the paperwork to collect enough signatures on petitions to force a recall election. All the initial paperwork has been filed recently, so the deadlines are in late April and early May.
The number of signatures needed on the petitions range from about 12,000 to 20,000.Eight Republican senators face recalls:
Walker can’t be recalled this year because he didn’t take office until Jan. 3.
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