Wisconsin election officials will have 11 more days to review petitions seeking the recall of Governor Scott Walker, according to a copy of an agreement provided by the state attorney general’s office.
Walker, a first-term Republican, Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch and four state senators including Republican Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald are the targets of the recall drive started after Fitzgerald secured the passage of a bill limiting public employee collective bargaining rights, signed by the governor a year ago.
Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board sought an extension of the March 19 deadline so that it could complete its review of petition signatures.
“The board will meet March 30 to certify the results,” Reid Magney, a board spokesman, said in a telephone interview.