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Recall election dates set in Wisconsin

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    Will voters replace Gov. Walker?

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A Dane County judge's decision ships the recall timeline.

And we now have a good idea of when we'll head to the polls here -- on the government accountability board's request an extension of time to certify.

-- sufficiency or insufficiency in the recall petitions Dane County judge granted an extension to the government accountability board to reach.

Petitions to recall governor Scott Walker I think it's clearly.

In the public interest and I appreciate council working together to make -- -- that means the GAB has an additional eleven days.

To complete the petition review we want to make sure we did our job into the through the JB is nearly done but is completing the tedious process of looking for duplicate signatures were happy with -- -- long because its deadline you know certainty I do believe it's as as we've Stoops stood here on Monday let's say I think this.

Is as soon as is reasonably possible so here's a look.

At the dates the review of the petition to recall governor Scott Walker will be completed by march 30.

On that date the -- will certify the elections for governor lieutenant governor and four Republican senators that means the primary elections will take place may eighth.

And the general election on June 5.

For races with no primaries the general election will be held on May eighth.

The big.

We -- for the taxpayers of the state of Wisconsin is that all the elections are gonna occur at the same time -- we're not spending millions of extra dollars to do elections one after the other.

I think the June 5 general Election -- we'll do and as for momentum.

My understanding is it was a pretty big gathering in Madison but we're Saturday so there's still -- -- the question.

GAB executive director Kevin Kennedy says all of the elections the -- for governor lieutenant governor and before Republican senators will all be certified.

On the same day.

March 30.

That's so they can hold all the elections on the same two dates may eighth and June 5.

Kevin Kennedy also says the projected cost for all of these recall elections is nine million dollars.

Reporting from the Dane County courthouse in Madison like low fox six news.

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