Recall Effort Against Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Appears to be Short Necessary Amount of Signatures

Wednesday, March 13th, 2024 -- 11:00 AM

(AP) Supporters of former President Donald Trump who organized an effort to recall Wisconsin’s top elected Republican did not gather enough signatures to trigger the recall election under one scenario reviewed by elections officials Tuesday, but it likely will be up to the state Supreme Court to ultimately decide the fate of the recall effort.

Recall organizers fell more than 900 signatures short of the number needed to force a recall election in the district that Assembly Speaker Robin Vos had represented for years. However, it’s not clear if those boundary lines should be used for the recall.

The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court in December tossed the maps that were last used in 2022 and barred them from being used in future elections. However, the new maps signed into law last month by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers don’t take effect until November. That leaves it unclear about what district boundary lines are in effect for elections before November.

The six-member elections commission, evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, voted unanimously Tuesday to ask the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide which Assembly district should be used for purposes of any recall election. The court on Friday declined a similar request from Evers, but left open the possibility it would decide the issue later.

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