The Hill News

A government accountability board officially ordered a recall election of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker after nearly 1 million voters in the state signed a petition to force a new vote.

The board's unanimous ruling was widely expected after opponents of the governor gathered hundreds of thousands of signatures beyond the 540,208 necessary to demand a recall election.

Walker drew the ire of Wisconsin Democrats after pushing through a law that eliminated public sector employees' ability to organize in labor unions. The legislation, which also forced greater deductions from state worker's paychecks for pension and healthcare costs, drew weeks of vocal protests in the state capitol of Madison.

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