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I'm at our undisclosed location in Madison right now where thousands of volunteers have been working around-the-clock to verify and prepare all of the signatures you have collected to recall Scott Walker.

We're still counting and verifying all of the signatures, but I do have some amazing news to share with you.

The weight of all the petitions you have circulated totals more than 3,000 lbs.

Wisconsin's next governor will be quite different than Scott Walker.

We are in the final stages of collecting the signatures necessary to recall Walker, in a vast, people-powered movement fueled by an historic rejection of his radical agenda.

Walker's strategy will be to prolong the period before the recall is certified, with wasteful lawsuits and other shabby game-playing, but it will not hold off the inevitable.

The question will then turn to the candidate who will replace him. I have no doubt Walker's successor will be able and qualified. And I know, whoever emerges, he or she will be much more than that -- because that is what Wisconsin is now demanding.

I have some urgent news to share with you about our grassroots campaign to recall Scott Walker.It won't happen. We won't recall Scott Walker. We won't restore workers' rights. And we won't elect new leadership that Wisconsin families can trust to create good-paying jobs and get our economy working again.

That's what we won't do if we don't meet our goal of raising another $150,000 by December 16th so we can keep our unprecedented grassroots operation going strong through the sleet and snow ahead.

Prior to Scott Walker taking office, Wisconsin was known around the world for our laws and traditions that encourage all citizens to directly participate in their democracy, regardless of their age, race or socioeconomic status.

In less than a year, Scott Walker and his cronies in the legislature have done everything they can to shred Wisconsin's democratic traditions in order to shut out those who disagree with their extreme agenda:

Scott Walker's extreme buddies want to amend our Wisconsin constitution to ban common forms of birth control and outlaw abortion across the board -- even in cases of rape and incest, or if a woman's life is in danger.

Will you stand up for Wisconsin's women by telling Scott Walker to end his war on Wisconsin women?

For 10 months now, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has torn our state apart.

Since taking office in January, Scott Walker has attacked the rights of Wisconsin workers, passed an undemocratic voter ID bill, and done the bidding of the Koch brothers and his deep-pocketed corporate backers at every turn.

Enough is enough.

We released a short video that explains why Scott Walker needs to be recalled and shows the excitement our people-powered movement is generating.

After weeks of discussion and positive collaboration with grassroots activists like you, today comes an historic announcement.

In just a few hours, I will go live on The Ed Shultz Show at 9:00 CST to announce that, in collaboration with United Wisconsin, the grassroots effort to recall Scott Walker will begin Nov.15th.

We wanted activists like you to be the first to hear the news because you know what it will take to win this fight.