PLEASANT PRAIRIE - The committee "Taxpayers to Recall Robert Wirch" announced Monday that they have collected enough signatures to hold a recall election for Sen. Robert Wirch, D-Pleasant Prairie.

But the committee is still collecting signatures to make sure they have enough in case of any challenges, said Dan Hunt, the chairman of Taxpayers to Recall Robert Wirch.

Wirch, who represents Burlington and most of Kenosha County, was one of 14 senators to flee Wisconsin to postpone a vote on Gov. Scott Walker's controversial bill to essentially eliminate collective bargaining for most public employees.

Wirch said in an interview with The Journal Times last month that Republicans were trying to "fast-track" the bill and they needed to delay it.

But Hunt said it will be up to the voters to decide if Wirch's leaving was justified.

Hunt said he plans to turn in signatures next week. As of Monday afternoon, the Government Accountability Board had not received the signatures so they could not verify the number of signatures.