Question about the Wisconsin constitution (recall)

[bluestateguy]

If the governor is recalled by the voters, who becomes the replacement governor? If it's not the Lt. Gov. then how is the new governor chosen?

[PeaceNikki]

1. A successful petition triggers a recall election.

[bluestateguy]

3. Yes I got that, but say Walker is recalled. Then who is the new governor?

Does it just descend to the Lt. Gov. or is there an instant replacement election like in California or a special election in the future?

[PeaceNikki]

4. He stays where he is until election is complete

It's fairly "instant". Kos has it laid out:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/03/952156/-Wisconsin-recall:-the-targets,-the-process,-and-our-tasks

After certification, an election period of six or ten weeks commences, depending both on whether there is a primary and what happens in that primary:

The recall election is held on the Tuesday of the 6th week after the recall petition is certified.
If a primary is required, the primary is held on Tuesday of the 6th week after the recall petition is certified, and the recall election is held on Tuesday of the 4th week after the primary election.
More on the primaries:

A recall primary will be held in nonpartisan recall elections if more than two candidates compete for an office.
The names of the two candidates who receive the highest number of votes in the recall primary will be certified and printed on the ballot for the recall election.

A recall election will not be held if a candidate receives a majority (50% plus 1) of the votes at the recall primary.
This process could take a long time--up to 60 days to file the petitions, followed by up to 41 days to certify those petitions, and then up to ten weeks to hold the elections after certification. Potentially, that is nearly six months, so buckle up for the long haul.

[Tx4obama]

2. If there is a recall then there will be a special election, and Walker can even run in it. n/t

[elocs]

5. Here are the rules:

http://elections.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=11827&locid=47

About Walker:

1. The official against whom the petition is filed shall be a candidate at the recall election without nomination, unless the official resigns within ten (10) days after the date the election is called.

What I am interested in eventually finding out is how many Tuesdays there will be elections here if all of these recalls succeed.

[Lefta Dissenter]

6. Depends on when the petitions are submitted

The signed petitions can be submitted any time after the official has been in office for a year. So if it only takes 30 or 40 days to get MORE than enough valid signatures (you want a good buffer because you know a lot of signatures will be challenged by the officials being recalled or the Koch bros), the petitions can be submitted to the elections official, which starts the count of six weeks.

[elocs]

7. Which means for Walker they cannot be submitted before he's been in a year,

but they can be collected up to 60 days before that day. I'm referring to Walker, not the state senators.

[Lefta Dissenter]

8. right.

First the group needs to file an "Intent to Circulate Recall Petitions" (I don't remember the form #) with the Clerk. When I ran a local recall, the elections board recommended starting 55 days before the one year, just to reduce the likelihood of challenges in how days are counted (eg, do you count the day on which you file it or not?).

The group has to register as a PAC, keep financial records, etc. Then gather your signatures for 56 days and turn them in to the clerk one or two days after he's been in office for a year. Signatures older than 60 days cannot be counted. That's the key.

We verified virtually all of our signatures, addresses through voter rolls and tax rolls, which made it unlikely that our signatures would be challenged successfully. You need nit-pickers to check everything over time and time again.

Also, as you collect signatures, remind people to verify that they're registered to vote, and to register if they're not already. Remember that the repubs are trying to take away our same-day registration, and putting voter id into effect, so people will need to be a lot more diligent.