Cost of recall

The Demonrats don't care how much it costs Wisconsin taxpayers to get rid of Walker - if they fail, the gravy train stays derailed, with luck, forever.
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This is what democracy costs: Recall price tag pegged in the millions

November 21st, 2011

By M.D. Kittle and Kirsten Adshead | Wisconsin Reporter

MADISON — This could get expensive.

Election officials from Wisconsin’s most populated cities and counties sound sure of two things concerning the uncertain days of recalls ahead: The elections would be costly, potentially running into the millions of dollars, and they’re going to chew up a lot of time during a busy presidential election year.


“It will just be nonstop” in 2012, said Sue Edman, executive director of the city of Milwaukee’s Election Commission.

Wisconsin’s municipalities and counties have budgeted for four elections in 2012 — the spring primary, Feb. 21; the regularly scheduled spring election and presidential primary, April 3; the state primary for the fall election, moved up to August; and the general election in November.

Most of the state’s largest counties and cities, however, have not budgeted for a spate of potential recalls, according to an analysis by Wisconsin Reporter.

“Our hands are full, so actually we’re not even thinking about (a recall election), because we don’t have time,” said Sandy Juno, chief deputy clerk for Brown County. “If (a recall election is scheduled), we’ll deal with it.”

She anticipates Brown County’s recall price tag could approach $200,000 per election — primary and general election — should opponents of Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch gather the nearly 1.1 million signatures combined required in forcing recall elections. That estimate includes the cost to Brown County and its 24 municipalities.

Organizers of the recall campaigns, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and United Wisconsin, a liberal political action committee, said they had collected more than 105,000 signatures through the first four days of the initiative, which began Nov. 15. That information could not be verified independently .
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More at the source.

$200K for one county.  72 counties. That's over $14 million.

If the Republicans don't challenge EVERY ONE of those petition signatures, they truly will deserve the label "The Stupid party".