state employee unions of collective bargaining power. wisconsin democrats are looking to recall four republican state senators who support the walker f one is unseated, the balllons of power shifts in the that. senate. the lieutenant governor says big union money from out-of-state is driving the fight and using state recall statutes to play politics. this is becoming almost a speckel. and i don t think that the writers of the original recall statute, that the founding fathers of wisconsin, when they wrote the constitution, intended for the use of the recall function in this way. reporter: a new election will cost state taxpayers $9 million at a minimum. the cost will increase with legal challenges, primary challenges and other complications. democratic state senator, a possible challenger to walker says the recall is worth the cost because so many dissatisfied wisconsin voters signed the petition. understanding that the threshold is very high to recall an elected official
senate. the lieutenant governor says wisconsin democrats are using state recall statutes to play politics. this is becoming almost a spectacle. and i don t think that the writers of the original recall statute, the founding father when they wrote the constitution intended for the use of the recall function in this way. it will cost state taxpayers $9 million at a minimum. democratic state senator a possible channeler to walker said the recall is worth the cost, because so many dissatisfied wisconsin voters sign petition. understanding that the threshold is high to recall an elected official in wisconsin, then if that threshold is met, absolutely, whatever the cost is going to be is what it will be. despite the anticipation, some signature on petition will be invalidated, oh one expects the democrats to fail to meet the threshold the second time around. whether you call it a test, training wheels or whatever,