FAQs about the recall
The recall election never was meant to replace representative government. And it's most certainly not a tool to be used lightly. However, when elected officials subvert the will of those they represent, enacting a radical agenda that seeks to concentrate power in the hands of the very few and jeopardizing the livelihoods of the people they are supposed to protect, the exercise of the constitutionally-guaranteed right to force a recall election is a just and proper tool to force accountability upon those elected officials who act as if there is none.
12:01am Tuesday, November 15th. They are available for download on our website.
Petition signers must reside in the district of the elected official being recalled and be eligible to vote in Wisconsin. In the case of a recall of Governor Walker, the qualified elector must reside in Wisconsin.
No. But if you do not currently have a state issued photo ID you will need to obtain one in order to vote in the next election. Click here for more information, including how and where to obtain an ID to vote, and a list of acceptable forms of ID.
Tuesday, January 10: The last day to submit recall petitions via mail.
Friday, January 13: The final day to sign and deliver recall petitions to most recall offices as they will close on that day.
Tuesday, January 17: Recall petitions will be submitted to the Government Accountability Board.
No. Only handwritten signatures can legally be applied to the recall petition. You can download a recall petition by clicking here, but you must print it, sign it and return it to the recall organization.
Recall Walker offices are open around the state. A full list of offices is available by clicking here.
A list of rallies and events is posted here on our website. If you would like to start a rally or let us know about one, please send details to events@unitedwisconsin.com.
An election is called six weeks after the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board verifies the signatures. If there were a contested primary, the general election would take place four weeks after the primary election.
No candidates have announced yet to run for Governor.
Answer: Yes. Any qualified elector who is out of state/overseas can have a petition sent to them or they can download it here. All they have to do once they get it is sign their names both as petitioner and circulator. For the address, they will use their Wisconsin home of record. Further, if they know other Wisconsin residents they can get their signatures as well. Those in the military should check their company SOP on political activity as well before distributing pledges or petitions.
Answer: Yes! Petitions are available to download from our website. To have a petition emailed directly to you, please fill out the information here.
Answer: We need 540,208 signatures, one-fourth the amount of all the ballots cast last November. Our goal is to far exceed this and gather at least 750,000 petitions signatures.
FAQs about United Wisconsin
Answer: United Wisconsin is a non-partisan registered PAC (Political Action Committee) whose singular mission is to recall Governor Scott Walker and Lt. Governor, Rebecca Kleefisch.
Answer: At the Wisconsin Democratic Convention June 3rd, the Dems acknowledged United Wisconsin’s work and its significance and announced that they would be launching their own recall Walker effort to coincide with ours. We’ll continue to work independently, but welcome their effort in this common goal.
Answer: No, we continue to work independently and at the grassroots level.
Answer: We represent 100s of thousands of people across Wisconsin who want to see Scott Walker recalled and have filled out pledges to sign the recall petition as soon as the recall officially begins. We are non-union and non-partisan, although the Democratic Party of Wisconsin has acknowledged our work in launching its own recall Walker effort to coincide with ours, and several unions across the state are have expressed support for our work. We are all volunteers and Wisconsin residents.
FAQs about supporting the recall
Answer: If you go to unitedwisconsin.com you’ll find a link to our online store. All the proceeds from the store help us continue our recall efforts. We’re completely non-profit.
FAQs about political issues
Answer: Governor Walker’s policies are not working. There are schools districts across the state that are facing severe cuts to their budgets, and are having to make tough decisions that are hurting Wisconsin students. In Pepin, for example, the school district will have fourth through sixth graders in the same classroom this fall, and some students will have daily bus rides an hour longer than last year. Boyceville is another example, where the school district administrator warns that “To compensate for the losses, all measures to balance the budget could be used, including cuts in staff, cuts in programs, cuts in supplies and increases in taxes.” Districts are being stripped of key funding all at once by Governor Walker’s budget and students are facing the real-life consequences of these deep cuts.
An election is called six weeks after the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board verifies the signatures. If there were a contested primary, the general election would take place four weeks after the primary election.
No candidates have announced yet to run for Governor.
Answer: Scott Walker ran on a moderate platform to create jobs and bring economic stability to Wisconsin. There was nothing in his campaign about outlawing collective bargaining and destroying unions; nothing about privatizing all state services; nothing about giving huge tax breaks to corporations while cutting funding on virtually every state program Wisconsinites have come to depend on.
Answer: This recall effort is about much more than union-busting. It’s about huge tax breaks for corporations at the expense of funding for education, BadgerCare, clean air and water, voters’ rights, maintaining the state services Wisconsinites rely on instead of farming them out to private corporations—even things as basic as the democratic balance of government’s three branches.
Answer: The problem with what’s happening politically now is that unless the Walker policies are overturned, almost everything will change—standards of education, standards in the workplace, health care, voter’s rights, maintaining state services we come to rely on and turning them over to private corporations—and, with Walker trying to take more and more control from the legislature and judiciary, the even the basic balance of power shared by the three branches of government.
Answer: Actually, just about everyone in Wisconsin is being affected right now. With massive cuts in education funding, teachers have been laid off or have taken early retirement so as not to lose pensions when their contracts run out, so anyone with kids in school is being affected.
Answer: The teachers had already agreed to the cuts that would negatively affect their pensions before the Walker bill went forward. The real issue was the elimination of their collective bargaining rights which could affect classroom size, hiring and firing practices, etc.
Answer: If taxes were the only issue, it’s important to realize that the huge cuts in state funding for programs across the state may end up with counties forced to raise property taxes to pay for programs formerly supported by the state. Cuts in education and the defunding of recycling programs are just two examples.
