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Wisconsin GOP recall scheme could cost taxpayers half a million dollars
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| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Jun 14, 2011 11:41pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Wednesday, June 15, 2011 05:35:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The other day we learned that the Wisconsin GOP’s scheme to meddle in Dem primaries to delay the recall elections — a last ditch effort to stave off defeat — could cost Wisconsin taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars.
Well, now the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal has done some more digging and found that the price tag for taxpayers is actually going to be closer to half a million:
A plan by Republicans to run fake Democratic candidates in this summer’s recall elections would cost taxpayers upward of $428,000, according to election clerks.
In one Senate district alone, the cost would top $100,000, interviews with county and municipal clerks show...
Even if Republicans back off their plans in some of the districts, taxpayers are all but guaranteed to have to pay the costs of the primary, because Democrats now plan to run multiple candidates in order to guarantee all the recall elections are held on the same day.
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