AG: Gov and Lt. Gov Must Be Recalled Separately

Interesting.

MADISON — Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen issued a formal opinion today concluding that the Wisconsin Constitution’s recall provisions apply independently to the Office of Governor and the Office of Lieutenant Governor. If the constitutional requirements for a recall election are met with respect to one officer, only that office will appear on the ballot in a recall election. If both officers were to be recalled, recall elections would be held for each office and electors would vote for those offices independently.

In the general election, as opposed to a recall election, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor are jointly elected as a partisan ticket.