The Capital Times reports that the Wisconsin state Government Accountability Board, which oversees elections, will not hire people who signed the petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker, as temporary workers for the process of sorting through the petitions:
“The temps can’t have signed recall petitions,” says GAB spokesman Reid Magney.
That might seem like it’s stacking the deck in favor of Walker supporters, but Magney says the decision makes sense because recall supporters could theoretically spot something that looks improper and simply “let it go,” while Walker supporters can do no more harm than finding possible irregularities, which would then be reviewed by GAB staff and the GAB board.
“There are several layers of fail-safes,” he says.
