What if Scott Walker resigns?

[dragonlady]

8. I would argue that the answer is no

The language on the recall petitions is "petition for the recall of Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch from office" but it doesn't specify that the office is lieutenant governor. That was a good way to phrase it.

The constitution says we can "petition for the recall of any incumbent elective officer after the first year of the term for which the incumbent was elected..." Since the lieutenant governor has absolutely no function under the constitution except to automatically replace the governor if certain events happen, she was in effect elected to the office of governor along with Walker, although she remains in standby mode until called upon. She is beyond the first year of the term for which she was elected. Therefore there is no reason that her recall cannot continue even if she begins to occupy the office of governor at some point during the process.