"This recall election will be about choices," he said. "If the recallers are upset about paying a small portion of their health care and pension — less than private sector employees — they should say which teacher, which police officer and which firefighter they would lay off. If they are upset about spending cuts they should say which tax they would increase by $1 billion."

It's unclear when any of these recalls will make it on a ballot.

Kevin Kennedy, GAB director and general counsel, said the agency will go to court to ask for more time to review petition signatures and for all of the recall elections to be held on the same day.

Already a challenge, he said, has been finding enough temporary workers to review the petitions. The board plans to hire 50 people but has only been able to add and train 30 people so far. Those hired to review petitions may not have made political contributions to a partisan campaign in the last year. They also cannot have signed recall petitions — a factor that limited the candidate pool, Kennedy said.

"That screens a lot of people out in the Madison area," he said.