# If Scott Walker looses the Wisconsin recall how soon does he leave office? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 5, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-scott-walker-looses-the-wisconsin-recall-how-soon-does-he-leave-office/624116 "2012-06-05T03:26:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-scott-walker-looses-the-wisconsin-recall-how-soon-does-he-leave-office/624116/1 "2012-06-05T03:26:06Z")
If Scott Walker looses the recall election tomorrow how long would it be before the new governor is sworn in? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-scott-walker-looses-the-wisconsin-recall-how-soon-does-he-leave-office/624116/2 "2012-06-05T03:30:44Z")
If he sets loose the election? Instead of keeping it penned up? ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-scott-walker-looses-the-wisconsin-recall-how-soon-does-he-leave-office/624116/3 "2012-06-05T03:44:26Z")
Lose, lose, lose, lose. Repeat after me: “lose”= looze, “loose” = luce. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-scott-walker-looses-the-wisconsin-recall-how-soon-does-he-leave-office/624116/4 "2012-06-05T14:34:42Z")
Per Wisconsin law 9.10 (5) (b), > [@](#): > > The official against whom a recall petition has been filed shall continue to perform the duties of his or her office until a certificate of election is issued to his or her successor. The certificate of election is issued by the state canvassing board within a few days after the election. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-scott-walker-looses-the-wisconsin-recall-how-soon-does-he-leave-office/624116/5 "2012-06-05T14:43:10Z")
So he could go about pardoning people over those last couple of days? Doesn’t seem right. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-scott-walker-looses-the-wisconsin-recall-how-soon-does-he-leave-office/624116/6 "2012-06-05T15:35:27Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > So he could go about pardoning people over those last couple of days? Doesn’t seem right. No different from any defeated incumbent that has a lag between the election and the end of the term. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-scott-walker-looses-the-wisconsin-recall-how-soon-does-he-leave-office/624116/7 "2012-06-05T16:25:45Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > If Scott Walker looses the recall election tomorrow how long would it be before the new governor is sworn in? There will be a “declared” winner followed several days (weeks?) later by an “official” winner after the votes have been officially counted. The swearing-in ceremony of the next govenor would take place after the vote count has been officially accepted. Various legal issues could put the official announcement off for months. Otherwise, Walker has the job until Jan 5, 2015. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-scott-walker-looses-the-wisconsin-recall-how-soon-does-he-leave-office/624116/8 "2012-06-05T17:00:25Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > So he could go about pardoning people over those last couple of days? Doesn’t seem right. You don’t think that the vote should be officially certified? If CNN projects he loses, then we bring in the moving vans to the governor’s mansion? ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-scott-walker-looses-the-wisconsin-recall-how-soon-does-he-leave-office/624116/9 "2012-06-06T11:55:48Z")
doesn’t matter now