Voters put four state senators up for recall, all Republicans, because of the budget repair bill proposed by Governor Scott Walker and circumstances surrounding it.

Both efforts were launched by persons affiliated with the Citizens For Responsible Government Network, saying both Senators cost the state jobs.

Both Senators opposed a bill that would have helped a Florida company open an iron mine in Wisconsin's north woods.

The company had claimed the project would create hundreds of needed jobs in northwestern Wisconsin, and Republicans touted the bill as their signature job-creation legislation this past session.

Despite objection by the Wanggaard campaign, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board refused to strike the votes as invalid.

Also the Government Accountability Board noted "Invalidating ballots based on the failure to require a signature would disenfranchise a voter due to an election official's error" as a poll worker is supposed to have voters sign the poll book before giving them a ballot rather than after.