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Bill?s union vote provision could bust state agency?s budget

Gov. Scott Walker?s budget repair bill would bust the budget of the state agency required to administer part of it, while creating a strange and difficult standard for unions to meet in order to continue to exist, said Peter Davis, general counsel for the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission.

Walker?s bill would require the commission?s 20-person staff to conduct votes in up to 2,000 state and local government unions each April, Davis said Thursday.

?We would try, but there?s no way we could do it,? Davis said.