SB528,12,2221 7.60 (4) (c) 4. For each rejected vote, the board of canvassers' explanation for
22rejecting the vote.
SB528,23 23Section 23 . 7.62 of the statutes is created to read:
SB528,12,25 247.62 Canvass procedure for instant runoff voting. (1) Definitions. In
25this section:
SB528,13,2
1(a) “Active candidate” means any candidate under this section that has not
2been defeated or elected.
SB528,13,43 (b) “Exhausted ballot” means a ballot that does not contain a highest-ranked
4active candidate and is not an abstention or an overvote.
SB528,13,65 (c) “Highest-ranked active candidate” means the active candidate assigned to
6a higher ranking than any other active candidate.
SB528,13,87 (d) “Overvote” means an instance in which an elector has ranked more than one
8candidate at the same ranking.
SB528,13,119 (e) “Ranking” means the number assigned by an elector to a candidate to
10express the elector's preference for that candidate. The number “1” is the highest
11ranking, followed by “2,” then “3,” then “4,” and then “5.”
SB528,13,1312 (f) “Round” means an instance of the sequence of voting tabulation beginning
13with sub. (3) (a).
SB528,13,17 14(2) Tally sheets. The commission shall prescribe a tally sheet form for
15canvassing of the elections in which instant runoff voting under s. 5.20 is used. The
16inspectors shall use the form in preparing the returns and shall retain the form as
17a part of the official returns.
SB528,14,8 18(3) Tabulation; inactive ballots. In any election for an office conducted by
19instant runoff voting under s. 5.20, tabulation of the votes proceeds in rounds. Each
20ballot shall count as one vote for the highest-ranked active candidate on that ballot.
21If in any round the elector has indicated the same ranking for more than one
22candidate, the ballot for that round and all subsequent rounds is considered an
23overvote or exhausted ballot and not counted in that round and all subsequent
24rounds. If in any round the elector has skipped a ranking on their ballot, the elector's
25single vote shall be transferred to the next highest ranked candidate. If two rankings

1are skipped, that ballot is considered an inactive ballot. If in any round of tabulation
2a ballot does not contain a highest-ranked active candidate, that ballot shall be
3considered an overvote or exhausted ballot and not counted. If 2 or fewer active
4candidates remain, the active candidate with the greatest number of votes is elected,
5and the tabulation is complete. If more than 2 active candidates remain, the active
6candidate with the fewest votes is defeated, votes for the defeated candidate are
7transferred to each ballot's next-ranked active candidate, and a new round of
8tabulation begins.
SB528,14,16 9(4) Batch elimination. The chief election officer may modify the tabulation
10under sub. (3) to include batch elimination. If the tabulation includes batch
11elimination, then any time the active candidate with the fewest votes would be
12defeated under sub. (3), each active candidate in the elimination batch shall be
13simultaneously defeated instead. An active candidate is in the elimination batch if
14the number of elected and active candidates with more votes than that candidate is
15greater than the number of offices to be elected and it is mathematically impossible
16for that active candidate to be elected for any of the following reasons:
SB528,14,1717 (a) The active candidate has fewer votes than any other active candidate.
SB528,14,2018 (b) The active candidate's current vote total, plus all votes that could possibly
19be transferred to the active candidate in future rounds, would not be enough to equal
20or surpass the active candidate with the next highest current vote total.
SB528,14,2221 (c) The active candidate has a lower current vote total than an active candidate
22described under par. (b).
SB528,15,2 23(5) Ties. If 2 or more active candidates are tied with the fewest votes and
24tabulation under sub. (3) cannot continue until the active candidate with the fewest
25votes is defeated, then the active candidate to be defeated shall be determined by lot.

1Election officials may resolve prospective ties between active candidates prior to
2tabulation under sub. (3) after all votes are cast.
SB528,15,5 3(6) Transparency. The commission shall ensure that all tabulation records
4produced under this section, including the entire cast vote file record, are published
5on its website following an election conducted under this section.
SB528,24 6Section 24. 8.16 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 8.16 (1) (a) and amended to
7read:
SB528,15,128 8.16 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and sub. (2), the person who receives
9the greatest number of votes for an office on a party ballot at any partisan primary,
10regardless of whether the person's name appears on the ballot, shall be the party's
11candidate for the office, and the person's name shall so appear on the official ballot
12at the next election.
SB528,25 13Section 25. 8.16 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB528,15,2414 8.16 (1) (b) The 5 persons who receive the greatest number of votes for the
15offices of U.S. senator and U.S. representative in Congress at any partisan primary
16shall be the persons whose names appear on the official ballot at the general election,
17except that if a candidate so nominated dies or becomes disqualified from holding the
18office for which the candidate is nominated, the vacancy shall be filled by the
19administrator by replacing the withdrawn candidate with the candidate who
20received the most votes at the partisan primary but did not qualify to advance to the
21general election. There may be fewer than 5 candidates on the ballot in the general
22election if fewer than 5 qualified candidates advance. Sufficient space shall be
23provided on the general election ballot for write-in candidates for the offices of U.S.
24senator and U.S. representative in Congress.
SB528,26 25Section 26. 8.50 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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18.50 (3) (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions for the
2partisan primary under s. 8.15 are applicable to all partisan primaries held under
3this section, and the provisions for spring primaries under s. 8.10 are applicable to
4all nonpartisan primaries held under this section. In a special partisan primary or
5election, the order of the parties on the ballot shall be the same as provided under
6s. 5.62 (1) or 5.64 (1) (b). No primary is required for a nonpartisan election in which
7not more than 2 candidates for an office appear on the ballot or for a partisan election,
8other than for the offices of U.S. senator and U.S. representative in Congress,
in
9which not more than one candidate for an office appears on the ballot of each
10recognized political party. In every special election except a special election for
11nonpartisan state office where no candidate is certified to appear on the ballot, a
12space for write-in votes shall be provided on the ballot, regardless of whether a
13special primary is held.
SB528,27 14Section 27. 8.50 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB528,16,2215 8.50 (3) (c) Notwithstanding ss. 5.37 (4), 5.91 (6) and 6.80 (2) (f), except with
16respect to the offices of U.S. senator and U.S. representative in Congress,
whenever
17a special partisan primary is held concurrently with the presidential preference
18primary, an elector may choose the party column or ballot in which the elector will
19cast his or her vote separately for each of the 2 primaries. Whenever 2 or more special
20partisan primaries or one or more special partisan primaries and a partisan primary
21are held concurrently, the procedure prescribed in ss. 5.37 (4), 5.91 (6) and 6.80 (2)
22(f) applies.
SB528,28 23Section 28 . 10.02 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB528,17,424 10.02 (3) (b) 2. At a partisan primary, the elector shall select the party ballot
25of his or her choice, other than with respect to the offices of U.S. senator and U.S.

1representative in Congress,
and shall make a cross (X) next to or depress the lever
2or button next to the candidate's name for each office for whom the elector intends
3to vote, or shall, if applicable, insert or write in the name of the elector's choice for
4a candidate.
SB528,29 5Section 29. Initial applicability.
SB528,17,66 (1) This act first applies to the 2024 partisan primary and general election.
SB528,17,77 (End)
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