AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1c 9Section 1c. 5.58 (2s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,1,1510 5.58 (2s) Professional baseball park district board. When required, there
11shall be a separate ballot for member of the professional baseball park district board
12in each professional baseball park district. Arrangement of the names on the ballot
13shall be determined by the elections board under s. 5.60. The ballot shall be titled
14"Official Primary Ballot for .... (name of district) Professional Baseball Park District
15Board".
AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1d
1Section 1d. 5.58 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,2,182 5.58 (3) Names on spring ballot. Only 2 candidates for state superintendent,;
3for any judicial office,; for any elected seat on a metropolitan sewerage commission
4or town sanitary district commission,; for any elected seat on a professional baseball
5park district board;
in counties having a population of 500,000 or more only 2
6candidates for member of the board of supervisors within each district ,; in counties
7having a population of less than 500,000 only 2 candidates for each member of the
8county board of supervisors from each district or numbered seat or only 4 candidates
9for each 2 members of the county board of supervisors from each district whenever
102 supervisors are elected to unnumbered seats from the same district ,; in 1st class
11cities only 2 candidates for any at-large seat and only 2 candidates from any election
12district to be elected to the board of school directors, ; in school districts electing school
13board members to numbered seats, or pursuant to an apportionment plan or district
14representation plan, only 2 school board candidates for each numbered seat or within
15each district,; and twice as many candidates as are to be elected members of other
16school boards or other elective officers receiving the highest number of votes at the
17primary shall be nominees for the office at the spring election. Only their names
18shall appear on the official spring ballot.
AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1e 19Section 1e. 5.60 (4s) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,2,2420 5.60 (4s) Professional baseball park district. There shall be a separate ballot
21giving the names of the candidates for the professional baseball park district board
22when so required. The elections board shall determine the official ballot
23arrangement for professional baseball park district board candidates by using the
24same method as that used under sub. (1) (b).
AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1f 25Section 1f. 7.60 (4) (a) and (5) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,3,17
17.60 (4) (a) The board of canvassers shall make separate duplicate statements
2showing the numbers of votes cast for the offices of president and vice president; state
3officials; U.S. senators and representatives in congress; state legislators; justice;
4court of appeals judge; members of the professional baseball park district boards;
5circuit judges; district attorneys; municipal judges, if they are elected under s. 755.01
6(4); and metropolitan sewerage commissioners, if the commissioners are elected
7under s. 66.23 (11) (am). For partisan candidates, the statements shall include the
8political party or principle designation, if any, next to the name of each candidate.
9The board of canvassers shall also prepare a statement showing the results of any
10county, technical college district or statewide referendum. Each statement shall
11state the total number of votes cast in the county for each office; the names of all
12persons for whom the votes were cast, as returned; the number of votes cast for each
13person; and the number of votes cast for and against any question submitted at a
14referendum. The board of canvassers shall use one copy of the statement to report
15to the elections board or professional baseball park or technical college district board
16and shall file the other statement in the office of the county clerk or board of election
17commissioners.
AB1-ASA1-AA20,4,19 18(5) Reporting. Immediately following the canvass the county clerk shall
19deliver or send to the elections board, by 1st class mail, a certified copy of each
20statement of the county board of canvassers for president and vice president; state
21officials; senators and representatives in congress; state legislators; justice; court of
22appeals judge; professional baseball park district board member; circuit judge;
23district attorney; municipal judge, if elected under s. 755.01 (4); and metropolitan
24sewerage commissioners commissioner, if the commissioners are elected under s.
2566.23 (11) (am). The statement shall record the returns for each office or referendum

1by ward, unless combined returns are authorized under s. 5.15 (6) (b) in which case
2the statement shall record the returns for each group of combined wards. Following
3primaries the county clerk shall enclose on blanks prescribed by the elections board
4the names, party or principle designation, if any, and number of votes received by
5each candidate recorded in the same manner. The county clerk shall deliver or
6transmit the certified statement to the elections board no later than 7 days after each
7primary and no later than 10 days after any other election. The board of canvassers
8shall deliver or transmit a certified copy of each statement for any technical college
9district referendum to the secretary of the technical college district board . If the
10board of canvassers becomes aware of a material mistake in the canvass of an
11election for state or national office or a statewide or technical college district
12referendum prior to the close of business on the day the elections board receives
13returns from the last county board of canvassers with respect to that canvass, the
14board of canvassers may petition the elections board to reopen and correct the
15canvass. The elections board shall direct the canvass to be reopened and corrected
16if it determines that the public interest so requires. If the elections board directs the
17canvass to be reopened, the board of canvassers shall reconvene and transmit a
18certified corrected copy of the canvass statement to the elections board or secretary
19of the professional baseball park or technical college district board.
AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1g 20Section 1g. 7.70 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,5,821 7.70 (3) (d) When the certified statements and returns are received, the board
22of state canvassers shall proceed to examine and make a statement of the total
23number of votes cast at any election for the offices involved in the election for
24president and vice president; a statement for each of the offices of governor,
25lieutenant governor, if a primary, and a joint statement for the offices of governor and

1lieutenant governor, if a general election; a statement for each of the offices of
2secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, and state superintendent; for
3U.S. senator; representative in congress for each congressional district; the state
4legislature; justice; court of appeals judge; professional baseball park district board
5member;
circuit judge; district attorney; municipal judge, if he or she is elected under
6s. 755.01 (4); metropolitan sewerage commission, if the commissioners are elected
7under s. 66.23 (11) (am); and for any referenda questions submitted by the
8legislature.
AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1h 9Section 1h. 7.70 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,5,1310 7.70 (6) Professional baseball park district board members; determinations.
11The elections board shall cause a copy of the certified determination of the board of
12state canvassers for the election of each member of any professional baseball park
13district board to be transmitted to the secretary of that district board.
AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1i 14Section 1i. 8.10 (3) (as) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,5,1615 8.10 (3) (as) For any seat as a member of a professional baseball park district
16board, not less than 200 nor more than 400 electors.
AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1j 17Section 1j. 8.11 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,5,2118 8.11 (6) Professional baseball park district board members. A primary shall
19be held in an election for members of any seat on a professional baseball park district
20board whenever there are more than 2 candidates for any numbered seat on the
21district board.
AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1k 22Section 1k. 8.50 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,6,12 238.50 Special elections. (intro.) Unless otherwise provided, this section
24applies to filling vacancies in the U.S. senate and house of representatives, executive
25state offices except the offices of governor, lieutenant governor and, district attorney

1and member of a professional baseball park district board, judicial and legislative
2state offices, county offices and the offices of municipal judge and member of the
3board of school directors in school districts organized under ch. 119. State legislative
4offices may be filled in anticipation of the occurrence of a vacancy whenever
5authorized in sub. (4) (e). No special election may be held after February 1 preceding
6the spring election unless it is held on the same day as the spring election, nor after
7September 1 preceding the general election unless it is held on the same day as the
8general election, until the day after that election. If the special election is held on
9the day of the general election, the primary for the special election, if any, shall be
10held on the day of the September primary. If the special election is held on the day
11of the spring election, the primary for the special election, if any, shall be held on the
12day of the spring primary.
AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1L 13Section 1L. 9.10 (1) (a) and (2) (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,6,1914 9.10 (1) (a) The qualified electors of the state, of any county, city, village, town,
15of any congressional, legislative, judicial, professional baseball park or school
16district, or of any prosecutorial unit may petition for the recall of any incumbent
17elective official by filing a petition with the same official or agency with whom
18nomination papers or declarations of candidacy for the office are filed demanding the
19recall of the officeholder.
AB1-ASA1-AA20,6,23 20(2) (b) A recall petition for a city, village, town , professional baseball park
21district
or school district office shall contain a statement of a reason for the recall
22which is related to the official responsibilities of the official for whom removal is
23sought.
AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1m 24Section 1m. 9.10 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,7,4
19.10 (3) (a) This subsection applies to the recall of all elective officials other
2than city, village, town, professional baseball park district and school district
3officials. City, village, town, professional baseball park district and school district
4officials are recalled under sub. (4).
AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1n 5Section 1n. 9.10 (4) (a) and (d) and (7) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,8,96 9.10 (4) (a) Within 10 days after a petition for the recall of a city, village, town,
7professional baseball park district
or school district official , is offered for filing, the
8officer against whom the petition is filed may file a written challenge with the
9municipal clerk or board of election commissioners or school district clerk official or
10agency
with whom it is filed, specifying any alleged insufficiency. If a challenge is
11filed, the petitioner may file a written rebuttal to the challenge with the clerk or
12board of election commissioners
official or agency within 5 days after the challenge
13is filed. If a rebuttal is filed, the officer against whom the petition is filed may file
14a reply to any new matter raised in the rebuttal within 2 days after the rebuttal is
15filed. Within 14 days after the expiration of the time allowed for filing a reply to a
16rebuttal, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency shall file the
17certificate or an amended certificate. Within 31 days after the petition is offered for
18filing, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency shall determine
19by careful examination of the face of the petition whether the petition is sufficient
20and shall so state in a certificate attached to the petition. If the petition is found to
21be insufficient, the certificate shall state the particulars creating the insufficiency.
22The petition may be amended to correct any insufficiency within 5 days following the
23affixing of the original certificate. Within 2 days after the offering of the amended
24petition for filing, the clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency shall
25again carefully examine the face of the petition to determine sufficiency and shall

1attach to the petition a certificate stating the findings. Immediately upon finding an
2original or amended petition sufficient, except in cities over 500,000 population and
3professional baseball park districts
, the municipal clerk or school district clerk
4official shall transmit the petition to the governing body or to the school board.
5Immediately upon finding an original or amended petition sufficient, in cities over
6500,000 population, the board of election commissioners shall file the petition in its
7office. Immediately upon finding an original or amended petition sufficient, in
8professional baseball park districts, the elections board shall file the petition in its
9office.
AB1-ASA1-AA20,8,1410 (d) The governing body, school board or, board of election commissioners or
11elections board,
upon receiving the certificate, shall call an election on the Tuesday
12of the 6th week commencing after the date of the certificate. If Tuesday is a legal
13holiday, the recall election shall be held on the first day after Tuesday which is not
14a legal holiday.
AB1-ASA1-AA20,8,17 15(7) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the operation of article
16XIII, section 12, of the constitution and to extend the same rights to electors of cities,
17villages, towns, professional baseball park districts and school districts.
AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1no 18Section 1no. 11.26 (1) (c) and (2) (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,8,2019 11.26 (1) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of a
20professional baseball park district board
, $500.
AB1-ASA1-AA20,8,22 21(2) (c) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of a
22professional baseball park district board
, $500.
AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 1p 23Section 1p. 11.31 (1) (f) and (g) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,3
111.31 (1) (f) Candidates for representative to the assembly or member of a
2professional baseball park district board
, $17,250 total in the primary and election,
3with disbursements not exceeding $10,775 for either the primary or the election.
AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,74 (g) (intro.) In any jurisdiction or district, other than a professional baseball
5park district or
judicial district or circuit, with a population of 500,000 or more
6according to the most recent federal census covering the entire jurisdiction or
7district:".
AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,8 82. Page 5, line 12: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,9 9" Section 6w. 17.01 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,1110 17.01 (10m) By a member of a professional baseball park district board, to the
11secretary of the district board.
AB1-ASA1-AA20, s. 6x 12Section 6x. 17.27 (3) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,2113 17.27 (3) Professional baseball park district board. Except as provided in
14s. 9.10, a vacancy in the membership of a professional baseball park district board
15may be filled by temporary appointment of the remaining members of the district
16board. The temporary appointee shall serve until a successor is elected and qualifies.
17If the vacancy occurs in any year after the first Tuesday in April and on or before
18December 1, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue of the unexpired term, if any,
19at the succeeding spring election. If the vacancy occurs in any year after December
201 or on or before the first Tuesday in April, the vacancy shall be filled for the residue
21of the unexpired term, if any, at the 2nd succeeding spring election.".
AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,22 223. Page 24, line 1: delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,9,24 23"(a) Five persons appointed by the governor, one of whom resides within each
24of the counties that are".
AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,2
14. Page 24, line 8: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with
2page 25, line 21.
AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,3 35. Page 25, line 22: delete "appointing authorities" and substitute "governor".
AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,4 46. Page 25, line 23: substitute "2" for "3".
AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,5 57. Page 25, line 24: substitute "3" for "4".
AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,6 68. Page 26, line 6: delete "appointing authority" and substitute "governor".
AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,8 79. Page 26, line 7: delete the material beginning with "appointing" and ending
8with "vacant" in line 8 and substitute "governor".
AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,10 910. Page 26, line 10: delete "All of the appointing authorities" and substitute
10"The governor".
AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,11 1111. Page 26, line 11: after that line insert:
AB1-ASA1-AA20,10,19 12"(b) Eight persons elected at large from numbered seats by the electors of the
13district to terms of 4 years expiring on July 1. Of the members who are initially
14elected to serve on a district board under this paragraph after creation of a district,
15those elected to seats numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 shall serve for terms expiring on July
161 of the 2nd year beginning after creation of the district. Of the members who are
17initially elected to serve on a district board under this paragraph after creation of a
18district, those elected to seats numbered 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall serve for terms expiring
19on July 1 of the 4th year beginning after creation of the district.".
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