SB216, s. 12
25Section
12. 5.91 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
SB216, s. 13
1Section
13. 6.80 (2) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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6.80
(2) (f) In the presidential preference primary
and other partisan primary
3elections at polling places where ballots are distributed to electors, unless the ballots
4are utilized with an electronic voting system in which all candidates appear on the
5same ballot, after the elector prepares his or her ballot the elector shall detach the
6remaining ballots, fold the ballots to be discarded, fold the completed ballot unless
7the ballot is intended for counting with automatic tabulating equipment, personally
8deposit the ballots to be discarded in the separate ballot box marked "blank ballot
9box", and deposit the completed ballot in the ballot box indicated by the inspectors.
10The inspectors shall keep the blank ballot box locked until the canvass is completed
11and shall dispose of the blank ballots as prescribed by the municipal clerk.
SB216, s. 14
12Section
14. 6.87 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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6.87
(4) Except as otherwise provided in s. 6.875, the elector voting absentee
14shall either make and subscribe to the affidavit before a person authorized to
15administer oaths or make and subscribe to the certification before 2 witnesses. The
16absent elector, in the presence of the administrator of the oath or witnesses, shall
17mark or punch the ballot in a manner that will not disclose how the elector's vote is
18cast. The elector shall then, still in the presence of the administrator of the oath or
19the 2 witnesses, fold the ballots if they are paper ballots so each is separate and
20conceals the markings or punches thereon and deposit them in the proper envelope,
21but may receive assistance under sub. (5). The return envelope shall then be sealed.
22The witnesses or the official oath administrator may not be a candidate. The
23envelope shall be mailed by the elector, postage prepaid, or delivered in person, to the
24municipal clerk issuing the ballot.
Failure to return an unused ballot in a primary
25does not invalidate the ballot on which the elector's votes are cast. Return of more
1than one marked or punched ballot in a primary or return of a ballot used with an
2electronic voting system in a primary which is marked or punched for candidates of
3more than one party invalidates all votes cast by the elector for candidates in the
4primary.
SB216, s. 15
5Section
15. 7.08 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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7.08
(2) (b) The certified list of candidates for president and vice president
who
7have been nominated at a national convention by a party entitled to a
separate
8column or row on the September primary ballot or for whom electors have been
9nominated under s. 8.20 shall be sent as soon as possible after the closing date for
10filing nomination papers, but no later than the deadlines established in s. 10.06.
SB216, s. 16
11Section
16. 7.50 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB216, s. 17
12Section
17. 7.50 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
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7.50
(2) (g) In partisan primaries, if an elector writes in the name of an
14individual
on a ballot in a column or row other than the one on which that individual's
15name is shown as a candidate, the write-in vote may not be counted.
SB216, s. 18
16Section
18. 8.16 (1), (6) and (7) of the statutes are amended to read:
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8.16
(1) Except as provided in sub. (2), the person who receives the greatest
18number of votes for an office
on a party ballot at any partisan primary, regardless of
19whether the person's name appears on the ballot, shall be the party's candidate for
20the office, and the person's name shall so appear on the official ballot at the next
21election. All independent candidates shall appear on the general election ballot
22regardless of the number of votes received by such candidates at the September
23primary.
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24(6) The persons who receive the greatest number of votes respectively for the
25offices of governor and lieutenant governor
on for any party
ballot at a primary shall
1be the party's joint candidates for the offices, and their names shall so appear on the
2official ballot at the next election.
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3(7) Nominees chosen at a national convention and under s. 8.18 (2) by each
4party entitled to
a separate column or row on a September primary ballot shall be
5the party's candidates for president, vice president and presidential electors. The
6state or national chairperson of each such party shall certify the names of the party's
7nominees for president and vice president to the board no later than 5 p.m. on the
8first Tuesday in September preceding a presidential election. Each name shall be in
9one of the formats authorized in s. 7.08 (2) (a).
SB216, s. 19
10Section
19. 8.17 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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8.17
(1) (a) Political parties qualifying for a separate
column or row on the
12September primary ballot under s. 5.62 (1) (b) or (2) shall elect their party
13committeemen and committeewomen at the September primary. The function of
14committeemen and committeewomen is to represent their neighborhoods in the
15structure of a political party. Committeemen and committeewomen shall act as
16liaison representatives between their parties and the residents of the election
17districts in which they serve. Activities of committeemen and committeewomen
18shall include, but not be limited to, voter identification; assistance in voter
19registration drives; increasing voter participation in political parties; polling and
20other methods of passing information from residents to political parties and elected
21public officials; and dissemination of information from public officials to residents.
22For assistance in those and other activities of interest to a political party, each
23committeeman and committeewoman may appoint a captain to engage in these
24activities in each ward, if the election district served by the committeeman or
25committeewoman includes more than one ward. In an election district which
1includes more than one ward, the committeeman or committeewoman shall
2coordinate the activities of the ward captains in promoting the interests of his or her
3party.
SB216, s. 20
4Section
20. 8.20 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
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8.20
(9) Persons nominated by nomination papers without a recognized
6political party designation shall be placed on the official ballot at the general election
7and at any partisan election to the right or below the recognized political party
8candidates in their own column or row designated "Independent". At the September
9primary, persons nominated for state office by nomination papers without a
10recognized political party designation shall be placed on a separate
ballot column or 11or row on the
voting machine ballot designated "Independent". If the candidate's
12name already appears under a recognized political party it may not be listed on the
13independent
ballot, column or row.
SB216, s. 21
14Section
21. 8.50 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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8.50
(3) (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions for
16September primaries under s. 8.15 are applicable to all partisan primaries held
17under this section, and the provisions for spring primaries under s. 8.10 are
18applicable to all nonpartisan primaries held under this section. In a special partisan
19primary or election, the order of the parties on the ballot shall be the same as
20provided under s. 5.62 (1) or 5.64 (1) (b). Independent candidates for state office at
21a special partisan election shall not appear on the primary ballot. No primary is
22required for a nonpartisan election in which not more than 2 candidates for an office
23appear on the ballot or for a partisan election in which not more than one candidate
24for an office appears
on in the
ballot column or row of each recognized political party
25on the ballot. In every special election except a special election for nonpartisan state
1office where no candidate is certified to appear on the ballot, a space for write-in
2votes shall be provided on the ballot, regardless of whether a special primary is held.
SB216, s. 22
3Section
22. 8.50 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB216, s. 23
4Section
23. 9.10 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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9.10
(3) (e) For any partisan office, a recall primary shall be held for each
6political party which is entitled to a separate
column or row on the September
7primary ballot under s. 5.62 (1) (b) or (2) and from which more than one candidate
8competes for the party's nomination in the recall election. The primary ballot shall
9be prepared in accordance with s. 5.62, insofar as applicable. The person receiving
10the highest number of votes in the recall primary for each political party shall be that
11party's candidate in the recall election. Independent candidates shall be shown on
12the ballot for the recall election only.
SB216, s. 24
13Section
24. 10.02 (3) (b) 2. and 2m. of the statutes are amended to read:
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10.02
(3) (b) 2. At a special partisan primary, the elector shall select the
party
15ballot candidate of his or her choice
for each office and shall make a cross (
8) in the
16square at the right of or depress the lever or button next to the candidate's name for
17each office for whom the elector intends to vote, or shall insert or write in the name
18of the elector's choice for a candidate.
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2m. At the September primary, the elector shall select the
party ballot 20candidate of his or her choice
or the ballot containing the names of the independent
21candidates for
state each office, and make a cross (
8
) in the square at the right of or
22depress the lever or button next to the candidate's name for each office for whom the
23elector intends to vote or insert or write in the name of the elector's choice for a party
24candidate, if any. In order to qualify for participation in the Wisconsin election
25campaign fund, a candidate for state office at the September primary, other than a
1candidate for district attorney, must receive at least 6% of all votes cast on all ballots
2for the office for which he or she is a candidate, in addition to other requirements.
SB216, s. 25
3Section
25. 11.31 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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11.31
(3m) Unopposed candidates; exception. Notwithstanding subs. (1) and
5(2), if all candidates for state senator or representative to the assembly in a
6legislative district who are certified under s. 7.08 (2) (a) to appear
in the columns or
7rows on the September primary ballot of all parties recognized under s. 5.62 (1) (b)
8or (2) have no opponent who is certified to appear on the same primary ballot, or if
9no primary is required for all candidates of parties recognized under s. 5.62 (1) (b)
10or (2) for state senator or representative to the assembly in a legislative district who
11are certified under s. 8.50 (1) (d) to appear on a special partisan election ballot, then
12the separate limitation specified in sub. (1) for disbursements during the primary
13and election period does not apply to candidates for that office in that primary and
14election, and the candidates are bound only by the total limitations specified for the
15primary and election.
SB216, s. 26
16Section
26. 15.61 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1715.61 Elections board; creation. There is created an elections board
18consisting of persons who shall be appointed by the governor for 2-year terms as
19follows: one member selected by the governor; one member each designated by the
20chief justice of the supreme court, the speaker of the assembly, the senate majority
21leader, the minority leader in each house of the legislature, and the chief officer of
22each political party qualifying for a separate
column or row on the September
23primary ballot under s. 5.62 (1) (b) or (2) whose candidate for governor received at
24least 10% of the vote in the most recent gubernatorial election.
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1(1) This act first applies with respect to voting at the 2000 September primary
2election.