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7.60
(4) (a) The board of canvassers shall make separate duplicate statements
5showing the numbers of votes cast for the offices of president and vice president; state
6officials; U.S. senators and representatives in congress; state legislators; justice;
7court of appeals judge; circuit judges; district attorneys; and metropolitan sewerage
8commissioners, if the commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am). If a
9municipal judge elected under s. 755.01 (4) serves a municipality that is located
10partially within the county and candidates for that judgeship file nomination papers
11in another county, the board of canvassers shall prepare a duplicate statement
12showing the numbers of votes cast for that judgeship in that county for transmittal
13to the other county. For partisan candidates, the statements shall include the
14political party or principle designation, if any, next to the name of each candidate.
15The board of canvassers shall also prepare a statement showing the results of any
16county, technical college district or statewide referendum. Each statement shall
17state the total number of votes cast in the county for each office; the names of all
18persons for whom the votes were cast, as returned; the number of votes cast for each
19person;
after elections at which the preferential voting method is used, the number
20of first-choice votes and lesser-choice votes cast for each person, indicating the
21numbers for each choice; and the number of votes cast for and against any question
22submitted at a referendum. The board of canvassers shall use one copy of each
23duplicate statement to report to the elections board, technical college district board
24or board of canvassers of any other county and shall file the other statement in the
25office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners.
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1Section
22. 7.60 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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7.60
(4) (c) In preparing the statements and determinations, the board of
3canvassers shall carefully review the tally sheets and inspectors' statement. The
4board of canvassers may omit the names of individuals whose names do not appear
5on the ballot and who receive a comparatively small number of votes. The board of
6canvassers shall designate votes received by such individuals as scattering votes.
7The board of canvassers shall append to each statement and determination a
8tabulation of the votes cast at each election district, ward or combination of wards
9authorized under s. 5.15 (6) (b) in the county for each office and each individual,
10whether the votes are canvassed or not, as well as the total canvassed votes cast for
11each individual and each office, except where scattering votes are designated
, and,
12after elections at which the preferential voting method is used, the number of
13first-choice votes and lesser-choice votes cast for each person for each office,
14indicating the numbers for each choice. If any votes are rejected, the board of
15canvassers shall specify the reasons therefor.
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16Section
23. 8.05 (1) (L) of the statutes is created to read:
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8.05
(1) (L) Whenever a caucus is used to nominate candidates for town or
18village offices, the preferential voting method shall not be used. If a town or village
19institutes a nonpartisan primary, the preferential voting method may be substituted
20as provided in s. 5.20.
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21Section
24. 8.05 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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8.05
(3) (a)
In lieu of sub. (1)
Except as provided in s. 8.11 (6), the electors either
23by referendum or at the town meeting may
, in lieu of holding a caucus under sub. (1), 24provide for nomination of elective town office candidates at a nonpartisan primary
25conducted as provided in sub. (5). The nomination papers shall be signed by not less
1than 20 nor more than 100 electors of the town. The nomination papers shall be
2circulated not sooner than December 1 preceding the election and shall be filed with
3the town clerk not later than 5 p.m. the first Tuesday in January, or the next day if
4Tuesday is a holiday.
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5Section
25. 8.05 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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8.05
(4) (a)
A Except as provided in s. 8.11 (6), a majority of the governing body
7of any village may provide under s. 8.11 (1) (a) and (b) that candidates for elective
8village office shall be nominated by a nonpartisan primary, under sub. (5).
9Determination of the governing body to provide for such primary under s. 8.11 (1) (a)
10shall be made not later than December 1 preceding the election.
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11Section
26. 8.11 (1) (a) to (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
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8.11
(1) (a)
A Except as provided in sub. (6), a primary may be held in any city
13for the nomination of candidates for city office. When a majority of all the members
14of the governing body of a city decide upon a spring primary for any specific election,
15they shall so provide not later than 3 days after the deadline for filing nomination
16papers.
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(b)
Any Except as provided in sub. (6), any city may provide by charter
18ordinance, under s. 66.0101, that whenever 3 or more candidates file nomination
19papers for a city office, a primary to nominate candidates for the office shall be held.
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(c)
Whenever Except as provided in sub. (6), whenever electors, equal to at least
2110% of the vote for governor in the city at the last general election, file a petition
22conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 with the city clerk requesting a primary
23within 3 days after the deadline for filing nomination papers, there shall be a
24primary for any specific election.
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25Section
27. 8.11 (2), (2m) and (5) of the statutes are amended to read:
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18.11
(2) Milwaukee County. A Except as provided in sub. (6), a primary shall
2be held in counties having a population of 500,000 or more whenever there are more
3than twice the number of candidates to be elected to any judicial office within the
4county or to the county board of supervisors from any one district.
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5(2m) First class city school board. A Except as provided in sub. (6), a 6primary shall be held in 1st class cities whenever there are more than 2 candidates
7for member of the board of school directors at-large or from any election district in
8any year.
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9(5) County supervisors. A Except as provided in sub. (6), a primary shall be
10held in an election for county board supervisor whenever 3 or more candidates file
11nomination papers.
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12Section
28. 8.11 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
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8.11
(6) Preferential voting; exception. If a primary is authorized or required
14in an election for a local office and the preferential voting method is adopted for use
15in elections for that office under s. 5.20, no primary shall be held.
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16Section
29. 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
18September primaries under s. 8.15 are applicable to all partisan primaries held
19under this section, and the provisions for spring primaries under s. 8.10 are
20applicable to all nonpartisan primaries held under this section. In a special partisan
21primary or election, the order of the parties on the ballot shall be the same as
22provided under s. 5.62 (1) or 5.64 (1) (b). Independent candidates for state office at
23a special partisan election shall not appear on the primary ballot. No primary is
24required for a nonpartisan election in which not more than 2 candidates for an office
25appear on the ballot or for a partisan election in which not more than one candidate
1for an office appears on the ballot of each recognized political party.
No primary shall
2be held in a special election for any local office if the preferential voting method is
3used in that election. In every special election except a special election for
4nonpartisan state office where no candidate is certified to appear on the ballot, a
5space for write-in votes shall be provided on the ballot, regardless of whether a
6special primary is held.
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7Section
30. 9.10 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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9.10
(3) (d) If more than 2 persons compete for a nonpartisan office, a recall
9primary shall be held. The names of the 2 persons receiving the highest number of
10votes in the recall primary shall be certified to appear on the ballot in the recall
11election, but if any person receives a majority of the total number of votes cast in the
12recall primary, a recall election shall not be held. If the incumbent receives a majority
13of the votes cast, the incumbent shall be retained in office for the remainder of the
14term. If another candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, that candidate shall
15be elected to serve for the residue of the unexpired term of the incumbent. Write-in
16votes are permitted only at a recall primary or at a recall election in which no primary
17is held.
The preferential voting method shall not be used in a recall election for
18county office.
AB689, s. 31
19Section
31. 10.02 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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10.02
(3) (intro.) The notice shall contain the following:
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FACSIMILE BALLOT NOTICE
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OF .... ELECTION
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Office of .... [County] [Municipal] Clerk.
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To the Electors of .... [County] [Municipality]:
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1Notice is hereby given of a .... election to be held in the several wards in the
2[county] [municipality] of ...., on the .... day of ...., .... (year), at which the officers
3named below shall be chosen. The names of the candidates for each office to be voted
4for, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under
5the title of the office and under the appropriate party or other designation, each in
6its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, in the sample
7ballot below.
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INFORMATION TO ELECTORS
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Except
as provided in sub. (4) and except where a different statement is
10prescribed by the board for use in whole or in part by municipalities using electronic
11voting systems under s. 5.95, the voting instructions shall be given substantially as
12follows:
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13Section
32. 10.02 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
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10.02
(4) The board shall prescribe by rule the content of type B notices to be
15used at all elections at which the preferential voting method is used.
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(1) The treatment of sections 7.08 (1) (c) and 7.51 (4) (a) and (5) (a) of the
18statutes first applies with respect to the 2006 spring primary election.
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(1) This act takes effect on January 1, 2006, or the day after publication,
21whichever is later.