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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
November 27, 2007 - Introduced by Representatives Tauchen, Gottlieb, Vos,
LeMahieu and Musser. Referred to Committee on Elections and
Constitutional Law.
AB589,1,2
1An Act to amend 8.25 (1) of the statutes;
relating to: the method of selecting
2presidential electors.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the political parties and the independent and write-in
candidates for president and vice president nominate one presidential elector from
each congressional district and two electors from the state at large. At the election
for president and vice president, a vote for a slate of candidates for president and vice
president is a vote for that candidate's presidential electors. Currently, all
presidential electors are elected on a statewide basis.
Under this bill, each slate of candidates for president and vice president that
wins a congressional district receives one presidential elector and the slate of
candidates that wins the state at large receives two additional presidential electors.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB589, s. 1
3Section
1. 8.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB589,2,54
8.25
(1) Presidential electors. By general ballot at the general election for
5choosing the president and vice president of the United States there shall be elected
6as many
presidential electors
of president and vice president as this state is entitled
1to elect senators and representatives in congress.
One presidential elector shall be
2elected from each congressional district and 2 presidential electors shall be elected
3from the state at large. A vote for
the president and vice president nominations of
4any party any slate of nominees for president and vice president is a vote for the
5electors of the nominees.
