AB899,87,2318 7.30 (2) (c) The governing body of any municipality may require all persons
19serving as election officials to prove their ability to read and write English and to
20have a general knowledge of the election laws. Examinations may be given to prove
21the qualifications can be met. The municipal clerk shall ensure that all training
22meets the training requirements prescribed in rules promulgated by the commission
23secretary of state under ss. 7.31 and 7.315.
AB899,206 24Section 206. 7.30 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,88,5
17.30 (4) (e) If an appointing authority believes that, for good cause, it should
2not appoint an individual whose name is submitted as a first choice nominee under
3par. (b), it may request the commission secretary of state to authorize
4nonappointment. The commission secretary may permit nonappointment of an
5individual for cause demonstrated by an appointing authority.
AB899,207 6Section 207. 7.30 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,88,187 7.30 (6) (b) Prior to the first election following the appointment of the
8inspectors, the municipal clerk shall appoint one of the inspectors at each polling
9place, other than an inspector who is appointed under sub. (1) (b), to serve as chief
10inspector. No person may serve as chief inspector at any election who is not certified
11by the commission secretary of state under s. 7.31 at the time of the election. The
12chief inspector shall hold the position for the remainder of the term unless the
13inspector is removed by the clerk or the inspector ceases to be certified under s. 7.31,
14except that whenever wards are combined or separated under s. 5.15 (6) (b), the
15municipal clerk shall appoint another inspector who is certified under s. 7.31 to serve
16as chief inspector at each polling place designated under s. 5.15 (6) (b). If a vacancy
17occurs in the position of chief inspector at any polling place, the municipal clerk shall
18appoint one of the other inspectors who is certified under s. 7.31 to fill the vacancy.
AB899,208 19Section 208. 7.31 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,88,23 207.31 Training and certification of chief inspectors. (1) The commission
21secretary of state shall establish requirements for certification of individuals to serve
22as chief inspectors. The requirements shall include a requirement to attend at least
23one training session held under sub. (5) before beginning service.
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1(2) No individual may serve as a chief inspector at a polling place in an election
2unless the individual is certified by the commission secretary of state to hold that
3office on the date of the election at which the individual serves.
AB899,89,6 4(3) The commission secretary of state shall, upon application, issue certificates
5to qualified individuals who meet the requirements to be certified as chief inspectors.
6Each certificate shall carry an expiration date.
AB899,89,13 7(4) The commission secretary of state shall require each individual to whom
8a certificate is issued under this section to meet requirements to maintain that
9certification. The requirements shall include a requirement to attend at least one
10training session held under sub. (5) every 2 years during the period beginning on
11January 1 of each even-numbered year and ending on December 31 of the following
12year. The commission secretary shall renew the certificate of any individual who
13requests renewal and who meets the requirements prescribed under this subsection.
AB899,89,18 14(5) The commission secretary of state shall conduct regular training programs
15to ensure that individuals who are certified by the commission secretary under this
16section are knowledgeable concerning their authority and responsibilities. The
17commission secretary shall pay all costs required to conduct the training programs
18from the appropriation under s. 20.510 (1) 20.575 (2) (bm).
AB899,209 19Section 209. 7.315 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,89,2220 7.315 (1) (a) The commission secretary of state shall, by rule, prescribe the
21contents of the training that municipal clerks must provide to inspectors, other than
22chief inspectors, and to special voting deputies appointed under s. 6.875.
AB899,210 23Section 210. 7.315 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,90,424 7.315 (2) The commission secretary of state shall, by rule, prescribe
25requirements for, and the content of, training required of municipal clerks under s.

17.15 (1m). The commission secretary may provide such training directly or arrange
2for such training to be provided by other organizations. The rules shall provide a
3method for notifying the relevant municipal governing body if a municipal clerk fails
4to attend required training.
AB899,211 5Section 211. 7.315 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,90,106 7.315 (3) The commission secretary of state may produce and periodically
7reissue as necessary a video program for the purpose of training election officials,
8including special voting deputies and election registration officials. The commission
9secretary shall make any such program available for viewing electronically through
10an Internet-based system.
AB899,212 11Section 212. 7.38 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,90,1412 7.38 (5) In the event of failure to file the name of a current state chairperson,
13as required under s. 8.17 (12), the commission secretary of state may not recognize
14the state committee for the purpose of filling vacancies under sub. (1).
AB899,213 15Section 213. 7.41 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB899,214 16Section 214. 7.52 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,91,917 7.52 (1) (a) The governing body of any municipality may provide by ordinance
18that, in lieu of canvassing absentee ballots at polling places under s. 6.88, the
19municipal board of absentee ballot canvassers designated under s. 7.53 (2m) shall,
20at each election held in the municipality, canvass all absentee ballots received by the
21municipal clerk by 8 p.m. on election day. Prior to enacting an ordinance under this
22subsection, the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of the
23municipality shall notify the elections commission secretary of state in writing of the
24proposed enactment and shall consult with the elections commission secretary
25concerning administration of this section. At every election held in the municipality

1following enactment of an ordinance under this subsection, the board of absentee
2ballot canvassers shall, any time after the opening of the polls and before 10 p.m. on
3election day, publicly convene to count the absentee ballots for the municipality. The
4municipal clerk shall give at least 48 hours' notice of any meeting under this
5subsection. Any member of the public has the same right of access to a meeting of
6the municipal board of absentee ballot canvassers under this subsection that the
7individual would have under s. 7.41 to observe the proceedings at a polling place. The
8board of absentee ballot canvassers may order the removal of any individual
9exercising the right to observe the proceedings if the individual disrupts the meeting.
AB899,215 10Section 215. 7.60 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,92,511 7.60 (4) (a) The board of canvassers shall make separate duplicate statements
12showing the numbers of votes cast for the offices of president and vice president; state
13officials; U.S. senators and representatives in congress; state legislators; justice;
14court of appeals judge; circuit judges; district attorneys; and metropolitan sewerage
15commissioners, if the commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am). If a
16municipal judge elected under s. 755.01 (4) serves a municipality that is located
17partially within the county and candidates for that judgeship file nomination papers
18in another county, the board of canvassers shall prepare a duplicate statement
19showing the numbers of votes cast for that judgeship in that county for transmittal
20to the other county. For partisan candidates, the statements shall include the
21political party or principle designation, if any, next to the name of each candidate.
22The board of canvassers shall also prepare a statement showing the results of any
23county, technical college district, or statewide referendum. Each statement shall
24state the total number of votes cast in the county for each office; the names of all
25persons for whom the votes were cast, as returned; the number of votes cast for each

1person; and the number of votes cast for and against any question submitted at a
2referendum. The board of canvassers shall use one copy of each duplicate statement
3to report to the elections commission secretary of state, technical college district
4board, or board of canvassers of any other county and shall file the other statement
5in the office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners.
AB899,216 6Section 216. 7.60 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,92,247 7.60 (5) Reporting. (a) Immediately following the canvass, the county clerk
8shall deliver or transmit to the elections commission secretary of state a certified
9copy of each statement of the county board of canvassers for president and vice
10president, state officials, senators and representatives in congress, state legislators,
11justice, court of appeals judge, circuit judge, district attorney, and metropolitan
12sewerage commissioners, if the commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am).
13The statement shall record the returns for each office or referendum by ward, unless
14combined returns are authorized under s. 5.15 (6) (b) in which case the statement
15shall record the returns for each group of combined wards. Following primaries the
16county clerk shall enclose on forms prescribed by the elections commission secretary
17of state
the names, party or principle designation, if any, and number of votes
18received by each candidate recorded in the same manner. The county clerk shall
19deliver or transmit the certified statement to the elections commission secretary of
20state
no later than 9 days after each primary except the partisan primary, no later
21than 10 days after the partisan primary and any other election except the general
22election, and no later than 14 days after the general election. The board of canvassers
23shall deliver or transmit a certified copy of each statement for any technical college
24district referendum to the secretary of the technical college district board.
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1(b) If the board of canvassers becomes aware of a material mistake in the
2canvass of an election for state or national office or a statewide or technical college
3district referendum prior to the close of business on the day the elections commission
4secretary of state receives returns from the last county board of canvassers with
5respect to that canvass, the board of canvassers may petition the elections
6commission
secretary of state to reopen and correct the canvass. The elections
7commission
secretary of state shall direct the canvass to be reopened and corrected
8if it the secretary determines that the public interest so requires. If the elections
9commission
secretary of state directs the canvass to be reopened, the board of
10canvassers shall reconvene and transmit a certified corrected copy of the canvass
11statement to the elections commission secretary of state or secretary of the technical
12college district board.
AB899,217 13Section 217. 7.70 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,93,1614 7.70 (1) Recording and preserving returns. (a) Upon receipt of the certified
15statements from the county clerks, the commission secretary of state shall record the
16election results by counties and file and carefully preserve the statements.
AB899,93,2317 (b) If any county clerk fails or neglects to forward any statements, the
18commission secretary of state may require the clerk to do so immediately and if not
19received by the 8th day after a primary, or by the 11th day after any other election,
20the commission secretary of state may dispatch a special messenger to obtain them.
21Whenever it appears upon the face of any statement that an error has been made in
22reporting or computing, the commission secretary of state may return it to the county
23clerk for correction.
AB899,218 24Section 218. 7.70 (3) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h) and (i) of the statutes are
25amended to read:
AB899,94,8
17.70 (3) (a) The chairperson of the commission secretary of state or a designee
2of the chairperson secretary of state appointed by the chairperson secretary to
3canvass a specific election shall publicly canvass the returns and make his or her
4certifications and determinations on or before the 2nd Tuesday following a spring
5primary, the 15th day of May following a spring election, the 3rd Wednesday
6following a partisan primary, the first day of December following a general election,
7the 2nd Thursday following a special primary, or within 18 days after any special
8election.
AB899,94,199 (b) The commission chairperson secretary of state or the chairperson's
10secretary's designee shall examine the certified statements of the county boards of
11canvassers. If it appears that any material mistake has been made in the
12computation of votes, or any county board of canvassers failed to canvass the votes
13or omitted votes from any ward or election district in the county, the commission
14chairperson
secretary of state or the chairperson's secretary's designee may dispatch
15a messenger to the county clerk with written instructions to certify the facts
16concerning the mistake or the reason why the votes were not canvassed. A clerk to
17whom such instructions are delivered shall immediately make a true and full
18answer, sign it, affix the county seal and deliver it to the messenger. The messenger
19shall deliver it with all possible dispatch to the commission secretary of state.
AB899,94,2220 (c) The chairperson of the commission secretary of state or the chairperson's
21secretary's designee shall conclude the state canvass within 10 days after its
22commencement.
AB899,95,923 (d) When the certified statements and returns are received, the chairperson of
24the commission
secretary of state or the chairperson's secretary's designee shall
25proceed to examine and make a statement of the total number of votes cast at any

1election for the offices involved in the election for president and vice president; a
2statement for each of the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, if a primary, and
3a joint statement for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, if a general
4election; a statement for each of the offices of secretary of state, state treasurer,
5attorney general, and state superintendent; for U.S. senator; representative in
6congress for each congressional district; the state legislature; justice; court of appeals
7judge; circuit judge; district attorney; metropolitan sewerage commission, if the
8commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am); and for any referenda questions
9submitted by the legislature.
AB899,95,1410 (e) The chairperson of the commission secretary of state or the chairperson's
11secretary's designee shall make a special statement to the commission as soon as
12possible after the canvass of the general election certifying the name of each political
13party which receives at least one 1 percent of the vote cast in such election for any
14statewide office.
AB899,96,215 (g) Following each primary election, the chairperson of the commission
16secretary of state or the chairperson's secretary's designee shall prepare a statement
17certifying the results of the primary, which shall indicate the names of the persons
18who have won nomination to any state or national office. Following each other
19election, the chairperson of the commission secretary of state or the chairperson's
20secretary's designee shall prepare a statement certifying the results of the election
21and shall attach to the statement a certificate of determination which shall indicate
22the names of persons who have been elected to any state or national office. The
23chairperson of the commission secretary of state or the chairperson's secretary's
24designee shall likewise prepare a statement and certificate for any statewide

1referendum. The chairperson of the commission or the chairperson's designee shall
2deliver each statement and determination to the commission.
AB899,96,123 (h) Whenever a referendum question submitted to a vote of the people is
4approved, the commission secretary of state shall record it and the secretary of state
5legislative reference bureau shall have the record bound in the volume containing
6the original enrolled laws passed at the next succeeding session of the legislature and
7have the record published with the laws thereof. Whenever a constitutional
8amendment or other statewide validating or ratifying referendum question which is
9approved by the people does not expressly state the date of effectiveness, it shall
10become effective at the time the chairperson of the commission secretary of state or
11the chairperson's secretary's designee certifies that the amendment or referendum
12question is approved.
AB899,96,2413 (i) The commission chairperson secretary of state or the chairperson's
14secretary's designee shall canvass only regular returns made by the county board of
15canvassers and shall not count or canvass any additional or supplemental returns
16or statements made by the county board or any other board or person. The
17commission chairperson secretary of state or the chairperson's secretary's designee
18shall not count or canvass any statement or return which has been made by the
19county board of canvassers at any other time than that provided in s. 7.60. This
20provision does not apply to any return made subsequent to a recount under s. 9.01,
21when the return is accepted in lieu of any prior return from the same county for the
22same office; or to a statement given to the commission chairperson secretary of state
23or chairperson's the secretary's designee or a messenger sent by the chairperson
24secretary or designee to obtain a correction.
AB899,219 25Section 219. 7.70 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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17.70 (5) Certificates of election. (a) The commission secretary of state shall
2record in its the secretary's office each certified statement and determination made
3by the commission chairperson secretary or the chairperson's secretary's designee.
4Immediately after the expiration of the time allowed to file a petition for recount, the
5commission secretary of state shall make and transmit to each person declared
6elected a certificate of election under the seal of the commission secretary of state,
7except that the commission secretary need not wait until expiration of the time
8allowed to file a petition for recount if there is no aggrieved party, as defined in s. 9.01
9(1) (a) 5. It The secretary of state shall also prepare similar certificates, attested by
10the commission administrator secretary, addressed to the U.S. house of
11representatives, stating the names of those persons elected as representatives to the
12congress from this state. In the case of U.S. senators, the commission secretary of
13state
shall prepare and sign a certificate of election for the governor's signature, and
14the governor shall sign and affix the great seal of the state and transmit the
15certificate to the president of the U.S. senate. The certificate shall be countersigned
16by the secretary of state.
If a person elected was elected to fill a vacancy, the
17certificate shall so indicate. When a valid petition for recount is filed, the commission
18chairperson
secretary of state or the chairperson's secretary's designee may not
19certify a nomination, and the governor or commission secretary of state may not issue
20a certificate of election until the recount has been completed and the time allowed
21for filing an appeal has passed, or if appealed until the appeal is decided.
AB899,98,322 (b) For presidential electors, the commission secretary of state shall prepare
23a certificate showing the determination of the results of the canvass and the names
24of the persons elected, and the governor shall sign, affix the great seal of the state,
25and transmit the certificate by registered mail to the U.S. administrator of general

1services. The governor shall also prepare 6 duplicate originals of such certificate and
2deliver them to one of the presidential electors on or before the first Monday after the
32nd Wednesday in December.
AB899,220 4Section 220. 8.07 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,98,7 58.07 Validity of nomination papers. The commission secretary of state shall
6promulgate rules under this chapter for use by election officials in determining the
7validity of nomination papers and signatures thereon.
AB899,221 8Section 221. 8.10 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,98,119 8.10 (6) (a) For state offices or seats on a metropolitan sewerage commission,
10if the commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am), in the office of the elections
11commission
secretary of state.
AB899,222 12Section 222. 8.12 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,98,2113 8.12 (1) Selection of names for ballot. (a) No later than 5 p.m. on the 2nd
14Tuesday in December of the year before each year in which electors for president and
15vice president are to be elected, the state chairperson of each recognized political
16party listed on the official ballot at the last gubernatorial election whose candidate
17for governor received at least 10 percent of the total votes cast for that office may
18certify to the commission secretary of state that the party will participate in the
19presidential preference primary. For each party filing such a certification, the voters
20of this state shall at the spring election be given an opportunity to express their
21preference for the person to be the presidential candidate of that party.
AB899,99,1522 (b) On the first Tuesday in January of each year, or the next day if Tuesday is
23a holiday, in which electors for president and vice president are to be elected, there
24shall be convened in the capitol a committee consisting of, for each party filing a
25certification under this subsection, the state chairperson of that state party

1organization or the chairperson's designee, one national committeeman and one
2national committeewoman designated by the state chairperson; the speaker and the
3minority leader of the assembly or their designees, and the president and the
4minority leader of the senate or their designees. All designations shall be made in
5writing to the commission secretary of state. This committee shall organize by
6selecting an additional member who shall be the chairperson and shall determine,
7and certify to the commission secretary of state, no later than on the Friday following
8the date on which the committee convenes under this paragraph, the names of all
9candidates of the political parties represented on the committee for the office of
10president of the United States. The committee shall place the names of all
11candidates whose candidacy is generally advocated or recognized in the national
12news media throughout the United States on the ballot, and may, in addition, place
13the names of other candidates on the ballot. The committee shall have sole discretion
14to determine that a candidacy is generally advocated or recognized in the national
15news media throughout the United States.
AB899,99,2516 (c) No later than 5 p.m. on the last Tuesday in January of each presidential
17election year, any person seeking the nomination by the national convention of a
18political party filing a certification under this subsection for the office of president
19of the United States, or any committee organized in this state on behalf of and with
20the consent of such person, may submit to the commission secretary of state a
21petition to have the person's name appear on the presidential preference ballot. The
22petition may be circulated no sooner than the first Tuesday in January of such year,
23or the next day if Tuesday is a holiday, and shall be signed by a number of qualified
24electors equal in each congressional district to not less than 1,000 signatures nor
25more than 1,500 signatures. The form of the petition shall conform to the

1requirements of s. 8.40. All signers on each separate petition paper shall reside in
2the same congressional district.
AB899,100,103 (d) The commission secretary of state shall forthwith contact each person
4whose name has been placed in nomination under par. (b) and notify him or her that
5his or her name will appear on the Wisconsin presidential preference ballot unless
6he or she files, no later than 5 p.m. on the last Tuesday in January of such year, with
7the commission secretary of state, a disclaimer stating without qualification that he
8or she is not and does not intend to become a candidate for the office of president of
9the United States at the forthcoming presidential election. The disclaimer may be
10filed with the commission secretary by certified mail, telegram, or in person.
AB899,223 11Section 223. 8.12 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,100,1612 8.12 (2) Ballots. The form of the official ballots shall be prescribed by the
13commission secretary of state. The ballot shall provide to an elector the opportunity
14to vote for an uninstructed delegation to represent this state at the presidential
15nominating convention of his or her party, or to write in the name of a candidate for
16the presidential nomination of his or her party.
AB899,224 17Section 224. 8.12 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,100,2118 8.12 (3) Reporting of results. No later than May 15 following the presidential
19preference primary, the commission secretary of state shall notify each state party
20organization chairperson under sub. (1) (b) of the results of the presidential
21preference primary within the state and within each congressional district.
AB899,225 22Section 225. 8.15 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,100,2423 8.15 (8) (a) For state offices and the offices of U.S. senator and representative
24in congress, in the office of the commission secretary of state.
AB899,226 25Section 226. 8.16 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,101,4
18.16 (2) (b) If the person is a candidate for state office, the person files a
2statement of economic interests under s. 19.43 (4), no later than 4:30 p.m. on the 3rd
3day after notification of nomination is mailed or personally delivered to the person
4by the commission secretary of state; and
AB899,227 5Section 227. 8.16 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,101,126 8.16 (7) Nominees chosen at a national convention and under s. 8.18 (2) by each
7party entitled to a partisan primary ballot shall be the party's candidates for
8president, vice president and presidential electors. The state or national chairperson
9of each such party shall certify the names of the party's nominees for president and
10vice president to the commission secretary of state no later than 5 p.m. on the first
11Tuesday in September preceding a presidential election. Each name shall be in one
12of the formats authorized in s. 7.08 (2) (a).
AB899,228 13Section 228. 8.17 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,101,2014 8.17 (9) (a) If a county has no committee as provided by sub. (5) (a), residents
15of that county may voluntarily form a committee, which, upon approval of the state
16committee and certification by the secretary of the state committee to the
17commission secretary of state and the county clerk or board of election
18commissioners, shall then become the county committee with equal standing as if it
19had been organized under sub. (5) (a). This standing shall remain unless and until
20a committee is organized under sub. (5) (a).
AB899,229 21Section 229. 8.17 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,101,2522 8.17 (12) The secretary of the state committee of each recognized political party
23under s. 5.62 (1) (b) or (2) shall notify the commission secretary of state in writing
24of the name and address of the elected state committee chairperson within 10 days
25of his or her election.
AB899,230
1Section 230. 8.18 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,102,52 8.18 (2) The purpose of the convention is to nominate one presidential elector
3from each congressional district and 2 electors from the state at large. The names
4of the nominees shall be certified immediately by the chairperson of the state
5committee of each party to the chairperson of the commission secretary of state.
AB899,231 6Section 231. 8.185 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,102,147 8.185 (1) The names of candidates for president and vice president may be
8written in, in the place provided, on the general ballot at the general election for
9choosing the president and vice president of the United States. Write-in votes shall
10be listed as scattering unless the person whose name is written in has a list of
11presidential electors on file with the commission secretary of state in accordance
12with this section or unless the person whose name is written in has received more
13than 10 percent of the total vote cast in the ward, or in the municipality if not divided
14into wards.
AB899,232 15Section 232. 8.185 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,103,416 8.185 (2) Any candidates for the office of president and vice president of the
17United States as write-in candidates shall file a list of presidential electors and a
18declaration of candidacy in the manner prescribed in s. 8.21 with the commission
19secretary of state no later than 4:30 p.m. on the 2nd Tuesday preceding the day of the
20general election to choose the president and vice president of the United States. The
21list shall contain one presidential elector from each congressional district and 2
22electors from the state at large and the names of the candidates for president and vice
23president for whom they intend to vote, if elected. Compliance with this subsection
24may be waived by the commission secretary of state but only if the results of the
25general election indicate that a write-in candidate for the office of president is

1eligible to receive the electoral votes of this state except for noncompliance with this
2subsection. In such event, the write-in candidate shall have until 4:30 p.m. on the
3Friday following the general election to comply with the filing requirements of this
4subsection.
AB899,233 5Section 233. 8.185 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,103,96 8.185 (3) If more than one list of presidential electors is filed with the
7commission secretary of state by any write-in candidates for the offices of president
8and vice president of the United States, the first list filed shall be considered the valid
9list, provided that this list meets the additional requirements of this section.
AB899,234 10Section 234. 8.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,103,1611 8.19 (1) The state committee of any party polling less than 75,000 presidential
12votes in this state in the last election may change the name of the party. The new
13name may not duplicate that of an existing national party. A certificate of approval
14by the party's national committee which has been certified by the national committee
15secretary, the state committee chairperson and the state committee secretary shall
16be filed with the commission secretary of state.
AB899,235 17Section 235. 8.19 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,103,2418 8.19 (3) Every political party entitled, under s. 5.62, to have its candidates on
19the partisan primary and general election ballots has exclusive right to the use of the
20name designating it at any election involving political parties. The commission
21secretary of state shall not certify nor the county clerk print the name of any person
22whose nomination papers indicate a party name comprising a combination of
23existing party names, qualifying words, phrases, prefixes, or suffixes in connection
24with any existing party name.
AB899,236 25Section 236. 8.20 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
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18.20 (7) Nomination papers shall be filed in the office of the commission
2secretary of state for all state offices and the offices of U.S. senator and
3representative in congress, and in the office of county clerk or board of election
4commissioners for all county offices.
AB899,237 5Section 237. 8.30 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,104,96 8.30 (2m) The official or agency with whom nomination papers and
7declarations of candidacy are required to be filed shall not place a candidate's name
8on the ballot if the candidate's name is ineligible for ballot placement under s. 5.05
9(2m) (d) 2., 15.61 (3), or 19.49 (2) (c) 2.
AB899,238 10Section 238. 8.40 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,104,1411 8.40 (3) The commission secretary of state shall, by rule, prescribe standards
12consistent with this chapter and s. 9.10 (2) to be used by all election officials and
13governing bodies in determining the validity of petitions for elections and signatures
14thereon.
AB899,239 15Section 239. 8.50 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,105,1316 8.50 (1) (a) When there is to be a special election, the special election for county
17office shall be ordered by the county board of supervisors except as provided in s.
1817.21 (5); the special election for city office shall be ordered by the common council;
19the special election for village office shall be ordered by the board of trustees; the
20special election for town office shall be ordered by the town board of supervisors; the
21special election for school board member in a school district organized under ch. 119
22shall be ordered by the school board; the special election for municipal judge shall
23be ordered by the governing body of the municipality, except in 1st class cities, or if
24the judge is elected under s. 755.01 (4) jointly by the governing bodies of all
25municipalities served by the judge; and all other special elections shall be ordered

1by the governor. When the governor or attorney general issues the order, it shall be
2filed and recorded in the office of the commission secretary of state. When the county
3board of supervisors issues the order, it shall be filed and recorded in the office of the
4county clerk. When the county executive issues the order, it shall be filed in the office
5of the county board of election commissioners. When the common council issues the
6order, it shall be filed in the office of the city clerk. When the board of trustees issues
7the order, it shall be filed in the office of the village clerk. When the town board of
8supervisors issues the order, it shall be filed in the office of the town clerk. When the
9school board of a school district organized under ch. 119 issues the order, it shall be
10filed and recorded in the office of the city board of election commissioners. If a
11municipal judge is elected under s. 755.01 (4), the order shall be filed in the office of
12the county clerk or board of election commissioners of the county having the largest
13portion of the population of the jurisdiction served by the judge.
AB899,240 14Section 240. 8.50 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,105,2515 8.50 (1) (b) Notice of any special election shall be given upon the filing of the
16order under par. (a) by publication in a newspaper under ch. 985. If the special
17election concerns a national or state office, the commission secretary of state shall
18give notice as soon as possible to the county clerks. Upon receipt of notice from the
19commission secretary, or when the special election is for a county office or a municipal
20judgeship under s. 755.01 (4), the county clerk shall give notice as soon as possible
21to the municipal clerks of all municipalities in which electors are eligible to vote in
22the election and publish one type A notice for all offices to be voted upon within the
23county as provided in s. 10.06 (2) (n). If the special election is for a city, village, or
24town office, the municipal clerk shall publish one type A notice as provided under s.
2510.06 (3) (f).
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1Section 241. 8.50 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,106,172 8.50 (1) (d) When the election concerns a national office or a special election for
3state office is held concurrently with the general election, the commission secretary
4of state
shall transmit to each county clerk a certified list of all persons for whom
5nomination papers have been filed in its his or her office at least 62 days before the
6special primary, and in other cases the commission secretary of state shall transmit
7the list to each county clerk at least 22 days before the special primary. If no primary
8is required, the list shall be transmitted at least 42 days prior to the day of the special
9election unless the special election concerns a national office or is held concurrently
10with the general election, in which case the list shall be transmitted at least 62 days
11prior to the day of the special election. Immediately upon receipt of the certified list,
12the county clerk shall prepare his or her ballots. For a county special election, the
13county clerk shall certify the candidates and prepare the ballots. If there is a
14primary, the county clerk shall publish one type B notice in a newspaper under ch.
1510. When a primary is held, as soon as possible after the primary, the county clerk
16shall certify the candidates and prepare the ballots for the following special election.
17The clerk shall publish one type B notice in a newspaper under ch. 10 for the election.
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