SENATE AMENDMENT 12,
TO SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 1997 SENATE BILL 7
November 4, 1997 - Offered by Senators Clausing, C. Potter, Risser, Burke and
Wineke.
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21. Page 2, line 13: delete the material beginning with "designations" and
3ending with "returns" on page 14 and substitute "public financing of elections for
4certain state offices,".
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(18) "September primary" means the primary held the 2nd Tuesday in
10September to nominate candidates to be voted for at the general election
, and to
11determine which candidates for state offices other than district attorney may
12participate in the Wisconsin election campaign fund.".
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(1) (a) At September primaries, the following ballot shall be provided for
5the nomination of candidates of recognized political parties for national, state and
6county offices
and independent candidates for state office in each ward, in the same
7form as prescribed by the board under s. 7.08 (1) (a). The ballots shall be made up
8of the several party tickets with each party entitled to participate in the primary
9under par. (b) or sub. (2) having its own ballot.
The independent candidates for state
10office other than district attorney shall have a separate ballot for all such candidates
11as under s. 5.64 (1) (e). The ballots shall be secured together at the bottom. The party
12ballot of the party receiving the most votes for president or governor at the last
13general election shall be on top with the other parties arranged in descending order
14based on their vote for president or governor at the last general election. The ballots
15of parties qualifying under sub. (2) shall be placed after the parties qualifying under
16par. (b), in the same order in which the parties filed petitions with the board.
The
17ballot listing the independent candidates shall be placed at the bottom. At polling
18places where voting machines are used, each party
and the independent candidates 19shall be represented in one or more separate columns or rows on the ballot. At polling
20places where an electronic voting system is used other than an electronic voting
21machine, each party
and the independent candidates may be represented in separate
22columns or rows on the ballot.
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(3) The board shall designate the official primary ballot arrangement for
2statewide offices and district attorney within each prosecutorial district by using the
3same procedure as provided in s. 5.60 (1) (b). On each ballot and on each separate
4column or row on the ballot, the candidates for office shall be listed together with the
5offices which they seek in the following order whenever these offices appear on the
6September primary ballot: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general,
7secretary of state, state treasurer, U.S. senator, U.S. representative in congress,
8state senator, representative to the assembly, district attorney and the county offices.
9Below the names of the independent candidates shall appear the party or principle
10of the candidates, if any, in 5 words or less, as shown on their nomination papers.
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(5) At the September primary, an elector may vote for the candidates of
13only one party
, or the elector may vote for any of the independent candidates for state
14office listed; but the elector may not vote for more than one candidate for a single
15office. A space shall be provided on the ballot for an elector to write in the name of
16his or her choice as a party candidate for any office
, but no space shall be provided
17to write in the names of independent candidates.
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(3) (intro.) The affidavit of a qualified elector under s. 8.15 (4) (a) shall be
22appended to each nomination paper.
The Except as otherwise required under s. 11.51
23for a candidate who accepts a grant from the clean elections fund, the number of
24required signatures on nomination papers filed under this section is:
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(6) (intro.)
The
Except as otherwise required under s. 11.51 for a
2candidate who accepts a grant from the clean elections fund, the number of required
3signatures on nomination papers shall be as follows:
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(1) Except as provided in sub. (2), the person who receives the greatest
6number of votes for an office on a party ballot at any partisan primary, regardless of
7whether the person's name appears on the ballot, shall be the party's candidate for
8the office, and the person's name shall so appear on the official ballot at the next
9election.
All independent candidates shall appear on the general election ballot
10regardless of the number of votes received by such candidates at the September
11primary.
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(4) The Except as otherwise required under s. 11.51 for a candidate who
15accepts a grant from the clean elections fund, the number of required signatures on
16nomination papers for independent candidates shall be the same as the number
17specified in s. 8.15 (6). For independent presidential electors intending to vote for
18the same candidates for president and vice president, the number of required
19signatures shall be not less than 2,000 nor more than 4,000 electors.".
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(4) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), any unspent and unencumbered moneys
4received by a candidate from the
Wisconsin election campaign clean elections fund
5shall be immediately transferred to any candidate who is appointed to replace such
6candidate
, upon filing of a proper application therefor under s. 11.50 (2). If there is
7no candidate appointed
or if no proper application is filed within 7 days of the date
8on which the vacancy occurs, such moneys shall revert to the state
as provided in s.
911.50 (8).
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(3) (b) 2m. At the September primary, the elector shall select the party
12ballot of his or her choice
or the ballot containing the names of the independent
13candidates for state office, and make a cross (
8) in the square at the right of or
14depress the lever or button next to the candidate's name for each office for whom the
15elector intends to vote or insert or write in the name of the elector's choice for a party
16candidate, if any.
In order to qualify for participation in the Wisconsin election
17campaign fund, a candidate for state office at the September primary, other than a
18candidate for district attorney, must receive at least 6% of all votes cast on all ballots
19for the office for which he or she is a candidate, in addition to other requirements.
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(1) (e) As soon as possible following the state canvass of the spring
22primary vote, but no later than the first Tuesday in March, the board shall send a
23type B notice certifying to each county clerk the list of candidates for the spring
24election. When no primary is held, this notice shall be sent under par. (c).
The board
1shall also in any case send a certified list of candidates under s. 11.50 to the state
2treasurer pursuant to s. 7.08 (2) (c). When there is a referendum, the board shall send
3type A and C notices certifying each question to the county clerks as soon as possible,
4but no later than the first Tuesday in March.
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(1) (i) As soon as possible after the state canvass, but no later than the
74th Tuesday in September, the board shall send a type B notice certifying the list of
8candidates and type A and C notices certifying each question for any referendum to
9each county clerk for the general election
and a certified list of candidates under s.
1011.50 to the state treasurer pursuant to s. 7.08 (2) (c).".
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(1) (g)
An Except as required under s. 11.51 (8), an itemized statement
16of every disbursement exceeding $20 in amount or value, together with the name and
17address of the person to whom the disbursement was made, and the date and specific
18purpose for which the disbursement was made.".
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10"
Section 53ag. 11.26 (9) (c) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
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(9) (c)".
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(17) (a) For purposes of application of the limitations imposed in subs.
17(1), (2)
, and (9)
and (10), the "campaign" of a candidate begins and ends at the times
18specified in this subsection.".
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2111.31 (title)
Disbursement levels and limitations; calculation.
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(1) Schedule. (intro.) The following levels of disbursements are
2established with reference to the candidates listed below.
Except as provided in sub.
3(2), such Such levels do not operate to restrict the total amount of disbursements
4which are made or authorized to be made by any candidate in any primary or other
5election.".
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(7) (b) Disbursements which are made before a campaign period for goods
20to be delivered or services to be rendered in connection with the campaign are
21charged against the disbursement
limitation level for that campaign.".
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(8) Certain contributions excluded. The
limitations imposed levels
3specified under this section do not apply to a gift of anything of value constituting
4a contribution made directly to a registrant by another, but the
limitations levels 5shall apply to such gift when it is received and accepted by the recipient or
, if received
6in the form of money, when disbursed.".
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(10) Surplus materials excluded. Disbursements constituting surplus
13materials acquired in connection with a previous campaign of a candidate are not
14subject to limitation by included in the levels specified in this section, if the materials
15were previously reported as a disbursement by that candidate.
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1811.51 Clean elections fund grants. (1) Any candidate for a state office other
19than district attorney may qualify to receive a grant from the clean elections fund by
20fulfilling the requirements of this section.
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21(2) In order to qualify to receive a grant from the clean elections fund, a
22candidate for one of the following offices shall obtain and deposit with the state
23treasurer the following specified number of contributions, in the amount of $5 each,
1to the clean elections fund, each of which shall be received from an individual who
2is identified in a report filed with the board as provided in s. 11.06 (1) (a):
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(a) Representative to the assembly, 300.
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(b) Senator, 600.
