Amendment SA28-AB7

AB7-SA28,10,14 7.08 (2) (b) The certified list of candidates for president and vice president who have been nominated at a national convention by a party entitled to a separate column or row on the September primary ballot or for whom electors have been nominated under s. 8.20 shall be sent as soon as possible after the closing date for filing nomination papers, but no later than the deadlines established in s. 10.06.".

AB7-SA28,10,15 10. Page 59, line 6: after that line insert:

AB7-SA28,10,16 " Section 99m. 7.50 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.".

AB7-SA28,10,17 11. Page 59, line 7: after that line insert:

AB7-SA28,10,18 " Section 100m. 7.50 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-SA28,10,21 7.50 (2) (g) In partisan primaries, if an elector writes in the name of an individual on a ballot in a column or row other than the one on which that individual's name is shown as a candidate, the write-in vote may not be counted.".

AB7-SA28,10,22 12. Page 61, line 5: after that line insert:

AB7-SA28,10,23 " Section 102c. 8.16 (1), (6) and (7) of the statutes are amended to read:

AB7-SA28,11,7 8.16 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), the person who receives the greatest number of votes for an office on a party ballot at any partisan primary, regardless of whether the person's name appears on the ballot, shall be the party's candidate for the office, and the person's name shall so appear on the official ballot at the next election. All independent candidates shall appear on the general election ballot regardless of the number of votes received by such candidates at the September primary.

AB7-SA28,11,11 (6) The persons who receive the greatest number of votes respectively for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor on for any party ballot at a primary shall be the party's joint candidates for the offices, and their names shall so appear on the official ballot at the next election.

AB7-SA28,11,18 (7) Nominees chosen at a national convention and under s. 8.18 (2) by each party entitled to a separate column or row on a September primary ballot shall be the party's candidates for president, vice president and presidential electors. The state or national chairperson of each such party shall certify the names of the party's nominees for president and vice president to the board no later than 5 p.m. on the first Tuesday in September preceding a presidential election. Each name shall be in one of the formats authorized in s. 7.08 (2) (a).

AB7-SA28, s. 102g Section 102g. 8.17 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-SA28,12,12 8.17 (1) (a) Political parties qualifying for a separate column or row on the September primary ballot under s. 5.62 (1) (b) or (2) shall elect their party committeemen and committeewomen as provided under sub. (5) (b). The function of committeemen and committeewomen is to represent their neighborhoods in the structure of a political party. Committeemen and committeewomen shall act as liaison representatives between their parties and the residents of the election districts in which they serve. Activities of committeemen and committeewomen shall include, but not be limited to, identifying voters; assistance in voter registration drives; increasing voter participation in political parties; polling and other methods of passing information from residents to political parties and elected public officials; and dissemination of information from public officials to residents. For assistance in those and other activities of interest to a political party, each committeeman and committeewoman may appoint a captain to engage in these activities in each ward, if the election district served by the committeeman or committeewoman includes more than one ward. In an election district which includes more than one ward, the committeeman or committeewoman shall coordinate the activities of the ward captains in promoting the interests of his or her party.

AB7-SA28, s. 102n Section 102n. 8.20 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-SA28,12,23 8.20 (9) Persons nominated by nomination papers without a recognized political party designation shall be placed on the official ballot at the general election and at any partisan election to the right or below the recognized political party candidates in their own column or row designated "Independent". At the September primary, persons nominated for state office by nomination papers without a recognized political party designation shall be placed on in a separate ballot column or row or, if a consolidated paper ballot under s. 5.655 (2), an electronic voting system or voting machines are used, in a column or row designated "Independent". If the candidate's name already appears under a recognized political party it may not be listed on the independent ballot, column or row.

AB7-SA28, s. 102r Section 102r. 8.50 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-SA28,13,13 8.50 (3) (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions for September primaries under s. 8.15 are applicable to all partisan primaries held under this section, and the provisions for spring primaries under s. 8.10 are applicable to all nonpartisan primaries held under this section. In a special partisan primary or election, the order of the parties on the ballot shall be the same as provided under s. 5.62 (1) or 5.64 (1) (b). Independent candidates for state office at a special partisan election shall not appear on the primary ballot. No primary is required for a nonpartisan election in which not more than 2 candidates for an office appear on the ballot or for a partisan election in which not more than one candidate for an office appears on in the ballot column or row of each recognized political party on the ballot. In every special election except a special election for nonpartisan state office where no candidate is certified to appear on the ballot, a space for write-in votes shall be provided on the ballot, regardless of whether a special primary is held.

AB7-SA28, s. 102w Section 102w. 8.50 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB7-SA28, s. 102x Section 102x. 9.10 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-SA28,13,23 9.10 (3) (e) For any partisan office, a recall primary shall be held for each political party which is entitled to a separate column or row on the September primary ballot under s. 5.62 (1) (b) or (2) and from which more than one candidate competes for the party's nomination in the recall election. The primary ballot shall be prepared in accordance with s. 5.62, insofar as applicable. The person receiving the highest number of votes in the recall primary for each political party shall be that party's candidate in the recall election. Independent candidates shall be shown on the ballot for the recall election only.".

AB7-SA28,13,24 13. Page 62, line 6: after that line insert:

AB7-SA28,14,1 " Section 104m. 10.02 (3) (b) 2. and 2m. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB7-SA28,14,6 10.02 (3) (b) 2. At a special partisan primary, the elector shall select the party ballot candidate of his or her choice for each office and shall make a cross (8) next to or depress the lever or button next to the candidate's name for each office for whom the elector intends to vote, or shall insert or write in the name of the elector's choice for a candidate.

AB7-SA28,14,15 2m. At the September primary, the elector shall select the party ballot candidate of his or her choice or the ballot containing the names of the independent candidates for state each office, and make a cross (8 ) next to or depress the lever or button next to the candidate's name for each office for whom the elector intends to vote or insert or write in the name of the elector's choice for a party candidate, if any. In order to qualify for participation in the Wisconsin election campaign fund, a candidate for state office at the September primary, other than a candidate for district attorney, must receive at least 6% 6 percent of all votes cast on all ballots for the office for which he or she is a candidate, in addition to other requirements.".

AB7-SA28,14,16 14. Page 62, line 12: after that line insert:

AB7-SA28,14,17 " Section 105d. 11.06 (7m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-SA28,15,8 11.06 (7m) (a) If a committee which was registered under s. 11.05 as a political party committee or legislative campaign committee supporting candidates of a political party files an oath under sub. (7) affirming that it does not act in cooperation or consultation with any candidate who is nominated to appear on the party ballot in the column or row of the party at a general or special election, that the committee does not act in concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, such a candidate, that the committee does not act in cooperation or consultation with such a candidate or agent or authorized committee of such a candidate who benefits from a disbursement made in opposition to another candidate, and that the committee does not act in concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, such a candidate or agent or authorized committee of such a candidate who benefits from a disbursement made in opposition to another candidate, the committee filing the oath may not make any contributions in support of any candidate of the party at the general or special election or in opposition to any such candidate's opponents exceeding the amounts specified in s. 11.26 (2), except as authorized in par. (c).

AB7-SA28, s. 105h Section 105h. 11.31 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-SA28,15,21 11.31 (3m) Unopposed candidates; exception. Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (2), if all candidates for state senator or representative to the assembly in a legislative district who are certified under s. 7.08 (2) (a) to appear in the columns or rows on the September primary ballot of all parties recognized under s. 5.62 (1) (b) or (2) have no opponent who is certified to appear on the same primary ballot, or if no primary is required for all candidates of parties recognized under s. 5.62 (1) (b) or (2) for state senator or representative to the assembly in a legislative district who are certified under s. 8.50 (1) (d) to appear on a special partisan election ballot, then the separate limitation specified in sub. (1) for disbursements during the primary and election period does not apply to candidates for that office in that primary and election, and the candidates are bound only by the total limitations specified for the primary and election.

AB7-SA28, s. 105p Section 105p. 11.50 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-SA28,16,6 11.50 (1) (a) 1. With respect to a spring or general election, any individual who is certified under s. 7.08 (2) (a) as a candidate in the spring election for state superintendent, or an individual who receives at least 6% 6 percent of the vote cast for all candidates on all ballots columns or rows for any state office, except district attorney, for which the individual is a candidate at the September primary and who is certified under s. 7.08 (2) (a) as a candidate for that office in the general election, or an individual who has been lawfully appointed and certified to replace either such individual on the ballot at the spring or general election; and who has qualified for a grant under sub. (2).

AB7-SA28, s. 105t Section 105t. 11.50 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-SA28,17,2 11.50 (1) (a) 2. With respect to a special election, an individual who is certified under s. 8.50 (1) (d) as a candidate in a special election for state superintendent, or an individual who is certified under s. 8.50 (1) (d) as a candidate in a special election for any state office, except district attorney, on the ballot or column or row of a party whose candidate for the same office at the preceding general election received at least 6 percent of the vote cast for all candidates on all ballots for the office, or an individual who has been lawfully appointed and certified to replace either such individual on the ballot at a special election, or an individual who receives at least 6 percent of the vote cast for all candidates on all ballots for any state office, except district attorney, at a partisan special election; and who qualifies for a grant under sub. (2). Where the boundaries of a district in which an individual seeks office have been changed since the preceding general election such that it is not possible to calculate the exact number of votes that are needed by that individual to qualify as an eligible candidate prior to an election under this subdivision, the number of votes cast for all candidates for the office at the preceding general election in each ward, combination of wards or municipality which is wholly contained within the boundaries of the newly formed district shall be calculated. If the candidate of the political party on whose ballot or column or row the individual appears in the newly formed district obtained at least 6 percent of the number of votes calculated, the individual is deemed to qualify as an eligible candidate prior to the election under this subdivision.".

AB7-SA28,17,3 15. Page 77, line 24: after that line insert:

AB7-SA28,17,4 " Section 1. Initial applicability.

AB7-SA28,17,11 "(5) Split ticket voting in primaries. The treatment of sections 5.02 (16m), 5.15 (6) (b), 5.35 (6) (b), 5.37 (4), 5.51 (7), 5.62 (1), (2), (3), and (5), 5.655 (1), 5.81 (4), 5.84 (1), 5.91 (1), (3), and (6), 6.80 (2) (am) and (f), 6.87 (4) (with respect to split ticket voting in primaries), 7.08 (2) (b), 7.50 (1) (d) and (2) (g), 8.16 (1), (6), and (7), 8.17 (1) (a), 8.20 (9), 8.50 (3) (b) and (c), 9.10 (3) (e), 10.02 (3) (b) 2. and 2m., 11.06 (7m) (a), 11.31 (3m), and 11.50 (1) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes first applies with respect to voting at the 2012 September primary election.".

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