AB911, s. 16 19Section 16. 7.60 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB911,12,1620 7.60 (4) (a) The board of canvassers shall make separate duplicate statements
21showing the numbers of votes cast for the offices of president and vice president; state
22officials; U.S. senators and representatives in congress; state legislators; justice;
23court of appeals judge; circuit judges; district attorneys; and metropolitan sewerage
24commissioners, if the commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am). If a
25municipal judge elected under s. 755.01 (4) serves a municipality that is located

1partially within the county and candidates for that judgeship file nomination papers
2in another county, the board of canvassers shall prepare a duplicate statement
3showing the numbers of votes cast for that judgeship in that county for transmittal
4to the other county. For partisan candidates, the statements shall include the
5political party or principle designation, if any, next to the name of each candidate.
6The board of canvassers shall also prepare a statement showing the results of any
7county, technical college district or statewide referendum. Each statement shall
8state the total number of votes cast in the county for each office; the names of all
9persons for whom the votes were cast, as returned; the number of votes cast for each
10person; after elections at which the preferential voting method is used, the number
11of first-choice votes and lesser-choice votes cast for each person, indicating the
12numbers for each choice;
and the number of votes cast for and against any question
13submitted at a referendum. The board of canvassers shall use one copy of each
14duplicate statement to report to the elections board, technical college district board
15or board of canvassers of any other county and shall file the other statement in the
16office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners.
AB911, s. 17 17Section 17. 7.60 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB911,13,618 7.60 (4) (c) In preparing the statements and determinations, the board of
19canvassers shall carefully review the tally sheets and inspectors' statement. The
20board of canvassers may omit the names of individuals whose names do not appear
21on the ballot and who receive a comparatively small number of votes. The board of
22canvassers shall designate votes received by such individuals as scattering votes.
23The board of canvassers shall append to each statement and determination a
24tabulation of the votes cast at each election district, ward or combination of wards
25authorized under s. 5.15 (6) (b) in the county for each office and each individual,

1whether the votes are canvassed or not, as well as the total canvassed votes cast for
2each individual and each office, except where scattering votes are designated, and,
3after elections at which the preferential voting method is used, the number of
4first-choice votes and lesser-choice votes cast for each person for each office,
5indicating the numbers for each choice
. If any votes are rejected, the board of
6canvassers shall specify the reasons therefor.
AB911, s. 18 7Section 18. 8.05 (1) (L) of the statutes is created to read:
AB911,13,118 8.05 (1) (L) Whenever a caucus is used to nominate candidates for town or
9village offices, the preferential voting method shall not be used. If a town or village
10institutes a nonpartisan primary, the preferential voting method may be substituted
11as provided in s. 5.20.
AB911, s. 19 12Section 19. 8.05 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB911,13,2013 8.05 (3) (a) In lieu of sub. (1) Except as provided in s. 8.11 (6), the electors either
14by referendum or at the town meeting may, in lieu of holding a caucus under sub. (1),
15provide for nomination of elective town office candidates at a nonpartisan primary
16conducted as provided in sub. (5). The nomination papers shall be signed by not less
17than 20 nor more than 100 electors of the town. The nomination papers shall be
18circulated not sooner than December 1 preceding the election and shall be filed with
19the town clerk not later than 5 p.m. the first Tuesday in January, or the next day if
20Tuesday is a holiday.
AB911, s. 20 21Section 20. 8.05 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB911,14,222 8.05 (4) (a) A Except as provided in s. 8.11 (6), a majority of the governing body
23of any village may provide under s. 8.11 (1) (a) and (b) that candidates for elective
24village office shall be nominated by a nonpartisan primary, under sub. (5).

1Determination of the governing body to provide for such primary under s. 8.11 (1) (a)
2shall be made not later than December 1 preceding the election.
AB911, s. 21 3Section 21. 8.11 (1) (a) to (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB911,14,84 8.11 (1) (a) A Except as provided in sub. (6), a primary may be held in any city
5for the nomination of candidates for city office. When a majority of all the members
6of the governing body of a city decide upon a spring primary for any specific election,
7they shall so provide not later than 3 days after the deadline for filing nomination
8papers.
AB911,14,119 (b) Any Except as provided in sub. (6), any city may provide by charter
10ordinance, under s. 66.0101, that whenever 3 or more candidates file nomination
11papers for a city office, a primary to nominate candidates for the office shall be held.
AB911,14,1612 (c) Whenever Except as provided in sub. (6), whenever electors, equal to at least
1310% of the vote for governor in the city at the last general election, file a petition
14conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 with the city clerk requesting a primary
15within 3 days after the deadline for filing nomination papers, there shall be a
16primary for any specific election.
AB911, s. 22 17Section 22. 8.11 (2), (2m) and (5) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB911,14,2118 8.11 (2) Milwaukee County. A Except as provided in sub. (6), a primary shall
19be held in counties having a population of 500,000 or more whenever there are more
20than twice the number of candidates to be elected to any judicial office within the
21county or to the county board of supervisors from any one district.
AB911,14,25 22(2m) First class city school board. A Except as provided in sub. (6), a
23primary shall be held in 1st class cities whenever there are more than 2 candidates
24for member of the board of school directors at-large or from any election district in
25any year.
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1(5) County supervisors. A Except as provided in sub. (6), a primary shall be
2held in an election for county board supervisor whenever 3 or more candidates file
3nomination papers.
AB911, s. 23 4Section 23. 8.11 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB911,15,75 8.11 (6) Preferential voting; exception. If a primary is authorized or required
6in an election for a local office and the preferential voting method is adopted for use
7in elections for that office under s. 5.20, no primary shall be held.
AB911, s. 24 8Section 24. 8.50 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB911,15,239 8.50 (3) (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions for
10September primaries under s. 8.15 are applicable to all partisan primaries held
11under this section, and the provisions for spring primaries under s. 8.10 are
12applicable to all nonpartisan primaries held under this section. In a special partisan
13primary or election, the order of the parties on the ballot shall be the same as
14provided under s. 5.62 (1) or 5.64 (1) (b). Independent candidates for state office at
15a special partisan election shall not appear on the primary ballot. No primary is
16required for a nonpartisan election in which not more than 2 candidates for an office
17appear on the ballot or for a partisan election in which not more than one candidate
18for an office appears on the ballot of each recognized political party. No primary shall
19be held in a special election for any local office if the preferential voting method is
20used in that election.
In every special election except a special election for
21nonpartisan state office where no candidate is certified to appear on the ballot, a
22space for write-in votes shall be provided on the ballot, regardless of whether a
23special primary is held.
AB911, s. 25 24Section 25. 9.10 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB911,16,11
19.10 (3) (d) If more than 2 persons compete for a nonpartisan office, a recall
2primary shall be held. The names of the 2 persons receiving the highest number of
3votes in the recall primary shall be certified to appear on the ballot in the recall
4election, but if any person receives a majority of the total number of votes cast in the
5recall primary, a recall election shall not be held. If the incumbent receives a majority
6of the votes cast, the incumbent shall be retained in office for the remainder of the
7term. If another candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, that candidate shall
8be elected to serve for the residue of the unexpired term of the incumbent. Write-in
9votes are permitted only at a recall primary or at a recall election in which no primary
10is held. The preferential voting method shall not be used in a recall election for
11county office.
AB911, s. 26 12Section 26. 10.02 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB911,16,1313 10.02 (3) (intro.) The notice shall contain the following:
AB911,16,1414 FACSIMILE BALLOT NOTICE
AB911,16,1515 OF .... ELECTION
AB911,16,1616 Office of .... [County] [Municipal] Clerk.
AB911,16,1717 To the Electors of .... [County] [Municipality]:
AB911,16,2418 Notice is hereby given of a .... election to be held in the several wards in the
19[county] [municipality] of ...., on the .... day of ...., .... (year), at which the officers
20named below shall be chosen. The names of the candidates for each office to be voted
21for, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under
22the title of the office and under the appropriate party or other designation, each in
23its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, in the sample
24ballot below.
AB911,16,2525 INFORMATION TO ELECTORS
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1Except as provided in sub. (4) and except where a different statement is
2prescribed by the board for use in whole or in part by municipalities using electronic
3voting systems under s. 5.95, the voting instructions shall be given substantially as
4follows:
AB911, s. 27 5Section 27. 10.02 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB911,17,76 10.02 (4) The board shall prescribe by rule the content of type B notices to be
7used at all elections at which the preferential voting method is used.
AB911,17,88 (End)
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