SB893,15,127 5. If there are no transferable surplus votes and no continuing candidate is
8eliminated under subd. 4., the continuing candidate with the fewest votes is
9eliminated. Votes for an eliminated candidate are transferred at their transfer value
10to each ballot's next-ranked continuing candidate, except votes for candidates
11eliminated in the final round are not transferred if, by their elimination, the number
12of continuing candidates is reduced to the number of seats yet to be filled.
SB893,15,2013 6. The procedures in subds. 1. to 5. shall be repeated until the number of
14continuing candidates whose vote total is equal to or greater than the threshold is
15equal to the number of seats to be filled, or until the number of continuing candidates
16is equal to the number of seats yet to be filled. If the number of continuing candidates
17is equal to the number of seats yet to be filled, any remaining continuing candidates
18shall be declared elected. Continuing candidates eliminated under this subdivision
19in the final round retain their votes. Any ties between continuing candidates in
20subds. 1. to 5. shall be resolved as provided in sub. (6).
SB893,16,7 21(4) Ascertainment of intent. If a ballot does not clearly show which candidate
22the voter prefers to all others, or if it contains any word, mark, or other sign
23apparently intended to identify the voter, it shall be set aside as invalid. Every ballot
24not held invalid under this subsection shall be counted according to the intent of the
25voter, so far as that can be clearly ascertained, whether marked according to the

1directions printed on it or not. No ballot shall be held invalid because the names of
2candidates on the ballot for whom the voter did not mark a choice have been stricken
3out, unless such striking out constitutes an identifying mark. A single mark on a
4ballot on which no first choice figure appears shall be considered equivalent to a first
5choice preference. If a ballot contains both figures and marks, the order of the choice
6shown by the figures shall be taken as the voter's intention in so far as the order is
7clearly indicated.
SB893,16,11 8(5) Skipped rankings, overvotes, and undervotes. (a) Ballots skipping one
9ranking shall be counted for that voter's next clearly indicated choice. Ballots with
102 or more rankings skipped consecutively shall be declared exhausted after all
11candidates ranked prior to the consecutively skipped rankings have been eliminated.
SB893,16,1412 (b) Ballots with 2 or more of the same number shall be declared exhausted when
13such duplicate rankings are reached unless only one of the candidates with the
14duplicate ranking is a continuing candidate.
SB893,16,1615 (c) Ballots that indicate no further rankings after the elector's initial
16preferences have been eliminated shall be declared exhausted.
SB893,16,1717 (d) Ballots that indicate no rankings shall be declared exhausted.
SB893,16,25 18(6) Ties. In the event of a tie that affects the outcome of the election, the tie
19shall be broken by comparing the votes of the tied candidates in the previous rounds
20of counting, starting with the count immediately preceding the round in which the
21tie occurs. If one of the tied candidates had more votes than the remaining tied
22candidates in the preceding round or an earlier round of counting, then that
23candidate shall advance and the others shall be eliminated. If the candidates were
24tied in each preceding round, or if there were no preceding rounds, then the tie shall
25be resolved by lot.
SB893,19
1Section 19. 8.05 (1) (L) of the statutes is created to read:
SB893,17,32 8.05 (1) (L) A town or village may not use ranked-choice voting under s. 5.20
3to nominate candidates for town or village offices at a caucus.
SB893,20 4Section 20 . 8.17 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB893,17,235 8.17 (1) (a) Political parties qualifying for a separate ballot under s. 5.62 (1) (b)
6or (2) shall elect their party committeemen and committeewomen committee
7members
as provided under sub. (5) (b). The function of committeemen and
8committeewomen
the committee members is to represent their neighborhoods in the
9structure of a political party. Committeemen and committeewomen Committee
10members
shall act as liaison representatives between their parties and the residents
11of the election districts in which they serve. Activities of committeemen and
12committeewomen
committee members shall include , but not be limited to,
13identifying voters; assistance assisting in voter registration drives; increasing voter
14participation in political parties; polling and other methods of passing information
15from residents to political parties and elected public officials; and dissemination of
16disseminating information from public officials to residents. For assistance in those
17and other activities of interest to a political party, each committeeman and
18committeewoman
committee member may appoint a captain to engage in these
19activities in each ward, if the election district served by the committeeman or
20committeewoman
committee member includes more than one ward. In an election
21district which that includes more than one ward, the committeeman or
22committeewoman
committee member shall coordinate the activities of the ward
23captains in promoting the interests of his or her party.
SB893,21 24Section 21 . 8.17 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB893,18,3
18.17 (4) The term of office of each committeeman or committeewoman
2committee member shall end on the date of the meeting held under sub. (5) (b)
3following each partisan primary.
SB893,22 4Section 22 . 8.17 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB893,18,215 8.17 (5) (b) A combined meeting of the county committee and members in good
6standing of the party in the county shall be held no sooner than 15 days after the
7partisan primary and no later than April 1 of the following year. At this meeting, the
8party committeemen or committeewomen committee members and the county
9committee offices of chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary, and treasurer shall be
10filled by election by the incumbent committeemen, committeewomen committee
11members
and other party members present and voting, each of whom is entitled to
12one vote. At this meeting, the county committee shall elect the members of the
13congressional district committee as provided in sub. (6) (b), (c) , and (d). The secretary
14of the county committee shall give at least 7 days' written notice of the meeting to
15party and committee members. Individuals elected as county committee officers or
16as congressional district committee members may be, but are not required to be,
17committeemen or committeewomen party committee members. They are required
18to be party members in good standing. The terms of committeemen and
19committeewomen
party committee members, county committee officers, and
20congressional district committee members begin during the meeting immediately
21upon completion and verification of the voting for each office.
SB893,23 22Section 23. 10.02 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB893,18,2323 10.02 (3) (intro.) The notice shall contain the following:
SB893,18,2424 FACSIMILE BALLOT NOTICE
SB893,18,2525 OF .... ELECTION
SB893,19,1
1Office of .... [County] [Municipal] Clerk.
SB893,19,22 To the Electors of .... [County] [Municipality]:
SB893,19,93 Notice is hereby given of a .... election to be held in the several wards in the
4[county] [municipality] of ...., on the .... day of ...., .... (year), at which the officers
5named below shall be chosen. The names of the candidates for each office to be voted
6for, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under
7the title of the office and under the appropriate party or other designation, each in
8its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, in the sample
9ballot below.
SB893,19,1010 INFORMATION TO ELECTORS
SB893,19,1411 Except as provided in sub. (4) and except where a different statement is
12prescribed by the commission for use in whole or in part by municipalities using
13electronic voting systems under s. 5.95, the voting instructions shall be given
14substantially as follows:
SB893,24 15Section 24. 10.02 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB893,19,1716 10.02 (4) The commission shall prescribe by rule the content of type B notices
17to be used at elections at which ranked-choice voting under s. 5.20 is used.
SB893,25 18Section 25 . 20.510 (1) (ed) of the statutes is created to read:
SB893,19,2319 20.510 (1) (ed) Elections administration; ranked-choice voting. A sum
20sufficient to implement and administer ranked-choice voting, as provided under ss.
215.20 and 7.62, including updating equipment and software and implementing secure
22technologies, and to provide grants to local governmental units under s. 5.05 (1) (g)
23for the same purpose.
SB893,26 24Section 26 . 120.06 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB893,20,12
1120.06 (7) (b) The Except as provided under s. 5.20, the school board shall
2require a primary election if there are more than 2 candidates for any seat on a
33-member board or more than twice as many candidates as there are members to be
4elected to an unnumbered school board of more than 3 members. In school districts
5in which a plan of apportionment of school board members under s. 120.02 (2), an
6apportionment plan that apportions the territory of the school district into election
7districts under s. 120.42 (1m), or a plan for election of school board members to
8numbered seats has been adopted, the school board shall require a primary election
9for particular apportioned areas for which there are more than twice as many
10candidates as there are members to be elected and for any numbered seat for which
11there are more than 2 candidates. When there is a primary election it shall be held
12in conjunction with the spring primary.
SB893,27 13Section 27 . Initial applicability.
SB893,20,1514 (1) Ranked-choice voting. This act first applies to the 2022 spring primary and
15spring election.
SB893,20,1616 (End)
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