Absent Elector's Ballot issued by
....
(Initials of municipal clerk or deputy clerk)
Certification of Elector Assistance
I certify that this ballot was marked or punched by me for an elector who is authorized under the law to have assistance, upon request and as directed by the elector.
....
(Signature of assisting individual)
5.55 History
History: 1985 a. 304;
1997 a. 250.
5.56
5.56
Multiple columns and rows. Whenever the number of candidates for any office requires the use of more than one row or column on a voting machine or whenever the official or agency having the responsibility to determine ballot positions determines that the number of candidates for an office requires the use of more than one column on a ballot, the official or agency having such responsibility shall require that the rows or columns be rotated in such a manner that all rows are positioned on top, or all columns are positioned to the left, in an equal number of wards or election districts. If the number of wards and election districts in which voting for an office is conducted is not equally divisible, the position of the rows or columns in the remaining wards or election districts shall be determined by the official or agency by the drawing of lots. The number of columns or rows shall be determined at the same time that the positions of the candidates' names are determined for each primary and election.
5.56 History
History: 1981 c. 377 s.
5.
5.58
5.58
Spring primary ballots. At spring primary elections the following ballots, when necessary, shall be provided for each ward. Only nonpartisan candidates nominated for office by nomination papers shall have their names placed on the official spring primary ballot under the proper office designation, but the ballots shall allow room for write-in candidates.
5.58(1)
(1) Municipal; county supervisor ballots. There shall be separate ballots for municipal and county primaries.
5.58(1)(a)
(a) For all cities the official spring primary ballot shall be arranged by the municipal clerk, using the same method as that used by the board under
s. 5.60 (1) (b).
5.58(1)(c)
(c) Towns and villages holding a primary under
s. 8.05 shall arrange the ballot in accordance with the form prescribed by the board under
s. 7.08 (1) (a), which shall be the same form as provided in
s. 5.60 (5) and
(6), insofar as possible.
5.58(1c)
(1c) Municipal judge. There shall be a separate ballot for municipal judges if they are elected under
s. 755.01 (4). Arrangement of the names on the ballot shall be determined by the board. The ballot shall be entitled "Official Primary Ballot for Municipal Judge".
5.58(1g)(a)(a) There shall be a separate ballot for school district officers when so required.
5.58(1g)(b)
(b) In 1st class cities, the names of the candidates for the seat of the member elected at-large to the board of school directors shall be placed on the official city primary ballot and there shall be a separate ballot giving the names of the candidates for any seat to be filled on the board of school directors from any election district. All names of candidates for the at-large seat shall be placed in one or more separate columns or rows on the ballot.
5.58(1g)(c)
(c) The arrangement of candidates for school board seats shall be determined by the school district clerk or the executive director of the city board of election commissioners by the drawing of lots not later than the 2nd Tuesday in January, or the next day if the first Tuesday is a holiday. The method of determining arrangement shall be the same as provided in
s. 5.60 (1) (b). Sufficient space shall be provided on the ballot for write-in candidates.
5.58(1r)
(1r) Town sanitary district commission. There shall be a separate ballot for members of the town sanitary district commission if commissioners are elected under
s. 60.74 and the boundaries of the district are not coterminous with one or more towns. Candidates for different seats shall be listed in separate columns or rows if more than one seat is contested in any election. Arrangement of the names on the ballot shall be determined by the town clerk of the town whose board of supervisors directs the election, in the same manner as provided in
s. 5.60 (1) (b). The ballot shall be titled "Official Primary Ballot for Town Sanitary District Commission".
5.58(2)
(2) State superintendent of public instruction; judiciary; county executive; and county supervisors. 5.58(2)(a)(a) There shall be one separate ballot for state superintendent, judicial officers, county executive under
s. 59.17 and county supervisor. In counties having a population of 500,000 or more, the ballot also shall include those offices under
s. 8.11 (2) and
(2m). The arrangement of names of candidates for state superintendent, justice, court of appeals judge and circuit court judge shall be determined by the board in the manner specified in
s. 5.60 (1) (b). Arrangement of the names of candidates for county executive and county supervisor shall be determined by the county clerk or by the executive director of the county board of election commissioners in the manner specified in
s. 5.60 (1) (b). The ballot shall be titled "Official Ballot for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Judicial, County Executive and County Supervisor Primary".
5.58(2)(b)
(b) The candidates for the offices shall be designated on the ballot as follows: "For State Superintendent", "For Justice of the Supreme Court", "For Court of Appeals Judge", "For Circuit Judge Br. ....", and others as the situation requires.
5.58(2m)
(2m) Metropolitan sewerage commission. There shall be a separate ballot for members of the metropolitan sewerage commission if commissioners are elected under
s. 66.23 (11) (am), with candidates for different seats listed in separate columns or rows if more than one seat is contested at any election. Arrangement of the names on the ballot shall be determined by the board. The ballot shall be titled "Official Primary Ballot for Metropolitan Sewerage Commission".
5.58(3)
(3) Names on spring ballot. Only 2 candidates for state superintendent, for any judicial office, for any elected seat on a metropolitan sewerage commission or town sanitary district commission, in counties having a population of 500,000 or more only 2 candidates for member of the board of supervisors within each district, in counties having a population of less than 500,000 only 2 candidates for each member of the county board of supervisors from each district or numbered seat or only 4 candidates for each 2 members of the county board of supervisors from each district whenever 2 supervisors are elected to unnumbered seats from the same district, in 1st class cities only 2 candidates for any at-large seat and only 2 candidates from any election district to be elected to the board of school directors, in school districts electing school board members to numbered seats, or pursuant to an apportionment plan or district representation plan, only 2 school board candidates for each numbered seat or within each district, and twice as many candidates as are to be elected members of other school boards or other elective officers receiving the highest number of votes at the primary shall be nominees for the office at the spring election. Only their names shall appear on the official spring ballot.
5.58 History
History: 1971 c. 304 ss.
6 to
8,
29 (2);
1973 c. 134,
243;
1973 c. 334 s.
57 (2);
1973 c. 340;
1975 c. 93;
1977 c. 187,
272,
445,
449;
1979 c. 32,
221,
260;
1981 c. 20,
377;
1983 a. 484;
1983 a. 532 s.
36;
1985 a. 29 s.
3202 (56);
1985 a. 89,
225;
1985 a. 304 ss.
27,
27m,
155;
1989 a. 192,
290;
1991 a. 5;
1993 a. 266;
1995 a. 16 s.
2;
1995 a. 27 s.
9145 (1);
1995 a. 201,
219;
1997 a. 35.
5.60
5.60
Spring election ballots. At spring elections the following ballots, when necessary, shall be provided for each ward.
5.60(1)
(1) State superintendent; judiciary; county executive and county supervisors. There shall be one separate ballot for state superintendent, judicial officers, county executive and county supervisor. For county supervisor, the ballot shall be prepared in accordance with
ss. 5.58 (2) and
59.10 (3). Arrangement of the names of candidates for county executive and county supervisor shall be determined by the county clerk or the executive director of the county board of election commissioners in the manner prescribed in
par. (b).
5.60(1)(a)
(a) The names of candidates for the same office shall be placed in the same column. No party designation may appear on the official ballot. Unless no candidate is certified to appear on the ballot for a state office, a space shall be provided on the ballot for electors to write in the name of a person for each office, regardless of whether there is a primary for that office.
5.60(1)(b)
(b) The board shall certify the candidates' names and designate the official ballot arrangement for candidates for state superintendent, justice, court of appeals judge, circuit judge, municipal judge elected under
s. 755.01 (4) and, if commissioners are elected under
s. 66.23 (11) (am), the metropolitan sewerage commission. The arrangement of names of all candidates on the ballot whose nomination papers are filed with the board shall be determined by the board by the drawing of lots not later than the 2nd Tuesday in January, or the next day if the first Tuesday is a holiday. Whenever a primary is held for an office, a 2nd drawing of all candidates for that office shall be held by or under the supervision of the board not later than the 3rd day following the completion of the primary canvass to determine the arrangement of candidates on the election ballot.
5.60(1)(c)
(c) When 2 or more judges of the same court are to be elected, the official ballot shall contain the names of all candidates, shall state the number of judges to be elected and the number of candidates for whom each elector may vote. Each candidacy shall show the branch being filled.
5.60(2)
(2) Municipal judge. If the election is under
s. 755.01 (4), there shall be a separate ballot listing the names of all of the candidates.
5.60(3)
(3) City. There shall be a separate ballot giving the names of all candidates for city offices, printed in the same form as prescribed by the board under
s. 7.08 (1) (a). City election ballots may vary in form to conform to the law under which an election is held.
5.60(3)(a)
(a) No party designation shall appear on the official ballot.
5.60(3)(b)
(b) The city clerk or executive director of the city election commission shall arrange the official city ballot under
s. 5.62 (4).
5.60(4)(a)(a) There shall be a separate ballot for school district officers when so required.
5.60(4)(b)
(b) In 1st class cities, the names of the candidates for the seat of the member elected at-large to the board of school directors shall be placed on the official city ballot and there shall be a separate ballot giving the names of the candidates for any seat to be filled on the board of school directors from any election district. The names of candidates for the at-large seat shall be placed in the same column or row on the ballot.
5.60(4)(c)
(c) The arrangement of candidates for school board seats shall be determined by the school district clerk or the executive director of the city board of election commissioners by the drawing of lots not later than the 2nd Tuesday in January, or the next day if the first Tuesday is a holiday, if there is no primary, or not later than the 3rd day following the completion of the primary canvass if a primary is held. The method of determining arrangement shall be the same as provided in
sub. (1) (b). Sufficient space shall be provided on the ballot for write-in candidates.
5.60(4m)
(4m) Metropolitan sewerage commission. A separate ballot shall list the names of all candidates for metropolitan sewerage commission seats, if commissioners are elected under
s. 66.23 (11) (am). The names for the different seats shall be placed in separate columns or rows if more than one seat is contested at any election.
5.60(5)
(5) Village. There shall be a separate ballot giving the names of all candidates for village offices.
5.60(5)(a)
(a) The offices to be filled shall be arranged on the official ballot in the order they are named in the statutes creating them. Where there is more than one ward, candidates shall be arranged by using the same method as that used by the board under
sub. (1) (b). Sufficient space shall be left under each office for write-in candidates.
5.60(5)(b)
(b) Only persons nominated under
s. 8.05 shall be placed on the official ballots. If no nominations are made, the spaces for this office shall be left blank.
5.60(6)(a)(a) There shall be a separate ballot giving the names of all candidates for elective town offices in the form prescribed by the board under
s. 7.08 (1) (a). There shall be 2 ballot forms. One ballot form shall be used for the election of supervisors to numbered seats and one ballot form shall be used for the election of supervisors to unnumbered seats. On the ballot used for the election of supervisors to unnumbered seats, all supervisor candidates shall be listed together and the voting instructions shall state "Vote for not more than.... [insert number of supervisors to be elected] candidates". All towns shall elect their supervisors to unnumbered seats unless the annual town meeting adopts a plan to elect supervisors to numbered seats. The names of candidates for town office shall be arranged by using the same method as that used by the board under
sub. (1) (b). A space shall be provided under each office on the ballot for a write-in candidate.
5.60(6)(b)
(b) Only the names of individuals nominated under
s. 8.05 may be placed on the official ballot. If no nominations for an office are made, the space for that office shall be left blank.
5.60(6m)
(6m) Town sanitary district commission. A separate ballot shall list the names of all candidates for town sanitary district commission seats, if commissioners are elected under
s. 60.74 and the boundaries of the district are not coterminous with the boundaries of one or more towns. The names for different seats shall be placed in separate columns or rows if more than one seat is contested at any election.
5.60(7)
(7) Referendum ballots. There shall be a separate ballot setting forth all propositions requiring a vote in the form and manner provided by
s. 5.64.
5.60(8)
(8) Ballots for presidential vote. There shall be a separate ballot for each recognized political party filing a certification under
s. 8.12 (1), listing the names of all potential candidates of that party determined under
s. 8.12 and affording, in addition, an opportunity to the voter to nominate another potential candidate by write-in vote or to vote for an uninstructed delegation to the party convention. The order of such presidential candidates shall be determined by lot by or under the supervision of the board. Each voter shall be given the ballots of all the parties participating in the presidential preference vote, but may vote on one ballot only.
5.60(8)(a)
(a) An official ballot shall be printed and provided for use in each voting district. The form of each ballot shall be substantially as follows:
5.60(8)(a)1.
1. Form 1, to be used when there are several candidates:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE VOTE
.... Party
Mark this ballot in one space only. You have one of 3 choices—you may either:
Express your preference for one of the persons whose names are printed on this ballot (in that case, make a cross (8) in the square after that person's name); or
Vote for an uninstructed delegation from Wisconsin to the national convention of the .... party (in that case, make a cross (8) in the square following "Uninstructed delegation"); or
Write in the name of another person to become the presidential candidate of the .... party (in that case, write that person's name into the space following "Write-in candidate").
OLE CARLSON( )
AMOS DUNCAN( )
JAMES UNDERWOOD( )
Uninstructed delegation( )
Write-in candidate
5.60(8)(a)2.
2. Form 2, to be used when there is only one candidate:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE VOTE
.... Party
Mark this ballot in one space only. You have one of 3 choices—you may either:
Express your preference for the person whose name is printed on this ballot (in that case, make a cross (8) in the square after that person's name); or
Vote for an uninstructed delegation from Wisconsin to the national convention of the .... party (in that case, make a cross (8) in the square marked "Uninstructed delegation" following that person's name); or
Write in the name of another person to become the presidential candidate of the .... party (in that case, write that person's name into the space following "Write-in candidate").
JOHN DOE( )
Uninstructed delegation( )
Write-in candidate
5.60(8)(a)3.
3. Form 3, to be used when there are no candidates who have qualified to appear on the ballot:
OFFICIAL BALLOT
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE VOTE
.... Party
Mark this ballot in one space only. There are no candidates of the .... party who have qualified to have their names appear on the printed ballot. You have 2 choices—you may either:
Express your preference for an uninstructed delegation from Wisconsin to the national convention of the .... party (in that case, make a cross (8) in the square following "Uninstructed delegation"); or
Write in the name of a person to become the presidential candidate of the .... party (in that case, write that person's name into the space following "Write-in candidate").
Uninstructed delegation( )
Write-in candidate
5.60(8)(c)
(c) The official ballots for the presidential preference vote shall be securely fastened together at the bottom. The party receiving the greatest number of votes for governor at the preceding election shall have its ticket placed on top and the remaining party ballots shall follow in the same manner. A facsimile ballot notice shall be published as provided in
s. 10.02.
5.60 Annotation
National democratic party has protected right of political association and may not be compelled to seat delegates chosen in open primary in violation of party's rules. Democratic Party of U.S. v. Wisconsin, 450 US 107 (1981).
