5.02 NoteNOTE: In Luft v. Evers, 963 F.3d 665 (2020), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit affirmed the judgment in One Wisconsin Institute, Inc. v. Thomsen, 198 F. Supp. 3d 896 (2016), that “the student-ID provision is invalid” on the alternative ground that the restriction that a student ID card “is not sufficient for voting unless the student also shows proof of current enrollment” is unconstitutional.

5.02(6m)(g)(g) An unexpired veterans identification card issued by the veterans health administration of the federal department of veterans affairs.

5.02(7)(7) “Judge” means a court of appeals judge or a judge of a circuit court.

5.02(8)(8) “Justice” means a justice of the supreme court.

5.02(8m)(8m) “Labor organization” means any employee organization in which employees participate and which exists primarily for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining with any employer concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, hours or conditions of employment, or the promotion and advancement of the professional or occupational standards and the welfare of its members and families and any organization established for the same purposes composed of individuals or affiliates of any such employee organization.

5.02(9)(9) “Local office” means any elective office other than a state or national office.

5.02(10)(10) “Municipal clerk” means the city clerk, town clerk, village clerk and the executive director of the city election commission and their authorized representatives. Where applicable, “municipal clerk” also includes the clerk of a school district.

5.02(11)(11) “Municipality” means city, town or village.

5.02(12)(12) “National office” means the offices of president and vice president of the United States, U.S. senator and representative in congress.

5.02(12m)(12m) “Nickname” means a familiar or shortened form of a proper name by which an individual is commonly known.

5.02(12n)(12n) “Overseas elector” means a U.S. citizen who is residing outside of the United States, who is not disqualified from voting under s. 6.03, who has attained or will attain the age of 18 by the date of an election at which the citizen proposes to vote, who was last domiciled in this state or whose parent was last domiciled in this state immediately prior to the parent’s departure from the United States, and who is not registered to vote or voting in any other state, territory, or possession.

5.02(12s)(12s) “Partisan primary” means the primary held the 2nd Tuesday in August to nominate candidates to be voted for at the general election.

5.02(13)(13) “Political party” has the meaning given in s. 11.0101 (26).

5.02(14)(14) “Poll list” means the list which is compiled by election officials on election day showing the names and addresses of electors who actually cast votes in an election.

5.02(15)(15) “Polling place” means the actual location wherein the elector’s vote is cast.

5.02(16)(16) “Primary” means a primary election.

5.02(16c)(16c) “Proof of identification” means identification that contains the name of the individual to whom the document was issued, which name conforms to the individual’s voter registration form, if the individual is required to register to vote, and that contains a photograph of the individual, except as authorized in s. 343.14 (3m) or 343.50 (4g).

5.02(16g)(16g) “Qualified circulator” means a qualified elector of this state or any U.S. citizen age 18 or older who, if he or she were a resident of this state, would not be disqualified from voting under s. 6.03.

5.02(16m)(16m) “Recognized political party” means a political party which qualifies for a separate ballot or column under s. 5.62 (1) (b) or (2).

5.02(16s)(16s) “Referendum” means an election at which an advisory, validating or ratifying question is submitted to the electorate.

5.02(17)(17) “Registration list” means the list of electors who are properly registered to vote.

5.02(19)(19) “Special election” means any election, other than those described in subs. (5), (12s), (21), and (22), to fill vacancies or to conduct a referendum.

5.02(20)(20) “Special primary” means the primary held 4 weeks before the special election except when the special election is held on the same day as the general election the special primary shall be held on the same day as the general primary or if the special election is held concurrently with the spring election, the primary shall be held concurrently with the spring primary.

5.02(20g)(20g) “Special purpose district” means any local governmental unit other than a county or municipality.

5.02(20r)(20r) “Special referendum” means any referendum held at a special election which is not held concurrently with the elections described in sub. (5), (12s), (21), or (22).

5.02(21)(21) “Spring election” means the election held on the first Tuesday in April to elect judicial, educational and municipal officers, nonpartisan county officers and sewerage commissioners and to express preferences for the person to be the presidential candidate for each party in a year in which electors for president and vice president are to be elected.

5.02(22)(22) “Spring primary” means the nonpartisan primary held on the 3rd Tuesday in February to nominate nonpartisan candidates to be voted for at the spring election.

5.02(23)(23) “State office” means the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent, justice of the supreme court, court of appeals judge, circuit court judge, state senator, state representative to the assembly and district attorney.