CHAPTER 5
ELECTIONS — GENERAL PROVISIONS; BALLOTS AND VOTING SYSTEMS
SUBCHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
5.025 Elections commission; definition.
5.05 Elections commission; powers and duties.
5.055 Election assistance commission standards board.
5.056 Matching program with secretary of transportation.
5.06 Compliance review; appeal.
5.061 Compliance with federal Help America Vote Act.
5.07 Action to compel compliance.
5.08 Petition for enforcement.
5.081 Petition for enforcement of voting rights.
5.10 Presidential electors.
5.15 Division of municipalities into wards.
5.18 Enforcement of division requirement.
5.35 Polling place requirements.
5.36 Notice of voting by individuals with disabilities.
5.37 Voting machine requirements.
5.40 Use of voting machines or systems.
SUBCHAPTER II
BALLOT FORM
5.52 Multi-candidate elections.
5.53 Voting machine ballots.
5.56 Multiple columns and rows.
5.58 Spring primary ballots.
5.60 Spring election ballots.
5.62 Partisan primary ballots.
5.64 General election ballots.
5.65 Special referendum ballots.
5.655 Consolidated ballots.
5.72 Correcting ballot errors.
SUBCHAPTER III
ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS
5.76 Adoption, experimentation or discontinuance of systems.
5.77 Applicable procedures.
5.79 Instruction of electors.
5.80 Demonstrator electronic voting system.
5.81 Ballot information; arrangement; absentee ballots.
5.83 Preparation for use of voting devices; comparison of ballots.
5.84 Testing of equipment; requirements for programs and ballots.
5.85 Receiving, counting, tallying and return of ballots.
5.86 Proceedings at central counting locations.
5.905 Software components.
5.91 Requisites for approval of ballots, devices and equipment.
5.92 Bond may be required.
5.94 Sample ballots; publication.
5.95 Elector information.
Ch. 5 Note
NOTE: 2005 Wis. Act 451, which made major revisions to the election laws, including to this chapter, contains an extensive prefatory note explaining the changes.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
5.01(1)(1)
Construction of chs. 5 to 12. Except as otherwise provided, chs.
5 to
12 shall be construed to give effect to the will of the electors, if that can be ascertained from the proceedings, notwithstanding informality or failure to fully comply with some of their provisions.
5.01(2)
(2)
General provisions of election laws apply. The general provisions of chs.
5 to
12 apply to all elections.
5.01(3)(a)(a) Except as provided in par.
(b), in every election to choose any officer, each elector has one vote for each office unless clearly indicated otherwise. The person receiving the greatest number of legal votes for the office shall be declared elected, and the canvassers shall so determine and certify.
5.01(3)(b)
(b) In an election to fill a nonpartisan state office, if no names are certified to appear on the ballot, no person may be declared elected.
