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AB981,113,154 9.01 (8) (d) The court shall set aside or modify the determination of the board
5of canvassers or the commission chairperson secretary of state or the chairperson's
6secretary's designee if it finds that the board of canvassers or the chairperson
7secretary or chairperson's secretary's designee has erroneously interpreted a
8provision of law and a correct interpretation compels a particular action. If the
9determination depends on any fact found by the board of canvassers or the
10commission chairperson secretary of state or the chairperson's secretary's designee,
11the court may not substitute its judgment for that of the board of canvassers or the
12chairperson secretary or designee as to the weight of the evidence on any disputed
13finding of fact. The court shall set aside the determination if it finds that the
14determination depends on any finding of fact that is not supported by substantial
15evidence.
AB981,256 16Section 256. 9.01 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,113,2317 9.01 (10) Standard forms and methods. The commission secretary of state
18shall prescribe standard forms and procedures for the making of recounts under this
19section. The procedures prescribed by the commission secretary shall require the
20boards of canvassers in recounts involving more than one board of canvassers to
21consult with the commission staff office of the secretary of state prior to beginning
22any recount in order to ensure that uniform procedures are used, to the extent
23practicable, in such recounts.
AB981,257 24Section 257. 10.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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110.01 (1) The form of the various election notices shall be prescribed by the
2commission secretary of state to standardize election notices. To accomplish this
3purpose, the commission secretary shall make rules and draft whatever forms it the
4secretary
considers necessary. Notification or certification lists of candidates or
5referenda questions sent to the county clerks shall prescribe the form in which the
6county clerks shall publish the relevant portions of the notice and any additional
7county offices and referenda questions. The commission secretary of state shall also
8prescribe the provisions for municipal notices which shall be sent to each county
9clerk who shall immediately forward them to each municipal clerk.
AB981,258 10Section 258. 10.01 (2) (intro) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,114,1411 10.01 (2) (intro.) For election purposes there shall be 5 basic types of notices,
12modified as necessary to apply to the various elections, which shall be published in
13substantially the same form as prescribed by the commission secretary of state. The
145 types of notices are:
AB981,259 15Section 259. 10.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,114,1916 10.02 (1) Before any election an appropriate type B notice shall be published
17in substantially the form prescribed by the commission secretary of state at the times
18prescribed in s. 10.06. The type B notice shall include the following relevant sections
19and be within the guidelines established in this section.
AB981,260 20Section 260. 10.02 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,115,621 10.02 (2) (c) The facsimile ballots shall follow the voting instructions. The size
22and style of type and the general display of the facsimile ballots shall be prescribed
23by the commission secretary of state and shall conform to the form prescribed by the
24commission secretary under s. 7.08 (1) (a). The party columns shall not exceed 2-1/6
25inches in width and the ballot size may be reduced. Voting machine facsimile ballots

1shall show a reduced diagram of the front of the voting machine and instructions to
2electors on how to vote on the machine. If the ballots in the wards or election districts
3within a county or municipality are identical but for the names of different
4candidates, districts or seats, the facsimile ballot may show the ballot for one ward
5or election district, accompanied by a list of candidates, districts and seats to be voted
6upon in the other wards or election districts.
AB981,261 7Section 261. 10.02 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,115,88 10.02 (3) (intro.) The notice shall contain the following:
AB981,115,99 FACSIMILE BALLOT NOTICE
AB981,115,1010 OF .... ELECTION
AB981,115,1111 Office of .... [County] [Municipal] Clerk.
AB981,115,1212 To the Electors of .... [County] [Municipality]:
AB981,115,1913 Notice is hereby given of a .... election to be held in the several wards in the
14[county] [municipality] of ...., on the .... day of ...., .... (year), at which the officers
15named below shall be chosen. The names of the candidates for each office to be voted
16for, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under
17the title of the office and under the appropriate party or other designation, each in
18its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, in the sample
19ballot below.
AB981,115,2020 INFORMATION TO ELECTORS
AB981,115,2321 Except where a different statement is prescribed by the commission secretary
22of state
for use in whole or in part by municipalities using electronic voting systems
23under s. 5.95, the voting instructions shall be given substantially as follows:
AB981,262 24Section 262. 10.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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110.06 (1) Elections commission Secretary of state . (a) On or before November
215 preceding a spring election the commission secretary of state shall send a type A
3notice to each county clerk.
AB981,116,74 (c) As soon as possible after the deadline for filing nomination papers for the
5spring election, but no later than the 2nd Tuesday in January, the commission
6secretary of state shall send a type B notice certifying the list of candidates to each
7county clerk if a primary is required.
AB981,116,148 (e) As soon as possible following the state canvass of the spring primary vote,
9but no later than the first Tuesday in March, the commission secretary of state shall
10send a type B notice certifying to each county clerk the list of candidates for the
11spring election. When no state spring primary is held, this notice shall be sent under
12par. (c). When there is a referendum, the commission secretary shall send type A and
13C notices certifying each question to the county clerks as soon as possible, but no later
14than the first Tuesday in March.
AB981,116,1715 (f) On or before the 3rd Tuesday in March preceding a partisan primary and
16general election the commission secretary of state shall send a type A notice to each
17county clerk.
AB981,116,2118 (h) As soon as possible after the deadline for determining ballot arrangement
19for the partisan primary on June 10, the commission secretary of state shall send a
20type B notice to each county clerk certifying the list of candidates for the partisan
21primary.
AB981,116,2522 (i) As soon as possible after the state canvass, but no later than the 4th Tuesday
23in August, the commission secretary of state shall send a type B notice certifying the
24list of candidates and type A and C notices certifying each question for any
25referendum to each county clerk for the general election.
AB981,263
1Section 263. 10.06 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,117,52 10.06 (2) (a) On the 4th Tuesday in November preceding a spring election each
3county clerk shall publish a type A notice based on the notice received from the
4commission secretary of state for all state offices to be filled at the election by any
5electors voting in the county and a similar notice incorporating any county offices.
AB981,264 6Section 264. 10.06 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,117,127 10.06 (2) (b) Upon receipt of the type B notice from the commission secretary
8of state
preceding the spring election each county clerk shall add any county offices,
9prepare the ballots, and send notice to each municipal clerk of the spring primary.
10When there is no state spring primary within the county, but there is to be a county
11spring primary, the county clerk shall prepare the ballots and send notice to each
12municipal clerk.
AB981,265 13Section 265. 10.06 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,117,1614 10.06 (2) (e) Upon receipt of the type B notice from the commission secretary
15of state
each county clerk shall add any county offices and referenda, prepare the
16ballots and send notice to each municipal clerk of the coming spring election.
AB981,266 17Section 266. 10.06 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,117,2218 10.06 (2) (h) On the 2nd Tuesday in April preceding a partisan primary and
19general election, the county clerk shall publish a type A notice based on the notice
20received from the commission secretary of state for all national and state offices to
21be filled at the election by any electors voting in the county and incorporating county
22offices.
AB981,267 23Section 267. 10.06 (2) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,118,224 10.06 (2) (k) Upon receipt of the type B notice from the commission secretary
25of state
preceding the general election, the county clerk shall add county offices and

1referenda, if any, and send notice to each municipal clerk of the coming general
2election and prepare the ballots.
AB981,268 3Section 268. 12.01 (intro.) and (1) of the statutes are consolidated,
4renumbered 12.01 and amended to read:
AB981,118,7 512.01 Definitions. The definitions given under s. 11.0101 apply to this
6chapter, except as follows: (1) “ Candidate" that “candidate” includes a candidate for
7national office.
AB981,269 8Section 269. 12.01 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB981,270 9Section 270. 12.13 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,118,1810 12.13 (5) (a) Except as specifically authorized by law and except as provided
11in par. (b), no investigator, prosecutor, employee of an investigator or prosecutor, or
12member or employee of the commission secretary of state may disclose information
13related to an investigation or prosecution under chs. 5 to 10 or 12, or any other law
14specified in s. 978.05 (1) or (2) or provide access to any record of the investigator,
15prosecutor, or the commission secretary of state that is not subject to access under
16s. 5.05 (5s) to any person other than an employee or agent of the prosecutor or
17investigator or a member, an employee, or agent of the commission secretary of state
18prior to presenting the information or record in a court of law.
AB981,271 19Section 271. 12.13 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,118,2220 12.13 (5) (b) (intro.) This subsection does not apply to any of the following
21communications made by an investigator, prosecutor, employee of an investigator or
22prosecutor, or member or employee of the commission secretary of state:
AB981,272 23Section 272. 12.13 (5) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,119,224 12.13 (5) (b) 3. Communications made to the attorney of an investigator,
25prosecutor, or employee, or member of the commission secretary of state or to a

1person or the attorney of a person who is investigated or prosecuted by the
2commission secretary of state.
AB981,273 3Section 273. 13.123 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,119,74 13.123 (3) (b) 2. In making the determination under subd. 1., the chief clerk is
5bound by the determination of the chairperson of the elections commission secretary
6of state
or the chairperson's secretary's designee if such determination has been
7issued.
AB981,274 8Section 274. 13.23 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,119,18 913.23 Election contests; notice. Any person wishing to contest the election
10of any senator or member of the assembly shall, within 30 days after the decision of
11the board of canvassers, serve a notice in writing on the person whose election the
12contestant intends to contest, stating briefly that the election will be contested and
13the cause of such contest, and shall file a copy thereof in the office of the elections
14commission
secretary of state at least 10 days before the day fixed by law for the
15meeting of the legislature. The elections commission secretary of state shall then
16send a copy of s. 13.24 to both contestants. If any contestant fails to so file a copy of
17such notice, the contestant shall not be entitled to any mileage or salary in case
18payment has been made therefor to the sitting member.
AB981,275 19Section 275. 14.38 (10m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,119,2520 14.38 (10m) Notification of constitutional amendment. If an amendment to
21the Wisconsin Constitution is approved that requires the legislature to provide for
22temporary succession to the powers and duties of public offices for the period of an
23emergency resulting from a cause other than an enemy action, within 30 days after
24the elections commission secretary of state records the approval under s. 7.70 (3) (h),
25notify the legislature that the amendment has been approved.
AB981,276
1Section 276. 15.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,120,122 15.01 (2) “Commission" means a 3-member governing body in charge of a
3department or independent agency or of a division or other subunit within a
4department, except for the employment relations commission which shall consist of
5one chairperson, the Wisconsin waterways commission which shall consist of 5
6members, the elections commission which shall consist of at least 6 members, the
7ethics commission which shall consist of at least 6 members, and the parole
8commission which shall consist of 4 members. A Wisconsin group created for
9participation in a continuing interstate body, or the interstate body itself, shall be
10known as a “commission", but is not a commission for purposes of s. 15.06. The parole
11commission created under s. 15.145 (1) shall be known as a “commission", but is not
12a commission for purposes of s. 15.06.
AB981,277 13Section 277. 15.06 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB981,278 14Section 278. 15.06 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB981,279 15Section 279. 15.06 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 15.06 (2) (b).
AB981,280 16Section 280. 15.06 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
AB981,281 17Section 281. 15.06 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,120,2318 15.06 (5) Frequency of meetings; place. Every commission shall meet on the
19call of the chairperson or a majority of its members. Every commission shall
20maintain its offices in Madison, but may meet or hold hearings at such other
21locations as will best serve the citizens of this state. The elections commission and
22the
ethics commission shall meet in person at least 4 times each year and shall
23conduct meetings in accordance with accepted parliamentary procedure.
AB981,282 24Section 282. 15.06 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.06 (6) Quorum. A majority of the membership of a commission constitutes
2a quorum to do business, except that vacancies shall not prevent a commission from
3doing business. This subsection does not apply to the parole commission , elections
4commission,
or ethics commission.
AB981,283 5Section 283. 15.06 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,121,96 15.06 (10) Compensation. A member of the elections commission and a member
7of the ethics commission shall receive a per diem of $115 for each day on which the
8member attends or participates by audio or video conference call in a meeting of the
9member's commission.
AB981,284 10Section 284. 15.61 of the statutes is repealed.
AB981,285 11Section 285. 16.79 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,121,1912 16.79 (2) The department shall distribute in pamphlet form copies of the
13constitution and such laws as may be required to meet the public demand, including
14the election laws. The department shall distribute election manuals, forms, and
15supplies specified by the elections commission secretary of state. The laws, manuals,
16forms, and supplies shall be sold by the department at cost, including distribution
17cost as determined under s. 35.80. The elections commission secretary of state shall
18inform the department in writing as to which election manuals, forms, and supplies
19shall be offered for distribution under this subsection.
AB981,286 20Section 286. 16.96 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,121,2421 16.96 (3) (b) Maintain and keep current throughout the decade the maps of
22congressional and legislative district boundaries received from the legislative
23reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (a) 6. and provide copies thereof to the elections
24commission
secretary of state.
AB981,287 25Section 287. 17.17 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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117.17 (1) Senators and members of congress. In the office of United States
2senator or member of congress from this state, by the county clerk of the county
3wherein such officer resided at the time of election, to the elections commission
4secretary of state.
AB981,288 5Section 288. 17.17 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,122,86 17.17 (4) Justices and judges. In the office of justice of the supreme court, court
7of appeals judge, or judge of a circuit court, by the director of state courts to the
8governor and the elections commission secretary of state.
AB981,289 9Section 289. 19.42 (10) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB981,290 10Section 290. 19.42 (13) (p) of the statutes is repealed.
AB981,291 11Section 291. 19.43 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,123,512 19.43 (4) A candidate for state public office shall file with the commission a
13statement of economic interests meeting each of the requirements of s. 19.44 (1) no
14later than 4:30 p.m. on the 3rd day following the last day for filing nomination papers
15for the office which the candidate seeks, or no later than 4:30 p.m. on the next
16business day after the last day whenever that candidate is granted an extension of
17time for filing nomination papers or a declaration of candidacy under s. 8.05 (1) (j),
188.10 (2) (a), 8.15 (1), or 8.20 (8) (a); no later than 4:30 p.m. on the 5th day after
19notification of nomination is mailed or personally delivered to the candidate by the
20municipal clerk in the case of a candidate who is nominated at a caucus; or no later
21than 4:30 p.m. on the 3rd day after notification of nomination is mailed or personally
22delivered to the candidate by the appropriate official or agency in the case of a
23write-in candidate or candidate who is appointed to fill a vacancy in nomination
24under s. 8.35 (2) (a). The information contained on the statement shall be current
25as of December 31 of the year preceding the filing deadline. Before certifying the

1name of any candidate for state public office under s. 7.08 (2) (a), the elections
2commission
secretary of state, municipal clerk, or board of election commissioners
3shall ascertain whether that candidate has complied with this subsection. If not, the
4elections commission secretary of state, municipal clerk, or board of election
5commissioners may not certify the candidate's name for ballot placement.
AB981,292 6Section 292. 19.85 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,123,97 19.85 (1) (h) Consideration of requests for confidential written advice from the
8elections commission secretary of state under s. 5.05 (6a) or the ethics commission
9under s. 19.46 (2), or from any county or municipal ethics board under s. 19.59 (5).
AB981,293 10Section 293. 19.851 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,123,11 1119.851 (title) Closed sessions by ethics or elections commission.
AB981,294 12Section 294. 19.851 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,123,2113 19.851 (1) Prior to convening under this section or under s. 19.85 (1), the ethics
14commission and the elections commission shall vote to convene in closed session in
15the manner provided in s. 19.85 (1). The ethics commission shall identify the specific
16reason or reasons under sub. (2) and s. 19.85 (1) (a) to (h) for convening in closed
17session. The elections commission shall identify the specific reason or reasons under
18s. 19.85 (1) (a) to (h) for convening in closed session.
No business may be conducted
19by the ethics commission or the elections commission at any closed session under this
20section except that which relates to the purposes of the session as authorized in this
21section or as authorized in s. 19.85 (1).
AB981,295 22Section 295. 20.505 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB981,124,323 20.505 (1) (d) Special counsel. A sum sufficient, subject to s. 5.05 (2q), for
24supplementing the appropriation under s. 20.510 (1) 20.575 (2) (be) for ongoing
25investigations; subject to s. 19.49 (2q), for supplementing the appropriation under

1s. 20.521 (1) (be) for ongoing investigations; and, subject to the procedures
2established in s. 14.11 (2) (c), for the compensation of special counsel appointed as
3provided in ss. 14.11 (2) and 321.42.
AB981,296 4Section 296. 20.510 (intro.) and (1) (title) of the statutes are repealed.
AB981,297 5Section 297. 20.510 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 20.575 (2) (a) and
6amended to read:
AB981,124,117 20.575 (2) (a) General program operations; general purpose revenue.
8Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for general program operations of the
9commission secretary of state with regard to election administration, including the
10printing of forms, materials, manuals, and election laws under s. 7.08 (1) (b), (3), and
11(4), and the training of election officials under s. 5.05 (7).
AB981,298 12Section 298. 20.510 (1) (be) of the statutes is renumbered 20.575 (2) (be) and
13amended to read:
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