2023 Wisconsin Act 125

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”

  Date of enactment: March 21, 2024
2023 Assembly Bill 330   Date of publication*: March 22, 2024

2023 WISCONSIN ACT 125

An Act to create 8.10 (7), 8.15 (9) and 8.20 (10) of the statutes; relating to: the number of signatures on nomination papers.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

125,1 Section 1. 8.10 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

8.10 (7) If a candidate submits nomination papers with more than the maximum number of required signatures prescribed under sub. (3), but the filing official determines that the maximum number of required signatures does not result in a sufficient number of valid signatures, the filing official shall review the additional signatures to the extent necessary to determine whether the candidate has collected a sufficient number of valid signatures.

125,2 Section 2. 8.15 (9) of the statutes is created to read:

8.15 (9) If a candidate submits nomination papers with more than the maximum number of required signatures prescribed under sub. (6), but the filing official determines that the maximum number of required signatures does not result in a sufficient number of valid signatures, the filing official shall review the additional signatures to the extent necessary to determine whether the candidate has collected a sufficient number of valid signatures.

125,3 Section 3. 8.20 (10) of the statutes is created to read:

8.20 (10) If a candidate submits nomination papers with more than the maximum number of required signatures prescribed under sub. (4), but the filing official determines that the maximum number of required signatures does not result in a sufficient number of valid signatures, the filing official shall review the additional signatures to the extent necessary to determine whether the candidate has collected a sufficient number of valid signatures.