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AB244,9,324 6.80 (2) (g) In elections for offices at which instant runoff voting under s. 5.20
25is used, an elector may indicate his or her preferences for each office, for up to 5

1candidates, including a write-in candidate. An elector who indicates preferences for
2candidates for an office must indicate a different preference for each candidate for
3that office.
AB244,16 4Section 16 . 7.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB244,9,145 7.10 (2) Preparing ballots. The county clerk shall prepare copy for the official
6ballots immediately upon receipt of the certified list of candidates' names from the
7commission. Names certified by the commission shall be arranged in the order
8certified. The county clerk shall place the names of all candidates filed in the clerk's
9office or certified to the clerk by the commission on the proper ballot or ballots under
10the appropriate office and party titles. The county clerk shall prepare a special ballot
11under s. 5.60 (8) showing only the candidates in the presidential preference primary.
12The county clerk shall prepare a special ballot under s. 5.62 (3m) showing only the
13candidates for the offices of U.S. senator and U.S. representative in Congress in the
14partisan primary.
AB244,17 15Section 17 . 7.50 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB244,9,2216 7.50 (1) (b) When an elector casts more votes for any office or measure than he
17or she is entitled to cast at an election, all the elector's votes for that office or measure
18are invalid and the elector is deemed to have voted for none of them, except as
19provided in par. (c) and, sub. (2) (d), and s. 7.62. If an elector casts less votes for any
20office or measure than he or she is entitled to cast at an election, all votes cast by the
21elector shall be counted but no vote shall be counted more than once , except as
22provided in s. 7.62
.
AB244,18 23Section 18 . 7.50 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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17.50 (1) (c) If an elector casts more than one vote for the same candidate for the
2same office, the first vote is valid and the remaining votes are invalid , except as
3provided in s. 7.62
.
AB244,19 4Section 19. 7.50 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB244,10,155 7.50 (1) (d) Whenever an electronic voting system is used at a polling place in
6a partisan primary, and the same ballot is utilized to cast votes for candidates of more
7than one recognized political party or candidates of a party and independent
8candidates, except with respect to the offices of U.S. senator and U.S. representative
9in Congress,
if an elector designates a preference for a party or for independent
10candidates, only votes cast within that preference category may be counted. If an
11elector does not designate a preference and makes a mark opposite candidates of
12more than one recognized political party or opposite a candidate in the independent
13candidates' column and a candidate of a recognized political party, no votes cast by
14the elector for any candidate for partisan office are valid. Votes for other candidates
15and votes on ballot questions, if any, shall be counted if otherwise valid.
AB244,20 16Section 20 . 7.60 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB244,11,1217 7.60 (4) (a) The board of canvassers shall make separate duplicate statements
18showing the numbers of votes cast for the offices of president and vice president; state
19officials; U.S. senators and representatives in congress Congress; state legislators;
20justice; court of appeals judge; circuit judges; district attorneys; and metropolitan
21sewerage commissioners, if the commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am).
22If a municipal judge elected under s. 755.01 (4) serves a municipality that is located
23partially within the county and candidates for that judgeship file nomination papers
24in another county, the board of canvassers shall prepare a duplicate statement
25showing the numbers of votes cast for that judgeship in that county for transmittal

1to the other county. For partisan candidates, the statements shall include the
2political party or principle designation, if any, next to the name of each candidate.
3The board of canvassers shall also prepare a statement showing the results of any
4county, technical college district, or statewide referendum. Each statement shall
5state the total number of votes cast in the county for each office; the names of all
6persons for whom the votes were cast, as returned; the number of votes cast for each
7person; the number of round-by-round votes cast for each person receiving votes at
8a general election;
and the number of votes cast for and against any question
9submitted at a referendum. The board of canvassers shall use one copy of each
10duplicate statement to report to the elections commission, technical college district
11board, or board of canvassers of any other county and shall file the other statement
12in the office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners.
AB244,21 13Section 21 . 7.60 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 7.60 (4) (c) (intro.) and
14amended to read:
AB244,11,2115 7.60 (4) (c) (intro.) In preparing the statements and determinations, the board
16of canvassers shall carefully review the tally sheets and inspectors' statement. The
17board of canvassers may omit the names of individuals whose names do not appear
18on the ballot and who receive a comparatively small number of votes. The board of
19canvassers shall designate votes received by such individuals as scattering votes.
20The board of canvassers shall append the following to each statement and
21determination a :
AB244,11,24 221. A tabulation of the votes cast at each election district, ward, or combination
23of wards authorized under s. 5.15 (6) (b) in the county for each office and each
24individual, whether the votes are canvassed or not, as well as the.
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12. The total canvassed votes cast for each individual and each office, except
2where scattering votes are designated. If any votes are rejected, the board of
3canvassers shall specify the reasons therefor.
AB244,22 4Section 22 . 7.60 (4) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB244,12,75 7.60 (4) (c) 3. After elections at which instant runoff voting under s. 5.20 is used,
6the number of first-choice preferences and lesser-choice preferences cast for each
7individual for each office, indicating the numbers for each choice.
AB244,23 8Section 23 . 7.60 (4) (c) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
AB244,12,109 7.60 (4) (c) 4. For each rejected vote, the board of canvassers' explanation for
10rejecting the vote.
AB244,24 11Section 24 . 7.62 of the statutes is created to read:
AB244,12,13 127.62 Canvass procedure for instant runoff voting. (1) Definitions. In
13this section:
AB244,12,1514 (a) “Active candidate” means any candidate that has not been defeated or
15elected.
AB244,12,1716 (b) “Exhausted ballot” means a ballot that does not contain a highest-ranked
17active candidate and is not an abstention or an overvote.
AB244,12,1918 (c) “Highest-ranked active candidate” means the active candidate assigned to
19a higher ranking than any other active candidates.
AB244,12,2120 (d) “Overvote” means an instance in which an elector has ranked more than one
21candidate at the same ranking.
AB244,12,2422 (e) “Ranking order” means the number available to be assigned by an elector
23to a candidate to express the elector's preference for that candidate. The number “1”
24is the highest ranking order, followed by “2,” and then “3,” and so on.
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1(f) “Round” means an instance of the sequence of voting tabulation beginning
2with sub. (3) (a).
AB244,13,6 3(2) Tally sheets. The commission shall prescribe a tally sheet form for
4canvassing of the elections in which instant runoff voting under s. 5.20 is used. The
5inspectors shall use the form in preparing the returns and shall retain the form as
6a part of the official returns.
AB244,13,9 7(3) Tabulation. In any election for exactly one office conducted by instant
8runoff voting under s. 5.20, tabulation proceeds in rounds. Each round proceeds
9sequentially as follows:
AB244,13,1310 (a) Each ballot shall count as one vote for the highest-ranked active candidate
11on that ballot. If 2 or fewer active candidates remain, the candidate with the fewest
12votes is defeated, the candidate with the greatest number of votes is elected, and
13tabulation is complete.
AB244,13,1614 (b) If more than 2 active candidates remain, and no active candidate has over
1550 percent of the votes cast, the active candidate with the fewest votes is defeated,
16and a new round begins under par. (a).
AB244,13,20 17(4) Inactive ballots. In any round of tabulation in an election conducted by
18instant runoff voting under s. 5.20, a ballot that does not contain a highest-ranked
19active candidate shall not count for any candidate. Instead, the ballot shall be
20counted as an overvote or exhausted ballot.
AB244,14,4 21(5) Batch elimination. In any election conducted by instant runoff voting
22under s. 5.20, the chief election officer may modify the tabulation to include batch
23elimination. If the tabulation includes batch elimination, then any time the active
24candidate with the fewest votes would be defeated under sub. (3) (b), each active
25candidate in the elimination batch shall be simultaneously defeated instead. An

1active candidate is in the elimination batch if the number of elected and active
2candidates with more votes than that candidate is greater than the number of offices
3to be elected and it is mathematically impossible for that candidate to be elected for
4any of the following reasons:
AB244,14,55 (a) The candidate has fewer votes than any other active candidate.
AB244,14,86 (b) The candidate's current vote total, plus all votes that could possibly be
7transferred to the candidate in future rounds, would not be enough to equal or
8surpass the active candidate with the next highest current vote total.
AB244,14,109 (c) The candidate has a lower current vote total than an active candidate
10described under par. (b).
AB244,14,14 11(6) Ties. If 2 or more candidates are tied with the fewest votes and tabulation
12cannot continue until the candidate with the fewest votes is defeated, then the
13candidate to be defeated shall be determined by lot. Election officials may resolve
14prospective ties between candidates prior to tabulation after all votes are cast.
AB244,14,16 15(7) Administration. The commission shall promulgate rules for the
16administration of this section.
AB244,25 17Section 25. 8.16 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 8.16 (1) (a) and amended to
18read:
AB244,14,2319 8.16 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and sub. (2), the person who receives
20the greatest number of votes for an office on a party ballot at any partisan primary,
21regardless of whether the person's name appears on the ballot, shall be the party's
22candidate for the office, and the person's name shall so appear on the official ballot
23at the next election.
AB244,26 24Section 26. 8.16 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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18.16 (1) (b) The 5 persons who receive the greatest number of votes for the
2offices of U.S. senator and U.S. representative in Congress at any partisan primary
3shall be the persons whose names appear on the official ballot at the next election.
AB244,27 4Section 27. 8.50 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB244,15,175 8.50 (3) (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions for the
6partisan primary under s. 8.15 are applicable to all partisan primaries held under
7this section, and the provisions for spring primaries under s. 8.10 are applicable to
8all nonpartisan primaries held under this section. In a special partisan primary or
9election, the order of the parties on the ballot shall be the same as provided under
10s. 5.62 (1) or 5.64 (1) (b). No primary is required for a nonpartisan election in which
11not more than 2 candidates for an office appear on the ballot or for a partisan election,
12other than for the offices of U.S. senator and U.S. representative in Congress,
in
13which not more than one candidate for an office appears on the ballot of each
14recognized political party. In every special election except a special election for
15nonpartisan state office where no candidate is certified to appear on the ballot, a
16space for write-in votes shall be provided on the ballot, regardless of whether a
17special primary is held.
AB244,28 18Section 28. 8.50 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB244,16,219 8.50 (3) (c) Notwithstanding ss. 5.37 (4), 5.91 (6) and 6.80 (2) (f), except with
20respect to the offices of U.S. senator and U.S. representative in Congress,
whenever
21a special partisan primary is held concurrently with the presidential preference
22primary, an elector may choose the party column or ballot in which the elector will
23cast his or her vote separately for each of the 2 primaries. Whenever 2 or more special
24partisan primaries or one or more special partisan primaries and a partisan primary

1are held concurrently, the procedure prescribed in ss. 5.37 (4), 5.91 (6) and 6.80 (2)
2(f) applies.
AB244,29 3Section 29 . 10.02 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB244,16,94 10.02 (3) (b) 2. At a partisan primary, the elector shall select the party ballot
5of his or her choice, other than with respect to the offices of U.S. senator and U.S.
6representative in Congress,
and shall make a cross (X) next to or depress the lever
7or button next to the candidate's name for each office for whom the elector intends
8to vote, or shall, if applicable, insert or write in the name of the elector's choice for
9a candidate.
AB244,30 10Section 30. Initial applicability.
AB244,16,1111 (1) This act first applies to the 2022 partisan primary and general election.
AB244,16,1212 (End)
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