SB240: Bill Text

SB240,25,5 8.10 (1) Candidates for office to be filled at the spring election shall be nominated by nomination papers, or by nomination papers and selection at the primary if a primary is held, except as provided for towns and villages under s. 8.05. Unless designated in this section or s. 8.05, the general provisions pertaining to nomination at the partisan primary apply.

SB240,42 Section 42 . 8.11 of the statutes is repealed.

SB240,43 Section 43 . 8.13 of the statutes is repealed.

SB240,44 Section 44 . 8.17 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,26,2 8.17 (1) (a) Political parties qualifying for a separate ballot under s. 5.62 (1) (b) or (2) shall elect their party committeemen and committeewomen committee members as provided under sub. (5) (b). The function of committeemen and committeewomen the committee members is to represent their neighborhoods in the structure of a political party. Committeemen and committeewomen Committee members shall act as liaison representatives between their parties and the residents of the election districts in which they serve. Activities of committeemen and committeewomen committee members shall include , but not be limited to, identifying voters; assistance assisting in voter registration drives; increasing voter participation in political parties; polling and other methods of passing information from residents to political parties and elected public officials; and dissemination of disseminating information from public officials to residents. For assistance in those and other activities of interest to a political party, each committeeman and committeewoman committee member may appoint a captain to engage in these activities in each ward, if the election district served by the committeeman or committeewoman committee member includes more than one ward. In an election district which that includes more than one ward, the committeeman or committeewoman committee member shall coordinate the activities of the ward captains in promoting the interests of his or her party.

SB240,45 Section 45 . 8.17 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,26,6 8.17 (4) The term of office of each committeeman or committeewoman committee member shall end on the date of the meeting held under sub. (5) (b) following each partisan primary.

SB240,46 Section 46 . 8.17 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,26,24 8.17 (5) (b) A combined meeting of the county committee and members in good standing of the party in the county shall be held no sooner than 15 days after the partisan primary and no later than April 1 of the following year. At this meeting, the party committeemen or committeewomen committee members and the county committee offices of chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary, and treasurer shall be filled by election by the incumbent committeemen, committeewomen committee members and other party members present and voting, each of whom is entitled to one vote. At this meeting, the county committee shall elect the members of the congressional district committee as provided in sub. (6) (b), (c) , and (d). The secretary of the county committee shall give at least 7 days' written notice of the meeting to party and committee members. Individuals elected as county committee officers or as congressional district committee members may be, but are not required to be, committeemen or committeewomen party committee members. They are required to be party members in good standing. The terms of committeemen and committeewomen party committee members, county committee officers, and congressional district committee members begin during the meeting immediately upon completion and verification of the voting for each office.

SB240,47 Section 47. 8.50 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,27,10 8.50 (2) (a) The date for the special election shall be not less than 62 nor more than 77 days from the date of the order except when the special election is held to fill a vacancy in a national office or the special election is held on the day of the general election or spring election. If a special election is held concurrently with the spring election, the special election may be ordered not earlier than 92 106 days prior to the spring primary election and not later than 49 63 days prior to that primary election. If a special election is held concurrently with the general election or a special election is held to fill a national office, the special election may be ordered not earlier than 122 days prior to the partisan primary or special primary, respectively, and not later than 92 days prior to that primary.

SB240,48 Section 48 . 8.50 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,27,19 8.50 (2) (b) If a primary is required, the primary shall be on the day 4 weeks before the day of 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 partisan primary or if the special election is held concurrently with the spring election, the primary shall be held concurrently with the spring primary, and except when the special election is held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of an odd-numbered year, the primary shall be held on the 2nd Tuesday of August in that year.

SB240,49 Section 49 . 8.50 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,28,11 8.50 (3) (a) Nomination papers may be circulated no sooner than the day the order for the special election is filed and shall be filed not later than 5 p.m. 28 days before the day that the special primary will or would be held, if required, except when a special election is held concurrently with the spring election or general election, the deadline for filing nomination papers shall be specified in the order and the date shall be no earlier than the date provided in s. 8.10 (2) (a) or 8.15 (1), respectively, and no later than 35 75 days prior to the date of the spring primary election or no later than June 1 preceding the partisan primary. Nomination papers may be filed in the manner specified in s. 8.10, 8.15, or 8.20. Each candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy in the manner provided in s. 8.21 no later than the latest time provided in the order for filing nomination papers. If a candidate for state or local office has not filed a registration statement under s. 11.0202 (1) (a) at the time he or she files nomination papers, the candidate shall file the statement with the papers. A candidate for state office shall also file a statement of economic interests with the ethics commission no later than the end of the 3rd day following the last day for filing nomination papers specified in the order.

SB240,50 Section 50 . 8.50 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,28,24 8.50 (3) (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions for the partisan primary under s. 8.15 are applicable to all partisan primaries held under this section, and the provisions for spring primaries election nominations under s. 8.10 are applicable to all nonpartisan primaries elections held under this section. In a special partisan primary or election, the order of the parties on the ballot shall be the same as provided under s. 5.62 (1) or 5.64 (1) (b). No primary is required for a nonpartisan election in which not more than 2 candidates for an office appear on the ballot or for a partisan election in which not more than one candidate for an office appears on the ballot of each recognized political party. In every special election except a special election for nonpartisan state office where no candidate is certified to appear on the ballot, a space for write-in votes shall be provided on the ballot, regardless of whether a special primary is held.

SB240,51 Section 51 . 10.01 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,29,15 10.01 (2) (d) Type D — The type D notice shall state the hours the polls will be open and the polling places to be utilized at the election or shall include a concise statement of how polling place information may be obtained. In cities over 500,000 population, the board of election commissioners shall determine the form of the notice. In other municipalities and special purpose districts, the clerk of the municipality or special purpose district shall give the polling place information in the manner the governing body of the municipality or special purpose district decides will most effectively inform the electors. The type D notice shall be published by the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of each municipality once on the day before each spring primary and election, each special national, state, county, or municipal election at which the electors of that municipality are entitled to vote and each partisan primary and general election. The clerk of each special purpose district which that calls a special election shall publish a type D notice on the day before the election, and the day before the special primary, if any, except as authorized in s. 8.55 (3).

SB240,52 Section 52 . 10.01 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,30,9 10.01 (2) (e) Type E — The type E notice shall state the qualifications for absentee voting, the procedures for obtaining an absentee ballot in the case of registered and unregistered voters, the places and the deadlines for application and return of application, including any alternate site under s. 6.855, and the office hours during which an elector may cast an absentee ballot in the municipal clerk's office or at an alternate site under s. 6.855. The municipal clerk shall publish a type E notice on the 4th Tuesday preceding each spring primary and election, on the 4th Tuesday preceding each partisan primary and general election, on the 4th Tuesday preceding the primary for each special national, or state, county or municipal election if any, on the 4th Tuesday preceding a special county or municipal referendum, and on the 3rd Tuesday preceding each special national, state, county, or municipal election to fill an office which that is not held concurrently with the spring or general election. The clerk of each special purpose district which that calls a special election shall publish a type E notice on the 4th Tuesday preceding the primary for the special election, if any, on the 4th Tuesday preceding a special referendum, and on the 3rd Tuesday preceding a special election for an office which that is not held concurrently with the spring or general election except as authorized in s. 8.55 (3).

SB240,53 Section 53. 10.02 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,30,11 10.02 (3) (intro.) The notice shall contain the following:

SB240,30,12 FACSIMILE BALLOT NOTICE

SB240,30,13 OF .... ELECTION

SB240,30,14 Office of .... [County] [Municipal] Clerk.

SB240,30,15 To the Electors of .... [County] [Municipality]:

SB240,30,22 Notice is hereby given of a .... election to be held in the several wards in the [county] [municipality] of ...., on the .... day of ...., .... (year), at which the officers named below shall be chosen. The names of the candidates for each office to be voted for, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under the title of the office and under the appropriate party or other designation, each in its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, in the sample ballot below.

SB240,30,23 INFORMATION TO ELECTORS

SB240,31,2 Except as provided in sub. (4) and except where a different statement is prescribed by the commission for use in whole or in part by municipalities using electronic voting systems under s. 5.95, the voting instructions shall be given substantially as follows:

SB240,54 Section 54 . 10.02 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

SB240,55 Section 55. 10.02 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

SB240,31,6 10.02 (4) The commission shall prescribe by rule the content of type B notices to be used at elections at which ranked-choice voting under s. 5.20 is used.

SB240,56 Section 56 . 10.06 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,31,11 10.06 (1) (c) As soon as possible after the deadline for filing nomination papers for the spring election, but no later than the 2nd Tuesday in January, the commission shall send a type B notice certifying the list of candidates to each county clerk if a primary is required.

SB240,57 Section 57 . 10.06 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,31,19 10.06 (1) (e) As soon as possible following the state canvass of the spring primary vote, but no later than the first Tuesday in March, the commission shall send a type B notice certifying to each county clerk the list of candidates for the spring election. When no state spring primary is held, this notice shall be sent under par. (c). When there is a referendum, the commission shall send type A and C notices certifying each question to the county clerks as soon as possible, but no later than the first Tuesday in March.

SB240,58 Section 58 . 10.06 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB240,59 Section 59 . 10.06 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

SB240,60 Section 60 . 10.06 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,32,5 10.06 (3) (am) As soon as possible following the deadline for filing nomination papers for any municipal election when there is to be an election for a county or state office or a county or statewide referendum, but no later than 3 days after such deadline, the municipal clerk of each municipality in which voting machines or ballots containing the names of candidates for both local offices and national, state, or county offices are used shall certify the list of candidates for municipal office to the county clerk if a primary is required, unless the municipality prepares its own ballots under s. 7.15 (2) (c).

SB240,61 Section 61 . 10.06 (3) (as) of the statutes is repealed.

SB240,62 Section 62 . 10.06 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB240,63 Section 63 . 10.06 (3) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,32,17 10.06 (3) (bm) As soon as possible following the municipal canvass of the primary vote or the qualification of the candidates under s. 8.05 (1) (j) when a municipal caucus is held, if there is to be an election for a county or state office or a county or statewide referendum, but no later than 3 days after such date, the municipal clerk of each municipality in which voting machines or ballots containing the names of candidates for both local offices and national, state , or county offices are used shall certify the list of candidates for municipal office and municipal referenda appearing on the ballot to the county clerk, unless the municipality prepares its own ballots under s. 7.15 (2) (c).

SB240,64 Section 64 . 10.06 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,33,8 10.06 (3) (f) At least 40 days prior to any special primary or election for municipal office, the municipal clerk shall publish a type A notice. On the 4th Tuesday prior to any special primary for national, or state, county or municipal office, the municipal clerk shall publish a type E notice. On the 3rd Tuesday prior to any special election for national, state, county, or municipal office which that is not held concurrently with the spring or general election, the municipal clerk shall publish a type E notice. On the 4th Tuesday prior to any special county referendum, the municipal clerk shall publish a type E notice. On the 4th Tuesday prior to any special municipal referendum, the municipal clerk shall publish type A and E notices. On the day preceding any special primary or election for municipal office, or any special municipal referendum, the municipal clerk shall publish a type B notice. The municipal clerk shall publish a type C notice on the day preceding a special municipal referendum. On the day preceding any special primary or election for national, state, county, or municipal office, or a special county or municipal referendum, the municipal clerk shall publish a type D notice.

SB240,65 Section 65 . 10.06 (4) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,33,12 10.06 (4) (g) On the day preceding any primary or election for any office other than a national, state, county, or municipal office, the clerk of the jurisdiction in which the primary or election is held shall publish a type B notice.

SB240,66 Section 66 . 11.0101 (29) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,33,15 11.0101 (29) “Special election" means any election, other than those described in subs. (15), (24), (30), and (32), and (33) to fill vacancies or to conduct a referendum.

SB240,67 Section 67 . 11.0101 (33) of the statutes is repealed.

SB240,68 Section 68 . 11.0204 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB240,69 Section 69 . 11.0204 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,33,20 11.0204 (3) (a) File a preelection report no earlier than 14 42 days and no later than 8 36 days preceding the election.

SB240,70 Section 70 . 11.0204 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB240,33,23 11.0204 (3) (am) File a 2nd preelection report no earlier than 14 days and no later than 8 days preceding the election.

SB240,71 Section 71 . 11.0304 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB240,72 Section 72 . 11.0304 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,34,2 11.0304 (3) (a) File a preelection report no earlier than 14 42 days and no later than 8 36 days preceding the election.

SB240,73 Section 73 . 11.0304 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB240,34,5 11.0304 (3) (am) File a 2nd preelection report no earlier than 14 days and no later than 8 days preceding the election.

SB240,74 Section 74 . 11.0504 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB240,75 Section 75 . 11.0504 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,34,9 11.0504 (3) (a) File a preelection report no earlier than 14 42 days and no later than 8 36 days preceding the election.

SB240,76 Section 76 . 11.0504 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB240,34,12 11.0504 (3) (am) File a 2nd preelection report no earlier than 14 days and no later than 8 days preceding the election.

SB240,77 Section 77 . 11.0604 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB240,78 Section 78 . 11.0604 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,34,16 11.0604 (3) (a) File a preelection report no earlier than 14 42 days and no later than 8 36 days preceding the election.

SB240,79 Section 79 . 11.0604 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB240,34,19 11.0604 (3) (am) File a 2nd preelection report no earlier than 14 days and no later than 8 days preceding the election.

SB240,80 Section 80 . 11.0704 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB240,81 Section 81 . 11.0804 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB240,82 Section 82 . 11.0804 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,34,24 11.0804 (3) (a) File a preelection report no earlier than 14 42 days and no later than 8 36 days preceding the election.

SB240,83 Section 83 . 11.0804 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB240,35,2 11.0804 (3) (am) File a 2nd preelection report no earlier than 14 days and no later than 8 days preceding the election.

SB240,84 Section 84. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table

SB240,85 Section 85 . 20.510 (1) (ed) of the statutes is created to read:

SB240,35,10 20.510 (1) (ed) Elections administration; ranked-choice voting. A sum sufficient to implement and administer ranked-choice voting, as provided under ss. 5.20 and 7.62, including updating equipment and software and implementing secure technologies, and to provide grants to counties and municipalities under s. 5.05 (1) (g) for the same purpose.

SB240,86 Section 86 . 20.510 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read:

SB240,35,14 20.510 (1) (em) Outreach and education; ranked-choice voting. The amounts in the schedule to provided public outreach and education on ranked-choice voting, as provided under ss. 5.20 and 7.62.

SB240,87 Section 87 . 38.16 (3) (br) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,36,9 38.16 (3) (br) 1. If a district board wishes to exceed the limit otherwise applicable to the district under this subsection, it shall adopt a resolution supporting inclusion in the final district budget of an amount equal to the proposed excess revenue. The resolution shall be filed as provided in s. 8.37. Within 10 days after adopting the resolution, the district board shall notify the board of the scheduled date of the referendum and submit a copy of the resolution to the board. The district board shall call a special referendum for the purpose of submitting the resolution to the electors of the district for approval or rejection. In lieu of a special referendum, the district board may specify that the referendum be held at the next succeeding spring primary or election or partisan primary or general election, if such election is to be held not sooner than 70 days after the filing of the resolution of the district board. The district board shall certify the results of the referendum to the board within 10 days after the referendum is held.

SB240,88 Section 88 . 59.17 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,36,19 59.17 (7) Removal from office; vacancy, how filled. The county executive may be removed from office by the governor for cause under s. 17.16. A vacancy in the office of county executive shall be filled temporarily, within 30 days of the date of the vacancy, by appointment by the chairperson of the board, subject to confirmation by the board, from among electors of the county. Within 7 days following the occurrence of the vacancy, the clerk shall order a special election to be held under s. 8.50 to fill the vacancy. If the vacancy occurs after October 31 but not later than 49 days before the day of the spring primary election, the special election shall be held concurrently with the spring primary and election.

SB240,89 Section 89 . 59.605 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB240,37,6 59.605 (3) (a) 1. If the governing body of a county wishes to exceed the operating levy rate limit otherwise applicable to the county under this section, it shall adopt a resolution to that effect. The resolution shall specify either the operating levy rate or the operating levy that the governing body wishes to impose for either a specified number of years or an indefinite period. The governing body shall call a special referendum for the purpose of submitting the resolution to the electors of the county for approval or rejection. In lieu of a special referendum, the governing body may specify that the referendum be held at the next succeeding spring primary or election or partisan primary or general election to be held not earlier than 70 days after the adoption of the resolution of the governing body. The governing body shall file the resolution to be submitted to the electors as provided in s. 8.37.