AB899,,1921925.51 (8) Unless otherwise specifically provided, the form of all ballots shall conform to the ballot forms prescribed by the commission secretary of state under s. 7.08 (1) (a).
AB899,83193Section 83. 5.58 (1b) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,1941945.58 (1b) (bm) For all cities the official spring primary ballot shall be arranged by the municipal clerk, using the same method as that used by the commission secretary of state under s. 5.60 (1) (b).
AB899,84195Section 84. 5.58 (1b) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,1961965.58 (1b) (cm) Towns and villages holding a primary under s. 8.05 shall arrange the ballot in accordance with the form prescribed by the commission secretary of state under s. 7.08 (1) (a), which shall be the same form as provided in s. 5.60 (5) and (6), insofar as possible.
AB899,85197Section 85. 5.58 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,1981985.58 (2) State superintendent of public instruction; judiciary; county executive; county comptroller; and county supervisors. There shall be one separate ballot for state superintendent, judicial officers, county executive under s. 59.17, and county supervisor, except as authorized in s. 5.655. In counties having a population of 750,000 or more, the ballot shall also include the office of comptroller and those offices under s. 8.11 (2) (b) and (2m). The arrangement of names of candidates for state superintendent, justice, court of appeals judge, and circuit court judge shall be determined by the commission secretary of state in the manner specified in s. 5.60 (1) (b). Arrangement of the names of candidates for county executive, county comptroller, and county supervisor shall be determined by the county clerk or by the executive director of the county board of election commissioners in the manner specified in s. 5.60 (1) (b).
AB899,86199Section 86. 5.58 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,2002005.58 (2m) Metropolitan sewerage commission. Except as authorized in s. 5.655, there shall be a separate ballot for members of the metropolitan sewerage commission if commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am), with candidates for different seats listed in separate columns or rows if more than one seat is contested at any election. Arrangement of the names on the ballot shall be determined by the elections commission secretary of state.
AB899,87201Section 87. 5.60 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,2022025.60 (1) (b) The elections commission secretary of state shall certify the candidates’ names and designate the official ballot arrangement for candidates for state superintendent, justice, court of appeals judge, and for circuit judge and for metropolitan sewerage commission commissioners elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am). The arrangement of names of all candidates on the ballot whose nomination papers are filed with the elections commission secretary of state shall be determined by the elections commission secretary by the drawing of lots not later than the 2nd Tuesday in January, or the next day if the first Tuesday is a holiday. Whenever a primary is held for an office, a 2nd drawing of all candidates for that office shall be held by or under the supervision of the elections commission secretary of state not later than the 3rd day following the completion of the primary canvass to determine the arrangement of candidates on the election ballot.
AB899,88203Section 88. 5.60 (3) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,2042045.60 (3) (ag) Except as authorized in s. 5.655, there shall be a separate ballot giving the names of all candidates for city offices, printed in the same form as prescribed by the commission secretary of state under s. 7.08 (1) (a). City election ballots may vary in form to conform to the law under which an election is held.
AB899,89205Section 89. 5.60 (5) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,2062065.60 (5) (ar) The offices to be filled shall be arranged on the official ballot in the order they are named in the statutes creating them. The names of the candidates shall be arranged by using the same method as that used by the commission secretary of state under sub. (1) (b). Sufficient space shall be left under each office for write-in candidates.
AB899,90207Section 90. 5.60 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,2082085.60 (6) (a) Except as authorized in s. 5.655, there shall be a separate ballot giving the names of all candidates for elective town offices in the form prescribed by the commission secretary of state under s. 7.08 (1) (a). There shall be 2 ballot forms. One ballot form shall be used for the election of supervisors to numbered seats and one ballot form shall be used for the election of supervisors to unnumbered seats. On the ballot used for the election of supervisors to unnumbered seats, all supervisor candidates shall be listed together and the voting instructions shall state “Vote for not more than.... [insert number of supervisors to be elected] candidates”. All towns shall elect their supervisors to unnumbered seats unless the annual town meeting adopts a plan to elect supervisors to numbered seats. The names of candidates for town office shall be arranged by using the same method as that used by the commission secretary of state under sub. (1) (b). A space shall be provided under each office on the ballot for a write-in candidate.
AB899,91209Section 91. 5.60 (8) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,2102105.60 (8) (am) Except as authorized in s. 5.655, there shall be a separate ballot for each recognized political party filing a certification under s. 8.12 (1), listing the names of all potential candidates of that party determined under s. 8.12 and affording, in addition, an opportunity to the voter to nominate another potential candidate by write-in vote or to vote for an uninstructed delegation to the party convention. The order of presidential candidates on the ballot shall be determined by lot by or under the supervision of the commission secretary of state. Each voter shall be given the ballots of all the parties participating in the presidential preference vote, but may vote on one ballot only.
AB899,92211Section 92. 5.62 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,2122125.62 (1) (a) At the partisan primary, the following ballot shall be provided for the nomination of candidates of recognized political parties for national, state, and county offices and independent candidates for state office in each ward, in the same form as prescribed by the commission secretary of state under s. 7.08 (1) (a), except as authorized in s. 5.655. The ballots shall be made up of the several party tickets with each party entitled to participate in the primary under par. (b) or sub. (2) having its own ballot, except as authorized in s. 5.655. The ballots shall be secured together at the bottom. The party ballot of the party receiving the most votes for president or governor at the last general election shall be on top with the other parties arranged in descending order based on their vote for president or governor at the last general election. The ballots of parties qualifying under sub. (2) shall be placed after the parties qualifying under par. (b), in the same order in which the parties filed petitions with the commission secretary of state. Any ballot required under par. (b) 2. shall be placed next in order. At polling places where voting machines are used, each party shall be represented in one or more separate columns or rows on the ballot. At polling places where an electronic voting system is used other than an electronic voting machine, each party may be represented in separate columns or rows on the ballot.
AB899,93213Section 93. 5.62 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,2142145.62 (1) (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2. and s. 5.64 (1) (e) 2., every recognized political party listed on the official ballot at the last gubernatorial election whose candidate for any statewide office received at least 1 percent of the total votes cast for that office and, if the last general election was also a presidential election, every recognized political party listed on the ballot at that election whose candidate for president received at least 1 percent of the total vote cast for that office shall have a separate primary ballot or one or more separate columns or rows on the primary ballot as prescribed in par. (a) and a separate column on the general election ballot in every ward and election district. An organization which was listed as “independent” at the last general election and whose candidate meets the same qualification shall receive the same ballot status upon petition of the chairperson and secretary of the organization to the commission secretary of state requesting such status and specifying their party name, which may not duplicate the name of an existing party. A petition under this subdivision may be filed no later than 5 p.m. on April 1 in the year of each general election.
AB899,94215Section 94. 5.62 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,2162165.62 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and s. 5.64 (1) (e) 2., any political organization may be represented on a separate primary ballot or in one or more separate columns or rows on the primary ballot as prescribed in sub. (1) (a) and in a separate column on the general election ballot in every ward and election district. To qualify for a separate ballot under this paragraph, the political organization shall, not later than 5 p.m. on April 1 in the year of the partisan primary, file with the commission secretary of state a petition requesting separate ballot status. The petition shall be signed by at least 10,000 electors, including at least 1,000 electors residing in each of at least 3 separate congressional districts. The petition shall conform to the requirements of s. 8.40. No signature obtained before January 1 in the year of filing is valid. When the candidates of a political organization filing a valid petition fulfill the requirements prescribed by law, they shall appear on a separate ballot or one or more separate columns or rows on the ballot for the period ending with the following general election.
AB899,95217Section 95. 5.62 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,2182185.62 (3) The commission secretary of state shall designate the official primary ballot arrangement for statewide offices and district attorney within each prosecutorial district by using the same procedure as provided in s. 5.60 (1) (b). On each ballot and on each separate column or row on the ballot, the candidates for office shall be listed together with the offices which they seek in the following order whenever these offices appear on the partisan primary ballot: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, U.S. senator, U.S. representative in congress, state senator, representative to the assembly, district attorney, and the county offices.
AB899,96219Section 96. 5.62 (4) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB899,,2202205.62 (4) (ar) Within a county the county clerk shall arrange the names of all candidates filing nomination papers with the clerk’s office using the same method as that used by the commission secretary of state under s. 5.60 (1) (b).