SB834,254 Section 254. 9.01 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,563 9.01 (8) (a) Unless the court finds a ground for setting aside or modifying the determination of the board of canvassers or the commission chairperson secretary of state or chairperson’s secretary’s designee, it shall affirm the determination.

SB834,255 Section 255. 9.01 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,565 9.01 (8) (c) The court may not receive evidence not offered to the board of canvassers or the commission chairperson secretary of state or the chairperson’s secretary’s designee except for evidence that was unavailable to a party exercising due diligence at the time of the recount or newly discovered evidence that could not with due diligence have been obtained during the recount, and except that the court may receive evidence not offered at an earlier time because a party was not represented by counsel in all or part of a recount proceeding. A party who fails to object or fails to offer evidence of a defect or irregularity during the recount waives the right to object or offer evidence before the court except in the case of evidence that was unavailable to a party exercising due diligence at the time of the recount or newly discovered evidence that could not with due diligence have been obtained during the recount or evidence received by the court due to unavailability of counsel during the recount.

SB834,256 Section 256. 9.01 (8) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,567 9.01 (8) (d) The court shall set aside or modify the determination of the board of canvassers or the commission chairperson secretary of state or the chairperson’s secretary’s designee if it finds that the board of canvassers or the chairperson secretary or chairperson’s secretary’s designee has erroneously interpreted a provision of law and a correct interpretation compels a particular action. If the determination depends on any fact found by the board of canvassers or the commission chairperson secretary of state or the chairperson’s secretary’s designee, the court may not substitute its judgment for that of the board of canvassers or the chairperson secretary or designee as to the weight of the evidence on any disputed finding of fact. The court shall set aside the determination if it finds that the determination depends on any finding of fact that is not supported by substantial evidence.

SB834,257 Section 257. 9.01 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,569 9.01 (10) Standard forms and methods. The commission secretary of state shall prescribe, by rule, standard forms and procedures for the making of recounts under this section. The procedures prescribed by the commission secretary shall require the boards of canvassers in recounts involving more than one board of canvassers to consult with the commission staff office of the secretary of state prior to beginning any recount in order to ensure that uniform procedures are used, to the extent practicable, in such recounts.

SB834,258 Section 258. 10.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,571 10.01 (1) The form of the various election notices shall be prescribed by the commission secretary of state to standardize election notices. To accomplish this purpose, the commission secretary shall make rules and draft whatever forms it the secretary considers necessary. Notification or certification lists of candidates or referenda questions sent to the county clerks shall prescribe the form in which the county clerks shall publish the relevant portions of the notice and any additional county offices and referenda questions. The commission secretary of state shall also prescribe the provisions for municipal notices which shall be sent to each county clerk who shall immediately forward them to each municipal clerk.

SB834,259 Section 259. 10.01 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,573 10.01 (2) (intro.) For election purposes there shall be 5 basic types of notices, modified as necessary to apply to the various elections, which shall be published in substantially the same form as prescribed by the commission secretary of state. The 5 types of notices are:

SB834,260 Section 260. 10.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,575 10.02 (1) Before any election an appropriate type B notice shall be published in substantially the form prescribed by the commission secretary of state at the times prescribed in s. 10.06. The type B notice shall include the following relevant sections and be within the guidelines established in this section.

SB834,261 Section 261. 10.02 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,577 10.02 (2) (c) The facsimile ballots shall follow the voting instructions. The size and style of type and the general display of the facsimile ballots shall be prescribed by the commission secretary of state and shall conform to the form prescribed by the commission secretary under s. 7.08 (1) (a). The party columns shall not exceed 2-1/6 inches in width and the ballot size may be reduced. Voting machine facsimile ballots shall show a reduced diagram of the front of the voting machine and instructions to electors on how to vote on the machine. If the ballots in the wards or election districts within a county or municipality are identical but for the names of different candidates, districts or seats, the facsimile ballot may show the ballot for one ward or election district, accompanied by a list of candidates, districts and seats to be voted upon in the other wards or election districts.

SB834,262 Section 262. 10.02 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,579 10.02 (3) (intro.) The notice shall contain the following:

SB834,,580 FACSIMILE BALLOT NOTICE

SB834,,581 OF .... ELECTION

SB834,,582 Office of .... [County] [Municipal] Clerk.

SB834,,583 To the Electors of .... [County] [Municipality]:

SB834,,584 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.

SB834,,585 INFORMATION TO ELECTORS

SB834,,586 Except where a different statement is prescribed by the commission secretary of state 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:

SB834,263 Section 263. 10.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,588 10.06 (1) Elections commission Secretary of state. (a) On or before November 15 preceding a spring election the commission secretary of state shall send a type A notice to each county clerk.

SB834,,589 (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 secretary of state shall send a type B notice certifying the list of candidates to each county clerk if a primary is required.

SB834,,590 (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 secretary of state 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 secretary 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.