AB899,260574Section 260. 10.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: AB899,,57557510.02 (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. AB899,261576Section 261. 10.02 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: AB899,,57757710.02 (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. AB899,262578Section 262. 10.02 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: AB899,,57957910.02 (3) (intro.) The notice shall contain the following: AB899,,580580FACSIMILE BALLOT NOTICE AB899,,581581OF .... ELECTION AB899,,582582Office of .... [County] [Municipal] Clerk. AB899,,583583To the Electors of .... [County] [Municipality]: AB899,,584584Notice 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. AB899,,585585INFORMATION TO ELECTORS AB899,,586586Except 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: AB899,263587Section 263. 10.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: AB899,,58858810.06 (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. AB899,,589589(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. AB899,,590590(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. AB899,,591591(f) On or before the 3rd Tuesday in March preceding a partisan primary and general election the commission secretary of state shall send a type A notice to each county clerk. AB899,,592592(h) As soon as possible after the deadline for determining ballot arrangement for the partisan primary on June 10, the commission secretary of state shall send a type B notice to each county clerk certifying the list of candidates for the partisan primary. AB899,,593593(i) As soon as possible after the state canvass, but no later than the 4th Tuesday in August, the commission secretary of state shall send a type B notice certifying the list of candidates and type A and C notices certifying each question for any referendum to each county clerk for the general election. AB899,264594Section 264. 10.06 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: AB899,,59559510.06 (2) (a) On the 4th Tuesday in November preceding a spring election each county clerk shall publish a type A notice based on the notice received from the commission secretary of state for all state offices to be filled at the election by any electors voting in the county and a similar notice incorporating any county offices. AB899,265596Section 265. 10.06 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: AB899,,59759710.06 (2) (b) Upon receipt of the type B notice from the commission secretary of state preceding the spring election each county clerk shall add any county offices, prepare the ballots, and send notice to each municipal clerk of the spring primary. When there is no state spring primary within the county, but there is to be a county spring primary, the county clerk shall prepare the ballots and send notice to each municipal clerk. AB899,266598Section 266. 10.06 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read: AB899,,59959910.06 (2) (e) Upon receipt of the type B notice from the commission secretary of state each county clerk shall add any county offices and referenda, prepare the ballots and send notice to each municipal clerk of the coming spring election. AB899,267600Section 267. 10.06 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read: AB899,,60160110.06 (2) (h) On the 2nd Tuesday in April preceding a partisan primary and general election, the county clerk shall publish a type A notice based on the notice received from the commission secretary of state for all national and state offices to be filled at the election by any electors voting in the county and incorporating county offices. AB899,268602Section 268. 10.06 (2) (k) of the statutes is amended to read: