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8.50
(3) (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions for the
14partisan primary under s. 8.15 are applicable to all partisan primaries held under
15this section, and the provisions for spring
primaries election nominations under s.
168.10 are applicable to all nonpartisan
primaries
elections held under this section.
17In a special partisan primary or election, the order of the parties on the ballot shall
18be the same as provided under s. 5.62 (1) or 5.64 (1) (b). No primary is required for
19a nonpartisan election in which not more than 2 candidates for an office appear on
20the ballot or for a partisan election in which not more than one candidate for an office
21appears on the ballot of each recognized political party. In every special election
22except a special election for nonpartisan state office where no candidate is certified
23to appear on the ballot, a space for write-in votes shall be provided on the ballot,
24regardless of whether a special primary is held.
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25Section 51
. 10.01 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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110.01
(2) (d) Type D — The type D notice shall state the hours the polls will be
2open and the polling places to be utilized at the election or shall include a concise
3statement of how polling place information may be obtained. In cities over 500,000
4population, the board of election commissioners shall determine the form of the
5notice. In other municipalities and special purpose districts, the clerk of the
6municipality or special purpose district shall give the polling place information in the
7manner the governing body of the municipality or special purpose district decides
8will most effectively inform the electors. The type D notice shall be published by the
9municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of each municipality once on the
10day before each spring
primary and election, each special national, state, county
, or
11municipal election at which the electors of that municipality are entitled to vote and
12each partisan primary and general election. The clerk of each special purpose
13district
which that calls a special election shall publish a type D notice on the day
14before the election, and the day before the special primary, if any, except as
15authorized in s. 8.55 (3).
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16Section 52
. 10.01 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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10.01
(2) (e) Type E — The type E notice shall state the qualifications for
18absentee voting, the procedures for obtaining an absentee ballot in the case of
19registered and unregistered voters, the places and the deadlines for application and
20return of application, including any alternate site under s. 6.855, and the office hours
21during which an elector may cast an absentee ballot in the municipal clerk's office
22or at an alternate site under s. 6.855. The municipal clerk shall publish a type E
23notice on the 4th Tuesday preceding each spring
primary and election, on the 4th
24Tuesday preceding each partisan primary and general election, on the 4th Tuesday
25preceding the primary for each special national
,
or state
, county or municipal
1election if any, on the 4th Tuesday preceding a special county or municipal
2referendum, and on the 3rd Tuesday preceding each special national, state, county
, 3or municipal election to fill an office
which
that is not held concurrently with the
4spring or general election. The clerk of each special purpose district
which that calls
5a special election shall publish a type E notice on the 4th Tuesday preceding the
6primary for the special election,
if any, on the 4th Tuesday preceding a special
7referendum, and on the 3rd Tuesday preceding a special election for an office
which 8that is not held concurrently with the spring or general election except as authorized
9in s. 8.55 (3).
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10Section
53. 10.02 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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10.02
(3) (intro.) The notice shall contain the following:
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FACSIMILE BALLOT NOTICE
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OF .... ELECTION
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Office of .... [County] [Municipal] Clerk.
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To the Electors of .... [County] [Municipality]:
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Notice is hereby given of a .... election to be held in the several wards in the
17[county] [municipality] of ...., on the .... day of ...., .... (year), at which the officers
18named below shall be chosen. The names of the candidates for each office to be voted
19for, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under
20the title of the office and under the appropriate party or other designation, each in
21its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, in the sample
22ballot below.
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INFORMATION TO ELECTORS
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Except
as provided in sub. (4) and except where a different statement is
25prescribed by the commission for use in whole or in part by municipalities using
1electronic voting systems under s. 5.95, the voting instructions shall be given
2substantially as follows:
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3Section 54
. 10.02 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
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4Section
55. 10.02 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
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10.02
(4) The commission shall prescribe by rule the content of type B notices
6to be used at elections at which ranked-choice voting under s. 5.20 is used.
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7Section 56
. 10.06 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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10.06
(1) (c) As soon as possible after the deadline for filing nomination papers
9for the spring election, but no later than the 2nd Tuesday in January, the commission
10shall send a type B notice certifying the list of candidates to each county clerk
if a
11primary is required.
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12Section 57
. 10.06 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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10.06
(1) (e)
As soon as possible following the state canvass of the spring
14primary vote, but no later than the first Tuesday in March, the commission shall send
15a type B notice certifying to each county clerk the list of candidates for the spring
16election. When no state spring primary is held, this notice shall be sent under par.
17(c). When there is a referendum, the commission shall send type A and C notices
18certifying each question to the county clerks as soon as possible, but no later than the
19first Tuesday in March.
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20Section 58
. 10.06 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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21Section 59
. 10.06 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
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22Section 60
. 10.06 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
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10.06
(3) (am) As soon as possible following the deadline for filing nomination
24papers for any municipal election when there is to be an election for a county or state
25office or a county or statewide referendum, but no later than 3 days after such
1deadline, the municipal clerk of each municipality in which voting machines or
2ballots containing the names of candidates for both local offices and national, state
, 3or county offices are used shall certify the list of candidates for municipal office to the
4county clerk
if a primary is required, unless the municipality prepares its own ballots
5under s. 7.15 (2) (c).
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6Section 61
. 10.06 (3) (as) of the statutes is repealed.
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7Section 62
. 10.06 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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8Section 63
. 10.06 (3) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
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10.06
(3) (bm) As soon as possible following the
municipal canvass of the
10primary vote or the qualification of the candidates under s. 8.05 (1) (j) when a
11municipal caucus is held, if there is to be an election for a county or state office or a
12county or statewide referendum, but no later than 3 days after such date, the
13municipal clerk of each municipality in which voting machines or ballots containing
14the names of candidates for both local offices and national, state
, or county offices are
15used shall certify the list of candidates for municipal office and municipal referenda
16appearing on the ballot to the county clerk, unless the municipality prepares its own
17ballots under s. 7.15 (2) (c).