AB732,28,24 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.

AB732,51 Section 51 . 10.01 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB732,29,15 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).

AB732,52 Section 52 . 10.01 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB732,30,9 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).

AB732,53 Section 53. 10.02 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB732,30,11 10.02 (3) (intro.) The notice shall contain the following:

AB732,30,12 FACSIMILE BALLOT NOTICE

AB732,30,13 OF .... ELECTION

AB732,30,14 Office of .... [County] [Municipal] Clerk.

AB732,30,15 To the Electors of .... [County] [Municipality]:

AB732,30,22 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.

AB732,30,23 INFORMATION TO ELECTORS

AB732,31,2 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:

AB732,54 Section 54 . 10.02 (3) (b) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

AB732,55 Section 55. 10.02 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB732,31,6 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.

AB732,56 Section 56 . 10.06 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB732,31,11 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.

AB732,57 Section 57 . 10.06 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB732,31,19 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.

AB732,58 Section 58 . 10.06 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB732,59 Section 59 . 10.06 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB732,60 Section 60 . 10.06 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB732,32,5 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).

AB732,61 Section 61 . 10.06 (3) (as) of the statutes is repealed.

AB732,62 Section 62 . 10.06 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB732,63 Section 63 . 10.06 (3) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB732,32,17 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).