AB888,13,610 7.53 (1) Municipalities with one polling place. Where the municipality
11constitutes one ward or combines all wards to utilize a single polling place under s.
125.15 (6) (b), the canvass of the votes cast at the polling place shall be conducted
13publicly under s. 7.51 and the inspectors, other than any inspector appointed under
14s. 7.30 (1) (b), shall act as the municipal board of canvassers. In municipalities where
15absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, after the canvass of the absentee ballots
16is completed under s. 7.52, the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall reconcile the
17poll list of the electors who vote by absentee ballot with the corresponding poll list
18of the electors who vote in person to ensure that no elector is allowed to cast more
19than one ballot. If an elector who votes in person has submitted an absentee ballot,
20the absentee ballot is void. Upon completion of the canvass under this subsection and
21any canvass that is conducted under s. 7.52 and ascertainment of the results by the
22inspectors or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52,
23by the inspectors and the board of absentee ballot canvassers, the municipal clerk
24shall publicly read to the inspectors or the board of absentee ballot canvassers the
25names of the persons voted for and the number of votes for each person for each

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1municipal office,; in elections in which the preferential voting method is used, the
2number of first-choice votes and the number of lesser-choice votes for each person
3for each office, indicating the numbers for each choice; the names of the persons
4declared by the inspectors or board of absentee ballot canvassers to have won
5nomination or election to each municipal office,; and the number of votes cast for and
6against each municipal referendum question.

AB888,14,59 7.60 (4) (a) The board of canvassers shall make separate duplicate statements
10showing the numbers of votes cast for the offices of president and vice president; state
11officials; U.S. senators and representatives in congress; state legislators; justice;
12court of appeals judge; circuit judges; district attorneys; and metropolitan sewerage
13commissioners, if the commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am). If a
14municipal judge elected under s. 755.01 (4) serves a municipality that is located
15partially within the county and candidates for that judgeship file nomination papers
16in another county, the board of canvassers shall prepare a duplicate statement
17showing the numbers of votes cast for that judgeship in that county for transmittal
18to the other county. For partisan candidates, the statements shall include the
19political party or principle designation, if any, next to the name of each candidate.
20The board of canvassers shall also prepare a statement showing the results of any
21county, technical college district, or statewide referendum. Each statement shall
22state the total number of votes cast in the county for each office; the names of all
23persons for whom the votes were cast, as returned; the number of votes cast for each
24person; after elections at which the preferential voting method is used, the number
25of first-choice votes and lesser-choice votes cast for each person, indicating the

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1numbers for each choice; and the number of votes cast for and against any question
2submitted at a referendum. The board of canvassers shall use one copy of each
3duplicate statement to report to the government accountability board, technical
4college district board, or board of canvassers of any other county and shall file the
5other statement in the office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners.

AB888,14,207 7.60 (4) (c) In preparing the statements and determinations, the board of
8canvassers shall carefully review the tally sheets and inspectors' statement. The
9board of canvassers may omit the names of individuals whose names do not appear
10on the ballot and who receive a comparatively small number of votes. The board of
11canvassers shall designate votes received by such individuals as scattering votes.
12The board of canvassers shall append to each statement and determination a
13tabulation of the votes cast at each election district, ward or combination of wards
14authorized under s. 5.15 (6) (b) in the county for each office and each individual,
15whether the votes are canvassed or not, as well as the total canvassed votes cast for
16each individual and each office, except where scattering votes are designated, and,
17after elections at which the preferential voting method is used, the number of
18first-choice votes and lesser-choice votes cast for each person for each office,
19indicating the numbers for each choice. If any votes are rejected, the board of
20canvassers shall specify the reasons therefor.

AB888,14,2522 8.05 (1) (L) Whenever a caucus is used to nominate candidates for town or
23village offices, the preferential voting method shall not be used. If a town or village
24adopts a nonpartisan primary for the nomination of candidates for town or village
25offices, the preferential voting method may be substituted as provided in s. 5.20.

AB888,15,92 8.05 (3) (a) In lieu of sub. (1) Except as provided in s. 8.11 (6), the electors either
3by referendum or at the town meeting may, in lieu of holding a caucus under sub. (1),
4provide for nomination of elective town office candidates at a nonpartisan primary
5conducted as provided in sub. (5). The nomination papers shall be signed by not less
6than 20 nor more than 100 electors of the town. The nomination papers shall be
7circulated not sooner than December 1 preceding the election and shall be filed with
8the town clerk not later than 5 p.m. the first Tuesday in January, or the next day if
9Tuesday is a holiday.

AB888,15,2112 8.05 (5) When primary is held. Towns and villages adopting the nonpartisan
13primary to nominate candidates shall hold a primary only when the number of
14candidates for an elective office in the municipality exceeds twice the number to be
15elected to the office. A Unless preferential voting for the office of municipal judge
16is adopted under s. 5.20 (2), a primary for the office of municipal judge under s. 755.01
17(4) shall be held whenever there are more than 2 candidates for that office. Those
18offices for which a primary has been held shall have only the names of candidates
19nominated at the primary appear on the official spring election ballot. When the
20number of candidates for an office does not exceed twice the number to be elected,
21their names shall appear on the official ballot for the election without a primary.

AB888,16,223 8.11 (1) (a) A Except as provided in sub. (6), a primary may be held in any city
24for the nomination of candidates for city office. When a majority of all the members
25of the governing body of a city decide upon a spring primary for any specific election,

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1they shall so provide not later than 3 days after the deadline for filing nomination
2papers.

AB888,16,53 (b) Any Except as provided in sub. (6), any city may provide by charter
4ordinance, under s. 66.0101, that whenever 3 or more candidates file nomination
5papers for a city office, a primary to nominate candidates for the office shall be held.

AB888,16,106 (c) Whenever Except as provided in sub. (6), whenever electors, equal to at least
710% of the vote for governor in the city at the last general election, file a petition
8conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 with the city clerk requesting a primary
9within 3 days after the deadline for filing nomination papers, there shall be a
10primary for any specific election.

AB888,16,1813 8.11 (1m) Village. (a) If a village has provided under s. 8.05 (4) (a) for the filing
14of nomination papers by candidates for village offices for a specific election, and the
15village has not provided for election of village officers by preferential voting under
16s. 5.20 (2) the governing body of the village may, no later than 3 days after the
17deadline for filing nomination papers, provide for nomination of candidates for
18village offices at the spring primary.

AB888,16,2219 (b) Any village that has not provided for election of village officers by
20preferential voting under s. 5.20 (2) may provide by charter ordinance, under s.
2166.0101, that whenever 3 or more candidates file nomination papers for a village
22office, a primary to nominate candidates for the office shall be held.

AB888,17,323 (c) Whenever Unless a village has provided for election of village officers by
24preferential voting under s. 5.20 (2), whenever the electors of a village, equal to at
25least 10 percent of the vote for governor in a village at the last general election, file

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1a petition conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40 with the village clerk requesting
2a primary no later than December 1 preceding the spring election, there shall be a
3primary for any specific election.

AB888,17,85 8.11 (2) Milwaukee County. A Except as provided in sub. (6), a primary shall
6be held in counties having a population of 500,000 or more whenever there are more
7than twice the number of candidates to be elected to any judicial office within the
8county or to the county board of supervisors from any one district.

AB888,17,12 9(2m) First class city school board. A Except as provided in sub. (6), a
10primary shall be held in 1st class cities whenever there are more than 2 candidates
11for member of the board of school directors at-large or from any election district in
12any year.

AB888,17,15 13(5) County supervisors. A Except as provided in sub. (6), a primary shall be
14held in an election for county board supervisor whenever 3 or more candidates file
15nomination papers.

AB888,17,1917 8.11 (6) Preferential voting; exception. If a primary is authorized or required
18in an election for a local office and the preferential voting method is adopted for use
19in elections for that office under s. 5.20, no primary shall be held.

AB888,18,1021 8.50 (3) (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions for
22September primaries under s. 8.15 are applicable to all partisan primaries held
23under this section, and the provisions for spring primaries under s. 8.10 are
24applicable to all nonpartisan primaries held under this section. In a special partisan
25primary or election, the order of the parties on the ballot shall be the same as

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1provided under s. 5.62 (1) or 5.64 (1) (b). Independent candidates for state office at
2a special partisan election shall not appear on the primary ballot. No primary is
3required for a nonpartisan election in which not more than 2 candidates for an office
4appear on the ballot or for a partisan election in which not more than one candidate
5for an office appears on the ballot of each recognized political party. No primary shall
6be held in a special election for any local office if the preferential voting method is
7used in that election. In every special election except a special election for
8nonpartisan state office where no candidate is certified to appear on the ballot, a
9space for write-in votes shall be provided on the ballot, regardless of whether a
10special primary is held.

AB888,18,2212 9.10 (3) (d) If more than 2 persons compete for a nonpartisan office, a recall
13primary shall be held. The names of the 2 persons receiving the highest number of
14votes in the recall primary shall be certified to appear on the ballot in the recall
15election, but if any person receives a majority of the total number of votes cast in the
16recall primary, a recall election shall not be held. If the incumbent receives a majority
17of the votes cast, the incumbent shall be retained in office for the remainder of the
18term. If another candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, that candidate shall
19be elected to serve for the residue of the unexpired term of the incumbent. Write-in
20votes are permitted only at a recall primary or at a recall election in which no primary
21is held. The preferential voting method shall not be used in a recall election for
22county office.

AB888,18,2424 10.02 (3) (intro.) The notice shall contain the following:

AB888,18,2525 FACSIMILE BALLOT NOTICE

AB888,19,1

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1OF .... ELECTION

AB888,19,22 Office of .... [County] [Municipal] Clerk.

AB888,19,33 To the Electors of .... [County] [Municipality]:

AB888,19,104 Notice is hereby given of a .... election to be held in the several wards in the
5[county] [municipality] of ...., on the .... day of ...., .... (year), at which the officers
6named below shall be chosen. The names of the candidates for each office to be voted
7for, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under
8the title of the office and under the appropriate party or other designation, each in
9its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, in the sample
10ballot below.

AB888,19,1111 INFORMATION TO ELECTORS

AB888,19,1512 Except as provided in sub. (4) and except where a different statement is
13prescribed by the board for use in whole or in part by municipalities using electronic
14voting systems under s. 5.95, the voting instructions shall be given substantially as
15follows:

AB888,19,1817 10.02 (4) The board shall prescribe by rule the content of type B notices to be
18used at all elections at which the preferential voting method is used.