Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04
Published July 10, 1911.
No. so, 81

| No so, 81 Published July TO- 1911.
CHAPTER GLIB, LAWS OF 1911.
| AN AGA to amend sections so and 94ni
to repeal sections la TO lin, inelu-
| SiVe, and sections -, 81, ana 35, and
to create sections 70 and 94n--l Of
the statutes, relating to non partisan
| nominations, PRIMARIES, caucuSeS,
and convention and special elections.
| The people of the state uf Wisconsin,
| represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact AS follows:
Section l. Sections 80 and 04n Of the
| statutes are amended to read: Sec
! /. independent or bipartisan nom
| nations may be made Tor any office to
! be voted for at any general, Judicial,
| special, or city election.
! ,. such nominations shall be made
| by nomination papers, containing the
| name OF the candidate, the Office Tor
which he is nominated, his business or
vocation, residence, p2st-ot li ad-
vided by law the party or principle he
| represents, if any, expressed III not
more than five words.
3. TO each separate nomination paper
! shall be appended the affidavit OF a
/ qualified eleCtOr to the effect that he is
| personally acquainted with all the per-
| sons who have signed tho foregoing
nomination paper, that they are elect
Ors and that their residence, p0St-of-
| flee ADDRESS and date OF signing are
truly stated therein. But such aft
lavit snail not be made by the candi-
| date named therein.
4. Such nomination papers shall be
signed, if for q candidate to be voted
one thousand voters thereof; IL for q
| candidate to be voted for throughout
| n county, district, or other division less
than the state, or within city or
| ward, by at least three per centum of
| tho whole number of votes cast therein
for governor at the last preceding
| general election, but Ill no case by less
| than fifteen voters.
5. Each voter shall sign for but one
candidate for the Same office, and shall
add his residence, post-oflice address
and the date Of signing.
6. Such nomination papers shall be
hled as follows: For candidates to be
voted for throughout tho state or any
division or district embracing more
! than one county, in the office OF the
secretary of state not more than forty
nor less than fifteen days before the
| election for which the nominations are
made; for candidates. to be voted for
wholly within one county, in the office
| of tho county clerk, not more than
forty nor less than fifteen days before
| such election; for candidates to be
voted for wholly within one city, in the
| office of the city clerk, not more than
| fifteen nor less than four days before
such election.
Z. Ali such nomination papers shall
! be destroyed by the officer with whom
/ they are filed, on the first day OF jan
uary next succeeding the election, ex-
| cept such papers as may be material
| to any Investigation or litigation then
! pending, which shall De preserved until
! the final determination Of such lnVest1-
cation or litigation All nomination
! papers heretofore filed and in the Gus
| tOdy of any such officer shall be de-
| stroyed forthwith
Section San. 1. All special elections
for county officers shall be ordered by
the county clerk, except that a special
election for county clerk shall be or
dered and notice by the sheriff in tho
manner required of such clerk in other
cases The officer who ordes such an
election shall give notice in the man
ner hereinafter provided. All other
special elections shall be ordered by
| the governor.
3. Every such order shall specify the
office to be filled, how the vacancy oc-
Cured, the name Of the officer,
. the time when his term of office viii
expire, the county or district in which
and the day on which such election
shall be held, which day shall not be
less than twenty-fiv nor
more than forty days from the date Of
such order.
3. When made by the governor, such
order shall be filed and recorded in the
office Of the secretary of state; when
made by the county clerk or sheriff, 1t
shall be filed and recorded in the Office
Of tho county clerk
Section 2. Sections la, lib, lie, lid,
lie. If. 11g. 11h. Iii, Iii, 11k. ILL., lin.