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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 4 - Senate and assembly districts. › 4.95 - Ninety-fifth assembly district.

4.95
Ninety-fifth assembly district.
[See note preceding subchapter I.] All of the following territory in La Crosse County constitutes the 95th assembly district:
(1)
The town of Campbell.
(2)
That part of the town of Shelby comprising U.S. census tract 700, blocks 1001, 1002, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1016, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, and 1024; and tract 1200, blocks 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3007, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3017, and 3018; and tract 10700, blocks 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2019, 3020, and 3021.
(3)
The city of La Crosse.
History: 2011 a. 43.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 4 - Senate and assembly districts. › 4.96 - Ninety-sixth assembly district.

4.96
Ninety-sixth assembly district.
[See note preceding subchapter I.] All of the following territory constitutes the 96th assembly district:
(1)
Whole county. Crawford.
(2)
Monroe County. That part of Monroe County consisting of all of the following:
(a)
The towns of Adrian, Angelo, Jefferson, Leon, Portland, Ridgeville, Sheldon, Tomah, Wellington, Wells, and Wilton.
(b)
The villages of Cashton, Melvina, Norwalk, and Wilton.
(3)
Vernon County. That part of Vernon County consisting of all of the following:
(a)
The towns of Bergen, Christiana, Clinton, Coon, Forest, Franklin, Genoa, Hamburg, Harmony, Hillsboro, Jefferson, Kickapoo, Liberty, Stark, Sterling, Union, Viroqua, Webster, Wheatland, and Whitestown.
(b)
The villages of Chaseburg, Coon Valley, Genoa, La Farge, Ontario, Readstown, and Stoddard.
(c)
That part of the village of De Soto located in the county.
(d)
That part of the village of Viola located in the county.
(e)
The cities of Hillsboro, Viroqua, and Westby.
History: 2011 a. 43.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 4 - Senate and assembly districts. › 4.99 - Ninety-ninth assembly district.

4.99
Ninety-ninth assembly district.
[See note preceding subchapter I.] All of the following territory in Waukesha County constitutes the 99th assembly district:
(1)
The towns of Delafield, Merton, and Ottawa.
(2)
That part of the town of Genesee comprising U.S. census tract 203702, blocks 1033, 1034, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2030, 2031, 2032, 3023, and 3025; and tract 203803, blocks 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1009, 1010, 1021, 1022, 1025, 1037, 1040, 1100, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2031, 2032, and 2033; and tract 203804, blocks 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1025, 1039, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1055, 1059, 1060, 1061, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2027, 2032, 2033, 2036, 2037, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3047, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, and 4023; and tract 204004, blocks 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3008, 3009, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, and 4015.
(3)
That part of the town of Summit comprising U.S. census tract 203702, blocks 1007, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1023, 1024, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, and 1032; and tract 203703, blocks 1015, 1057, and 2013; and tract 203704, blocks 1041 and 1042; and tract 204004, blocks 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1018, 1019, 1020, and 1028; and tract 204100, blocks 1000, 1001, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 2053, 2054, 2059, 2060, 3032, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3043, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3049, 3051, 3058, 4000, 4007, 4046, 4047, 4049, 4050, 4051, 4052, 4053, 4054, 4055, 4056, 4058, 4059, 4060, 4061, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4065, 4066, 4067, 4068, 4069, 4070, and 4072; and tract 204301, blocks 4021 and 4031; and tract 204302, block 3017; and tract 204502, blocks 4033, 4034, 4035, 4036, 4037, 4039, 4040, and 4041.
(4)
The villages of Chenequa, Dousman, Hartland, Merton, Nashotah, North Prairie, Oconomowoc Lake, and Wales.
(5)
The city of Delafield.
History: 2011 a. 43.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.025 - Elections commission; definition.

5.025
Elections commission; definition.
In chs. 5 to 10 and 12, “commission" means the elections commission.
History:  2015 a. 118 s. 2; Stats. 2015 s. 5.025.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.055 - Election assistance commission standards board.

5.055
Election assistance commission standards board.
The commission administrator shall, in consultation with the commission, appoint an individual to represent this state as a member of the federal election assistance commission standards board. The administrator shall also conduct and supervise a process for the selection of an election official by county and municipal clerks and boards of election commissioners to represent local election officials of this state as a member of the federal election assistance commission standards board. The administrator shall ensure that the members of the federal election assistance commission standards board representing this state shall at no time be members of the same political party. Upon appointment or election of any new member of the federal election assistance commission standards board representing this state, the administrator shall transmit a notice of that member's appointment or election to the officer or agency designated by federal law.
History:  2003 a. 265; 2007 a. 1; 2015 a. 118.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.056 - Matching program with secretary of transportation.

5.056
Matching program with secretary of transportation.
The commission administrator shall enter into the agreement with the secretary of transportation specified under s. 85.61 (1) to match personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained by the commission under s. 6.36 (1) and the information specified in s. 6.34 (2m) with personally identifiable information maintained by the department of transportation.
History:  2003 a. 265; 2007 a. 1; 2015 a. 118, 261.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.061 - Compliance with federal Help America Vote Act.

5.061
Compliance with federal Help America Vote Act.
(1)
Whenever any person believes that a violation of Title III of P.L. 107-252 has occurred, is occurring, or is proposed to occur with respect to an election for national office in this state, that person may file a written, verified complaint with the commission.
(2)
If the commission receives more than one complaint under sub. (1) relating to the same subject matter, the commission may consolidate the complaints for purposes of this section.
(3)
A complainant under sub. (1) or any of the complainants in a consolidated complaint under sub. (2) may request a hearing and the matter shall then be treated as a contested case under ch. 227, except that the commission shall make a final determination with respect to the merits of the complaint and issue a decision within 89 days of the time that the complaint or the earliest of any complaints was filed, unless the complainant, or each of any complainants whose complaints are consolidated, consents to a specified longer period.
(4)
If the commission finds the complaint to be without merit, it shall issue a decision dismissing the complaint. If the commission finds that the violation alleged in the complaint has occurred, is occurring, or is proposed to occur, the commission shall order appropriate relief, except that the commission shall not issue any order under this subsection affecting the right of any person to hold an elective office or affecting the canvass of an election on or after the date of that election.
History:  2003 a. 265; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.07 - Action to compel compliance.

5.07
Action to compel compliance.
Whenever a violation of the laws regulating the conduct of elections or election campaigns, other than a violation of the laws regulating campaign financing, occurs or is proposed to occur, the attorney general or the district attorney of the county where the violation occurs or is proposed to occur may sue for injunctive relief, a writ of mandamus or prohibition, or other such legal or equitable relief as may be appropriate to compel compliance with the law. No bond is required in such actions.
History:  1973 c. 334; 1983 a. 484 s. 136m; Stats. 1983 s. 5.07; 1985 a. 304; 2015 a. 118.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.08 - Petition for enforcement.

5.08
Petition for enforcement.
In addition to or in lieu of filing a complaint, any elector may file a verified petition alleging such facts as are within his or her knowledge to indicate that an election official has failed or is failing to comply with any law regulating the conduct of elections or election campaigns, other than a law regulating campaign financing, or proposes to act in a manner inconsistent with such a law, and requesting that an action be commenced for injunctive relief, a writ of mandamus or prohibition or other such legal or equitable relief as may be appropriate to compel compliance with the law. The petition shall be filed with the district attorney for the county having jurisdiction to prosecute the alleged failure to comply under s. 978.05 (1) and (2). The district attorney may then commence the action or dismiss the petition. If the district attorney declines to act upon the petition or if the district attorney fails to act upon the petition within 15 days of the date of filing, the petitioner may file the same petition with the attorney general, who may then commence the action.
History:  1983 a. 484; 2007 a. 1; 2015 a. 118.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.081 - Petition for enforcement of voting rights.

5.081
Petition for enforcement of voting rights.
The attorney general shall accept a verified petition from any person alleging failure to comply with section 2 of the federal voting rights act, 42 USC 1973 (a) and (b). The attorney general may commence an action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction on behalf of any elector of this state whose rights under 42 USC 1973 (a) and (b) are violated.
History:  1985 a. 312.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.10 - Presidential electors.

5.10
Presidential electors.
Although the names of the electors do not appear on the ballot and no reference is made to them, a vote for the president and vice president named on the ballot is a vote for the electors of the candidates for whom an elector's vote is cast. Under chs. 5 to 12, all references to the presidential election, the casting of votes and the canvassing of votes for president, or for president and vice president, mean votes for them through their pledged presidential electors.
History:  1973 c. 334 s. 2; Stats. 1973 s. 5.10; 1977 c. 26; 1979 c. 89, 311.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.18 - Enforcement of division requirement.

5.18
Enforcement of division requirement.
If any municipality fails to comply with s. 5.15, the county in which the municipality is located or any elector of the municipality may submit to the circuit court for any county in which the municipality is located within 14 days from the expiration of the 60-day period under s. 5.15 (1) (b) a proposed plan for the division of the municipality into wards in compliance with this section. If the circuit court finds that the existing division of the municipality into wards fails to comply with s. 5.15, it shall review the plan submitted by the petitioner and after reasonable notice to the municipality may promulgate the plan, or any other plan in compliance with s. 5.15, as a temporary ward plan for the municipality to remain in effect until superseded by a ward plan enacted or adopted by the governing body in compliance with s. 5.15.
History:  1985 a. 304 ss. 9, 11, 12; 2011 a. 39.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.25 - Polling places.

5.25
Polling places.
(1)
All elections under chs. 5 to 12 shall be held at the polling places provided in this section. The places chosen shall be public buildings, unless the use of a public building for this purpose is impracticable or the use of a nonpublic building better serves the needs of the electorate, as determined by the authority charged with the responsibility for establishing polling places under sub. (2).
(2)
In cities over 500,000 population, polling shall be at the places established by the board of election commissioners. In all other cities and in villages and towns, polling shall be at the places established by the governing body.
(3)
Polling places shall be established for each election at least 30 days before the election.
(4)
(a)
Each polling place shall be accessible to all individuals with disabilities. The commission shall ensure that the voting system used at each polling place will permit all individuals with disabilities to vote without the need for assistance and with the same degree of privacy that is accorded to nondisabled electors voting at the same polling place. This paragraph does not apply to any individual who is disqualified from voting under s. 6.03 (1) (a).
(b)
In any jurisdiction that is subject to the requirement under 42 USC 1973aa-1a to provide voting materials in any language other than English, the commission shall ensure that the voting system used at each polling place in that jurisdiction is in compliance with 42 USC 1973aa-1a.
(d)
No later than June 30 of each odd-numbered year, the commission shall submit a report on impediments to voting faced by elderly and handicapped individuals to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3). In preparing its report under this paragraph, the commission shall consult with appropriate advocacy groups representing the elderly and handicapped populations.
(5)
(a)
Except as authorized in par. (b), all electors within a ward shall vote at the same polling place.
(b)
The municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of a municipality in which an elderly or handicapped elector resides may reassign the elector to a polling place within the municipality other than the polling place serving the elector's residence in order to permit the elector to utilize a polling place that is accessible to elderly or handicapped individuals.
(c)
The electors of more than one ward in the same municipality may vote at a single polling place.
History:  1975 c. 275; 1977 c. 427; 1979 c. 89; 1983 a. 532; 1985 a. 304, 332; 1987 a. 391; 1989 a. 192; 1999 a. 182; 2003 a. 265; 2011 a. 75; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.36 - Notice of voting by individuals with disabilities.

5.36
Notice of voting by individuals with disabilities.
Any individual with a disability may notify a municipal clerk that he or she intends to vote at a polling place on election day and may request that a specific type of accommodation be provided that will facilitate his or her voting.
History:  2003 a. 265.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.37 - Voting machine requirements.

5.37
Voting machine requirements.
(1)
Voting machines shall give every elector a reasonable opportunity to vote for any person for any office and on any proposition the elector is entitled to vote on, assure privacy to the elector so no one will know how the elector is voting or has voted, preclude the electors from voting for persons or propositions upon which they are not entitled to vote and from voting more than once for the same office or on the same proposition. Voting machines shall be constructed to lock so they cannot be manipulated, tampered with, or show the number of votes registered for any candidate or proposition while voting is in progress. The machines shall permit voting a split ticket and shall record each vote cast.
(2)
When 2 or more wards or aldermanic districts are joined to use a voting machine, under s. 5.15 (6) (b), the machine shall be constructed to allow the electors to vote for all nominated candidates and issues for their aldermanic district or ward, but for no other.
(3)
For presidential electors one device shall be provided to vote for all of one party's electoral candidates at the same time. The device shall be opposite or adjacent to the names of the party's candidates for president and vice president.
(4)
Voting machines may be used at primary elections when they comply with subs. (1) and (2) and the following provisions: All candidates' names entitled to appear on the ballots at the primary shall appear on the machine; the elector cannot vote for candidates of more than one party, whenever the restriction applies; the elector may secretly select the party for which he or she wishes to vote; the elector may vote for as many candidates for each office as he or she is lawfully entitled to vote for, but no more.
(5)
Polling places may have more than one voting machine.
History:  1971 c. 304 s. 29 (1), (2); 1977 c. 107, 427; 1981 c. 314; 1983 a. 484; 1991 a. 316; 1999 a. 182; 2011 a. 23, 32.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.51 - General provisions.

5.51
General provisions.
(1)
The type face used on all paper ballots shall be easy to read.
(2)
The paper used for ballots shall be 35 pounds per ream for sheets 24 inches by 36 inches. If a different size sheet is used, the weight per ream shall be proportioned accordingly, but shall meet this standard. This subsection does not apply to ballots used with electronic voting systems.
(3)
All paper ballots shall be of sufficient width and length to provide space for all matter required to be printed on them. Except on ballots used with electronic voting systems, all ballot columns shall be separated by lines at least one-eighth inch in width.
(4)
No stickers may be placed on a ballot by election officials except under s. 7.37 (6). Any other stickers applied by them shall not be counted.
(5)
Each official ballot shall be printed on paper of uniform color. Different colors shall be used to distinguish office and referendum ballots and different colors may be used to distinguish separate ballots for different offices. Sample ballots shall be printed on a different color paper than the official ballots, and need not have the endorsement and certificate.
(6)
All candidates' names for the same office shall be placed, projected or composed on the ballot in the same size, style and color of type. The style and size of type shall conform substantially to the official ballot forms prescribed by the commission under s. 7.08 (1) (a).
(7)
In partisan primary elections, all ballots shall be of uniform color and size, and the same type of paper shall be used for all ballots.
(8)
Unless otherwise specifically provided, the form of all ballots shall conform to the ballot forms prescribed by the commission under s. 7.08 (1) (a).
History:  1979 c. 260, 311; 1981 c. 377; 1983 a. 484 s. 174; 1985 a. 304; 1987 a. 391; 1999 a. 182; 2005 a. 92; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.52 - Multi-candidate elections.

5.52
Multi-candidate elections.
If more than one individual is to be elected to the same office from the same jurisdiction or district, the ballot shall provide at the top of the column or to the right of the row for that office: “Vote for not more than .... candidates.".
History:  1985 a. 304.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.53 - Voting machine ballots.

5.53
Voting machine ballots.
(1)
Voting machine ballots shall be placed, projected or composed on a board or screen inside the machine, under s. 5.64 and may be arranged in either columns or rows. The type face shall be easy to read, and the type size may be no smaller than 8 point.
(2)
Where separate ballots are provided for, the names or questions shall be placed in separate columns or rows upon the machines so they are voted on separately, except as otherwise provided for referenda under s. 5.64 (2) (c).
History:  1979 c. 260, 311; 1981 c. 377 ss. 4, 5; 1999 a. 182.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.54 - Notice to electors.

5.54
Notice to electors.
Every ballot, except a voting machine ballot, shall bear substantially the following information on the face: “Notice to electors: This ballot may be invalid unless initialed by 2 election inspectors. If cast as an absentee ballot, the ballot must bear the initials of the municipal clerk or deputy clerk."
History:  1977 c. 427; 1979 c. 260, 311; 1983 a. 484 s. 172 (3); 1985 a. 304; 1989 a. 192; 2001 a. 16, 104.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.55 - Information.

5.55
Information.
On every ballot, except a voting machine ballot, shall be printed “Official .... Ballot" or “Official .... Ballot for ...." followed by the designation of the polling place for which the ballot has been prepared, the date of the election, and the official endorsement and blank certificates. The number of the ward or wards or aldermanic district, if any, and the name of the municipality may be omitted in printing and stamped or written on the ballots at any location which is clearly visible at the option of the county clerk. Printed information and initials shall appear on the back and outside of the ballot.
History:  1985 a. 304; 1997 a. 250; 1999 a. 182; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 265.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.56 - Multiple columns and rows.

5.56
Multiple columns and rows.
Whenever the number of candidates for any office requires the use of more than one row or column on a voting machine or whenever the official or agency having the responsibility to determine ballot positions determines that the number of candidates for an office requires the use of more than one column on a ballot, the official or agency having such responsibility shall require that the rows or columns be rotated in such a manner that all rows are positioned on top, or all columns are positioned to the left, in an equal number of wards or election districts. If the number of wards and election districts in which voting for an office is conducted is not equally divisible, the position of the rows or columns in the remaining wards or election districts shall be determined by the official or agency by the drawing of lots. The number of columns or rows shall be determined at the same time that the positions of the candidates' names are determined for each primary and election.
History:  1981 c. 377 s. 5.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.65 - Special referendum ballots.

5.65
Special referendum ballots.
Unless otherwise provided, ballots for special referenda shall conform to the format prescribed under s. 5.64 (2), insofar as applicable.
History:  1983 a. 484; 1999 a. 182.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.655 - Consolidated ballots.

5.655
Consolidated ballots.
(1)
Whenever a separate ballot is required to be used, a municipality may use a single ballot to facilitate the use of voting machines or an electronic voting system or, if the municipality employs paper ballots, may use a consolidated paper ballot that is authorized under sub. (2). If a municipality uses a single ballot in lieu of separate ballots, the ballot shall include a separate column or row for any office, referendum or party for which a separate ballot is required by law and the ballot shall be distributed only to electors who are eligible to vote for all of the offices and referenda appearing on the ballot.
(2)
Whenever a municipality employing paper ballots is required to utilize separate ballots for certain offices, referenda or parties at an election, the municipality may, with the approval of the county clerk or board of election commissioners of each county in which there is located any portion of the municipality where one or more electors reside, substitute a single consolidated paper ballot or a ballot that is designed to be utilized with an electronic voting system, if the ballot contains all of the applicable information required to be provided for paper ballots at that election.
(3)
The commission shall prescribe notices and instructions to be given to electors who use a ballot that is authorized under sub. (2) in lieu of any notices and instructions that are applicable only to municipalities employing separate paper ballots.
History:  1999 a. 182; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.66 - Number of ballots.

5.66
Number of ballots.
(1)
For local elections, where necessary, municipal clerks shall have sufficient ballots printed or otherwise prepared whenever a voting system does not utilize printed ballots to assure a ballot for all electors or voting machines. For all other elections the municipal clerks shall certify to their county clerk, on the first day of the 2nd month preceding the month in which the primary is held, the approximate number of electors in the municipality. The county clerk shall total these estimates and order a sufficient supply to assure ballots for all electors and voting machines.
(2)
The county clerk or board of election commissioners shall print a sufficient number of sample ballots. The municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall print sample ballots whenever the municipality prepares ballots under s. 7.15 (2) (b) or (c). Sample ballots shall be printed on nonwhite colored paper and shall be overprinted “SAMPLE". Voting machine sample ballots shall be a reduced size diagram of the face of the board or screen inside the voting machine with all candidates, issues and voting instructions as they will appear on the official ballot. Sample ballots to be used with an electronic voting system in which ballots that are distributed to electors are used shall be an actual size copy of the ballot. The clerk or board of election commissioners printing the ballots shall distribute the samples approximately as follows: 45 percent shall be kept in the clerk's or board's office and distributed to electors requesting them; 45 percent shall be sent to the municipalities, or, if the municipality prints ballots, 45 percent shall be sent to the county for distribution to the electors; and 10 percent shall be reserved to be sent to the polling places by municipalities in proportion to the number certified in sub. (1) and made available to electors at the polls on election day.
History:  1979 c. 260, 311, 355; 1983 a. 484; 1987 a. 391; 2001 a. 16.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.68 - Cost of elections.

5.68
Cost of elections.
(1)
The cost of acquisition of ballot boxes and voting booths, voting machines or electronic voting systems and regular maintenance thereof shall be borne by the municipalities in which the boxes, booths, machines or systems are used.
(2)
Except as otherwise expressly provided, all costs for ballots, supplies, notices and any other materials necessary in preparing or conducting any election shall be paid for by the county or municipality whose clerk or board of election commissioners is responsible for providing them. If a ballot is prepared for a school, technical college, sewerage or sanitary district, the district shall pay for the cost of the ballot. If no other level of government is involved in a school, technical college, sewerage or sanitary district election, the district shall pay for all costs of the ballots, supplies, notices and other materials. If ballots, supplies, notices or other materials are used for elections within more than one unit of local government, the costs shall be proportionately divided between the units of local government involved in the election. In a 1st class city, all costs otherwise attributable to a school district shall be paid by the city.
(3)
If voting machines are used or if an electronic voting system is used in which all candidates and referenda appear on the same ballot, the ballots for all national, state and county offices and for county and state referenda shall be prepared and paid for by the county wherein they are used. If the voting machine or electronic voting system ballot includes a municipal or school, technical college, sewerage or sanitary district ballot, the cost of that portion of the ballot shall be reimbursed to the county or paid for by the municipality or district, except as provided in a 1st class city school district under sub. (2).
(4)
The cost of compensation of election officials and trainees shall be borne in the manner provided in s. 7.03.
(5)
If a charge is made for the use of a polling place, the charge shall be paid by the municipality establishing the polling place under s. 5.25 (2) unless the polling place is used to conduct a special election that is called by a unit of government other than the state or the municipality establishing the polling place and the special election is not held concurrently with an election specified in s. 5.02 (5), (12s), (21), or (22). In such case the charge shall be paid by the unit of government that calls the special election.
(6)
The clerk of each county or municipality shall submit an invoice to the clerk of each municipality or district which is responsible for payment of election costs under this section. The municipality or district shall make payment to the county or municipal treasurer.
History:  1979 c. 260, 311, 355; 1985 a. 304; 1993 a. 399; 1999 a. 182; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 333, 451; 2011 a. 32; 2013 a. 165; 2015 a. 118.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.72 - Correcting ballot errors.

5.72
Correcting ballot errors.
(1)
As soon as possible after ballots are delivered to the county clerk or to the municipal clerk if the municipality is preparing ballots under s. 7.15 (2), but not later than 3 weeks before any election relating to a state or national office or statewide referendum, the county or municipal clerk preparing the ballots shall submit one copy of each ballot to the commission for review of possible errors. If the contractor preparing the ballots supplies proofs in advance of ballot preparation, the clerk shall submit one copy of the proofs in lieu of actual ballots. If a voting machine ballot or other ballot combining local candidates or referenda with state or national candidates or referenda is used, the entire ballot shall be submitted, but if ballots intended for distribution to electors are used, only those ballots relating to state or national offices and statewide referenda need be submitted. This subsection does not require delay of ballot distribution or mailing of absentee ballots.
(2)
The commission shall review ballots and proof copies submitted under sub. (1) and shall notify the county and municipal clerk of any error as soon as possible but in no event later than 7 days after submission. The clerk is not required to correct a ballot error upon receipt of notice of the error, unless ordered to do so under sub. (3) or s. 5.06 (6).
(3)
Whenever an affidavit is filed by the commission or any elector alleging an error or omission in the preparation of a ballot, the circuit court for the county where the ballot is proposed to be used or its presiding judge, by order, may summarily require a county or municipal clerk to correct the error, or show cause why it should not be corrected and, by order, after the hearing, have the correction made.
History:  1979 c. 260; 1979 c. 311 s. 19; 1979 c. 355 ss. 9, 10; Stats. 1979 s. 5.72; 1981 c. 377; 1983 a. 484; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.76 - Adoption, experimentation or discontinuance of systems.

5.76
Adoption, experimentation or discontinuance of systems.
The governing body or board of election commissioners of any municipality may by ordinance or resolution adopt, experiment with, or discontinue any electronic voting system authorized by this subchapter and approved under s. 5.91 for use in this state, and may purchase or lease materials or equipment for such system to be used in all or some of the wards within its jurisdiction, either exclusively in combination with mechanical voting machines, or in combination with paper ballots where such ballots are authorized to be used.
History:  1979 c. 311; 1985 a. 304.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.77 - Applicable procedures.

5.77
Applicable procedures.
(1)
So far as applicable, the procedure provided for voting paper ballots applies when an electronic voting system employing the use of ballots distributed to electors is used.
(2)
So far as applicable, the procedure provided for voting with mechanical voting machines applies when an electronic voting system employing the use of electronic voting machines is used.
History:  1979 c. 311.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.78 - Voting booths.

5.78
Voting booths.
At polling places where an electronic voting system employing the use of ballots distributed to electors is used, the municipality shall supply a sufficient number of voting booths for the use of electors as provided in s. 5.35 (2).
History:  1979 c. 311.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.79 - Instruction of electors.

5.79
Instruction of electors.
At polling places where an electronic voting system employing the use of ballots and voting devices is used, the election officials shall offer each elector instruction in the operation of the voting device and ballot before the elector enters the voting booth. No instructions may be given after the elector has entered the voting booth, except as authorized under s. 6.82 (2). All instructions shall be given by election officials in such a manner that they may be observed by other persons in the polling place.
History:  1979 c. 311; 2001 a. 16.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.80 - Demonstrator electronic voting system.

5.80
Demonstrator electronic voting system.
When an electronic voting system is used in a forthcoming election, the municipal clerk may provide, for the purpose of instructing electors in the election, one or more demonstrator electronic voting systems using the names of fictitious candidates or fictitious questions for placement in any public building within the municipality in which the election occurs. If such placement of a demonstrator takes place it shall be made available at least 30 days before the election.
History:  1979 c. 311.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.81 - Ballot information; arrangement; absentee ballots.

5.81
Ballot information; arrangement; absentee ballots.
(1)
Whenever the statutes provide for the use of separate ballots or columns or rows for offices, parties or referenda, and an electronic voting system in which ballots are distributed to electors is used at a polling place, a single ballot may be used for all offices, referenda and parties. The ballot information, whether placed on the ballot or on the voting device, shall, as far as practicable, be grouped and ordered in the same manner as provided for other ballots under this chapter, except that the information on the ballot need not be in separate columns or rows.
(3)
If a municipality utilizes an electronic voting system in which ballots distributed to electors are employed, absentee ballots may consist of ballots utilized with the system or paper ballots and envelopes voted in person in the office of the municipal clerk or voted by mail.
(4)
In partisan primary elections, if a ballot contains the names of candidates of more than one party, it shall provide a space for electors to designate a party preference. Failure to designate a preference does not invalidate any votes cast by an elector, except as provided in s. 7.50 (1) (d).
History:  1979 c. 311; 1985 a. 304; 1999 a. 182; 2001 a. 16; 2011 a. 32.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.82 - Write-in ballots.

5.82
Write-in ballots.
If the ballot employed by a municipality does not provide a space for write-in votes, the municipality shall provide a separate write-in ballot, which may be in the form of a paper ballot, to permit electors to write in the names of persons whose names are not on the ballot whenever write-in votes are authorized.
History:  1979 c. 311; 1987 a. 391; 2001 a. 16.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.83 - Preparation for use of voting devices; comparison of ballots.

5.83
Preparation for use of voting devices; comparison of ballots.
Where voting devices are used at a polling place, the municipal clerk shall cause the voting devices to be put in order, set, adjusted and made ready for voting when delivered to the polling place. Before the opening of the polls the inspectors shall compare the ballots used in the voting devices with the sample ballots furnished and see that the names, numbers and letters thereon agree and shall certify thereto on forms provided by the commission.
History:  1979 c. 311; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.84 - Testing of equipment; requirements for programs and ballots.

5.84
Testing of equipment; requirements for programs and ballots.
(1)
Where any municipality employs an electronic voting system which utilizes automatic tabulating equipment, either at the polling place or at a central counting location, the municipal clerk shall, on any day not more than 10 days prior to the election day on which the equipment is to be utilized, have the equipment tested to ascertain that it will correctly count the votes cast for all offices and on all measures. Public notice of the time and place of the test shall be given by the clerk at least 48 hours prior to the test by publication of a class 1 notice under ch. 985 in one or more newspapers published within the municipality if a newspaper is published therein, otherwise in a newspaper of general circulation therein. The test shall be open to the public. The test shall be conducted by processing a preaudited group of ballots so marked as to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on each referendum. The test shall include for each office one or more ballots which have votes in excess of the number allowed by law and, for a partisan primary election, one or more ballots which have votes cast for candidates of more than one recognized political party, in order to test the ability of the automatic tabulating equipment to reject such votes. If any error is detected, the municipal clerk shall ascertain the cause and correct the error. The clerk shall make an errorless count before the automatic tabulating equipment is approved by the clerk for use in the election.
(2)
Before beginning the ballot count at each polling place or at the central counting location, the election officials shall witness a test of the automatic tabulating equipment by engaging the printing mechanism and securing a printed result showing a zero count for every candidate and referendum. After the completion of the count, the ballots and programs used shall be sealed and retained under the custody of the municipal clerk in a secure location.
History:  1979 c. 311; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 92.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.86 - Proceedings at central counting locations.

5.86
Proceedings at central counting locations.
(1)
All proceedings at each central counting location shall be under the direction of the municipal clerk or an election official designated by the clerk unless the central counting location is at the county seat and the municipal clerk delegates the responsibility to supervise the location to the county clerk, in which case the proceedings shall be under the direction of the county clerk or an election official designated by the county clerk. Unless election officials are selected under s. 7.30 (4) (c) without regard to party affiliation, the employees at each central counting location, other than any specially trained technicians who are required for the operation of the automatic tabulating equipment, shall be equally divided between members of the 2 major political parties under s. 7.30 (2) (a) and all duties performed by the employees shall be by teams consisting of an equal number of members of each political party whenever sufficient persons from each party are available.
(2)
At each central counting location, a team of election officials designated by the clerk or other election official having charge of the location under sub. (1) shall check the container returned containing the ballots to determine that all seals are intact, and thereupon shall open the container, check the inspectors' slip and compare the number of ballots so delivered against the total number of electors of each ward served by the polling place who voted, remove the ballots or record of the votes cast and deliver them to the technicians operating the automatic tabulating equipment. Any discrepancies between the number of ballots and total number of electors shall be noted on a sheet furnished for that purpose and signed by the election officials.
(3)
Upon completion of the central count at a county seat, the county clerk shall return any ballots, statements, tally sheets, or envelopes relating solely to a municipal election to the appropriate municipal clerk and any ballots, statements, tally sheets, or envelopes relating solely to a school district election to the school district clerk. In addition, the county clerk shall report the results of the central count of votes for each office or referendum by ward or by combined wards authorized under s. 5.15 (6) (b) to the municipal clerk of the municipality where the votes are cast.
History:  1979 c. 311; 1985 a. 304; 1997 a. 127; 2001 a. 109; 2011 a. 115.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.87 - Tabulating votes.

5.87
Tabulating votes.
(1)
If a central counting location is not utilized, the procedure for tabulating the votes by the automatic tabulating equipment shall be under the direction of the chief inspector and shall conform to the requirements of the automatic tabulating equipment. If any ballot is not accepted by the automatic tabulating equipment, the election officials shall make a duplicate ballot to replace that ballot in the manner prescribed in s. 5.85 (3). All proceedings at the polling place and at any central counting location shall be open to the public, but no person, except those employed and authorized for the purpose, may touch any ballot, container, envelope, return or equipment.
(2)
The commission shall, by rule, prescribe uniform standards for determining the validity of votes cast or attempted to be cast with each electronic voting system approved for use in this state under s. 5.91. The rules shall apply only to situations that may arise in which the validity of a vote or attempted vote cast by an elector utilizing a particular system cannot be determined under s. 7.50.
History:  1979 c. 311; 1983 a. 484; 2003 a. 265; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10).
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.89 - Official return.

5.89
Official return.
The return produced by the automatic tabulating equipment shall be appended to the tally sheet by the canvassers. The return constitutes a part of the official return for the ward or election district. The municipal clerk shall check the totals shown by the return and, if it appears that there is an obvious discrepancy with respect to the number of votes cast in any ward or election district, the clerk shall have the ballots for that ward or election district publicly retabulated to correct the return. Upon completion of the count, the return is open to the public.
History:  1979 c. 311.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems. › 5.905 - Software components.

5.905
Software components.
(1)
In this section, “software component" includes vote-counting source code, table structures, modules, program narratives and other human-readable computer instructions used to count votes with an electronic voting system.
(2)
The commission shall determine which software components of an electronic voting system it considers to be necessary to enable review and verification of the accuracy of the automatic tabulating equipment used to record and tally the votes cast with the system. The commission shall require each vendor of an electronic voting system that is approved under s. 5.91 to place those software components in escrow with the commission within 90 days of the date of approval of the system and within 10 days of the date of any subsequent change in the components. The commission shall secure and maintain those software components in strict confidence except as authorized in this section. Unless authorized under this section, the commission shall withhold access to those software components from any person who requests access under s. 19.35 (1).
(3)
The commission shall promulgate rules to ensure the security, review and verification of software components used with each electronic voting system approved by the commission. The verification procedure shall include a determination that the software components correspond to the instructions actually used by the system to count votes.
(4)
If a valid petition for a recount is filed under s. 9.01 in an election at which an electronic voting system was used to record and tally the votes cast, each party to the recount may designate one or more persons who are authorized to receive access to the software components that were used to record and tally the votes in the election. The commission shall grant access to the software components to each designated person if, before receiving access, the person enters into a written agreement with the commission that obligates the person to exercise the highest degree of reasonable care to maintain the confidentially of all proprietary information to which the person is provided access, unless otherwise permitted in a contract entered into under sub. (5).
(5)
A county or municipality may contract with the vendor of an electronic voting system to permit a greater degree of access to software components used with the system than is required under sub. (4).
History:  2005 a. 92; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10).