10.01 Election notice form. (1) The form of the various election notices shall be prescribed by the commission to standardize election notices. To accomplish this purpose, the commission shall make rules and draft whatever forms it considers necessary. Notification or certification lists of candidates or referenda questions sent to the county clerks shall prescribe the […]
10.02 Type B notice content. (1) Before any election an appropriate type B notice shall be published in substantially the form prescribed by the commission at the times prescribed in s. 10.06. The type B notice shall include the following relevant sections and be within the guidelines established in this section. (2) (a) The headline […]
10.03 Cross-references required. Whenever possible the complete election notice shall appear on a single page of the newspaper. If this is impracticable, a footnote in 12-point caps shall indicate the page where the notice is continued. At the top of each succeeding page, or column of the notice, shall appear in 12-point caps and figures […]
10.04 Newspaper selection and fees. (1) Election notices required by law to be published may be published only in newspapers qualified under ch. 985. (2) (a) County clerks shall publish election notices in all newspapers published within the county that qualify under ch. 985 unless the county board provides otherwise by resolution. (b) The board […]
10.05 Posting of notice. Unless specifically designated elsewhere, this section applies to villages, towns and school districts. Whenever a notice is required to be published, a village, town or school district may post 3 notices in lieu of publication under ch. 985 whenever there is not a newspaper published within the village, town or school […]
10.06 Basic election notices. (1) Elections commission. (a) On or before November 15 preceding a spring election the commission shall send a type A notice to each county clerk. (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 […]
10.07 Combination of notices; cost. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) in the case of voting machine ballots, whenever any county clerk or municipal or school district clerks within the same county are directed to publish any notice or portion of a notice under this chapter on the same date in the same newspaper, […]
