8.185 – Write-in candidates for president and vice president.
8.185 Write-in candidates for president and vice president. (1) The names of candidates for president and vice president may be written in, in the place provided, on the general ballot at the general election for choosing the president and vice president of the United States. Write-in votes shall be listed as scattering unless the person […]
8.19 – Party name.
8.19 Party name. (1) The state committee of any party polling less than 75,000 presidential votes in this state in the last election may change the name of the party. The new name may not duplicate that of an existing national party. A certificate of approval by the party’s national committee which has been certified […]
8.20 – Nomination of independent candidates.
8.20 Nomination of independent candidates. (1) Independent nominations may be made for any office to be voted for at any general or partisan special election. (2) (a) Nomination is by nomination papers. Each nomination paper shall have substantially the following words printed at the top: I, the undersigned, request that the name of (insert candidate’s […]
8.06 – Special elections may be called.
8.06 Special elections may be called. Towns, cities, villages, and, subject to ss. 67.05 (6a) (a) 2. and 121.91 (3) (a), school districts, may call special elections for any purpose authorized by law. If an election is called for a special referendum, the election shall be noticed under s. 8.55. History: 1979 c. 32; 1989 […]
8.07 – Validity of nomination papers.
8.07 Validity of nomination papers. The commission shall promulgate rules under this chapter for use by election officials in determining the validity of nomination papers and signatures thereon. History: 1983 a. 484; 1989 a. 359; 2015 a. 118 s. 266 (10).
8.10 – Nominations for spring election.
8.10 Nominations for spring election. (1) Candidates for office to be filled at the spring election shall be nominated by nomination papers, or by nomination papers and selection at the primary if a primary is held, except as provided for towns and villages under s. 8.05. Unless designated in this section or s. 8.05, the […]
8.11 – Spring primary.
8.11 Spring primary. (1) City. (a) A primary may be held in any city for the nomination of candidates for city office. When a majority of all the members of the governing body of a city decide upon a spring primary for any specific election, they shall so provide not later than 3 days after […]
8.12 – Presidential preference vote.
8.12 Presidential preference vote. (1) Selection of names for ballot. (a) No later than 5 p.m. on the 2nd Tuesday in December of the year before each year in which electors for president and vice president are to be elected, the state chairperson of each recognized political party listed on the official ballot at the […]
8.125 – Accessibility of presidential caucuses.
8.125 Accessibility of presidential caucuses. Any political party which holds a caucus open to the public for the purpose of selecting delegates to the national presidential nominating convention of the party shall hold the caucus in a place which is accessible to persons in wheelchairs. History: 1985 a. 304.
8.13 – Commission city primary.
8.13 Commission city primary. At the first primary after adoption of the commission form of government the 2 candidates for mayor and the 4 candidates for council members receiving the highest number of votes shall be nominated. At subsequent primaries the 2 candidates receiving the most votes for either office shall be nominated. Only the […]