NOTICE OF PARTISAN RECALL PRIMARY
8th SENATE DISTRICT
AND SAMPLE BALLOTS
July 12, 2011
OFFICE OF THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE, MILWAUKEE COUNTY:
Notice is hereby given of a partisan recall primary to be held in the several wards in Milwaukee County, comprising the 8th Senate District, on the 12th day of July, 2011, at which the officers named below shall be chosen. The names of the candidates for each office to be voted for, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under the title of the office, each in its proper column, in the sample ballot below.
INFORMATION TO ELECTORS
Upon entering the polling place, an elector shall give his or her name and address before being permitted to vote. Where ballots are distributed to electors, the initials of two inspectors must appear on the ballot. Upon being permitted to vote, the elector shall retire alone to a voting booth and cast his or her ballot except that an elector who is a parent or guardian may be accompanied by the elector’s minor child or minor ward. An election official may inform the elector of the proper manner for casting a vote, but the official may not in any manner advise or indicate a particular voting choice.
WHERE OPTICAL SCAN VOTING SYSTEMS ARE USED
Where optical scan voting is used, the elector shall connect the arrow next to the name of the candidate for whom he or she intends to vote. The elector may vote in only one party. The elector may only vote once. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the elector shall write in the name of the person of his or her choice in the space provided for a write-in vote, and connect the arrow on the write-in line.
WHERE TOUCH SCREEN VOTING SYSTEMS ARE USED
The elector shall select the candidate for whom he or she intends to vote by touching the candidate’s name or using the keypad. To vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot, the elector shall type in the name of the person of his or her choice in the space provided for a write-in vote.
In order to qualify for participation in the Wisconsin Election Campaign fund, a candidate for legislative office must receive at least 6% of the votes cast on all ballots for the office for which he or she is a candidate, in addition to other requirements.
The vote should not be cast in any other manner. If the elector spoils a paper or optical scan ballot, he or she shall return it to an election official who shall issue another ballot in its place, but not more than three ballots shall be issued to any one elector. If the ballot has not been initialed by two inspectors or is defective in any other way, the elector shall return it to the election official, who shall issue a proper ballot in its place. The elector may spoil a touch screen ballot at the voting station. Not more than five minutes’ time shall be allowed inside a voting booth or machine. Sample ballots or other materials to assist the elector in casting his or her vote may be taken into the booth and copied. The sample ballot shall not be shown to anyone so as to reveal how the ballot is marked.
After an official optical scan ballot is marked, it shall be inserted in the security sleeve so the marks do not show. After casting his or her vote, the elector shall leave the booth, insert the ballot in the voting device and discard the sleeve, or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. The elector shall leave the polling place promptly.
After an official Touch Screen ballot is marked, the elector shall leave the polling place promptly.
An elector may select an individual to assist in casting his or her vote if the elector declares to the presiding official that he or she is unable to read, has difficulty reading, writing or understanding English or that due to disability is unable to cast his or her ballot. The selected individual rendering assistance may not be the elector’s employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization which represents the elector.
The wards listed below are the ONLY wards in the City of Milwaukee that will be involved in this election:
A.D. 3 Ward 38
A.D. 9 Ward 259
A.D. 3 Ward 40
A.D. 9 Ward 260
A.D. 1 Ward 147
A.D. 9 Ward 261
A.D. 1 Ward 150
A.D. 9 Ward 263
A.D. 9 Ward 258
A.D. 9 Ward 265
Following is a sample of the official ballots.
The polling places in the City of Milwaukee will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. City of Milwaukee residents contact the City of Milwaukee Election Commission, City Hall, at 286-3491 for location of your polling place and if you need further information regarding accessibility of polling places to elderly and disabled voters. The web address is www.Milwaukee.gov.
GIVEN under our hands at the Courthouse, in the City of Milwaukee, this 22nd day of June, 2011.
THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
Judith A. Mount
W. Scott Nelson
David L. Sartori
