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Wisconsin Statutes Elections (Ch. 5 to 12) § 11.0203. Registration; required information

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) Required information. The candidate committee shall indicate on the registration statement that it is registering as a candidate committee and shall include all of the following, where applicable, on the registration statement:

(a) The name and mailing address of the candidate committee.

(b) The name and mailing address of the candidate committee treasurer and any other custodian of books and accounts. Unless otherwise directed by the treasurer on the registration form and except as otherwise provided in this chapter or any rule of the commission, all mailings that are required by law or by rule of the commission shall be sent to the treasurer at the treasurer's address indicated upon the form.

(bd) The email address and personal telephone number of the candidate, the candidate committee treasurer, and any other custodian of books and accounts. Telephone numbers provided under this paragraph shall be kept confidential and are not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35(1).

<Text of subsec. (1)(c) effective until July 1, 2025>

(c) In the case of a candidate committee of an independent candidate for partisan office or a candidate for nonpartisan county or municipal office, a list of the members of the committee, in addition to those specified in par. (b), if any, whom the filing officer shall recognize as eligible to fill a nomination vacancy if the candidate dies before the election.

<Text of subsec. (1)(c) effective July 1, 2025>

(c) In the case of a candidate committee of an independent candidate for partisan office or a candidate for nonpartisan county or municipal office, a list of the members of the committee, in addition to those specified in par. (b), if any, whom the commission shall recognize as eligible to fill a nomination vacancy if the candidate dies before the election.

(d) The name and address of the depository account of the candidate committee and of any other institution where funds of the committee are kept.

(2) Certification. The individual responsible for filing or amending a candidate committee's registration statement and any form or report required of the committee under this chapter shall certify that all information contained in the statement, form, or report is true, correct, and complete.

(3) Change of information. (a) The candidate committee shall report any change in information previously submitted in a registration statement within 10 days following the change. Except as provided in par. (b), any such change may be reported only by the individual or by the officer who has succeeded to the position of an individual who signed the original statement.

(b) A candidate or the treasurer of the candidate's committee may report a change in the candidate committee's registration statement.

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