5.64 General election ballots.

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5.64 General election ballots. At general elections all of the following ballots, when necessary, shall be provided for each ward:

(1)Official ballot.

(ag)Except as authorized in s. 5.655 , there shall be a separate ballot giving the names of all candidates for president and vice president and for statewide, congressional, legislative, and county offices in the same form as prescribed by the commission under s. 7.08

(a).

1. The ballot shall permit an elector to do any of the following:

b. Vote for individual candidates for each office.

c. Vote for a person whose name does not appear on the ballot for any office.

1m. When voting for president and vice president, the ballot shall permit an elector to vote only for the candidates on one ticket jointly or to write in the names of persons in both spaces.

2. When voting for governor and lieutenant governor, the ballot shall permit an elector to vote only for the candidates on one ticket jointly or write in the names of persons in both spaces.

(b)The names of the candidates for the offices of president and vice president that are certified under s. 8.16

(7)or that are contained in nomination papers filed under s. 8.20 shall appear on the ballot in the form prescribed in s. 7.08

(a). The names of the candidates on the regular party tickets nominated at the primary or replacements appointed under s. 8.35

(2)shall appear in a separate column under the party designation. The columns shall be arranged from left to right according to rank, based on the number of votes received by each party’s candidate for president or governor at the last general election beginning with the party that received the most votes. To the right of the columns for parties qualifying under s. 5.62

(b)shall be placed the columns for parties qualifying under s. 5.62

(2)in the same order in which the parties filed petitions with the commission. Any column required under par.

(e)2. shall be placed next in order. To the right of the party columns shall be a column for the names of independent candidates for each office, or more than one column if the first column does not provide sufficient space for the names of all such candidates.

(d)The offices shall be arranged beginning with president and vice president or governor and lieutenant governor, whenever these offices are filled, and then the remaining offices in the order designated under s. 5.62

(3).

1. Except as provided in subd. 2. , each candidate’s name shall be placed in the column of the party by which nominated or if independent, in a column designated independent and all candidates for the same office shall appear within the same rows on the ballot. If a separate column is provided to write in the names of any party candidates under subd. 2. , the column shall appear before the column designated independent with the spaces provided to write in the names of the candidates for each such party appearing in the same order in which the columns of their parties would appear under par.

(b). Along with the names of the independent candidates shall appear the party or principle of the candidates, if any, in 5 words or less, as shown on their nomination papers. Independent candidates for the same county office shall be listed in the same manner in an order drawn by lot by or under supervision of the county clerk or board of election commissioners.