Wisconsin election officials have voted to provide more details to voters than normal to avoid confusion about a ballot that will have both a special and regular election for a vacant congressional seat
Wisconsin election officials voted Thursday to provide more details to voters than normal to avoid confusion about a ballot that will have both a special and regular election for a vacant congressional seat. The rare anomaly for the 8th Congressional District is due to the timing of former U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher's surprise resignation. Under state law, if Gallagher had quit before April 9, a special election before November would have had to be called.
Voters in the congressional district will also be handed an explanation of why the same congressional seat is on the ballot twice. The exact wording of both the ballot and the information sheet will be considered by the commission next month. “If we’re not clarifying that for the voter, we have done the voters a disservice,' commissioner Ann Jacobs said. Candidates for the office will also be required to circulate separate nomination papers for both the special and regular elections.
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