Assembly Bill 149 proposes amendments to the nomination process for presidential electors in Wisconsin. Currently, political parties must convene at the state capitol on the first Tuesday in October of presidential election years to nominate their electors, which includes candidates for state senate or assembly, state officers, and holdover state senators. The bill introduces a new provision that allows the chairperson of a political party's state committee to nominate the party's presidential electors if the party lacks candidates for state senate or assembly, state officer, or holdover state senator.

The bill amends section 8.18 (1) of the statutes to clarify that candidates for the senate and assembly must be nominated at the primary, except as provided in the new section 8.18 (3). This new section outlines the process for the chairperson to nominate one presidential elector from each congressional district and two electors from the state at large, along with the requirement to certify these nominations to the appropriate commission. This change aims to ensure that political parties can still participate in the electoral process even if they do not have candidates for certain state offices.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 8.18(1), 8.18