Assembly Bill 149 amends the process for nominating presidential electors in Wisconsin, particularly in situations where a political party lacks candidates for state senate or assembly, state officers, or holdover state senators. Under current law, these party members must convene at the state capitol at 10 a.m. on the first Tuesday in October of presidential election years to nominate electors. The bill introduces a new provision that allows the chairperson of the state committee of a political party to nominate the party's presidential electors if no candidates are available, with the nomination to be completed by the same deadline.

Specifically, the bill amends section 8.18 (1) by inserting a clause that specifies exceptions to the requirement for candidates to meet, and it creates a new section 8.18 (3) detailing the responsibilities of the chairperson in the absence of candidates. The chairperson must nominate one presidential elector from each congressional district and two electors from the state at large, and must certify these nominations to the appropriate commission. This change aims to ensure that the nomination process for presidential electors remains functional even when a party does not have candidates for certain offices.

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