Senate Bill 143 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 a political party without candidates for these positions to have its chairperson nominate the party's presidential electors instead, ensuring that the nomination process can still proceed even in the absence of certain candidates.

Specifically, the bill amends section 8.18 (1) by inserting a clause that states, "Except as provided under sub. (3), candidates for the senate and assembly..." and creates a new section 8.18 (3). This new section outlines that if a political party lacks candidates for the senate or assembly, the chairperson must nominate one presidential elector from each congressional district and two electors from the state at large by 10 a.m. on the first Tuesday in October preceding the presidential election. The chairperson is also required to certify these nominations to the appropriate commission.

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