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Citation: Wis. Stat. § 10.04

Section: 10.04

10.04

 

Newspaper selection and fees.

10.04(1)

(1)

 

Election notices required by law to be published may be published only in newspapers qualified under ch. 985 .

10.04(2)

(2)

 

10.04(2)(a)

(a)

County clerks shall publish election notices in all newspapers published within the county that qualify under ch. 985 unless the county board provides otherwise by resolution.

10.04(2)(b)

(b)

The board of election commissioners or governing body of a municipality may authorize by resolution the publication of election notices in more than one newspaper. The resolution may name the newspapers in which all election notices shall appear.

10.04(3)

(3)

 

10.04(3)(a)

(a)

Whenever, in chs. 5 to 12 , provision is made for the publication of a notice on a specific date and a weekly newspaper is chosen, the notice shall appear in that newspaper’s closest preceding issue. Whenever, in chs. 5 to 12 , provision is made for the publication of a notice on the day before an election and the county or municipal clerk who is responsible for publishing the notice determines that, due to the method of delivering newspapers in the municipality, more effective notice will be provided by publication at an earlier date, the municipal clerk may publish the notice not earlier than 3 days before the election.

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2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated

through 2025 Wis. Act 103 and through all Supreme Court Orders and Controlled Substances Board Orders filed before and in effect on April 3, 2026.

Published and certified under s. 35.18. Changes effective after April 3, 2026, are designated by NOTES.

(Published 4-3-26)