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Wis. Stat. § 5.54

This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 5.54, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.

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Notice to electors.

Official statutory text

Every ballot, except a voting machine ballot, shall bear substantially the following information on the face: “ Notice to electors: This ballot may be invalid unless initialed by 2 election inspectors. If cast as an absentee ballot, the ballot must bear the initials of the municipal clerk or deputy clerk.”

History: 1977 c. 427 ; 1979 c. 260 , 311 ; 1983 a. 484 s. 172 (3) ; 1985 a. 304 ; 1989 a. 192 ; 2001 a. 16 , 104 .

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