Wis. Stat. § 7.75
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Presidential electors meeting.
Official statutory text
(1) The electors for president and vice president shall meet at the state capitol following the presidential election at 12:00 noon the first Tuesday after the 2nd Wednesday in December to cast and transmit their electoral votes pursuant to 3 USC 7 to 11 . If there is a vacancy in the office of an elector due to death, refusal to act, failure to attend or other cause, the electors present shall immediately proceed to fill by ballot, by a plurality of votes, the electoral college vacancy. When all electors are present, or the vacancies filled, they shall perform their required duties under the constitution and laws of the United States.
(2) The presidential electors, when convened, shall vote by ballot for that person for president and that person for vice president who are, respectively, the candidates of the political party which nominated them under s. 8.18 , the candidates whose names appeared on the nomination papers filed under s. 8.20 , or the candidate or candidates who filed their names under s. 8.185 (2) , except that at least one of the persons for whom the electors vote may not be an inhabitant of this state. A presidential elector is not required to vote for a candidate who is deceased at the time of the meeting.
History: 1979 c. 246 ; 2025 a. 214 .
(2) The presidential electors, when convened, shall vote by ballot for that person for president and that person for vice president who are, respectively, the candidates of the political party which nominated them under s. 8.18 , the candidates whose names appeared on the nomination papers filed under s. 8.20 , or the candidate or candidates who filed their names under s. 8.185 (2) , except that at least one of the persons for whom the electors vote may not be an inhabitant of this state. A presidential elector is not required to vote for a candidate who is deceased at the time of the meeting.
History: 1979 c. 246 ; 2025 a. 214 .
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