Wisconsin § 7.54 - Contested elections.
Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 7.54 — Contested elections., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 7.54. Contested elections.
In all contested election cases, the contesting parties have the right to have the ballots opened and to have all errors of the inspectors, either in counting or refusing to count any ballot, corrected by the board of canvassers or court deciding the contest. The ballots and related materials may be opened only in open session of the board of canvassers or in open court and in the presence of the official having custody of them. 7.54 History History: 1983 a. 484 . 7.54 Annotation This section does not apply when an appeal of the result of a recount by the board of canvassers under s. 9.01 is before an appellate court. Sewell v. Racine Unified School District Board of Canvassers, 2022 WI 18 , 401 Wis. 2d 58 , 972 N.W.2d 155 , 20-1271 .
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Section 7.54 ("Contested elections.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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