Wisconsin § 8.35 - Vacancies after nomination.

§ 8.35. Vacancies after nomination.

8.35(1) (1) Any person who files nomination papers and qualifies to appear on the ballot may not decline nomination. The name of that person shall appear upon the ballot except in case of death of the person. A person who is appointed to fill a vacancy in nomination or who is nominated by write-in votes is deemed to decline nomination if he or she fails to file a declaration of candidacy within the time prescribed under sub. (2) (c) or s. 8.16 (2) . 8.35(1m) (1m) 8.35(1m)(a) (a) A person who files nomination papers with the commission for an office other than district attorney to be filled at the general election does not qualify under sub. (1) to appear on the ballot at the partisan primary or general election, and the person’s name shall not appear on the ballot, if, no later than the 7th business day before the June 10 preceding the partisan primary or no later than the 7th business day before the 4th Tuesday in August preceding the general election, the person does all of the following: 8.35(1m)(a)1. 1. Files with the commission the sworn statement and identity verification required under par. (b) . 8.35(1m)(a)2. 2. Pays a fee of $2,500 to the commission if the person is a candidate for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, U.S. senator, or, with respect to the general election, president and vice president of the United States. 8.35(1m)(a)3. 3. Pays a fee of $500 to the commission if the person is a candidate for U.S. representative in Congress. 8.35(1m)(a)4. 4. Pays a fee of $250 to the commission if the person is a candidate for state senate or representative to the assembly. 8.35(1m)(b) (b) 8.35(1m)(b)1. 1. Each person withdrawing his or her candidacy under par. (a) shall complete and file with the commission a sworn statement, which shall be notarized and made under oath, on a form prescribed by the commission attesting that the person withdraws his or her candidacy and that verifies the person’s identity, as provided in this paragraph. The form shall include a space for the candidate to state his or her reasons for withdrawing from candidacy, the date of completion of the form, the candidate’s printed name, the candidate’s signature, and the signature of the witness under subd. 2. 8.35(1m)(b)2. 2. The candidate’s completion of the form required under subd. 1. shall be personally witnessed by a county clerk, county sheriff, or municipal chief of police in this state, who shall verify the candidate’s identity by means of an operator’s license issued under ch. 343 , an identification card issued under s.