Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 17 - Resignations, vacancies, and removals from office.
17.285 - Temporary vacancies; elections.

17.285 Temporary vacancies; elections. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a vacancy in an elective office occurs as a result of expiration of the term of an incumbent and a successor has not been determined due to the pendency of a recount or an appeal from a recount determination, no election or special election may be ordered or held to fill the temporary vacancy. If the law provides for the vacancy to be temporarily filled by appointment, the appointee shall serve until a successor qualifies.
History: 1983 a. 484.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 17 - Resignations, vacancies, and removals from office.

17.001 - Definition.

17.01 - Resignations to whom made; when effective.

17.015 - Municipal judge: multiple resignations.

17.02 - Notice of resignations.

17.025 - Temporary vacancies.

17.03 - Vacancies, how caused.

17.035 - Vacancies; military leaves.

17.05 - Governor may declare vacancies.

17.06 - Removal of state officers; impeachment; address.

17.07 - Removals; legislative and appointive state officers.

17.08 - Suspension of receiver of moneys.

17.09 - Removal of elective county officers.

17.10 - Removal of appointive county officers.

17.11 - Suspension of district attorney or sheriff.

17.12 - Removal and suspension of city officers.

17.13 - Removal of village, town, town sanitary district, school district, and technical college officers.

17.14 - Removal; assessors; boards of review; county boards; procedure.

17.15 - Removals; other officers.

17.16 - Removals; definition; procedure; disqualification.

17.17 - Notice of vacancies.

17.18 - Vacancies, U.S. senator and representative in congress; how filled.

17.19 - Vacancies, elective state offices; how filled.

17.20 - Vacancies in appointive state offices; how filled; terms.

17.21 - Vacancies in elective county offices; how filled; term.

17.22 - Vacancies in appointive county offices; how filled.

17.23 - Vacancies in city offices; how filled.

17.24 - Vacancies in village offices.

17.245 - New city, village or town office, filling.

17.25 - Vacancies in town offices; how filled.

17.26 - Vacancies in school boards; how filled.

17.27 - Vacancies in other offices; how filled.

17.275 - Records of applicants for elective positions.

17.28 - When officers may hold office.

17.285 - Temporary vacancies; elections.

17.29 - Effect of chapter.