5.89 Official return. The return produced by the automatic tabulating equipment shall be appended to the tally sheet by the canvassers. The return constitutes a part of the official return for the ward or election district. The municipal clerk shall check the totals shown by the return and, if it appears that there is an obvious discrepancy with respect to the number of votes cast in any ward or election district, the clerk shall have the ballots for that ward or election district publicly retabulated to correct the return. Upon completion of the count, the return is open to the public.
History: 1979 c. 311.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 5 - Elections — general provisions; ballots and voting systems.
5.025 - Elections commission; definition.
5.05 - Elections commission; powers and duties.
5.055 - Election assistance commission standards board.
5.056 - Matching program with secretary of transportation.
5.06 - Compliance review; appeal.
5.061 - Compliance with federal Help America Vote Act.
5.07 - Action to compel compliance.
5.08 - Petition for enforcement.
5.081 - Petition for enforcement of voting rights.
5.15 - Division of municipalities into wards.
5.18 - Enforcement of division requirement.
5.35 - Polling place requirements.
5.36 - Notice of voting by individuals with disabilities.
5.37 - Voting machine requirements.
5.40 - Use of voting machines or systems.
5.52 - Multi-candidate elections.
5.53 - Voting machine ballots.
5.56 - Multiple columns and rows.
5.58 - Spring primary ballots.
5.60 - Spring election ballots.
5.62 - Partisan primary ballots.
5.64 - General election ballots.
5.65 - Special referendum ballots.
5.72 - Correcting ballot errors.
5.76 - Adoption, experimentation or discontinuance of systems.
5.79 - Instruction of electors.
5.80 - Demonstrator electronic voting system.
5.81 - Ballot information; arrangement; absentee ballots.
5.83 - Preparation for use of voting devices; comparison of ballots.
5.84 - Testing of equipment; requirements for programs and ballots.
5.85 - Receiving, counting, tallying and return of ballots.
5.86 - Proceedings at central counting locations.
5.91 - Requisites for approval of ballots, devices and equipment.