Gov. Evers Signs Senate Bill 408
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed Senate Bill (SB) 408, now 2023 Wisconsin Act 105, which makes modifications to the “50-piece rule” for the Wisconsin State Legislature. SB 408 was passed by the Legislature with bipartisan support and would first apply to the 2024 general election.
Senate Bill 408, now 2023 Wisconsin Act 105:
- Expands the time a representative to the Wisconsin State Assembly who becomes a candidate for partisan office is able to distribute 50 pieces of substantially identical materials to the last day authorized by law for filing nomination papers for that election;
- Increases the limit on the number of substantially identical materials a member of the Wisconsin State Senate who becomes a candidate for partisan office may distribute to 150 pieces and expands the time for which they can distribute these materials to the last day authorized by law for filing nomination papers for that election; and
- Specifies that this limit would not apply during a state of emergency with respect to any elective office representing any part of the territory that is subject to the emergency declaration for materials related to the emergency.
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