SB 144

Currently, the names of the presidential electors do not appear on the ballot in

Wisconsin. Instead, the names of the candidates for president and vice president

appear on the ballot, and each vote cast for one of the tickets is a vote for the

presidential electors whose names are filed by their political party or, in the case of

independent candidates, whose names are filed with the nomination papers of the

candidates. After the winners of the presidential election in this state are

determined, the presidential electors convene and cast their ballots for the

candidates of the party who filed their names or for the independent candidates who

filed their names.

This bill ratifies and enters Wisconsin into an agreement among the states that

provides that if the agreement governs a particular presidential election, each state

participating in the agreement will certify the electors of the party, or in the case of

independent candidates, the electors of the candidates, who win the national popular

vote for president and vice president as the winning slate of presidential electors in

the participating state. Under the agreement, the Elections Commission must

certify to the other participating states the winners of the presidential and vice

presidential vote in this state and must accept the determinations of the chief

election officials of the other states in calculating the numbers of votes cast for the

presidential and vice presidential candidates in their states. The agreement governs

the appointment of presidential electors in this state in any year in which the

agreement is, on July 20, in effect in states cumulatively possessing a majority of

electoral votes.