Section 1.36. Allocation of expenditures in nonpartisan elections.

 

(1)  This rule is promulgated to clarify the allocation of expenditures between the primary and general election by candidates who receive public funding in a nonpartisan election.

(2)  A candidate in a nonpartisan election who is subject to the limitations and disbursement levels specified in s. 11.31 , Stats., may make expenditures for items used in the pre-primary period to be allocated toward the disbursement limitations for the primary until the date the candidate knows there is no primary.

(3)  Any expenditures made after the date the candidate knows that there is no primary, shall be applied to the disbursement limitation for the general election.

(4)  For purposes of this rule, a candidate shall be deemed to know that there will be no primary on the day following the last day that nomination papers must be filed with the appropriate officer.

History: Cr. Register, December, 1979, No. 288 , eff. 1-1-80.

Note

This section has been reviewed pursuant to 2015 Wisconsin Act 117 , Section 79 (1) , and determined to be inconsistent with Act 117 and, therefore, unenforceable. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1