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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIO N 21 |
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| 5 | 5 | | March 20, 2023 - Introduced by Senators LEMAHIEU and KAPENGA, cosponsored by |
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| 6 | 6 | | Representatives AUGUST and VOS. Referred to Committee on Senate |
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| 7 | 7 | | Organization. |
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| 8 | 8 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 9 | 9 | | Relating to: calling on the governor to call a special election to fill a vacancy in the |
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| 10 | 10 | | Office of Secretary of State. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 12 | 12 | | This joint resolution calls on the governor to call a special election to fill a |
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| 13 | 13 | | vacancy in the Office of Secretary of State. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Whereas, Secretary of State Douglas J. La Follette resigned the Office of |
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| 15 | 15 | | Secretary of State on March 17, 2023, thereby creating a vacancy; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | Whereas, the Office of Secretary of State is responsible for recording official acts |
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| 17 | 17 | | of the executive branch, affixing the state's great seal to official documents, having |
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| 18 | 18 | | custody of books and records of state government, maintaining and compiling |
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| 19 | 19 | | enrolled laws and resolutions, and preserving and keeping deeds, conveyances, |
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| 20 | 20 | | abstracts of title, and options and leases of land belonging to this state; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | Whereas, the voters of Wisconsin expect, deserve, and are entitled to select |
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| 22 | 22 | | their state constitutional officers, including the secretary of state; now, therefore, be |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2023 - 2024 Legislature |
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| 39 | 39 | | Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the Wisconsin |
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| 40 | 40 | | State Legislature calls on Governor Tony Evers to exercise his powers under section |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8.50 (4) (c) of the Wisconsin Statutes and call an immediate special election to fill the |
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| 42 | 42 | | vacancy in the Office of Secretary of State. |
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