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The Wisconsin Elections Commission is a bipartisan regulatory agency of the state of Wisconsin established to administer and enforce election laws in the state. The Wisconsin Elections Commission was established by a 2015 act of the Wisconsin Legislature which also established the Wisconsin Ethics Commission to administer campaign finance, ethics, and lobbying laws.
At least two municipalities in Wisconsin prohibited the retail sale of alcohol until recently: the city of Sparta, [10] [11] and the village of Ephraim. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In the April 1, 2014, Wisconsin spring election, voters in Sparta narrowly passed a referendum to allow the sale of beer and wine in groceries and convenience stores.
To serve in the Wisconsin Legislature, individuals must be a resident of the state for at least one year preceding his or her election and be a qualified elector in the district they are elected to represent. [11] All 99 members of the Wisconsin Assembly are elected in a two-year term cycle without term limits.
The bill fundamentally alters Wisconsin's complicated system governing the making, distribution and sales of alcoholic beverages.
While many parts of the law will impact the inner workings of the alcohol industry, consumers may still see some changes.
If approved, ethics complaints received in Rochester would go before a board to determine next steps, and not directly to the city council.
The Wisconsin Ethics Commission was created in 2015 when Governor Scott Walker signed Wisconsin Act 118, which eliminated the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board effective June 30, 2016. [ 4 ] [ 6 ]
Since 1989, most of the secretary of state's duties have gradually been reassigned to other state agencies or outright eliminated. 1989 Wisconsin Act 338 transferred lobbying regulation to the Ethics Board, now known as the Ethics Commission. [25] 1991 Wisconsin Act 39 transferred publication of the session laws to the Legislative Reference Bureau.