EDRIElection Dispute Resolution Index

§ 9.10 codifies recall standing ('The qualified electors of the state, of any county, city, village, or town... may petition'). § 9.01(1)(a) codifies recount standing more narrowly — 'Any candidate voted for at any election who is an aggrieved party' or 'any elector who voted upon any referendum question' (in EDRI/RECT cands). The two together enumerate contest standing across recall/recount procedures.

Wis. Stat. § 7.54 codifies contest venue: 'In all contested election cases, the contesting parties have the right to have the ballots opened and to have all errors of the inspectors... corrected by the board of canvassers or court deciding the case.' Court of original jurisdiction codified as the circuit court (per § 9.01(6) referenced).

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 9.10 codifies recall-petition deadlines. The election-contest filing deadlines (§ 9.01(1) recount petitions = 3 business days after results) live inside § 9.01 which is also FTS-surfaced — but the precise deadline isn't the focus of the candidate surfaced here.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Only § 9.10 (Recall) was FTS-surfaced — recall doesn't have a substantive evidentiary standard for results contests. The Wisconsin contest standard-of-proof lives in case law + § 9.01 procedural rules.

Wis. Stat. § 9.01 codifies the recount procedure in extensive detail (one of the most-detailed in any state): petition rights, fees, who counts, evidence rules, hand-count vs. machine-count choice, observer access. § 5.90 governs electronic-system recounts. § 7.53 codifies municipal canvass. Comprehensive statutory recount procedure.

Wis. Stat. § 9.01(1)(ag) codifies recount-fee triggers based on margin: when 'difference between the votes cast for the leading candidate and those cast for the petitioner' falls within a defined band, fees waived. Margin-threshold trigger is statutorily enumerated.

Wis. Stat. § 9.01(1)(ag) codifies recount cost allocation: '(1) If the difference between the votes cast for the leading candidate and those cast for the petitioner... [is small], no fees [required].' Outside that margin, the petitioner pays per-ballot fees. § 9.01(1)(ad) requires advance estimate by the receiving clerk.

Wis. Stat. § 9.01 codifies that recount findings amend the canvass — the board of canvassers' protocols are amended per the recount, with court appeal available under § 9.01(6)–(11). Recount findings are binding on the certified result.

Wis. Stat. § 7.60 codifies the county-canvass deadline. § 7.70 codifies the state-canvass procedure with statutory deadlines. § 7.08 codifies commission supervision. Together: certification timeline is statutory across precinct → municipal → county → state levels.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Only § 9.10 (Recall) surfaced — not a pre-certification stay mechanism. Wisconsin's stay-of-certification during recount lives implicitly in § 9.01(11) (appeal procedure) — not directly codified as a stay.