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2011 Wisconsin Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2011)

handle is hein.sag/sagwi0029 and id is 1 raw text is: STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 114 East, State Capitol J.B. VAN HOLLEN P.O. Box 7857 ATTORNEY GENERAL Madison,WI 53707-7857 Kevin N. St. John TTY 1-800-947-3529 Deputy Attorney General Steven P. Means Executive Assistant April 21, 2011 1-01-11 Mr. Tony Kordus Corporation Counsel Shawano County 311 North Main Street Shawano, WI 54166 Dear Mr. Kordus: T 1. You request an informal opinion concerning the application of Wis. Stat. § 59.10(3) to two factual situations. BACKGROUND 2. Your county board is in the process of preparing a decennial redistricting plan under Wis. Stat. § 59.10(3)(b) that is based upon 2010 census data. On March 1, 2011 an elector registered to file a petition to reduce the number of supervisory districts under Wis. Stat. § 59.10(3)(cm)2. You believe that a petition with a sufficient number of signatures to request a referendum will be filed with the county clerk in April 2011. QUESTIONS PRESENTED AND BRIEF ANSWERS 3. You first ask, in effect, whether a petition may be circulated in 2011 and a referendum held pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 59.10(3)(cm)2. on that petition if the county board's decennial redistricting plan using 2010 census data is in effect for the spring election in 2012. T 4. In my opinion, a petition may be circulated because the county board's decennial redistricting plan is not yet in effect. The county clerk may accept the petition, but should not put the redistricting plan requested by the petitioners on the April 2012 ballot if decennial redistricting has been completed in time for that election. 5. Your second question is whether an elector may circulate a petition to further reduce the number of supervisory districts after the spring 2012 election during the decade under Wis. Stat. § 59.10(3)(cm)2. if the county board's decennial redistricting plan under Wis. Stat. § 59.10(3)(b) using 2010 census data reduces the current number of supervisory districts.

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