NOTICE OF PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTION

NOTICE OF ELECTION

PARTISAN PRIMARY – AUGUST 14, 2012

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GENERAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 6, 2012

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Election of Presidential Electors

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at an election to be held in the several towns, villages, wards, and election districts in the County of Pierce, State of Wisconsin, on November 6, 2012, ten electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, one for each congressional district and two for the state at-large, are to be elected. The names of presidential electors do not appear on the ballot,

but each vote cast for a presidential candidate is a vote for the electors of the candidate. Independent

candidates for president or vice-president may circulate nomination papers beginning July 1, 2012, and must file nomination papers with the Government Accountability Board no later than 5:00 p.m. on August 7, 2012. The Government Accountability Board is located at 212 E. Washington Avenue, 3rd Floor, Madison, Wisconsin.

Partisan Primary and General Election

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that in the several towns, villages, wards, and election districts in the County of Pierce, State of Wisconsin, at a primary to be held on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, and at an election to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, the following officers are to be nominated and elected:

Congressional Officers

ONE UNITED STATES SENATOR, for the term of 6 years, to succeed the present incumbent listed, whose terms of office will expire on January 3, 2013:

Herbert H. Kohl

ONE REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, each for the term of 2 years, to succeed the present incumbents listed, whose terms of office will expire on January 3, 2013:

3rd Congressional District - Ron Kind

Legislative and State Offices

ONE STATE SENATORS, from the even-numbered Senatorial Districts of the State, each for the term of four years, to succeed the present incumbents listed, whose terms of office will expire on January 7, 2013:

District 10 - Sheila Harsdorf

TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO THE ASSEMBLY, each for the term of two years, to succeed the present incumbents listed, whose terms of office will expire on January 7, 2013:

District 30 - Dean Knudson

District 93 - Warren Petryk

Congressional and legislative district boundaries are described in Chapters 3 and 4 of the

Wisconsin Statutes. A copy of the boundary descriptions can be obtained from the Government

Accountability Board or the Legislative Reference Bureau at 1 East Main Street, Suite 200,

Madison, Wisconsin.

ONE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, each for the term of four years, to succeed the present incumbents listed, whose terms of office will expire on January 7, 2013:

Pierce County - John M. O’Boyle

County Officers

COUNTY OFFICERS, for each county of the State for the term of four years, to succeed the present incumbent in the office of County Clerk, Treasurer, and Register of Deeds, whose terms of office will expire on January 6, 2013:

County Clerk Jamie R. Feuerhelm

Treasurer Phyllis J. Beastrom

Register of Deeds Vicki J. Nelson

Circulation of Nomination Papers

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the first day for circulating nomination papers is April 15, 2012, and the deadline for filing nomination papers is no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 1, 2012. All federal and state office candidates, including district attorney candidates, file with the Government Accountability Board. All county partisan office candidates file with their respective county clerks.

DONE in the Village of Ellsworth

This 15th day of March, 2012.

Jamie R. Feuerhelm

Pierce County Clerk

414 W. Main St.

Ellsworth, WI 54011

(715) 273-3531 Ext. 6688

Pub. Apr. 4, 2012

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