Designating Newspapers For Publishing Election Notices

Background:  Traditionally, the Sauk County Board of Supervisors has designated the newspapers in which election notices are published.  The County Clerk is required by statute to publish election notices in all qualified newspapers unless the county provides otherwise by resolution.   Wis. Stat. § 10.04(2)(a)&(b)

Publishing election notices in the official newspaper for the County will reach citizens in the Reedsburg, Spring Green, and Sauk Prairie areas.  By choosing an additional newspaper in which to publish election notices, the county will provide additional coverage for citizens not in those areas.  This is a fiscally responsible manner in which the county may publish in order to provide wider notice of elections.

Your Executive and Legislative Committee, in consultation with the Administrative Coordinator, Corporation Counsel, and County Clerk, has reviewed the options available for designating newspapers for election notices, and recommends election notices be published in the Official Newspaper for Sauk County, the Reedsburg Independent, and in the Baraboo News Republic.