Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 48-82, (1982)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided August 19, 1982PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRED A. RISSER, President State Senate
You request advice as to the date new legislative district lines as ordered by the three judge federal court become effective. You are particularly concerned with holdover senators in cases where district lines have been altered by the addition and deletion of territory. Your specific questions and my answers follow:
1. Are the electors of the old district or the electors of the new district required to sign petitions to recall a holdover senator?
Answer: Electors of the new district.
2. Are the electors of the old district or those of the new district…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sixty-Seventh Minnesota State Senate v. BeensSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Reynolds v. State Election BoardDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1964