Wis­con­sin elec­tion offi­cials fear vot­er con­fu­sion over spe­cial and reg­u­lar elec­tion tak­ing place on same day

Wis­con­sin elec­tion offi­cials are work­ing on ways to clear up con­fu­sion about a bal­lot that will allow vot­ers to vote for both a spe­cial elec­tion and a reg­u­lar elec­tion. 
Fol­low­ing for­mer Rep. Mike Gallagher’s sud­den res­ig­na­tion from Con­gress last month, Wisconsin’s 8th Con­gres­sion­al Dis­trict has remained vacant. Under Wis­con­sin law, if Gal­lagher had resigned before April 9, a spe­cial elec­tion could have been held soon­er, but he left office on April 24. The move required Gov. Tony Evers (D‑WI) to call a spe­cial elec­tion for the same day as the Aug. 13 pri­ma­ry, as well as the gen­er­al elec­tion in Novem­ber.
Vot­ers in the 8th Dis­trict, which encom­pass­es north­east­ern Wis­con­sin, includ­ing Green Bay and Apple­ton, will pick some­one to take his place until the term ends on Jan. 3, as well as addi­tion­al­ly vote for some­one to take on the two-year term in the House after Jan. 3. 
“There is a source for con­fu­sion present here, and it will be very dif­fi­cult to avoid any vot­er con­fu­sion,” Wis­con­sin Elec­tions Com­mis­sion attor­ney Bran­don Hun­z­ick­er said.
The non­par­ti­san Wis­con­sin Elec­tions Com­mis­sion has vot­ed to include word­ing about the length of time served in both the spe­cial elec­tion and the two-year term. Vot­ers will also be giv­en an explana­to­ry sheet about why the same con­gres­sion­al seat is on the bal­lot twice. 
“If we’re not clar­i­fy­ing that for the vot­er, we have done the vot­ers a dis­ser­vice,” WEC Com­mis­sion­er Ann Jacobs said.
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Both the spe­cial elec­tion and the elec­tion for the two-year termed posi­tion will take …