LRB-3459/2
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
December 7, 2005 - Introduced by Senators Coggs, Carpenter and Erpenbach,
cosponsored by Representatives Cullen, Fields, Young, Grigsby, Lehman,
Richards, Colon, Zepnick
and Sinicki. Referred to Committee on Labor and
Election Process Reform.
SB468,1,7 1An Act to amend 5.05 (11), 5.68 (3), 6.15 (4) (a) to (e), 6.15 (6), 6.21, 6.22 (4), 6.28
2(1), 6.86 (1) (b), 6.86 (3) (c), 6.87 (6), 6.88 (1), 6.88 (2), 6.88 (3), 6.93, 6.935, 6.97
3(1), 6.97 (2), 7.10 (3) (a), 7.15 (1) (cm), 7.51 (2) (c), 7.51 (2) (e), 7.51 (3) (d), 7.51
4(5) (b), 7.53 (1), 7.53 (2) (d), 7.60 (3), 10.06 (1) (h), 10.06 (2) (b), 10.06 (2) (e), 10.06
5(2) (k), 12.60 (1) (b) and 880.33 (9); and to create 7.52, 10.06 (2) (j), 12.13 (3) (ze)
6and 20.510 (1) (e) of the statutes; relating to: administration of elections,
7making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill makes various changes in the laws concerning the administration of
elections. The changes include:
Deadline for voter registration
Under current law, every municipality with a population of greater than 5,000
is required to maintain a voter registration list. Effective on January 1, 2006, voter
registration will be required in all municipalities. With certain exceptions, the
deadline for voter registration at each election is 5 p.m. on the second Wednesday
preceding the election. Registrations made by mail must be delivered to the office
of the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners or postmarked not later
than this deadline. However, under current law, electors may also register in person
at the office of the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners until 5 p.m. on

the day before the election or, in most cases, may register at the proper polling place
or other designated location on election day. Hospitalized electors may register by
agent until 5 p.m. on election day. In addition, electors may register at any time after
the deadline if the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of the
municipality where they reside determines that the registration list can be revised
to incorporate their registrations in time for the election. If an elector registers at
the office of the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners after the close of
registration, from a hospital by agent, or at a polling place or other designated
location on election day, the elector must present acceptable proof of residence or
have another elector of the same ward or election district sign a statement
corroborating the elector's registration. The corroborating elector must then present
acceptable proof of residence.
This bill changes the deadline for registration at each election to 5 p.m. on the
fourth Thursday preceding the election. Under the bill, registrations made by mail
must be delivered to the office of the municipal clerk or board of election
commissioners or postmarked no later than this deadline. However, the bill still
permits electors to register in person at the office of the municipal clerk or board of
election commissioners, from a hospital by agent, or at a polling place on election day
after this deadline as currently provided. In addition, under the bill, electors may
still register after the deadline if the municipal clerk or board of election
commissioners of the municipality where they reside determines that the
registration list can be revised to incorporate their registrations in time for the
election.
Deadline to apply for absentee ballots by mail
Currently, an application that is transmitted by mail from an elector for an
absentee ballot at an election must be received by the municipal clerk or board of
election commissioners no later than 5 p.m. on the Friday before the election. An
application from a sequestered juror or an elector who is hospitalized may be received
no later than 5 p.m. on election day. This bill provides that an application that is
transmitted by mail must be received by the municipal clerk or board of election
commissioners no later than 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before the election. In
addition, the bill provides that an application from a sequestered juror or a
hospitalized elector must be received no later than 5 p.m. on the day before election
day.
Deadline for mailing of absentee ballots
Currently, each municipal clerk and board of election commissioners must mail
an absentee ballot to each elector who has requested one no later than the 30th day
before each September primary and general election and no later than the 21st day
before each other primary and election. If an elector requests a ballot after the
mailing deadline, the clerk or board must mail the ballot within one day after
receiving the request. This bill requires a clerk or board of election commissioners
to mail an absentee ballot to an elector who requests a ballot, after the mailing
deadlines to mail the ballot, no later than the end of the second day beginning after
the day on which the request is received.

Deadline for receipt of absentee ballots
Currently, an elector's absentee ballot that is delivered to the municipal clerk
or board of election commissioners must be received in sufficient time for the clerk
or board to deliver the ballot to the polling place serving the elector's residence before
8 p.m. on election day. This bill provides that an elector's absentee ballot that is
delivered to the office of the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners must
be received by the clerk or board no later than noon on election day.
Ballot information and ballot transmittal
Currently, there is no specific deadline provided for county clerks and boards
of election commissioners to transmit the names of candidates for national, state,
and county offices and state and county referendum questions to municipal clerks
and boards of election commissioners. This bill provides that county clerks and
boards of election commissioners must transmit ballot information to municipal
clerks and boards of election commissioners no later than two days after receiving
the necessary information from the Elections Board. Currently, county clerks and
boards of election commissioners must distribute ballots for absentee voters to
municipal clerks and boards of election commissioners no later than 31 days before
each September primary and general election and no later than 22 days before each
other primary and election. This bill requires county clerks and boards of election
commissioners to make this distribution one day earlier.
Absentee ballot canvassing procedure
Currently, each absentee ballot must be received at the polling place serving an
elector's residence no later than 8 p.m. on election night for the ballot to be counted.
The municipal clerk or board of election commissioners delivers all absentee ballots
received by the clerk or board to the appropriate polling places. The inspectors (poll
workers) canvass the absentee ballots, together with the other ballots, publicly on
election day by marking the names of the absentee electors on the same poll list that
is used to mark the names of the electors who vote in person. Any member of the
public may observe the proceedings. Any elector may challenge for cause any
absentee ballot that the elector knows or suspects is not cast by a qualified elector,
whether the absentee ballot is cast in person at the office of a municipal clerk or board
of election commissioners or the ballot is received in some other manner. Unless an
absentee ballot is challenged or voted provisionally, it is not identifiable once it is
counted, except that an absentee ballot may be distinguished from another ballot
because it carries the initials of the municipal clerk or executive director of the board
of election commissioners or a designated deputy. The inspectors at each polling
place announce the results of each election when the canvass is completed on election
night. Each municipal canvass must be completed by 2 p.m. on the day after each
election, and each county canvass must begin no later than 9 a.m. on the Thursday
following an election.
This bill permits the governing body of any municipality, by ordinance, to
discontinue the canvassing of absentee ballots at polling places. Under the bill, if
absentee ballots are not canvassed at polling places, the municipal board of
canvassers must convene at one or more public meetings held no earlier than the
seventh day after absentee ballots for an election are distributed and no later than

10 a.m. on the day after the election for the purpose of counting absentee ballots.
Under the bill, the board of canvassers does not announce the results of its count
until the canvass of all absentee ballots is completed on the day after an election. If
absentee ballots are not counted at polling places, the bill provides for the municipal
board of canvassers to conduct a cross-check of absentee ballots for any potential
duplication by electors who also cast ballots in person. To accomplish the
cross-check, the municipal board of canvassers numbers each absentee ballot as it
is counted, and if the elector who casts the ballot also casts a ballot in person, the
absentee ballot is not counted. To allow time for the separate canvass of the absentee
ballots to be completed and to reconcile and merge the results with the canvasses
conducted at polling places, in those municipalities where absentee ballots are not
counted at polling places, the bill allows an additional 24 hours for municipal
canvasses to be completed and for county canvasses to begin. The bill permits any
elector to challenge any absentee ballot for cause.
Ballot preparation
Currently, county clerks and boards of election commissioners are generally
responsible for printing or other preparation of ballots for elections, except that a
municipality that uses voting machines or an electronic voting system may, with
permission of the county clerk or board of election commissioners, prepare its own
ballots. First class cities (Milwaukee) may prepare their own ballots without
permission unless they use voting machines or an electronic voting system, in which
case, the county prepares their ballots. This bill provides that first class cities may
prepare their own ballots, at county expense, even if they use voting machines or an
electronic voting system.
Compensation for obtaining voter registrations
Under current law, a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners or the
Elections Board may appoint special registration deputies who may register electors
prior to the close of registration for any election. Any other person may also obtain
voter registration forms and may solicit registrations and return completed forms to
a municipal clerk, board of election commissioners, or the Elections Board.
This bill prohibits any person from compensating any other person, for
obtaining voter registrations, at a rate that varies in relation to the number of voter
registrations obtained by the person. Violators are guilty of a misdemeanor and are
subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than six
months, or both, for each offense.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to
result if the bill is enacted.

For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB468, s. 1 1Section 1. 5.05 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,5,112 5.05 (11) Aids to counties and municipalities. From the appropriations under
3s. 20.510 (1) (e), (t) and (x), the board may provide financial assistance to eligible
4counties and municipalities for election administration costs in accordance with the
5plan adopted under sub. (10). As a condition precedent to receipt of assistance under
6this subsection, the board shall enter into an agreement with the county or
7municipality receiving the assistance specifying the intended use of the assistance
8and shall ensure compliance with the terms of the agreement. Each agreement shall
9provide that if the federal government objects to the use of any assistance moneys
10provided to the county or municipality under the agreement, the county or
11municipality shall repay the amount of the assistance provided to the board.
SB468, s. 2 12Section 2. 5.68 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,6,213 5.68 (3) If Except as authorized in s. 7.15 (2) (b), if voting machines are used
14or if an electronic voting system is used in which all candidates and referenda appear
15on the same ballot, the ballots for all national, state, and county offices and for county
16and state referenda shall be prepared and paid for by the county wherein they are
17used. In 1st class cities, if the city prepares its own ballots for national, state, and
18county offices and for county and state referenda, the county shall pay for the ballots.

19If the voting machine or electronic voting system ballot includes a municipal or
20school, technical college, sewerage or sanitary district ballot, the cost of that portion

1of the ballot shall be reimbursed to the county or city or paid for by the municipality
2or district, except as provided in a 1st class city school district under sub. (2).
SB468, s. 3 3Section 3. 6.15 (4) (a) to (e) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB468,6,84 6.15 (4) (a) Clerks holding new resident ballots shall deliver them to the
5election inspectors in the proper ward or election district where the new residents
6reside or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, to the
7municipal board of canvassers when it convenes under s. 7.52 (1)
, as provided by s.
86.88 for absentee ballots.
SB468,6,139 (b) During polling hours, the inspectors shall open each carrier envelope,
10announce the elector's name, check the affidavit for proper execution, and check the
11voting qualifications for the ward, if any. In municipalities where absentee ballots
12are canvassed under s. 7.52, the municipal board of canvassers shall perform this
13function at a meeting of the board of canvassers.
SB468,6,1614 (c) The inspectors or board of canvassers shall open the inner envelope without
15examination of the ballot other than is necessary to see that the issuing clerk has
16endorsed it.
SB468,6,2117 (d) Upon satisfactory completion of the procedure under pars. (b) and (c) the
18inspectors or board of canvassers shall deposit the ballot in the ballot box. The
19inspectors board of canvassers shall enter the name of each elector voting under this
20section on the poll list with an indication that the elector is voting under this section
21or on a separate list maintained for the purpose under s. 6.79 (2) (c).
SB468,6,2522 (e) If the person is not a qualified elector in the ward or municipality, or if the
23envelope is open or has been opened and resealed, the inspectors shall reject the vote.
24Rejected ballots shall be processed the same as rejected absentee ballots, under s.
256.88 (3) (b).
SB468, s. 4
1Section 4. 6.15 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,7,62 6.15 (6) Death of elector. When it appears by due proof to the inspectors or,
3in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, when it
4appears by due proof to the board of canvassers
that a person voting under this
5section
at an election has died before the date of the election, the inspectors or board
6of canvassers
shall return the ballot with defective ballots to the issuing official.
SB468, s. 5 7Section 5. 6.21 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,7,14 86.21 Deceased electors. When by due proof it appears to the inspectors or,
9in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, when it
10appears by due proof to the board of canvassers
that a person voting under this
11section
casting an absentee ballot at an election has died before the date of the
12election, they the inspectors or board of canvassers shall return the ballot with
13defective ballots to the issuing official. The casting of the ballot of a deceased elector
14does not invalidate the election.
SB468, s. 6 15Section 6. 6.22 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,8,516 6.22 (4) Instructions and handling. An individual who qualifies as a military
17elector may request an absentee ballot for any election, or for all elections until the
18individual otherwise requests or until the individual no longer qualifies as a military
19elector. A military elector's application may be received at any time. The municipal
20clerk shall not send a ballot for an election if the application is received later than
215 p.m. on the Friday Wednesday preceding that election. The municipal clerk shall
22send a ballot, as soon as available, to each military elector who requests a ballot. The
23board shall prescribe the instructions for marking and returning ballots and the
24municipal clerk shall enclose instructions with each ballot and shall also enclose
25supplemental instructions for local elections. The envelope, return envelope and

1instructions may not contain the name of any candidate appearing on the enclosed
2ballots other than that of the municipal clerk affixed in the fulfillment of his or her
3duties. Whenever the material is mailed, the material shall be prepared and mailed
4to make use of the federal free postage laws. The mailing list established under this
5subsection shall be kept current in the same manner as provided in s. 6.86 (2) (b).
SB468, s. 7 6Section 7. 6.28 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,9,27 6.28 (1) Registration locations; deadline. Except as authorized in ss. 6.29,
86.55 (2), and 6.86 (3) (a) 2., registration in person for any election shall close at 5 p.m.
9on the 2nd Wednesday 4th Thursday preceding the election. Registrations made by
10mail under s. 6.30 (4) must be delivered to the office of the municipal clerk or
11postmarked no later than the 2nd Wednesday 4th Thursday preceding the election.
12An application for registration in person or by mail may be accepted for placement
13on the registration list after the specified deadline, if the municipal clerk determines
14that the registration list can be revised to incorporate the registration in time for the
15election. All applications for registration corrections and additions may be made
16throughout the year at the office of the city board of election commissioners, at the
17office of the municipal clerk, at the office of any register of deeds or at other locations
18provided by the board of election commissioners or the common council in cities over
19500,000 population or by either or both the municipal clerk, or the common council,
20village or town board in all other municipalities and may also be made during the
21school year at any high school by qualified persons under sub. (2) (a). Other
22registration locations may include but are not limited to fire houses, police stations,
23public libraries, institutions of higher education, supermarkets, community centers,
24plants and factories, banks, savings and loan associations and savings banks.
25Special registration deputies shall be appointed for all locations. An elector who

1wishes to obtain a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) shall register at the office of
2the municipal clerk of the municipality where the elector resides.
SB468, s. 8 3Section 8. 6.86 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,9,204 6.86 (1) (b) Except as provided in this section, if application is made in writing
5by mail, the application, signed by the elector, shall be received no later than 5 p.m.
6on the Friday Wednesday immediately preceding the election. If application is made
7in person, the application shall be made no later than 5 p.m. on the day preceding
8the election. If the elector is making written application and the application
9indicates that the reason for requesting an absentee ballot is that the elector is a
10sequestered juror, the application shall be received no later than 5 p.m. on the day
11preceding the
election day. If the an application from a sequestered juror is received
12after 5 p.m. on the Friday immediately preceding the election, the municipal clerk
13or the clerk's agent shall immediately take the ballot to the court in which the elector
14is serving as a juror and deposit it with the judge. The judge shall recess court, as
15soon as convenient, and give the elector the ballot. The judge shall then witness the
16voting procedure as provided in s. 6.87 and shall deliver the ballot to the clerk or
17agent of the clerk who shall deliver it to the polling place or, in municipalities where
18absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, to the municipal clerk
as required in
19s. 6.88. If application is made under sub. (2), the application may be received no later
20than 5 p.m. on the Friday Wednesday immediately preceding the election.
SB468, s. 9 21Section 9. 6.86 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,9,2522 6.86 (3) (c) An application under par. (a) 1. may be made and a registration form
23under par. (a) 2. may be filed in person at the office of the municipal clerk not earlier
24than 7 days before an election and not later than 5 p.m. on the day of the before an
25election. A list of hospitalized electors applying for ballots under par. (a) 1. shall be

1made by the municipal clerk and used to check that the electors vote only once, and
2by absentee ballot. If identification is required, the municipal clerk shall so inform
3the agent and the elector shall enclose identification in the envelope with the ballot.
4The ballot shall be sealed by the elector and returned to the municipal clerk either
5by mail or by personal delivery of the agent; but if the ballot is returned on the day
6of the election, the agent shall make personal delivery at to the polling place serving
7the hospitalized elector's residence before the closing hour for the ballot to be counted
8or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, to the
9municipal clerk no later than 8 p.m. on election day
.
SB468, s. 10 10Section 10. 6.87 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,10,1711 6.87 (6) The ballot shall be returned so it is received by the municipal clerk in
12time for delivery
no later than noon on election day. Except in municipalities where
13absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, if the municipal clerk receives an
14absentee ballot on election day, the clerk shall secure the ballot and cause the ballot
15to be delivered
to the polls polling place serving the elector's residence before the
16closing hour. Any ballot not mailed or delivered as provided in this subsection may
17not be counted.
SB468, s. 11 18Section 11. 6.88 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,11,419 6.88 (1) When an absentee ballot arrives at the office of the municipal clerk,
20the clerk shall enclose it, unopened, in a carrier envelope which shall be securely
21sealed and endorsed with the name and official title of the clerk, and the words "This
22envelope contains the ballot of an absent elector and must be opened at the polls
23during polling hours on election day". or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are
24canvassed under s. 7.52, at a meeting of the municipal board of canvassers under s.
257.52."
If the ballot was received by the elector by facsimile transmission or electronic

1mail and is accompanied by a separate certificate, the clerk shall enclose the ballot
2in a certificate envelope and securely append the completed certificate to the outside
3of the envelope before enclosing the ballot in the carrier envelope. The clerk shall
4keep the ballot in the clerk's office until delivered, as required in sub. (2).
SB468, s. 12 5Section 12. 6.88 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,11,176 6.88 (2) When an absentee ballot is received by the municipal clerk prior to the
7delivery of the official ballots to the election officials of the ward in which the elector
8resides or, where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, the municipal board
9of canvassers
, the municipal clerk shall seal the ballot envelope in the carrier
10envelope as provided under sub. (1), and shall enclose the envelope in a package and
11deliver the package to the election inspectors of the proper ward or election district
12or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, to the
13municipal board of canvassers when it convenes under s. 7.52
. When the official
14ballots for the ward or election district have been delivered to the election officials
15inspectors before the receipt of an absentee ballot, the clerk shall immediately
16enclose the envelope containing the absentee ballot in a carrier envelope as provided
17under sub. (1) and deliver it in person to the proper election officials.
SB468, s. 13 18Section 13. 6.88 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,12,1219 6.88 (3) (a) Any Except in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed
20under s. 7.52, at any
time between the opening and closing of the polls on election day,
21the inspectors shall open the carrier envelope only, and announce the name of the
22absent elector or the identification serial number of the absent elector if the elector
23has a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2). When the inspectors find that the
24certification has been properly executed, the applicant is a qualified elector of the
25ward or election district, and the applicant has not voted in the election, they shall

1enter an indication on the poll list next to the applicant's name indicating an
2absentee ballot is cast by the elector. They shall then open the envelope containing
3the ballot in a manner so as not to deface or destroy the certification thereon. The
4inspectors shall take out the ballot without unfolding it or permitting it to be
5unfolded or examined. Unless the ballot is cast under s. 6.95, the inspectors shall
6verify that the ballot has been endorsed by the issuing clerk. If the poll list indicates
7that identification is required and no identification is enclosed or the name or
8address on the document that is provided is not the same as the name and address
9shown on the poll list, the inspectors shall proceed as provided under s. 6.97 (2). The
10inspectors shall then deposit the ballot into the proper ballot box and enter the
11absent elector's name or voting number after his or her name on the poll list in the
12same manner as if the elector had been present and voted in person.
SB468,13,313 (b) When the inspectors find that a certification is insufficient, that the
14applicant is not a qualified elector in the ward or election district, that the ballot
15envelope is open or has been opened and resealed, that the ballot envelope contains
16more than one ballot of any one kind or, except in municipalities where absentee
17ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52,
that the certificate of an elector who received an
18absentee ballot by facsimile transmission or electronic mail is missing, or if proof is
19submitted to the inspectors that an elector voting an absentee ballot has since died,
20the inspectors shall not count the ballot. The inspectors shall endorse every ballot
21not counted on the back, "rejected (giving the reason)". The inspectors shall reinsert
22each rejected ballot into the certificate envelope in which it was delivered and enclose
23the certificate envelopes and ballots, and securely seal the ballots and envelopes in
24an envelope marked for rejected absentee ballots. The inspectors shall endorse the
25envelope, "rejected ballots" with a statement of the ward or election district and date

1of the election, signed by the chief inspector and one of the inspectors representing
2each of the 2 major political parties and returned to the municipal clerk in the same
3manner as official ballots voted at the election.
SB468, s. 14 4Section 14. 6.93 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,13,10 56.93 Challenging the absent elector. The vote of any absent elector may be
6challenged for cause and the inspectors of election shall have all the power and
7authority given them to hear and determine the legality of the ballot the same as if
8the ballot had been voted in person. In municipalities where absentee ballots are
9canvassed under s. 7.52, the vote of an absentee elector may be challenged as
10provided in s. 7.52 (5).
SB468, s. 15 11Section 15. 6.935 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,13,15 126.935 Challenge based on incompetency. Section 6.03 (3) applies to any
13challenge of a person's right to vote under s. 6.92, 6.925 or, 6.93, or 7.52 (5) based on
14an allegation that an elector is incapable of understanding the objective of the
15elective process and thereby ineligible to vote.
SB468, s. 16 16Section 16. 6.97 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,14,1817 6.97 (1) Whenever any individual who is required to provide identification in
18order to be permitted to vote appears to vote at a polling place and cannot provide
19the required identification, or the individual has not provided identification as
20provided in s. 6.88 (3) (a) or 7.52 (3) (a),
the inspectors shall offer the opportunity for
21the individual to vote under this section. If the individual wishes to vote, the
22inspectors shall provide the elector with an envelope marked "Ballot under s. 6.97,
23stats.," on which the serial number of the elector is entered and shall require the
24individual to execute on the envelope a written affirmation stating that the
25individual is a qualified elector of the ward or election district where he or she offers

1to vote and is eligible to vote in the election. The inspectors shall, before giving the
2elector a ballot, write on the back of the ballot the serial number of the individual
3corresponding to the number kept at the election on the poll list or other list
4maintained under s. 6.79 and the notation "s. 6.97". If voting machines are used in
5the municipality where the individual is voting, the individual's vote may be received
6only upon an absentee ballot furnished by the municipal clerk which shall have the
7corresponding number from the poll list or other list maintained under s. 6.79 (2) (c)
8and the notation "s. 6.97" written on the back of the ballot by the inspectors before
9the ballot is given to the elector. When receiving the individual's ballot, the
10inspectors shall provide the individual with written voting information prescribed
11by the board under s. 7.08 (8). The inspectors shall indicate on the list the fact that
12the individual is required to provide identification but did not do so. The inspectors
13shall notify the individual that he or she may provide identification to the municipal
14clerk or executive director of the municipal board of election commissioners. The
15inspectors shall also promptly notify the municipal clerk or executive director of the
16name, address, and serial number of the individual. The inspectors shall then place
17the ballot inside the certificate envelope on which the elector's serial number has
18been entered
and place the that envelope in a separate carrier envelope.
SB468, s. 17 19Section 17. 6.97 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,15,920 6.97 (2) Whenever any individual who votes by absentee ballot is required to
21provide identification in order to be permitted to vote and does not provide the
22required identification, the inspectors or, in municipalities where absentee ballots
23are canvassed under s. 7.52, the municipal board of canvassers
shall write on the
24back of the absentee ballot the serial number of the individual corresponding to the
25number kept at the election on the poll list or other list maintained under s. 6.79 and

1the notation "s. 6.97". The inspectors or board of canvassers shall indicate on the poll
2list the fact that the individual is required to provide identification but did not do so.
3The inspectors or board of canvassers shall promptly notify the municipal clerk or
4executive director of the municipal board of election commissioners of the name,
5address, and serial number, or in municipalities where absentee ballots are
6canvassed under s. 7.52, the poll list number
of the individual. The inspectors or
7board of canvassers
shall then place the ballot inside an envelope on which the name
8and serial number of the elector is entered and shall place the envelope in a separate
9carrier envelope.
SB468, s. 18 10Section 18. 7.10 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB468,15,1811 7.10 (3) (a) The county clerk shall distribute the ballots to the municipal clerks
12no later than 31 32 days before each September primary and general election and no
13later than 22 23 days before each other primary and election. Election forms
14prepared by the board shall be distributed at the same time. If the board transmits
15an amended certification under s. 7.08 (2) (a) or if the board or a court orders a ballot
16error to be corrected under s. 5.06 (6) or 5.72 (3) after ballots have been distributed,
17the county clerk shall distribute corrected ballots to the municipal clerks as soon as
18possible.
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