Amendment SA8-AB7

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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 8, TO 2011 ASSEMBLY BILL 7

May 17, 2011 - Offered by Senators Erpenbach, Vinehout, Miller, Risser, S. Coggs, T. Cullen and Taylor.

AB7-SA8,1,2 At the locations indicated, amend the bill, as shown by assembly substitute amendment 2, as follows:

AB7-SA8,1,3 1. Page 9, line 15: delete lines 15 to 18.

AB7-SA8,1,6 2. Page 14, line 2: delete "6.34." and substitute "6.34 or have his or her residence corroborated by another elector of the municipality in the manner provided in par. (d) 1r.".

AB7-SA8,2,2 3. Page 14, line 8: delete the material beginning with "require" and ending with "6.34" on line 13 and substitute "require the elector to provide proof of residence under s. 6.34. If the elector cannot provide proof of residence, the elector may have his or her residence corroborated in a statement that is signed by another elector of the municipality and that contains the current street address of the corroborating elector. If the residence is corroborated by another elector, that elector shall then provide proof of residence under s. 6.34. If the elector provides proof of residence or a corroborator corroborates the elector's residence, the clerk shall".

AB7-SA8,2,3 4. Page 15, line 4: after " residence" insert "or corroboration of residence".

AB7-SA8,2,4 5. Page 17, line 24: after that line insert:

AB7-SA8,2,5 " Section 21g. 6.221 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB7-SA8,2,9 6.221 (3) (c) At the spring primary and spring election, a ballot that is cast under s. 6.22 by an elector who is a military elector shall be counted as provided in this section if it is received by the the municipal clerk no later than 4 p.m. on the Friday after the election.

AB7-SA8, s. 21r Section 21r. 6.221 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-SA8,2,19 6.221 (5) No later than the closing hour of the polls on the day of the spring primary, the spring election, the September primary and the day of the general election, the municipal clerk of each municipality shall post at his or her office and on the Internet at a site announced by the clerk before the polls open, and shall make available to any person upon request, a statement of the number of absentee ballots that the clerk has mailed or transmitted to military electors under this section and that have not been returned to the polling places where the electors reside by the closing hour on election day. The posting shall not include the names or addresses of any military electors.".

AB7-SA8,3,2 6. Page 20, line 6: delete the material beginning with "Alternatively" and ending with "6.34." on line 10 and substitute "Alternatively, if the elector is unable to provide proof of residence under s. 6.34, the information contained in the registration form shall be corroborated in a statement that is signed by any other elector of the municipality and that contains the current street address of the corroborating elector. The corroborating elector shall then provide proof of residence under s. 6.34.".

AB7-SA8,3,4 7. Page 21, line 5: delete " and the signature of any corroborating elector" and substitute "and the signature of any corroborating elector".

AB7-SA8,3,6 8. Page 21, line 23: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 22, line 3.

AB7-SA8,3,12 9. Page 25, line 18: delete the material beginning with "If" and ending with "6.34." on line 23 and substitute "If the elector cannot provide proof of residence, the information contained in the registration form shall be corroborated in a statement that is signed by any elector who resides in the same municipality as the registering elector and that contains the current street address of the corroborating elector. The corroborator shall then provide proof of residence as provided in s. 6.34.".

AB7-SA8,3,14 10. Page 26, line 2: delete "and by any corroborator" and substitute "and by any corroborator".

AB7-SA8,3,18 11. Page 26, line 19: delete the material beginning with "If" and ending with "(b)." on line 21 and substitute "If the elector cannot provide proof of residence, the information contained in the registration form shall be corroborated in the manner provided in par. (b).".

AB7-SA8,3,20 12. Page 27, line 1: delete "and by any corroborator" and substitute "and by any corroborator".

AB7-SA8,3,21 13. Page 27, line 19: delete that line.

AB7-SA8,4,5 14. Page 30, line 14: delete the material beginning with "When" and ending with "(c)." on line 19, and substitute "When any elector corroborates the registration identity or residence of any person offering to vote under s. 6.55 (2) (b) or (c), or the registration identity or residence of any person registering on election day under s. 6.86 (3) (a) 2., the election officials shall also enter the name and address of the corroborator next to the name of the elector whose information is being corroborated on the poll list, or the separate list maintained under sub. (2) (c).".

AB7-SA8,4,10 15. Page 35, line 25: delete the material beginning with "and" and ending with "address" on page 36, line 2, and substitute "and any other elector residing in the same municipality as the hospitalized elector, corroborating the information contained therein. The corroborating elector shall state on the form his or her full name and address".

AB7-SA8,4,16 16. Page 37, line 5: delete the material beginning with "If" and ending with "6.34." on line 10 and substitute "If the agent cannot present proof of residence, the registration form shall be signed and substantiated by another elector residing in the elector's municipality of residence, corroborating the information in the form. The form shall contain the full name and address of the corroborating elector. The agent shall then present proof of the corroborating elector's residence under s. 6.34.".

AB7-SA8,4,17 17. Page 62, line 24: delete that line.

AB7-SA8,4,18 (End)