AB700,40,54 6.30 (1) In person. Registration applications shall be made in person, except
5under subs. (2) to sub. (4).
AB700, s. 82 6Section 82. 6.30 (2) and (3) of the statutes are repealed.
AB700, s. 83 7Section 83. 6.30 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,40,198 6.30 (4) By mail. Any eligible elector who is located not more than 50 miles from
9his or her legal voting residence
may register by mail on a form prescribed by the
10board and provided by each municipality. The form shall be designed to obtain the
11information required in ss. 6.33 (1) and 6.40 (1) (a) and (b). The form shall contain
12a certification by the elector that all statements are true and correct. The form shall
13be prepostpaid for return when mailed at any point within the United States, and
14shall be signed by a special registration deputy or shall be signed and substantiated
15by one other elector residing in the same municipality in which the registering
16elector resides, corroborating all material statements therein
. The form shall be
17available in the municipal clerk's office and may be distributed by any elector of the
18municipality. The clerk shall mail a registration form to any elector upon written or
19oral request.
AB700, s. 84 20Section 84. 6.33 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,40,2421 6.33 (2) (b) The registration form shall be signed by the registering elector and
22any corroborating elector under s. 6.29 (2) (a), 6.30 (2) to (4) or 6.55 (2) before the
23clerk, issuing officer or registration deputy. The form shall contain a certification by
24the registering elector that all statements are true and correct.
AB700, s. 85 25Section 85. 6.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,41,8
16.45 (1) After the deadline for revision of the registration list, the municipal
2clerk shall make copies of the list for election use. The registration list and any
3supplemental lists which are prepared at polling places or other registration
4locations under s. 6.55, shall be open to public inspection. Under the regulations
5prescribed by the municipal clerk, any person may copy the registration list at the
6office of the clerk. A registration list maintained at a polling place may be examined
7by an observer any person who is observing the proceedings under s. 7.41 when such
8use does not interfere with the conduct of the election.
AB700, s. 86 9Section 86. 6.79 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,41,16 106.79 Recording electors. (intro.) Two election officials at each election ward
11shall be in charge of and shall maintain 2 separate lists of all persons voting. The
12municipal clerk may elect to maintain the information on the poll list manually or
13electronically. If the list is maintained electronically, the officials shall enter the
14information into an electronic data recording system that enables retrieval of a
15printed copy of the poll list at the polling place. The system employed is subject to
16the approval of the board.
AB700, s. 87 17Section 87. 6.79 (1) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB700,42,918 6.79 (1) Municipalities without registration. Where there is no registration,
19before being permitted to vote, each person shall state his or her full name and
20address. The officials shall record enter each name and address on a poll list in the
21same order as the votes are cast. If the residence of the elector does not have a
22number, the election officials shall, in the appropriate space, write enter "none".
23Alternatively, the municipal clerk may maintain a poll list consisting of the full name
24and address of electors compiled from previous elections. Whenever an elector
25appears to vote, the officials shall verify the correctness of the elector's name and

1address, and shall enter a serial number next to the name of the elector in the order
2that the votes are cast, beginning with the number one. If the name and address of
3an elector do not appear on the prepared poll list, the officials shall record enter the
4name, address and serial number of the elector at the bottom of the list. The officials
5may require any elector to provide identification, including acceptable proof of
6residence, or to have another elector corroborate his or her information in accordance
7with the procedure specified in s. 6.55 (2) (b) before permitting the elector to vote.
8The officials shall maintain a separate list of those persons voting under ss. 6.15 and
96.24.
AB700,42,18 10(2) Municipalities with registration. Where there is registration, each
11person, before receiving a voting number, shall state his or her full name and
12address. Upon the prepared registration list, after the name of each elector, the
13officials shall enter the serial number of the vote as it is polled, beginning with
14number one. Each elector shall receive a slip bearing the same serial number. A
15separate list shall be maintained for electors who are voting under s. 6.15, 6.29 or
166.55 (2) or (3) and electors who are reassigned from another polling place under s.
175.25 (5) (b). Each such elector shall have his or her full name, address and serial
18number likewise recorded entered and shall be given a slip bearing such number.
AB700, s. 88 19Section 88. 6.79 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,42,2420 6.79 (5) Poll list forms format. Poll lists shall be kept on forms designed or
21in an electronic format prescribed
by the board to be substantially similar to the
22standard registration list forms used in municipalities where registration is required
23and shall require, for each person offering to vote, the entry of the person's full name
24and address.
AB700, s. 89 25Section 89. 6.80 (2) (e) and (f) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB700,43,3
16.80 (2) (e) Upon voting his or her ballot, the elector shall publicly and in person
2deposit it in into the ballot box or deliver it to an inspector for, who shall deposit in
3the ballot into the ballot box.
AB700,43,164 (f) In the presidential preference primary and other partisan primary elections
5at polling places where ballots are distributed to electors, unless the ballots are
6prepared under s. 5.655 or are utilized with an electronic voting system in which all
7candidates appear on the same ballot, after the elector prepares his or her ballot the
8elector shall detach the remaining ballots, fold the ballots to be discarded, and fold
9the completed ballot unless the ballot is intended for counting with automatic
10tabulating equipment,. The elector shall then either personally deposit the ballots
11to be discarded in into the separate ballot box marked "blank ballot box", and deposit
12the completed ballot in into the ballot box indicated by the inspectors, or give the
13ballots to an inspector who shall deposit the ballots directly into the appropriate
14ballot boxes
. The inspectors shall keep the blank ballot box locked until the canvass
15is completed and shall dispose of the blank ballots as prescribed by the municipal
16clerk.
AB700, s. 90 17Section 90. 6.85 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,44,4 186.85 Absent elector; definition. An absent elector is any otherwise qualified
19elector who is or expects to be absent from the municipality in which the absent
20elector is a qualified elector on election day whether by reason of active service in the
21U.S. armed forces or
for any other reason, or who because of age, sickness, handicap,
22physical disability, jury duty, service as an election official or religious reasons
23cannot
is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place in his or her ward. No
24person under the age of 70 qualifies as an absent elector solely because of age.
Any
25otherwise qualified elector who changes residence within this state by moving to a

1different ward or municipality later than 10 days prior to an election may vote an
2absentee ballot in the ward or municipality where he or she was qualified to vote
3before moving. An elector qualifying under this section may vote by absentee ballot
4under ss. 6.86 to 6.89.
AB700, s. 91 5Section 91. 6.86 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,44,216 6.86 (1) (b) Except as provided in this section, if application is made in writing,
7the application, signed by the elector, shall be received no later than 5 p.m. on the
8Friday immediately preceding the election. If application is made in person, the
9application shall be made no later than 5 p.m. on the day preceding the election. If
10the elector is making written application and the application indicates that the
11reason for requesting an absentee ballot is that the elector is a sequestered juror, the
12application shall be received no later than 5 p.m. on election day. If the application
13is received after 5 p.m. on the Friday immediately preceding the election, the
14municipal clerk or the clerk's agent shall immediately take the ballot to the court in
15which the elector is serving as a juror and deposit it with the judge. The judge shall
16recess court, as soon as convenient, and give the elector the ballot. The judge shall
17then notarize the affidavit witness the voting procedure as provided in s. 6.87 and
18shall deliver the ballot to the clerk or agent of the clerk who shall deliver it to the
19polling place as required in s. 6.88. If application is made under sub. (2), the
20application may be received no later than 5 p.m. on the Friday immediately
21preceding the election.
AB700, s. 92 22Section 92. 6.86 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,45,623 6.86 (3) (a) Any elector who is registered, or otherwise qualified where
24registration is not required, and who qualifies under ss. 6.20 and 6.85 as an absent
25elector because the elector
is hospitalized, may apply for and obtain an official ballot

1by agent. The agent may apply for and obtain a ballot for the hospitalized absent
2elector by presenting a form prescribed by the board and containing the required
3information supplied by the hospitalized elector and signed by that elector and any
4other elector residing in the same municipality as the hospitalized elector,
5corroborating the information contained therein. The corroborating elector shall
6state on the form his or her full name and address.
AB700, s. 93 7Section 93. 6.865 (intro.) and (1) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered
86.865 and amended to read:
AB700,45,14 96.865 Federal postcard request form. A federal postcard registration and
10absentee ballot request form may be used to apply for an absentee ballot under s. 6.86
11(1) if the form is completed in such manner that the municipal clerk or board of
12election commissioners with whom it is filed is able to determine all of the following:
13(1) That that the applicant is an elector of this state and of the ward or election
14district where the elector seeks to vote.
AB700, s. 94 15Section 94. 6.865 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB700, s. 95 16Section 95. 6.87 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,45,2117 6.87 (2) The Except as authorized under sub. (3) (d), the municipal clerk shall
18place the ballot in an unsealed envelope furnished by the clerk. The envelope shall
19have the name, official title and post-office address of the clerk upon its face. The
20other side of the envelope shall have a printed certificate-affidavit certificate in
21substantially the following form:
AB700,45,2222 [STATE OF ....
AB700,45,2323 County of ....]
AB700,45,2525 [(name of foreign country and city or other jurisdictional unit)]
AB700,46,16
1I, ...., (certify) (do solemnly swear) subject to the penalties of s. 12.60 (1) (b), Wis.
2Stats., for false statements, that I am a resident of the [.... ward of the] (town) (village)
3of ...., or of the .... aldermanic district in the city of ...., residing at .... in said city, the
4county of ...., state of Wisconsin, and am entitled to vote in the (ward) (election
5district) at the election to be held on ....; that I am not voting at any other location
6in this election; that I cannot am unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place
7in the (ward) (election district) on election day because I expect to be absent from the
8municipality or because of age, sickness, handicap, physical disability, religious
9reasons, jury duty, service as an election official, or because I have changed my
10residence within the state from one ward or election district to another within 10
11days before the election
. I (certify) (swear) that I exhibited the enclosed ballot
12unmarked to the (2 witnesses) (person administering the oath) witness, that I then
13in (their) (his) (her) presence and in the presence of no other person marked the ballot
14and enclosed and sealed the same in this envelope in such a manner that no one but
15myself and any person rendering assistance under s. 6.87 (5), Wis. Stats., if I
16requested assistance, could know how I voted.
AB700,46,1717 Signed ....
AB700,46,1918 The (2 witnesses) (person administering the oath) witness shall execute either
19of
the following as appropriate:
AB700,46,25 20We I, the undersigned witnesses witness, subject to the penalties of s. 12.60 (1)
21(b), Wis. Stats., for false statements, certify that the above statements are true and
22the voting procedure was executed as there stated. Neither of us is I am not a
23candidate for any office on the enclosed ballot (except in the case of an incumbent
24municipal clerk). The elector was not solicited or advised by us I did not solicit or
25advise the elector
to vote for or against any candidate or measure.
AB700,47,1
1....(Name)
AB700,47,22 ....(Address)
AB700,47,3 3....(Name)
AB700,47,4 4....(Address)
AB700,47,9 5Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of ...., A.D., ...., and I hereby
6certify that I am not a candidate on the ballot upon which the affiant voted (unless
7I am an incumbent municipal clerk), that the voting procedure above was executed
8as therein stated, and that the affiant was not solicited or advised by me to vote for
9or against any candidate or measure.
AB700,47,10 10....(Name)
AB700,47,11 11....(Title)
AB700,47,12 12....(State or nation)
AB700, s. 96 13Section 96. 6.87 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,47,1714 6.87 (3) (a) Except as authorized under par. (d) and as otherwise provided in
15s. 6.875, the municipal clerk shall mail the absentee ballot postage prepaid for return
16to the elector's residence unless otherwise directed, or shall deliver it to the elector
17personally at the clerk's office.
AB700, s. 97 18Section 97. 6.87 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB700,48,1219 6.87 (3) (d) Unless a municipality uses an electronic voting system that
20requires an elector to punch a ballot in order to record the elector's votes, a municipal
21clerk of a municipality may, if the clerk is reliably informed by an absent elector of
22a facsimile transmission number or electronic mail address where the elector can
23receive an absentee ballot, transmit a facsimile or electronic copy of the absent
24elector's ballot to that elector in lieu of mailing under this subsection if, in the
25judgment of the clerk, the time required to send the ballot through the mail may not

1be sufficient to enable return of the ballot by the time provided under sub. (6). An
2elector may receive an absentee ballot under this subsection only if the elector has
3filed a valid application for the ballot under sub. (1). If the clerk transmits an
4absentee ballot under this paragraph, the clerk shall also transmit a facsimile or
5electronic copy of the text of the material that appears on the certificate envelope
6prescribed in sub. (2), together with instructions prescribed by the board that shall
7require the absent elector to sign the certificate and enclose the absentee ballot in
8a separate envelope contained within a larger envelope, that shall include the
9completed certificate. The elector shall then mail the absentee ballot with postage
10prepaid to the municipal clerk. An absentee ballot received under this paragraph
11shall not be counted unless it is cast in the manner prescribed in this paragraph and
12in accordance with the instructions provided by the board.
AB700, s. 98 13Section 98. 6.87 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,49,914 6.87 (4) Except as otherwise provided in s. 6.875, the elector voting absentee
15shall either make and subscribe to the affidavit before a person authorized to
16administer oaths or
make and subscribe to the certification before 2 witnesses one
17witness
. The absent elector, in the presence of the administrator of the oath or
18witnesses
witness, shall mark or punch the ballot in a manner that will not disclose
19how the elector's vote is cast. The elector shall then, still in the presence of the
20administrator of the oath or the 2 witnesses witness, fold the ballots if they are paper
21ballots so each is separate and so that the elector conceals the markings or punches
22thereon and deposit them in the proper envelope, but. If a consolidated paper ballot
23under s. 5.655 or a ballot prepared for use with an electronic voting system is used,
24the elector shall fold the ballot so that the elector conceals the markings thereon and
25deposit the ballot in the proper envelope. The elector
may receive assistance under

1sub. (5). The return envelope shall then be sealed. The witnesses or the official oath
2administrator
witness may not be a candidate. The envelope shall be mailed by the
3elector, postage prepaid, or delivered in person, to the municipal clerk issuing the
4ballot or ballots. Failure to return an unused ballot in a primary does not invalidate
5the ballot on which the elector's votes are cast. Return of more than one marked or
6punched ballot in a primary or return of a ballot prepared under s. 5.655 or a ballot
7used with an electronic voting system in a primary which is marked or punched for
8candidates of more than one party invalidates all votes cast by the elector for
9candidates in the primary.
AB700, s. 99 10Section 99. 6.87 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,49,1511 6.87 (7) No individual who is a candidate at the election in which absentee
12ballots are cast may administer the oath or serve as a witness. Any candidate who
13administers the oath or serves as a witness shall be penalized by the discounting of
14a number of votes for his or her candidacy equal to the number of certificate-affidavit
15certificate envelopes bearing his or her signature.
AB700, s. 100 16Section 100. 6.87 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,49,1917 6.87 (8) The provisions of this section which prohibit candidates from assisting
18or administering the oath to
serving as a witness for absentee electors shall not apply
19to the municipal clerk in the performance of the clerk's official duties.
AB700, s. 101 20Section 101. 6.87 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,50,221 6.87 (9) If a municipal clerk receives an absentee ballot with an improperly
22completed certificate-affidavit certificate or with no certificate-affidavit certificate,
23the clerk may return the ballot to the elector, inside the sealed envelope when an
24envelope is received, together with a new envelope if necessary, whenever time

1permits the elector to correct the defect and return the ballot within the period
2prescribed in sub. (6).
AB700, s. 102 3Section 102. 6.875 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,50,174 6.875 (2) (b) The municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of any
5municipality where a community-based residential facility home is located may
6adopt the procedures under this section for absentee voting in any community-based
7residential facility located in the municipality if the municipal clerk or board of
8election commissioners finds that a significant number of the occupants of the
9community-based residential facility lack adequate transportation to the
10appropriate polling place, a significant number of the occupants of the
11community-based residential facility may need assistance in voting, there are a
12significant number of the occupants of the community-based residential facility
13aged 60 or over, or there are a significant number of indefinitely confined electors
14who are occupants of the community-based residential facility. The municipal clerk
15or board of election commissioners shall promptly notify the individual submitting
16nominations for special voting deputies under s. 7.30 (4) of any action taken under
17this paragraph.
AB700, s. 103 18Section 103. 6.875 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,51,519 6.875 (2) (c) The municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of any
20municipality where a retirement home is located may adopt the procedures under
21this section for absentee voting in any retirement home located in the municipality
22if the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners finds that a significant
23number of the occupants of the retirement home lack adequate transportation to the
24appropriate polling place, a significant number of the occupants of the retirement
25home may need assistance in voting, there are a significant number of the occupants

1of the retirement home aged 60 or over, or there are a significant number of
2indefinitely confined electors who are occupants of the retirement home. The
3municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall promptly notify the
4individual submitting nominations for special voting deputies under s. 7.30 (4) of any
5action taken under this paragraph.
AB700, s. 104 6Section 104. 6.875 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,52,67 6.875 (4) For the purpose of absentee voting in nursing homes and qualified
8retirement homes and qualified community-based residential facilities, the
9municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of each municipality in which one
10or more nursing homes or qualified retirement homes or qualified community-based
11residential facilities are located shall appoint at least 2 special voting deputies for
12the municipality in the manner prescribed in s. 7.30 (4). Upon application under s.
136.86 (1) or (2) by one or more qualified electors who are occupants of such a nursing
14home or qualified retirement home or qualified community-based residential
15facility, the clerk or board of election commissioners shall dispatch 2 special voting
16deputies to visit the home or qualified community-based residential facility for the
17purpose of supervising absentee voting procedure by occupants of the home or
18qualified community-based residential facility. The 2 deputies designated to visit
19each nursing home or qualified retirement home and qualified community-based
20residential facility shall be affiliated with different political parties whenever
21deputies representing different parties are available. Nominations for deputy
22positions may be submitted by the 2 recognized political parties whose candidates
23for governor or president received the greatest numbers of votes in the municipality
24at the most recent general election. The deputies shall be specially appointed to
25carry out duties under this section for the period specified in s. 7.30 (6) (a). The clerk

1or board of election commissioners may revoke an appointment at any time. No
2individual who is employed or retained, or within the 2 years preceding appointment
3has been employed or retained at a nursing home or qualified retirement home or
4qualified community-based residential facility in the municipality, or any member
5of the immediate family of such an individual as defined in s. 19.42 (7), may be
6appointed to serve as a deputy.
AB700, s. 105 7Section 105. 6.875 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,53,228 6.875 (6) Special voting deputies in each municipality shall, not later than 5
9p.m. on the Friday preceding an election, arrange one or more convenient times with
10the administrator of each nursing home or qualified retirement home and qualified
11community-based residential facility in the municipality from which one or more
12occupants have filed an application under s. 6.86 to conduct absentee voting for the
13election. The time may be no earlier than the 4th Monday preceding the election and
14no later than 5 p.m. on the Monday preceding the election. Upon request of a relative
15of an occupant of a nursing home or qualified retirement home or qualified
16community-based residential facility, the administrator may notify the relative of
17the time or times at which special voting deputies will conduct absentee voting at the
18home or facility, and permit the relative to be present in the room where the voting
19is conducted. At the designated time, 2 deputies appointed under sub. (4) shall visit
20the nursing home or qualified retirement home or qualified community-based
21residential facility. The municipal clerk or executive director of the board of election
22commissioners shall issue a supply of absentee ballots to the deputies sufficient to
23provide for the number of valid applications received by the clerk, and a reasonable
24additional number of ballots. The municipal clerk or executive director shall keep
25a careful record of all ballots issued to the deputies and shall require the deputies to

1return every ballot issued to them. The deputies shall personally offer each elector
2who has filed a proper application the opportunity to cast his or her absentee ballot.
3If an elector is present who has not filed a proper application, the 2 deputies may
4accept an application from the elector and shall issue a ballot to the elector if the
5elector is qualified and the application is proper. The deputies shall administer the
6oath and may, upon request of the elector, assist the elector in marking or punching
7the elector's ballot. Upon request of the elector, a relative of the elector who is present
8in the room may assist the elector in marking or punching the elector's ballot. All
9voting shall be conducted in the presence of the deputies. No individual other than
10a deputy may administer the oath and no individual other than a deputy or relative
11of an elector may render voting assistance to the elector. Upon completion of the
12voting, the deputies shall promptly deliver, either personally or by 1st class mail, any
13absentee ballot applications and the sealed certificate-affidavit certificate envelope
14containing each ballot to the clerk or board of election commissioners of the
15municipality in which the elector casting the ballot resides, within such time as will
16permit delivery to the polling place serving the elector's residence on election day.
17Personal delivery may be made by the deputies no later than noon on election day.
18If a qualified elector is not able to cast his or her ballot on 2 separate visits by the
19deputies to the nursing home or qualified retirement home, they shall so inform the
20municipal clerk or executive director of the board of election commissioners, who may
21then mail send the ballot to the elector no later than 5 p.m. on the Friday preceding
22the election.
AB700, s. 106 23Section 106. 6.88 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,54,824 6.88 (1) When an absentee ballot arrives at the office of the municipal clerk,
25the clerk shall enclose it, unopened, in a carrier envelope which shall be securely

1sealed and endorsed with the name and official title of the clerk, and the words "This
2envelope contains the ballot of an absent, aged, sick, handicapped or disabled elector
3or the ballot of an election official and must be opened at the polls during polling
4hours on election day". If the ballot was received by facsimile transmission or
5electronic mail and is accompanied by a separate certificate, the clerk shall enclose
6the ballot in a certificate envelope and securely append the completed certificate to
7the outside of the envelope before enclosing the ballot in the carrier envelope
. The
8clerk shall keep the ballot in the clerk's office until delivered, as required in sub. (2).
AB700, s. 107 9Section 107. 6.88 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,54,1910 6.88 (2) When an absentee ballot is received by the municipal clerk prior to the
11delivery of the official ballots to the election officials of the ward in which the elector
12resides, the municipal clerk shall seal the ballot envelope, sealed in the carrier
13envelope, as provided under sub. (1), and shall be enclosed enclose the envelope in
14the a package and delivered deliver the package to the election inspectors of the
15proper ward or election district. When the official ballots for the ward or election
16district
have been delivered to the election officials before the receipt of an absentee
17ballot, the clerk shall immediately enclose the envelope containing the absentee
18ballot in a carrier envelope as provided under sub. (1) and deliver it in person to the
19proper election officials.
AB700, s. 108 20Section 108. 6.88 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,55,921 6.88 (3) (a) Any time between the opening and closing of the polls on election
22day, the inspectors shall open the carrier envelope only, and announce the absent
23elector's name. When the inspectors find that the certification or affidavit has been
24properly executed, the applicant is a qualified elector of the ward or election district,
25and the applicant has not voted in the election, they shall enter an indication on the

1poll or registration list next to the applicant's name indicating an absentee ballot is
2cast by the elector. They shall then open the envelope containing the ballot in a
3manner so as not to deface or destroy the affidavit or 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. The inspectors shall
7deposit the ballot in into the proper ballot box and enter the absent elector's name
8or voting number after his or her name on the poll or registration list the same as if
9the elector had been present and voted in person.
AB700, s. 109 10Section 109. 6.88 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,56,211 6.88 (3) (b) When the inspectors find that an affidavit or a certification is
12insufficient, that the applicant is not a qualified elector in the ward or election
13district
, that the ballot envelope is open or has been opened and resealed, or that the
14ballot envelope contains more than one ballot of any one kind or that the certificate
15of an elector who casts an absentee ballot by facsimile transmission or electronic mail
16is missing
, or if proof is submitted to the inspectors that an elector voting an absentee
17ballot has since died, the inspectors shall not count the ballot. The inspectors shall
18endorse every ballot not counted on the back, "rejected (giving the reason)". The
19inspectors shall reinsert each rejected ballot into the affidavit certificate envelope in
20which it was delivered and enclose the affidavit certificate envelopes and ballots, and
21securely seal the ballots and envelopes in an envelope marked for rejected absentee
22ballots. The inspectors shall endorse the envelope, "rejected ballots" with a
23statement of the ward or election district and date of the election, signed by the chief
24inspector and one of the inspectors representing each of the 2 major political parties

1and returned to the municipal clerk in the same manner as official ballots voted at
2the election.
AB700, s. 110 3Section 110. 6.95 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,56,22 46.95 Voting procedure for challenged electors. Whenever the inspectors
5under ss. 6.92 to 6.94 receive the vote of a person offering to vote who has been
6challenged, they shall give the elector a ballot. Before depositing the ballot, the
7inspectors shall write on the back of the ballot the serial number of the challenged
8person corresponding to the number kept at the election on the registration or poll
9list, or other list maintained under s. 6.79. If voting machines are used in the
10municipality where the person is voting, the person's vote may be received only upon
11an absentee ballot furnished by the municipal clerk which shall have the
12corresponding serial number from the registration or poll list or other list
13maintained under s. 6.79 written on the back of the ballot before the ballot is
14deposited. The inspectors shall indicate on the list the reason for the challenge. The
15challenged ballots shall be counted under s. 5.85 or 7.51. The municipal board of
16canvassers may decide any challenge when making its canvass under s. 7.53. If the
17returns are reported under s. 7.60, a challenge may be reviewed by the county board
18of canvassers. If the returns are reported under s. 7.70, a challenge may be reviewed
19by the chairperson of the board or the chairperson's designee. The decision of any
20board of canvassers or of the chairperson or chairperson's designee may be appealed
21under s. 9.01. The standard for disqualification specified in s. 6.325 shall be used to
22determine the validity of challenged ballots.
AB700, s. 111 23Section 111. Chapter 7 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,57,224 Chapter 7
25 election officials,; boards

1observers; selection and
2 duties,; canvassing
AB700, s. 112 3Section 112. 7.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,57,74 7.08 (1) (c) Prescribe forms required by ss. 6.24 (3) and (4), 6.30 (3) and (4), 6.33
5(1), 6.40 (1) (b), 6.55 (2) and (3), 6.79 (5) and 6.86 (2) and (3). All such forms shall
6contain a statement of the penalty applicable to false or fraudulent registration or
7voting through use of the form. Forms are not required to be furnished by the board.
AB700, s. 113 8Section 113. 7.08 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,57,259 7.08 (2) (a) As soon as possible after the closing date for filing nomination
10papers or after the canvass of the primary vote, but no later than the deadlines
11established in s. 10.06, transmit to each county clerk a certified list of all candidates
12on file in its office for which electors in that county may vote. The list shall designate
13the order of arrangement and contain each candidate's first name, middle initial or
14initials and last name, unless the candidate on his or her nomination papers or
15declaration of candidacy specifies that the middle initial be deleted, that a full middle
16name or former legal surname be substituted for the middle initial, that an initial
17be substituted for the candidate's first name or that a nickname be substituted for
18a first or middle name or for a first initial or middle initial or initials, but no other
19abbreviations or titles are permitted. The list shall also include each candidate's
20residence and post-office address; the office for which the person is a candidate; and,
21the party or principle the candidate represents, if any, in 5 words or less. Names of
22candidates nominated under s. 7.38 (3) or 8.35 shall be certified by the board upon
23filing of the necessary papers with it. At any time prior to an election, the board may
24transmit an amended certification if a candidate dies or is determined not to qualify
25for ballot placement.
AB700, s. 114
1Section 114. 7.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,58,72 7.10 (2) Preparing ballots. The county clerk shall prepare copy for the official
3ballots immediately upon receipt of the certified list of candidates' names from the
4board. Names certified by the board shall be arranged in the order certified. The
5county clerk shall place the names of all candidates filed in the clerk's office or
6certified to the clerk by the board on the proper ballot or ballots under the
7appropriate office and party titles.
AB700, s. 115 8Section 115. 7.10 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB700,58,159 7.10 (6) Municipal judge; certified list. If candidates for the office of a
10municipal judge who is elected under s. 755.01 (4) file nomination papers in the office
11of the county clerk and any municipality served by the judge prepares its own ballots
12for voting machines or an electronic voting system, the county clerk shall certify to
13the municipal clerk of that municipality the names of the candidates for judge as soon
14as possible after the last day for filing nomination papers and after certification by
15the county board of canvassers of the results of any primary election.
AB700, s. 116 16Section 116. 7.15 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700,58,2217 7.15 (1) (cm) Prepare official absentee ballots for delivery to electors requesting
18them, and mail send an official absentee ballot to each elector who has requested one
19no later than the 30th day before each September primary and general election and
20no later than the 21st day before each other primary and election if the request is
21made before that day; otherwise, the municipal clerk shall mail send an official
22absentee ballot within one day of the time the elector's request is received.
AB700, s. 117 23Section 117. 7.21 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB700,58,2424 7.21 (2m) The county board of election commissioners may:
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