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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
March 5, 2015 - Introduced by Senators Gudex and
Marklein, cosponsored by
Representatives Thiesfeldt, Kleefisch, Doyle, E. Brooks, Kahl,
Skowronski, Weatherston, Berceau, Ripp, Edming, Ballweg, Bernier, Born,
Ohnstad, Spreitzer, Zamarripa, Tittl and Steffen. Referred to Committee on
Elections and Local Government.
SB71,1,2
1An Act to amend 6.55 (6) of the statutes;
relating to: allowing municipal clerks
2to register voters on election day.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, election inspectors may register electors to vote at a polling
place on election day. In addition, a municipality may provide, by adopting a
resolution, that an inspector's registration duties may be performed by special
registration deputies appointed by the municipal clerk or board of election
commissioners.
Under this bill, an inspector's registration duties may be performed by the
municipal clerk, if the clerk is not a candidate listed on the ballot, or by special
registration deputies appointed by the municipal clerk or board of election
commissioners, without the municipality first adopting a resolution to allow the
procedure.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB71,1
3Section
1. 6.55 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB71,2,94
6.55
(6) The governing body or board of election commissioners of any
5municipality may provide by resolution that any Any of the registration duties of
1inspectors under sub. (2)
shall may be carried out in the municipality
by the
2municipal clerk or by special registration deputies appointed by the municipal clerk
3or board of election commissioners at any polling place or other registration location
4whenever the clerk or board of election commissioners determines that the
5registration process provided for in that subsection will be facilitated thereby.
The
6municipal clerk, however, may not carry out the registration duties of the inspectors
7under sub. (2) if the municipal clerk is a candidate on the ballot for that election day. 8The deputies shall be specially appointed by the clerk or board of election
9commissioners for one election only to conduct elector registration only.
