SB941,3 18Section 3. 5.05 (19) of the statutes is created to read:
SB941,4,1919 5.05 (19) Federal election guidance. (a) In this subsection:
SB941,4,2020 1. “Agency” has the meaning given in s. 13.172 (1).
SB941,4,2521 2. “Federal election guidance” means any directive or guidance issued by the
22federal department of justice or any other executive branch agency of the federal
23government pertaining to elections, including the times, places, and manner for
24administering elections in this state, received by an agency on or after the effective
25date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date].
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1(b) An agency shall submit federal election guidance, and any communication
2with the department of justice or federal department of justice or any other executive
3branch agency of the federal government related to that guidance, to the senate
4majority leader, the senate minority leader, the speaker of the assembly, the
5assembly minority leader, the chairpersons of the standing committees with
6jurisdiction concerning elections, and the cochairpersons of the joint committee for
7review of administrative rules no later than 48 hours after receiving the guidance or
8communication. No agency may take action to implement federal election guidance
9without approval from the joint committee for review of administrative rules, except
10that, if the committee does not schedule a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the
11guidance within 30 days of receiving the guidance from the agency, the agency may
12implement the guidance.
SB941,4 13Section 4. 6.275 (1) (ab) of the statutes is created to read:
SB941,5,1514 6.275 (1) (ab) The total number of registered electors residing in the
15municipality on the day of the primary or election.
SB941,5 16Section 5. 6.275 (1) (db) of the statutes is created to read:
SB941,5,1917 6.275 (1) (db) The total number of electors of the municipality residing in that
18county who registered to vote beginning on the day of the immediately preceding
19primary or election and ending on the day of the most recent primary or election.
SB941,6 20Section 6. 6.275 (1) (eb) of the statutes is created to read:
SB941,5,2221 6.275 (1) (eb) The total number of electors of the municipality voting absentee
22ballots by mail at the primary or election.
SB941,7 23Section 7. 6.275 (1) (ec) of the statutes is created to read:
SB941,5,2524 6.275 (1) (ec) The total number of electors of the municipality voting absentee
25ballots in person at the primary or election.
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1Section 8. 6.275 (1) (ed) of the statutes is created to read:
SB941,6,42 6.275 (1) (ed) The total number absentee ballots returned by electors residing
3in the municipal at the primary or election that were not counted and the reasons
4why such ballots were not counted.
SB941,9 5Section 9. 6.275 (1) (ee) of the statutes is created to read:
SB941,6,76 6.275 (1) (ee) The total number of electors of the municipality casting ballots
7at the polling place on the day of the primary or election.
SB941,10 8Section 10. 6.275 (1) (ef) of the statutes is created to read:
SB941,6,119 6.275 (1) (ef) The total number of electors of the municipality casting
10provisional ballots under s. 6.97 at the primary or election and the number of such
11ballots not counted, as provided under s. 6.97 (3) (c).
SB941,11 12Section 11. 6.275 (1) (eg) of the statutes is created to read:
SB941,6,1613 6.275 (1) (eg) The total number of defective ballots cast by electors of the
14municipality that election officials recreated, with a separate itemization of such
15ballots cast by military and oversea electors, damaged ballots, and ballots recreated
16for other reasons.
SB941,12 17Section 12. 6.275 (1) (eh) of the statutes is created to read:
SB941,6,2118 6.275 (1) (eh) The location of each residential care facility and qualified
19retirement home to which the municipality dispatched special voting deputies, as
20provided under s. 6.875, and the total number of ballots cast by residents of the
21facilities and homes using special voting deputies.
SB941,13 22Section 13. 6.275 (1) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB941,7,523 6.275 (1) (g) The number of electors residing in the municipality whose
24personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained by the
25commission under s. 6.36 (1) and the information specified in s. 6.34 (2m) did not

1match the personally identifiable information maintained by the department of
2transportation beginning on the day of the immediately preceding primary or
3election and ending on the day of the most recent primary or election; a description
4of each mismatch; and the number of such electors whose registration status was
5changed from eligible to ineligible.
SB941,14 6Section 14. 6.275 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB941,7,107 6.275 (1m) No later than 30 days after each election at which a state or national
8office is filled or a statewide referendum is held, including any special election, each
9county clerk or county board of election commissioners shall submit electronically a
10report to the commission that provides the following:
SB941,7,1311 (a) The approximate number of electors in each municipality in the county that
12the municipal clerk certified to the clerk or board under s. 5.66 (1) for the election and
13the number of ballots that the clerk or board ordered under s. 5.66 (1).
SB941,7,1514 (b) The number of ballots ordered under par. (a) that the county or board
15distributed to each municipality in the county.
SB941,7,1716 (c) The number of ballots distributed to each municipality under par. (b) that
17were ultimately cast in the election.
SB941,7,2018 (d) The number of ballots distributed under par. (b) that election inspectors
19rejected, and the reasons for rejection, and the number of ballots distributed under
20par. (b) that were remade by election inspectors and cast.
SB941,7,2221 (e) The number of ballots distributed under par. (b) that were not used in the
22election.
SB941,7,2423 (f) Any other action that the county performed under s. 7.60 to reconcile the
24total number of ballots with the number of votes cast.
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1(g) An explanation of any discrepancy between the number of ballots ordered
2and the number distributed and of any discrepancy between the number of ballots
3distributed and the number cast or rejected.
SB941,15 4Section 15. 6.275 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 6.275 (2) (a) and amended
5to read:
SB941,8,96 6.275 (2) (a) Upon receipt of each report filed under this section, the
7commission shall, within 7 days of receiving the report, publish the information on
8its Internet site in a format that is easily accessible to the public. The commission
9shall update the information published under this subsection on a monthly basis.
SB941,16 10Section 16. 6.275 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB941,8,1911 6.275 (2) (b) The commission shall, within 7 days after receiving a report under
12sub. (1m), submit the report to the senate majority leader, the senate minority leader,
13the speaker of the assembly, the assembly minority leader, the cochairpersons of the
14standing committees with jurisdiction concerning elections, and the legislative audit
15bureau. The legislative audit bureau shall review the report and, within 30 days
16after receiving the report, shall submit a report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2)
17with its findings and recommendations, including a description of any discrepancies
18it found and any explanation of those discrepancies it received from local election
19officials.
SB941,17 20Section 17. 6.36 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
SB941,8,2321 6.36 (7) On the first day of each month the commission shall archive an
22electronic copy of the official registration list as it appeared on the last day of the
23previous month and retain that copy for no less than 22 months.
SB941,18 24Section 18. 16.54 (8s) of the statutes is created to read:
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116.54 (8s) Before the governor may disburse funds received under sub. (1) to
2the elections commission, the elections commission shall establish a plan for the
3expenditure of such funds and submit the plan to the joint committee on finance. If
4the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the elections
5commission that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing
6the plan within 14 working days after the date of the elections commission's
7submittal, the elections commission may implement the plan and the governor may
8disburse the funds to the elections commission. If, within 14 working days after the
9date of the elections commission's submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee
10notify the elections commission that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the
11purpose of reviewing the the plan, the elections commission may implement the plan,
12and the governor may disburse the funds, only with the approval of the committee.
SB941,9,1313 (End)
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