Subject Index

Election administration changes re voter registration and certain absentee ballot deadlines, ballot information and transmittal, absentee ballot canvassing procedure, ballot preparation, and compensation for obtaining voter registrations  - SB468

Election administration: satellite locations for absentee voting and voter registration created; absentee ballot canvassing procedure and challenges revised; voter registration application included with motor vehicle operator's license or state ID card application or renewal application and certain DOT employees appointed as special registration deputies; list of felons ineligible to vote maintained by Corr.Dept and shared with Elections Board; procedures to ensure maximum 30 minute waiting time to vote, postelection performance reviews, and election day administration plans required; additional inspector for certain elections provided; restrictions on compensation for obtaining voter registrations; Elections Board required to train all poll workers, special registration deputies, and special voting deputies; registration form format, public access to birth date information, and posting of polling place information provisions - AB542

Election administration: satellite locations for absentee voting and voter registration created; absentee ballot canvassing procedure and challenges revised; voter registration application included with motor vehicle operator's license or state ID card application or renewal application and certain DOT employees appointed as special registration deputies; list of felons ineligible to vote maintained by Corr.Dept and shared with Elections Board; procedures to ensure maximum 30 minute waiting time to vote, postelection performance reviews, and election day administration plans required; additional inspector for certain elections provided; restrictions on compensation for obtaining voter registrations; Elections Board required to train all poll workers, special registration deputies, and special voting deputies; registration form format, public access to birth date information, and posting of polling place information provisions - SB249

Election day: hours of leave an employer must grant to employees to vote increased; offices of state government to close; paid holidays for nonrepresented employees increased, collective bargaining provision -  AB513

Election day procedures: high school student poll workers, poll closing procedures re waiting voters, conduct of election observers, proof of residence, election threats, certain election-related material prohibited, polling place map, lists of felons ineligible to vote, and greeter at polling place  - SB612

Election law revisions re voter registration, absentee ballots, pre-election procedures, election day procedures, and post-election procedures [A.Amdt.7: authorization to make donations from campaign treasuries to charitable organizations or the common school fund added] -  SB612

Election observers prohibited from handling election materials or wearing clothing or insignia indicating status as an election official; challenge re the qualifications of an elector must be presented to the chief inspector - SB635

Election registration revisions re registration form format, public access to birth date information, and posting of polling place information -  AB542

Election registration revisions re registration form format, public access to birth date information, and posting of polling place information -  SB249

Government Accountability Board created and Enforcement Division provisions; Elections Board and Ethics Board abolished -  SB1

Health insurance coverage: state employees may not receive if on a leave of absence to run for a partisan political office, nonpartisan state office, or work for a candidate, political party, or political committee -  AB1188

ID cards issued or renewed without charge by DOT: appropriation provided re Help America Vote Act funds (contingent upon enactment of AB-63 or SB-42) - SB119

Polling place hours revised [S.Amdt.2: appropriation for related costs created] -  AB64

Post-election procedures: time for delivery of election materials, inspectors' statements, county and municipal clerk serving on board of canvassers, grounds for recall re local elective offices, retention of unused ballots, recount procedures, and post-election audits [S.Amdt.3: petition for recall provisions deleted; A.Amdt.8: petition for recall restored but modified] - SB612

Pre-election procedures: qualifications of circulators of nomination papers and petitions, notice of school district referendum, contingency planning report, guidance to local units of government regarding election-related purchases, and election official training and term of appointment  - SB612

Preferential voting method permitted for elective officials from certain local governmental units; electronic voting system provision -  AB689

Special orders of business for March 9, 2006 established re AB-71, AB-87, AB-129, AB-287, AB-328, AB-538, AB-587, AB-639, AB-735, AB-777, AB-875, AB-887, AB-937, AB-966, AB-1002, AB-1003, AB-1026, AB-1032, AB-1035, AB-1044, AB-1078, AB-1090, SB-123, SB-145, SB-150, SB-183, SB-226, SB-268, SB-272, SB-273, SB-284, SB-338, SB-352, SB-359, SB-362, SB-363, SB-364, SB-365, SB-380, SB-420, SB-453, SB-457, SB-474, SB-487, SB-488, SB-489, SB-490, SB-491, SB-492, SB-493, SB-494, SB-512, SB-515, SB-527, SB-539, SB-540, SB-547, SB-549, SB-555, SB-556, SB-557, SB-560, SB-562, SB-579, SB-591, SB-592, SB-597, SB-601, SB-612, SB-613, SB-638, SB-642, SB-652, SJR-33 -  AR51

State board created by the legislature to administer elections, ethics, and lobbying regulation laws: appropriation for administration of created; DOA, JCF, and WECF provisions  - AB1059

Technical college district board members: appointment system replaced with nonpartisan election; term changed to four years - AB603

Technical college district board members: appointment system replaced with nonpartisan election; term changed to four years - SB576

Vacancies in certain local elective offices: special election permitted under certain conditions - SB34

Voter registration deadline changed; polling place registration eliminated; residency requirement revised; provisional ballot conditions; simultaneous voter registration re motor vehicle driver's license, public assistance, armed forces recruiting offices, and offices for services to persons with disabilities - AB782

Voter registration deadline changed; polling place registration eliminated; residency requirement revised; provisional ballot conditions; simultaneous voter registration re motor vehicle driver's license, public assistance, armed forces recruiting offices, and offices for services to persons with disabilities - SB396

elections _ advertising Elections — Advertising

Campaign advertising disclosure requirements revised; penalty provisions -  AB435

Campaign finance report revisions: registration and reporting exemptions and threshold, mass communication expenditures, reporting by candidates who do not accept WECF grants and special interest committees under certain conditions, and timeliness in filing reports -  AB226

Campaign finance report revisions: registration and reporting exemptions and threshold, mass communication expenditures, reporting by candidates who do not accept WECF grants and special interest committees under certain conditions, and timeliness in filing reports -  SB46

Public broadcasting television stations and public access cable channels: 2001 WisAct 109 provisions re free time for candidates for state offices repealed - AB226

Public broadcasting television stations and public access cable channels: 2001 WisAct 109 provisions re free time for candidates for state offices repealed - SB46

elections _ ballots Elections — Ballots

Absentee ballot revisions re requests by facsimile or email, deadline to request, military electors, witness, prepaid return postage, notice of hours, opening ballots in public, observation in certain nursing homes and other facilities, alternate site, election observers, electioneering, and option to count absentee ballots at a central location [A.Amdt.6: certain electors may request automatic absentee ballots]  - SB612

Absentee ballots by military electors: procedures created; certain deadlines modified; definition and certain election officials duties provisions -  AB377

Absentee ballots: mailing and transmittal provisions revised  - SB419

Ballot printing: limit changed to 150 percent of votes cast in the most recent corresponding election  - SB564

Citizenship status of electors: Elections Board to prescribe procedure to verify at time of registration; absentee ballot provision -  SB634

Election administration changes re voter registration and certain absentee ballot deadlines, ballot information and transmittal, absentee ballot canvassing procedure, ballot preparation, and compensation for obtaining voter registrations  - SB468

Electronic voting system standards re generation of paper ballots and software coding [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, minimum font size on ballot requirement removed, software coding provisions modified, recount of votes provisions, Elections Board authority re access to software components, municipality and county contract provision] - AB627

Electronic voting system standards re generation of paper ballots and software coding -  SB296

Post-election procedures: time for delivery of election materials, inspectors' statements, county and municipal clerk serving on board of canvassers, grounds for recall re local elective offices, retention of unused ballots, recount procedures, and post-election audits [S.Amdt.3: petition for recall provisions deleted; A.Amdt.8: petition for recall restored but modified] - SB612

Satellite locations for absentee ballots and voter registration created; absentee ballot canvassing procedures and challenges revised -  AB542

Satellite locations for absentee ballots and voter registration created; absentee ballot canvassing procedures and challenges revised -  SB249

Voter registration deadline changed; polling place registration eliminated; residency requirement revised; provisional ballot conditions; simultaneous voter registration re motor vehicle driver's license, public assistance, armed forces recruiting offices, and offices for services to persons with disabilities - AB782

Voter registration deadline changed; polling place registration eliminated; residency requirement revised; provisional ballot conditions; simultaneous voter registration re motor vehicle driver's license, public assistance, armed forces recruiting offices, and offices for services to persons with disabilities - SB396

Voter registration: identifying document required and acceptable documents specified; absentee ballot revisions; use of corroborating electors discontinued; state ID card provisions re no charge and no photograph; special voting deputies permitted in adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes re absentee voting; Corr.Dept to provide Elections Board with list of felons ineligible to vote; Elections Board duties specified - AB808

Voter registration: identifying document required and acceptable documents specified; absentee ballot revisions; use of corroborating electors discontinued; state ID card provisions re no charge and no photograph; special voting deputies permitted in adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes re absentee voting; Corr.Dept to provide Elections Board with list of felons ineligible to vote; Elections Board duties specified - SB355

Voter registration: valid Wisconsin driver's license or ID card or uniformed service ID card required; use of corroborating electors discontinued; absentee ballot, provisional ballot, surrendered driver's license, confidential address re domestic abuse, and photo requirement exemption re religious tenets provisions [A.Amdt.7: absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes added]  - AB63

Voter registration: valid Wisconsin driver's license or ID card or uniformed service ID card required; use of corroborating electors discontinued; absentee ballot, provisional ballot, surrendered driver's license, confidential address re domestic abuse, and photo requirement exemption re religious tenets provisions [for further revisions, see entry under ``Elections Board"] - SB42

Write-in candidates: filing declaration of candidacy and recording of votes; offices of president and vice president of the U.S. provision -  AB196

elections _ campaign expense Elections — Campaign expense

Campaign activity by state employees holding appointive positions prohibited; knowingly soliciting or discouraging political activity by a person who has business with a unit of government prohibited; Ethics Board training programs coverage extended; penalty provisions -  AB1189

Campaign contribution from a lobbyist: no member of the Assembly or agent for or working with an Assembly member may accept for remainder of 2006 - AR54

Campaign finance law revision re donation from campaign treasury to charitable organization or common school fund at any time, for any reason -  AB998

Campaign finance law revisions and penalties modified; income tax, lobbying regulation, and Elections Board provisions; 2001 WisAct 109 changes; nonseverability condition  - AB226

Campaign finance law revisions and penalties modified; income tax, lobbying regulation, and Elections Board provisions; 2001 WisAct 109 changes; nonseverability condition  - SB46

Campaign finance law revisions re filing reports, disbursement limitations and independent disbursements, contribution limitations and restrictions, legislative campaign committees, conduits, disposition of residual or excess funds, WECF, penalties for violations, and public broadcasting television stations and public access channels; Elections Board and nonseverability provisions (deletes changes made by 2001 WisAct 109)  - AB392

Campaign finance law revisions re filing reports, disbursement limitations and independent disbursements, contribution limitations and restrictions, legislative campaign committees, conduits, disposition of residual or excess funds, WECF, penalties for violations, and public broadcasting television stations and public access channels; Elections Board and nonseverability provisions (deletes changes made by 2001 WisAct 109)  - SB538

Campaign finance law revisions re 2001 WisAct 109: provisions deleted re certain mass communication registration and reporting requirements, campaign contributions, increased spending limits for candidates for partisan state offices, and campaign expenditures for candidates for state office who accept WECF grants -  AB428

Campaign finance law revisions re 2001 WisAct 109: provisions deleted re Elections Board authority to allocate percentage of income tax returns to WECF -  AB429

Campaign finance report revisions: registration and reporting exemptions and threshold, mass communication expenditures, reporting by candidates who do not accept WECF grants and special interest committees under certain conditions, and timeliness in filing reports -  AB226

Campaign finance report revisions: registration and reporting exemptions and threshold, mass communication expenditures, reporting by candidates who do not accept WECF grants and special interest committees under certain conditions, and timeliness in filing reports -  SB46

Campaign finance reports re information concerning individual contributuions: Elections Board prohibited from promulgating certain rules -  AB1226

Campaign finance reports re information concerning individual contributuions: Elections Board prohibited from promulgating certain rules -  SB733

Clean elections fund created; replaces Wisconsin election campaign fund -  AB626

Clean elections fund created; replaces Wisconsin election campaign fund -  SB479

Committee contributions to political parties and candidates revised; legislative campaign committees contribution limitations revised; other contribution restrictions re period from introduction of to enactment of the biennial budget; contributions from a committee to a special interest committee; obtaining certain information from contributors  - AB226

Committee contributions to political parties and candidates revised; legislative campaign committees contribution limitations revised; other contribution restrictions re period from introduction of to enactment of the biennial budget; contributions from a committee to a special interest committee; obtaining certain information from contributors  - SB46

Contribution to candidate for elective state office: individual income tax credit created -  AB1213

Disbursement limit for candidates for office of state senator or representative increased; limits are binding regardless of grants from WECF; self-contribution limit provision  - AB1101

Disposition of campaign moneys re certain contributions and residual moneys in campaign treasuries: option to transfer to charitable organization eliminated  - AB1223

Election law revisions re voter registration, absentee ballots, pre-election procedures, election day procedures, and post-election procedures [A.Amdt.7: authorization to make donations from campaign treasuries to charitable organizations or the common school fund added] -  SB612

Elections Board database projects: DOA assistance re vendor selection for computer conversion project and creation of campaign finance database [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9101 (10q)]  - AB100

Elective state and local officials prohibited from soliciting money or things of value on behalf of certain committees or organizations; forfeiture provision  - AB1005

Executive branch agency secretary, deputy, executive assistant, division administrator, or commissioner prohibited from soliciting a political contribution and hosting, endorsing, or sponsoring a fund-raising event on behalf of a candidate; penalty provisions -  AB996

Executive branch agency secretary, deputy, executive assistant, division administrator, or commissioner prohibited from soliciting a political contribution and hosting, endorsing, or sponsoring a fund-raising event on behalf of a candidate; penalty provisions -  SB553

Federal campaign committee converting funds to a Wisconsin state campaign committee re political purposes: Elections Board prohibited from promulgating certain rule  - AB157

Federal campaign committee converting funds to a Wisconsin state campaign committee re political purposes: Elections Board prohibited from promulgating certain rule  - SB105

Fund-raising social events and related campaign contributions by legislators before enactment of the executive budget bill prohibited [Joint rules 11 and 12] - AJR45

Health insurance coverage: state employees may not receive if on a leave of absence to run for a partisan political office, nonpartisan state office, or work for a candidate, political party, or political committee -  AB1188

Illegal activity investigation fund created and moneys appropriated to Elections Board for investigating suspected violations of campaign finance law; donations by registered candidates provision -  AB1082

Incumbent partisan elective state official or campaign or support committees prohibited from accepting political contributions for reelection during certain period, exception for recall election; disbursement for promoting official's candidacy for a different state, local, or national office prohibited prior to filing a registration statement -  AB452

Nonresident registrants under the campaign finance law: report requirements revised -  AB65

Partisan state office candidate: filing continuing campaign finance reports modified -  AB1187

Personal financial contribution from a lobbyist to an Assembly member's personal campaign committee: member may not accept between certain dates -  AR56

Political contribution re certain elective state offices or their campaign or support committees during certain period prohibited; contribution limitations and forfeiture provisions - AB289

Political contributions accepted by certain elective state officials and committees prohibited during specified period re biennial budget; exceptions and penalty provisions  - AB66

Political contributions accepted by certain elective state officials and committees prohibited during specified period re biennial budget; exceptions and penalty provisions  - SB44

Political contributions by person contracting with the state or any local governmental unit prohibited; exception and penalty provisions; similar prohibition re soliciting contributions - AB872

Public financing of campaigns for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court, fund raising during state budget consideration, representation by former state officials, and service by former legislators or legislative employees as lobbyists: laws revised - AB1212

Public financing of campaigns for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court, fund raising during state budget consideration, representation by former state officials, and service by former legislators or legislative employees as lobbyists: laws revised - SB718