AB144: Bill Text

AB144,148,21 6.29 (2) (b) Upon Unless the municipal clerk determines that the registration list will be revised to incorporate the registration in time for the election, upon the filing of the registration form required by this section, the municipal clerk, or the county clerk if designated under s. 6.33 (5) (b), shall issue a certificate addressed to the inspectors of the proper ward or election district directing that the elector be permitted to cast his or her vote, unless the clerk determines that the registration list will be revised to incorporate the registration in time for the election if the elector complies with all requirements for voting at the polling place. The certificate shall be numbered serially, prepared in duplicate and one copy preserved in the office of the municipal clerk. The certificate shall indicate the name and address of the elector and, if the elector is unable to present preferred or alternate identification, the certificate shall indicate the type of identification, if any, the elector is able to present and the identifying number contained in that identification.

AB144, s. 32 Section 32. 6.33 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,148,23 6.33 (title) Registration forms; manner of completing.

AB144, s. 33 Section 33. 6.33 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,149,20 6.33 (1) The municipal clerk shall supply sufficient registration forms as prescribed by the board printed on loose-leaf sheets or cards to obtain from each applicant information as to name, date, residence location, citizenship, age, whether the applicant has resided within the ward or election district for at least 10 days, whether the applicant has lost his or her right to vote, and whether the applicant is currently registered to vote at any other location, and shall provide a space for the applicant's signature and the ward and aldermanic district, if any, where the elector resides. The forms shall also include a space for where the clerk, issuing officer, or registration deputy may record, for any applicant under s. 6.29 (2) or 6.55 (2) who is unable to present preferred or alternate identification, the type of identification serial, if any, the applicant is able to present and the identifying number of any elector who is issued such a number under s. 6.47 (3) contained in that identification. The forms shall also include a space where the clerk, issuing officer, or registration deputy, for any applicant who possesses a valid voting identification card issued to the person under s. 6.47 (3), may record the identification serial number appearing on the voting identification card and shall include a space for any other information prescribed by rule of the board. Each register of deeds shall obtain sufficient registration forms at the expense of the unit of government by which he or she is employed for completion by any elector who desires to register to vote at the office of the register of deeds under s. 6.28 (3).

AB144, s. 34 Section 34. 6.33 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,150,7 6.33 (2) (a) The All information may be recorded by any person, but the except that the ward and aldermanic district, if any, and any information relating to the identification an applicant under s. 6.29 (2) or 6.55 (2) is able to present and any information relating to an applicant's voting identification card shall be recorded by the clerk, issuing officer, or registration deputy. Each applicant shall sign his or her own name unless the applicant is unable to sign his or her name due to physical disability. In such case, the applicant may authorize another elector to sign the form on his or her behalf. If the applicant so authorizes, the elector signing the form shall attest to a statement that the application is made upon request and by authorization of a named elector who is unable to sign the form due to physical disability. Ward and aldermanic district information shall be filled in by the clerk.

AB144, s. 35 Section 35. 6.33 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB144,150,17 6.33 (5) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), whenever a municipal clerk receives a valid registration or valid change of a name or address under an existing registration and whenever a municipal clerk cancels a registration, the municipal clerk shall promptly enter electronically on the list maintained by the board under s. 6.36 (1) the information required under that subsection, except that the municipal clerk may update any entries that change on the date of an election in the municipality within 10 days after that date, and the municipal clerk shall provide to the board information that is confidential under s. 6.47 (2) in such manner as the board prescribes.

AB144,151,2 (b) The town clerk of any town having a population of not more than 5,000 may designate the county clerk of the county where the town is located as the town clerk's agent to carry out the functions of the town clerk under this subsection for that town. The town clerk shall notify the county clerk of any such designation in writing. The town clerk may, by similar notice to the county clerk at least 14 days prior to the effective date of any change, discontinue the designation. If the town clerk designates a county clerk as his or her agent, the town clerk shall immediately forward all registration changes filed with the town clerk to the county clerk for electronic entry on the registration list.

AB144, s. 36 Section 36. 6.35 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

AB144, s. 37 Section 37. 6.35 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,151,7 6.35 (3) In municipalities employing data processing for keeping of registration forms, original Original registration forms shall be maintained in the office of the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners at all times.

AB144, s. 38 Section 38. 6.35 (5) and (6) of the statutes are repealed.

AB144, s. 39 Section 39. 6.36 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB144,151,13 6.36 (1) (a) The board shall compile and maintain electronically an official registration list. Except as provided in sub. (2) (b), the list shall contain the name and address of each registered elector in the state and such other information as the board prescribes by rule.

AB144,151,20 (b) Except for the addresses of electors who obtain a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2), the list shall be open to public inspection under s. 19.35 (1) and shall be electronically accessible by any person, but no person other than the board or an election official who is authorized by a municipal clerk may make a change in the list. The list shall be electronically accessible by name and shall also be accessible in alphabetical order of the electors' names for the entire state and for each county, municipality, ward, and combination of wards authorized under s. 5.15 (6) (b).

AB144,151,24 (c) The list shall be designed in such a way that the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of any municipality may, by electronic transmission, add, revise, or remove entries on the list for any elector who resides in, or who the list identifies as residing in, that municipality and no other municipality.

AB144,152,2 (d) The board shall not make any changes in entries to the registration list except as follows:

AB144,152,6 1. Upon receipt of official notification by the appropriate election administrative authority of another state, territory, or possession that an elector whose name appears on the list has registered to vote in that state, territory, or possession, the board shall remove the name of that elector from the list.

AB144,152,10 2. If the board conducts the canvass required under s. 6.50 (1) and (2) or (2m), the board shall cancel the registration of any elector whose registration is required to be canceled by the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners under those provisions.

AB144,152,13 (e) If the board removes the name of any elector from the list, the board shall promptly notify the municipal clerk of the municipality where the elector resides or resided, in writing or by electronic transmission.

AB144, s. 40 Section 40. 6.36 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,152,23 6.36 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the each registration lists list prepared for use at a polling place shall contain the full name and address of each registered elector, ; the type of identification card, if any, that each elector registered under s. 6.29 (2) or 6.55 (2) is able to present and the identifying number contained in that identification card; a blank column for the entry of the serial number of the electors when they vote,; and a form of a certificate bearing the certification of the executive director of the board stating that each the list is a true and complete combined check and registration list of the respective municipality or the ward or wards for which the list is prepared.

AB144, s. 41 Section 41. 6.36 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,153,4 6.36 (3) Municipalities shall prepare at least 2 copies of the registration list for each ward and bind them in book form. The original registration forms constitute the official registration list and shall be controlling whenever discrepancies occur in entering information from the forms under s. 6.33 (5).

AB144, s. 42 Section 42. 6.47 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,153,23 6.47 (2) Except as authorized in sub. (8), the board and each municipal clerk, and each county clerk who is designated under s. 6.33 (5) (b) as the agent of a municipal clerk, shall withhold from public inspection under s. 19.35 (1) the name and address of any eligible individual whose name appears on a poll list or registration list if the individual files provides the municipal clerk, or the county clerk if designated under s. 6.33 (5) (b), with a valid written request with the clerk to protect the individual's confidentiality. To be valid, a request under this subsection must be accompanied by a copy of a protective order that is in effect, an affidavit under sub. (1) (a) 2. that is dated within 30 days of the date of the request or a statement signed by the operator or an authorized agent of the operator of a shelter that is dated within 30 days of the date of the request and that indicates that the operator operates the shelter and that the individual making the request resides in the shelter. A physically disabled individual who appears personally at the office of the municipal clerk, or the county clerk if designated under s. 6.33 (5) (b), accompanied by another elector of this state may designate that elector to make a request under this subsection on his or her behalf. Any county clerk that receives a valid written request under this subsection shall promptly forward the request to the municipal clerk.

AB144, s. 43 Section 43. 6.47 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,154,9 6.47 (3) Upon listing of receiving a valid written request from an elector under sub. (2), the municipal clerk, or the county clerk if designated under s. 6.33 (5) (b), shall issue to the elector a voting identification card on a form prescribed by the board that shall contain the name of the elector's municipality issuing the card of residence and in the case of a town, the county in which the town is located, the elector's name, the ward in which the elector resides, if any, and a unique identification serial number issued by the board. The number issued to an elector under this subsection shall not be changed for so long as the elector continues to qualify for a listing under sub. (2).

AB144, s. 44 Section 44. 6.50 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,154,15 6.50 (1) (intro.) Within 90 days following each general election, the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of each municipality in which registration is required shall examine the registration records and identify each elector who has not voted within the previous 4 years if qualified to do so during that entire period and shall mail a notice to the elector in substantially the following form:

AB144, s. 45 Section 45. 6.50 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,154,19 6.50 (2m) (a) As an alternative to the procedure prescribed in subs. (1) and (2), the governing body of a municipality where registration is required may provide for revision of registration lists under this subsection.

AB144, s. 46 Section 46. 6.50 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,155,3 6.50 (2m) (b) Following Within 90 days following each general election, the municipal clerk of the municipality shall revise and correct the registration list by reviewing the registration of any elector who failed to vote within the past 4 years if qualified to do so during that entire period. Each such elector shall be mailed an address verification card under par. (c). If an address verification card is returned by the postal service to the clerk, the registration of such elector shall be canceled. Otherwise, the registration shall be retained notwithstanding failure of the elector to vote at any election, except as provided in subs. (4) to (7).

AB144, s. 47 Section 47. 6.50 (2s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB144,155,14 6.50 (2s) If, within 120 days following a general election, the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners has not completed the canvass required under sub. (1) and (2) or (2m), the board may conduct the canvass and may submit to the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners a statement of its reasonable costs incurred. The municipality shall reimburse the board for those costs within 30 days following receipt of the statement. If the municipality fails to timely reimburse the board, the board may submit a statement to the department of administration indicating the amount of the reimbursement due from the municipality and directing the department to deduct that amount from the next payment made to the municipality under s. 79.02.

AB144, s. 48 Section 48. 6.50 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,155,18 6.50 (10) Any elector whose registration is canceled under this section may have his or her registration reinstated by filing a new registration form reregister as provided under s. 6.28 (1), 6.29 (2), or 6.55 (2).

AB144, s. 49 Section 49. 6.54 of the statutes is repealed.

AB144, s. 50 Section 50. 6.55 (2) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,156,5 6.55 (2) (a) 1. (intro.) Except where the procedure under par. (c) or (cm) is employed, any person who qualifies as an elector in the ward or election district where he or she desires to vote, but has not previously filed a registration form, or was registered at another location in a municipality where registration is required, may request permission to vote at the polling place for that ward or election district, or at an alternate polling place assigned under s. 5.25 (5) (b). When a proper request is made, the inspector shall require the person to execute a registration form prescribed by the board that. The registration form shall be completed in the manner provided under s. 6.33 (2) and shall contain all information required under s. 6.33 (1), along with the following certification:

AB144, s. 51 Section 51. 6.55 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,157,4 6.55 (2) (b) Upon executing the registration form under par. (a), the person shall be required by a special registration deputy or inspector to present preferred identification or, if the person is unable to present preferred identification, the person shall present alternate identification. If the person is unable to present preferred or alternate identification, the person shall present any identification card that contains the name and photograph of the person and an identifying number. If any identification presented by the person is not acceptable proof of residence under sub. (7), the elector shall also present acceptable proof of residence. If the person cannot supply such proof identification authorized under this paragraph or proof of residence, the information contained in the registration form shall be substantiated and signed corroborated in a statement that is signed by one other any elector who resides in the same municipality as the registering elector , corroborating all the material statements therein and who has not, during that day, corroborated the registration information of more than one other person and that contains the current street address of the corroborator. The corroborator shall then provide identification in the same manner as if the corroborator were registering under this subsection and shall provide acceptable proof of residence. The signing by the elector person executing the registration form and by any elector who corroborates the information in the form corroborator shall be in the presence of the special registration deputy or inspector. Upon compliance with this procedure, such person shall then be given the right to vote the elector shall be permitted to cast his or her vote, if the elector complies with all other requirements for voting at the polling place.

AB144, s. 52 Section 52. 6.55 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,158,6 6.55 (2) (c) 1. As an alternative to registration at the polling place under pars. (a) and (b), the board of election commissioners, or the governing body of any municipality in which registration is required may by resolution require a person who qualifies as an elector and who is not registered and desires to register on the day of an election to do so at another readily accessible location in the same building as the polling place serving the elector's residence or at an alternate polling place assigned under s. 5.25 (5) (b), instead of at the polling place serving the elector's residence. In such case, the municipal clerk shall prominently post a notice of the registration location at the polling place. The municipal clerk, deputy clerk or special registration deputy at the registration location shall require such person to execute a registration form as prescribed under par. (a) and to provide present preferred identification or, if the person is unable to present preferred identification, alternate identification. If the person is unable to present preferred or alternate identification, the person shall present any identification card that contains the name and photograph of the person and an identifying number. If any identification presented by the person is not acceptable proof of residence as provided under sub. (7), the elector shall also present acceptable proof of residence. If the person cannot supply such proof identification authorized under this subdivision or acceptable proof of residence, the information contained in the registration form shall be corroborated in the manner provided in par. (b). The signing by the elector person executing the registration form and by any corroborating elector corroborator shall be in the presence of the municipal clerk, deputy clerk or special registration deputy. Upon proper completion of registration, the municipal clerk, deputy clerk or special registration deputy shall serially number the registration and give one copy to the elector for presentation at the polling place serving the elector's residence or an alternate polling place assigned under s. 5.25 (5) (b).

AB144, s. 53 Section 53. 6.55 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,158,18 6.55 (2) (c) 2. Upon compliance with the procedures under subd. 1., the municipal clerk or deputy clerk shall issue a certificate addressed to the inspectors of the proper polling place directing that the elector be permitted to cast his or her vote if the elector complies with all requirements for voting at the polling place. If the elector's registration is corroborated, the clerk shall enter the name and address of the corroborator on the face of the certificate. The certificate shall be numbered serially and prepared in duplicate. The municipal clerk shall preserve one copy in his or her office. The certificate shall indicate the name and address of the elector and, if the elector is unable to present preferred or alternate identification, the certificate shall indicate the type of identification, if any, the elector is able to present and the identifying number contained in that identification.

AB144, s. 54 Section 54. 6.55 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,159,2 6.55 (2) (d) A registered elector who has changed his or her name but resides at the same address, and has not notified the municipal clerk under s. 6.40 (1) (c), shall notify the inspector of the change before voting. The inspector shall then notify the municipal clerk at the time which materials are returned under s. 6.56 (1). If an elector changes has changed both a name and address, the elector shall complete a registration form register at the polling place or other registration location under pars. (a) and (b).

AB144, s. 55 Section 55. 6.55 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,160,11 6.55 (3) Any qualified elector in the ward or election district where the elector desires to vote whose name does not appear on the registration list where registration is required but who claims to be registered to vote in the election may request permission to vote at the polling place for that ward or election district. When the request is made, the inspector shall require the person to give his or her name and address. If the elector is not at the polling place which serves the ward or election district where the elector resides, the inspector shall provide the elector with directions to the correct polling place. If the elector is at the correct polling place, the elector shall then execute the following written statement: "I, ...., hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge, I am a qualified elector, having resided at .... for at least 10 days immediately preceding this election, and that I am not disqualified on any ground from voting, and I have not voted at this election and am properly registered to vote in this election." The person shall be required to provide present preferred identification or, if the person is unable to present preferred identification, alternate identification. If the person is unable to present preferred or alternate identification, the person shall present any identification card that contains the name and photograph of the person and an identifying number. If any identification presented by the person is not acceptable proof of residence as provided under sub. (7), the person shall also present acceptable proof of residence and shall then be given the right to vote. If acceptable proof is presented, the elector need not have the information corroborated by any other elector. If acceptable the person fails to present any identification or proof is not presented of residence required under this subsection, the statement shall be certified by the elector and shall be corroborated in a statement that is signed by another any other elector who resides in the municipality and who has not, during that day, corroborated the registration information of more than one other person and that contains the current street address of the corroborator. The corroborator shall then provide identification in the same manner as if the corroborator were executing the certification under this subsection and, if the identification is not acceptable proof of residence as provided under sub. (7), shall provide acceptable proof of residence as provided in sub. (7). Whenever the question of identity or residence cannot be satisfactorily resolved and the elector cannot be permitted to vote, an inspector shall telephone the office of the municipal clerk to reconcile the records at the polling place with those at the office.

AB144, s. 56 Section 56. 6.55 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,160,14 6.55 (7) (c) 1. A Wisconsin motor vehicle An operator's license issued under ch. 343.

AB144, s. 57 Section 57. 6.55 (7) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,160,17 6.55 (7) (c) 2. A Wisconsin An identification card issued under s. 125.08, 1987 stats s. 343.50.

AB144, s. 58 Section 58. 6.79 (intro.) (except 6.79 (title)) of the statutes is renumbered 6.79 (1m) and amended to read:

AB144,161,2 6.79 (1m) Separate poll lists. Two election officials at each election ward shall be in charge of and shall maintain 2 separate poll lists of containing information relating to all persons voting. The municipal clerk may elect to maintain the information on the poll list lists manually or electronically. If the list is lists are maintained electronically, the officials shall enter the information into an electronic data recording system that enables retrieval of a printed copy of the poll list at the polling place. The system employed is subject to the approval of the board.

AB144, s. 59 Section 59. 6.79 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

AB144, s. 60 Section 60. 6.79 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB144,161,21 6.79 (2) Verification of identity and address and maintenance of poll lists. (a) Unless information on the poll list is entered electronically, the municipal clerk shall supply the inspectors with 2 copies of the most current original registration list or lists prepared under s. 6.36 (1) for use as poll lists at the polling place. Except as provided in sub. (6), each person, before receiving a serial number, shall state his or her full name and address and shall present preferred identification or, if the person is unable to present preferred identification, alternate identification. Except as provided in sub. (6), if the person is unable to present preferred or alternate identification, the person shall present any identification card that contains the name and photograph of the person and an identifying number. If a person is unable to present any identification authorized under this paragraph, the person's identity and address may be corroborated in a statement that is signed by any other elector who resides in the municipality and who has not, during that day, corroborated the identity and address of more than one other person and that contains the current street address of the corroborator. The corroborator shall then provide identification in the same manner as if the corroborator were attempting to vote under this subsection.

AB144,162,2 (b) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the officials shall verify that the name and address on the identification provided by the person under par. (a) or the name and address corroborated under par. (a) are the same as the person's name and address on the poll list and shall verify that the photograph contained in the identification reasonably resembles the person.

AB144,162,12 2. If the person presents an identification card under par. (a) that is not preferred or alternate identification or that contains an address different from that on the poll list, the officials shall verify that the name and identifying number on the identification card are the same as the person's name on the poll list and the identifying number on any identification card that the person's registration indicates he or she is able to present. If the person's registration does not indicate that he or she is able to present an identification card or if the identifying number on the identification card is different from the identifying number indicated in the person's registration, the officials shall enter on the poll list, after the name of the person, the type of identification and the identifying number contained in that identification.

AB144,163,2 3. If the person presents a certificate for that election issued to the person under s. 6.29 (2) (b) or a certificate issued to the person that day under s. 6.55 (2) (c) 2., the officials shall verify that the name and address on the identification provided by the person under par. (a) or the name and address corroborated under par. (a) are the same as the person's name and address on the certificate. If the person presents an identification card under par. (a) that is not preferred or alternate identification or that contains an address different from that on the certificate, the officials shall verify that the name and identifying number on the identification card are the same as the person's name on the certificate and the identifying number on any identification card that the certificate indicates he or she is able to present. If the certificate does not indicate he or she is able to present an identification card or if the identifying number on the identification card is different from the identifying number indicated in the certificate, the officials shall enter on the certificate the type of identification and the identifying number contained in that identification.

AB144,163,10 (c) Upon the poll list, after the name of each elector, the officials shall enter a serial number for each elector in the order that votes are cast, beginning with number one. The officials shall maintain a separate list for electors who are voting under s. 6.15, 6.29 or 6.55 (2) or (3) and electors who are reassigned from another polling place under s. 5.25 (5) (b) and shall enter the full name, address, and serial number of each of these electors on the appropriate separate list. The officials shall provide each elector with a slip bearing the same serial number as is recorded for the elector upon the poll list or separate list.

AB144, s. 61 Section 61. 6.79 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,163,16 6.79 (3) Refusal to give name and address and failure to present identification. Except as provided in sub. (6), if any elector offering to vote at any polling place refuses to give his or her name and address or is unable to present identification authorized under sub. (2) or have his or her identity and address corroborated, the elector may not be permitted to vote.

AB144, s. 62 Section 62. 6.79 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,164,4 6.79 (4) Supplemental information. When any elector provides identification under sub. (1) or s. 6.15, 6.29 or 6.55 (2) or (3), the election officials shall enter the type of identification on the poll or registration list, or supplemental list maintained under sub. (2). If the form of identification includes a number which applies only to the individual holding that piece of identification, the election officials shall also enter that number on the list. When any elector corroborates the registration identity or residence of any person offering to vote under sub. (1) or s. 6.55 (2) (b) or (c) or (3) the name and address of the corroborator shall also be entered next to the name of the elector whose information is being corroborated on the registration or poll list, or the separate list maintained under sub. (2). When any person offering to vote has been challenged and taken the oath, following the person's name on the registration or poll list, the officials shall enter the word "Sworn".

AB144, s. 63 Section 63. 6.79 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB144, s. 64 Section 64. 6.79 (6) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB144,164,7 6.79 (6) (title) Exceptions regarding identification.

AB144, s. 65 Section 65. 6.79 (6) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB144, s. 66 Section 66. 6.79 (6) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB144,164,12 6.79 (6) (am) The requirement under sub. (2) that a person present identification or have his or her identity or address corroborated does not apply to a person who is voting under s. 6.15 or 6.55 (2) (b) or (3).

AB144, s. 67 Section 67. 6.79 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,164,21 6.79 (6) (b) In municipalities where registration is required, an An elector who has a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) may present his or her identification card issued under s. 6.47 (3), or may give his or her name and identification serial number issued under s. 6.47 (3), in lieu of stating his or her name and address and presenting identification under sub. (2). If the elector's name and identification serial number appear on the confidential portion of the list, the inspectors shall issue a voting serial number to the elector, record that number on the registration list and permit the elector to vote.

AB144, s. 68 Section 68. 6.82 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,165,14 6.82 (1) (a) When any inspectors are informed that an elector is at the entrance to the polling place who as a result of disability is unable to enter the polling place, they shall permit the elector to be assisted in marking or punching a ballot by any individual selected by the elector, except the elector's employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of a labor organization which represents the elector. The inspectors shall issue a ballot to the individual selected by the elector and shall accompany the individual to the polling place entrance where the assistance is to be given. If the ballot is a paper ballot, the assisting individual shall fold the ballot after the ballot is marked or punched by the assisting individual. The assisting individual shall then immediately take the ballot into the polling place and give the ballot to an inspector. The inspector shall distinctly announce that he or she has "a ballot offered by .... (stating person's name), an elector who, as a result of disability, is unable to enter the polling place without assistance". The inspector shall then ask, "Does anyone object to the reception of this ballot?" If no objection is made, the inspectors shall record the elector's name under s. 6.79 and deposit the ballot in the ballot box, and shall make a notation on the registration or poll list: "Ballot received at poll entrance".

AB144, s. 69 Section 69. 6.86 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,165,23 6.86 (3) (a) Any elector who is registered, or otherwise qualified where registration is not required, and who is hospitalized, may apply for and obtain an official ballot by agent. The agent may apply for and obtain a ballot for the hospitalized absent elector by presenting a form prescribed by the board and containing the required information supplied by the hospitalized elector and signed by that elector 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.

AB144, s. 70 Section 70. 6.88 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,166,15 6.88 (3) (a) Any time between the opening and closing of the polls on election day, the inspectors shall open the carrier envelope only, and announce the name of the absent elector or the identification serial number of the absent elector if the elector has a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2). When the inspectors find that the certification has been properly executed, the applicant is a qualified elector of the ward or election district, and the applicant has not voted in the election, they shall enter an indication on the poll or registration list next to the applicant's name indicating an absentee ballot is cast by the elector. They shall then open the envelope containing the ballot in a manner so as not to deface or destroy the certification thereon. The inspectors shall take out the ballot without unfolding it or permitting it to be unfolded or examined. Unless the ballot is cast under s. 6.95, the inspectors shall verify that the ballot has been endorsed by the issuing clerk. The inspectors shall deposit the ballot into the proper ballot box and enter the absent elector's name or voting number after his or her name on the poll or registration list in the same manner as if the elector had been present and voted in person.

AB144, s. 71 Section 71. 6.94 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,167,7 6.94 Challenged elector oath. If the person challenged refuses to answer fully any relevant questions put to him or her by the inspector under s. 6.92, the inspectors shall reject the elector's vote. If the challenge is not withdrawn after the person offering to vote has answered the questions, one of the inspectors shall administer to the person the following oath or affirmation: "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that: you are 18 years of age; you are a citizen of the United States; you are now and for 10 days have been a resident of this ward except under s. 6.02 (2); you have not voted at this election; you have not made any bet or wager or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of this election; you are not on any other ground disqualified to vote at this election". If the person challenged refuses to take the oath or affirmation, the person's vote shall be rejected. If the person challenged answers fully all relevant questions put to the elector by the inspector under s. 6.92, takes the oath or affirmation, and fulfills the applicable registration requirements, where applicable, and if the answers to the questions given by the person indicate that the person meets the voting qualification requirements, the person's vote shall be received.

AB144, s. 72 Section 72. 6.95 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB144,168,2 6.95 Voting procedure for challenged electors. Whenever the inspectors under ss. 6.92 to 6.94 receive the vote of a person offering to vote who has been challenged, they shall give the elector a ballot. Before depositing the ballot, the inspectors shall write on the back of the ballot the serial number of the challenged person corresponding to the number kept at the election on the registration or poll list, or other list maintained under s. 6.79. If voting machines are used in the municipality where the person is voting, the person's vote may be received only upon an absentee ballot furnished by the municipal clerk which shall have the corresponding serial number from the registration or poll list or other list maintained under s. 6.79 written on the back of the ballot before the ballot is deposited. The inspectors shall indicate on the list the reason for the challenge. The challenged ballots shall be counted under s. 5.85 or 7.51. The municipal board of canvassers may decide any challenge when making its canvass under s. 7.53. If the returns are reported under s. 7.60, a challenge may be reviewed by the county board of canvassers. If the returns are reported under s. 7.70, a challenge may be reviewed by the chairperson of the board or the chairperson's designee. The decision of any board of canvassers or of the chairperson or chairperson's designee may be appealed under s. 9.01. The standard for disqualification specified in s. 6.325 shall be used to determine the validity of challenged ballots.

AB144, s. 73 Section 73. 7.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read: