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(a) In the case of an elector who votes in person, either of the following:
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1. A current and valid piece of identification containing a photograph of the
5elector.
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2. A copy of a utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, or a check or other
7document issued by a unit of government that shows the current name and address
8of the elector.
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(b) In the case of an elector who votes by absentee ballot, either of the following:
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1. A copy of a current and valid piece of identification containing a photograph
11of the elector.
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2. A copy of a utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, or a check or other
13document issued by a unit of government that shows the current name and address
14of the elector.
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15.02
(17) "Registration list" means the list of electors who are properly
2registered to vote
in municipalities in which registration is required.
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5.02
(24w) "Voting system" means:
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(a) The total combination of mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic
6equipment, including the software, hardware, and documentation required to
7program, control, and support the equipment, that is used to define ballots, to cast
8and count votes, to report or display election results, and to maintain and produce
9any audit trail information.
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(b) The practices and associated documentation for any of the following
11purposes:
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1. To identify equipment components and versions of such components.
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2. To test the equipment during its development and maintenance.
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3. To maintain records of equipment errors and defects.
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4. To determine specific equipment changes to be made after the initial
16qualification of the equipment.
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5. To make available any materials to an elector.
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5.05
(10) State election administration plan. With the assistance of the
20election administration council, the board shall adopt and modify as necessary a
21state plan that meets the requirements of P.L.
107-252 to enable participation by
22this state in federal financial assistance programs authorized under that law. The
23board shall adopt the plan and any modifications only after publishing a class I notice
24under ch. 985 or posting on the Internet a statement describing the proposed plan
25or modification and receiving public comment thereon.
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5.05
(11) Aids to counties and municipalities. From the appropriation under
4s. 20.510 (1) (x), the board may provide financial assistance to eligible counties and
5municipalities for election administration costs
in accordance with the plan adopted
6under sub. (10). As a condition precedent to receipt of assistance under this
7subsection, the board shall enter into an agreement with the county or municipality
8receiving the assistance specifying the intended use of the assistance and shall
9ensure compliance with the terms of the agreement. Each agreement shall provide
10that if the federal government objects to the use of any assistance moneys provided
11to the county or municipality under the agreement, the county or municipality shall
12repay the amount of the assistance provided to the board.
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5.05
(12) Voter education. The board may conduct or prescribe requirements
15for educational programs to inform electors about voting procedures, voting rights,
16and voting technology. The board shall conduct an educational program for the
17purpose of educating electors who cast paper ballots, ballots that are counted at a
18central counting location, and absentee ballots of the effect of casting excess votes for
19a single office.
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20(13) Toll-free election information exchange. (a) The board shall maintain
21one or more toll-free telephone lines for electors to report possible voting fraud and
22voting rights violations, to obtain general election information, and to access
23information concerning their registration status, current polling place locations, and
24other information relevant to voting in elections.
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1(b) The board may maintain a free access system under which an elector who
2votes under s. 6.96 or 6.97 may ascertain current information concerning whether
3the elector's vote has been counted, and, if the vote will not be counted, the reason
4that it will not be counted.
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5(14) Information from county and municipal clerks. The board may request
6information from county and municipal clerks relating to election administration,
7performance of electronic voting systems and voting machines, and use of paper
8ballots in elections.
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9(15) Registration list. The board is responsible for the design and
10maintenance of the official registration list under s. 6.36. The board shall require all
11municipalities to use the list in every election and may require any municipality to
12adhere to procedures established by the board for proper maintenance of the list.
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145.055 Election assistance commission standards board. The executive
15director of the board shall, in consultation with the board, appoint an individual to
16represent this state as a member of the federal election assistance commission
17standards board. The executive director shall also conduct and supervise a process
18for the selection of an election official by county and municipal clerks and boards of
19election commissioners to represent local election officials of this state as a member
20of the federal election assistance commission standards board. The executive
21director shall ensure that the members of the federal election assistance commission
22standards board representing this state shall at no time be members of the same
23political party. Upon appointment or election of any new member of the federal
24election assistance commission standards board representing this state, the
1executive director shall transmit a notice of that member's appointment or election
2to the officer or agency designated by federal law.
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45.056 Matching program with secretary of transportation. The
5executive director of the board shall enter into the agreement with the secretary of
6transportation specified under s. 85.61 (1) to match personally identifiable
7information on the official registration list maintained by the board under s. 6.36 (1)
8with personally identifiable information maintained by the department of
9transportation.
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115.061 Compliance with federal Help America Vote Act. (1) Whenever
12any person believes that a violation of Title III of P.L.
107-252 has occurred, is
13occurring, or is proposed to occur with respect to an election for national office in this
14state, that person may file a written, verified complaint with the board.
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15(2) If the board receives more than one complaint under sub. (1) relating to the
16same subject matter, the board may consolidate the complaints for purposes of this
17section.
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18(3) A complainant under sub. (1) or any of the complainants in a consolidated
19complaint under sub. (2) may request a hearing and the matter shall then be treated
20as a contested case under ch. 227, except that the board shall make a final
21determination with respect to the merits of the complaint and issue a decision within
2289 days of the time that the complaint or the earliest of any complaints was filed,
23unless the complainant, or each of any complainants whose complaints are
24consolidated, consents to a specified longer period.
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1(4) If the board finds the complaint to be without merit, it shall issue a decision
2dismissing the complaint. If the board finds that the violation alleged in the
3complaint has occurred, is occurring, or is proposed to occur, the board shall order
4appropriate relief, except that the board shall not issue any order under this
5subsection affecting the right of any person to hold an elective office or affecting the
6canvass of an election on or after the date of that election.
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5.25
(4) (a) Each polling place shall be accessible to
elderly and handicapped 9all individuals
with disabilities. The board shall ensure that the voting system used
10at each polling place will permit all individuals with disabilities to vote without the
11need for assistance and with the same degree of privacy that is accorded to
12nondisabled electors voting at the same polling place. This paragraph does not apply
13to any individual who is disqualified from voting under s. 6.03 (1) (a).
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5.25
(4) (b) In any jurisdiction that is subject to the requirement under
42 USC
161973aa-1a to provide voting materials in any language other than English, the board
17shall ensure that the voting system used at each polling place in that jurisdiction is
18in compliance with
42 USC 1973aa-1a.
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5.35
(6) (a) 2m. General information prescribed by the board on federal laws
22relating to election fraud and misrepresentation in federal elections.
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4. The date of the election and the hours during which the polling place is open.
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4a. Instructions prescribed by the board for electors for whom identification is
25required under s. 6.36 (2) (c) 2.
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14b. General information prescribed by the board concerning voting rights
2under applicable state and federal laws, including the method of redress for any
3alleged violations of those rights.
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55.36 Notice of voting by individuals with disabilities. Any individual
6with a disability may notify a municipal clerk that he or she intends to vote at a
7polling place on election day and may request that a specific type of accommodation
8be provided that will facilitate his or her voting.
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5.40
(6) A municipality which utilizes voting machines or an electronic voting
11system at a polling place may permit use of the machines or system by electors voting
12under s. 6.15 only as authorized under s. 6.15 (3)
(b).
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145.55 (title)
Ballot identification Information.
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5.87
(2) The board shall, by rule, prescribe uniform standards for determining
18the validity of votes cast or attempted to be cast with each electronic voting system
19approved for use in this state under s. 5.91. The rules shall apply only to situations
20that may arise in which the validity of a vote or attempted vote cast by an elector
21utilizing a particular system cannot be determined under s. 7.50.
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5.91
(15) It permits an elector to privately verify the votes selected by the
24elector before casting his or her ballot.
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1(16) It provides an elector with the opportunity to change his or her votes and
2to correct any error or to obtain a replacement for a spoiled ballot prior to casting his
3or her ballot.
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4(17) Unless the ballot is counted at a central counting location, it includes a
5mechanism for notifying an elector who attempts to cast an excess number of votes
6for a single office that his or her votes for that office will not be counted, and provides
7the elector with an opportunity to correct his or her ballot or to receive and cast a
8replacement ballot.
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9(18) It produces a permanent paper record of the vote cast by each elector at
10the time that it is cast that enables a manual count or recount of the elector's vote.
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126.06 Information for uniformed service members. The board is the
13agency designated by this state under
42 USC 1973ff-1 to provide information
14regarding voter registration and absentee balloting procedures to absent members
15of the uniformed services and overseas voters with respect to elections for national
16office.
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6.15
(2) (title)
Application for ballot Procedure at clerk's office.
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6.15
(2) (a) (intro.) The elector's request for the application form may be made
21in person to the
proper municipal clerk
either in person or in writing any time during
22the 10-day period in which the elector's residence requirement is incomplete, but not
23later than the applicable deadline for making application for an absentee ballot of
24the municipality where the person resides. Application may be made not sooner than
259 days nor later than 5 p.m. on the day before the election, or may be made at the
1proper polling place in the ward or election district in which the elector resides.
The 2If an elector makes application before election day, the application form shall be
3returned to the municipal clerk after the affidavit has been signed in the presence
4of the clerk or any officer authorized by law to administer oaths. The affidavit shall
5be in substantially the following form:
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7Section
24. 6.15 (3) (a) 1., 2. and 3. of the statutes are renumbered 6.15 (2) (d)
81r., 2. and 3., and 6.15 (2) (d) 1r., as renumbered, is amended to read:
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6.15
(2) (d) 1r. Upon proper completion of the application and cancellation card,
10the municipal clerk shall
inform the elector that he or she may vote for the
11presidential electors not sooner than 9 days nor later than 5 p.m. on the day before
12the election at the office of the municipal clerk, or at a specified polling place on
13election day. When voting at the municipal clerk's office, the applicant shall provide
14identification and require the elector to provide acceptable proof of residence under
15s. 6.55 (7). If the elector cannot provide acceptable proof of residence, the elector may
16have his or her residence corroborated in a statement that is signed by another
17elector of the municipality and that contains the current street address of the
18corroborating elector. If the residence is corroborated by another elector, that elector
19shall then provide proof of residence under s. 6.55 (7). The elector shall
then mark
20the ballot in the clerk's presence in a manner that will not disclose his or her vote.
21Unless the ballot is utilized with an electronic voting system, the applicant The
22elector shall
then fold the ballot so as to conceal his or her vote. The
applicant clerk
23or elector shall then
deposit the ballot and seal it in place the ballot in an envelope
24furnished by the clerk.
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6.15
(3) Voting procedure
Procedure at polling place. An eligible elector
4may appear at the polling place for the ward or election district where he or she
5resides and make application for a ballot under sub. (2).
In such case, the inspector
6or special registration deputy Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an
7elector who casts a ballot under this subsection shall follow the same procedure
8required for casting a ballot at the municipal clerk's office under sub. (2). The
9inspectors shall perform the duties of the municipal clerk
. The elector shall provide
10identification. If the elector is qualified, he or she shall be permitted to vote, except
11that the inspectors shall return the cancellation card under sub. (2) (b) to the
12municipal clerk and the clerk shall forward the card as provided in sub. (2) (c) if
13required. Upon proper completion of the application and cancellation card and
14submittal of acceptable proof of residence under s. 6.55 (7) or providing corroboration
15of residence, the inspectors shall permit the elector to cast his or her ballot for
16president and vice president. The elector shall mark the ballot and, unless the ballot
17is utilized with an electronic voting system, the elector shall fold the ballot, and
shall 18deposit the ballot into the ballot box or give it to the inspector. The inspector shall
19deposit it directly into the ballot box. Voting machines or ballots utilized with
20electronic voting systems may only be used by electors voting under this section if
21they permit voting for president and vice president only.
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6.15
(4) (d) Upon satisfactory completion of the procedure under pars. (b) and
24(c) the inspectors shall deposit the ballot in the ballot box. The inspectors shall enter
25the name of each elector voting under this section on
the poll list with an indication
1that the elector is voting under this section or on a separate list maintained for the
2purpose under s. 6.79
(2) (c).
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46.20 Absent electors. Any qualified elector of this state who registers
where
5required may vote by absentee ballot under ss. 6.84 to 6.89.
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6.24
(3) Registration. If registration is required in the municipality where the 8The overseas elector
resided or where the elector's parent resided, the elector shall
9register
in the municipality where he or she was last domiciled or where the overseas
10elector's parent was last domiciled on a form prescribed by the board designed to
11ascertain the elector's qualifications under this section. The form shall be
12substantially similar to the original form under s. 6.33 (1), insofar as applicable.
13Registration shall be accomplished in accordance with s. 6.30 (4).
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6.24
(4) (a) An overseas elector who is properly registered
where registration
16is required may request an absentee ballot in writing under ss. 6.86 to 6.89.
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6.24
(4) (c) Upon receipt of a timely application from an individual who
19qualifies as an overseas elector and who has registered to vote in a municipality
20under sub. (3)
whenever registration is required in that municipality, the municipal
21clerk of the municipality shall send an absentee ballot to the individual for all
22subsequent elections for national office to be held during the year in which the ballot
23is requested, unless the individual otherwise requests or until the individual no
24longer qualifies as an overseas elector.
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26.26 (title)
Special registration deputies.
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6.26
(1) Where registration is applicable under s. 6.27, the The municipal clerk
5or the board of election commissioners of each municipality shall administer elector
6registration within the municipality in accordance with the procedures prescribed
7under sub. (3).
The clerk or board of election commissioners shall prepare and
8maintain the registration list under this chapter.
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6.26
(2) (a) A qualified elector of the state may apply to any municipal clerk or
11board of election commissioners to be appointed as a special registration deputy for
12the purpose of registering electors
of the municipality prior to the close of
13registration. An applicant may be appointed by more than one municipal clerk or
14board of election commissioners to serve more than one municipality.