Amendment ASA2-AB7

Late registration and absentee voting in person

Currently, the deadline for late registration for an election in person at the office of a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners is 5 p.m. or the close of business, whichever is later, on the day before the election. The deadline for absentee voting in person at the office of a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners is 5 p.m. on the day before the election. This substitute amendment changes the deadline for late registration in person to 5 p.m. or the close of business, whichever is later, on the Friday before the election. The substitute amendment also provides that an elector may vote an absentee ballot in person only during the period beginning with opening of business on the 3rd Monday preceding an election and ending at 5 p.m. or the close of business, whichever is later, on the Friday preceding an election. The changes are effective for elections held on or after the first day of the 2nd month beginning after publication.

Absentee voting in residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes

Currently, municipalities must send two special voting deputies (one designated by each major political party if the party wishes) to conduct absentee voting in nursing homes. Municipalities may also send the deputies to conduct absentee voting in community-based residential facilities and retirement homes that qualify for the service in accordance with standards prescribed by law. This substitute amendment permits municipal clerks and boards of election commissioners to send two special voting deputies to conduct absentee voting in adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes that qualify for the service in accordance with similar standards prescribed by law.

Appointment of special registration deputies

Currently, GAB or the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of any municipality may appoint special registration deputies to assist qualified electors in completing their voter registration forms prior to the close of registration at locations other than the office of GAB, the office of a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners, or a polling place. Registration forms that are obtained by a special registration deputy are treated in the same manner as registration forms that are received by mail. Any qualified elector of this state may qualify to serve as a special registration deputy. A deputy who is appointed by a municipality may register any qualified elector of the municipality and a deputy who is appointed by the board may register any qualified elector of this state. GAB or a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners may revoke the appointment of an individual for cause, and no individual whose appointment is revoked is eligible for reappointment. This substitute amendment discontinues appointment and revocation of special registration deputies by GAB.

Voter registration information

This substitute amendment requires an elector who registers to vote on or after the day the substitute amendment becomes law to provide, in addition to his or her current residence location as presently required, the location of his or her previous residence immediately before moving to his or her current residence location. The substitute amendment also requires the registration form to include the following statement below the space for the elector's signature: "Falsification of information on this form is punishable under Wisconsin law as a Class I felony.".

Access to voter registration list

Currently, the statewide voter registration list is open to public inspection. However, only authorized election officials may view certain personal information in the list. This substitute amendment permits a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners to provide a law enforcement agency of the federal government or any state or local government with access to this personal information to be used for law enforcement purposes. The substitute amendment also permits GAB to provide this personal information to a subunit of the state government of another state to be used for official purposes.

Revision of registration list

Currently, municipal clerks and boards of election commissioners must enter registration changes received on the date of an election in the statewide voter registration system within 30 days after the date of that election. This substitute amendment permits these updates to be entered within 45 days after a general (November) election and also permits the legal counsel of GAB, upon request of a clerk or board, to permit the clerk or board to enter changes received on the date of the general election within 60 days after the date of that election.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB7-ASA2, s. 1 Section 1. 5.02 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB7-ASA2,8,3 5.02 (6m) "Identification" means any of the following documents issued to an individual:

AB7-ASA2,8,5 (a) One of the following documents that is unexpired or if expired has expired after the date of the most recent general election:

AB7-ASA2,8,6 1. An operator's license issued under ch. 343.

AB7-ASA2,8,7 2. An identification card issued under s. 343.50.

AB7-ASA2,8,8 3. An identification card issued by a U.S. uniformed service.

AB7-ASA2,8,9 4. A U.S. passport.

AB7-ASA2,8,11 (b) A certificate of U.S. naturalization that was issued not earlier than 2 years before the date of an election at which it is presented.

AB7-ASA2,8,12 (c) An unexpired driving receipt under s. 343.11.

AB7-ASA2,8,13 (d) An unexpired identification card receipt issued under s. 343.50.

AB7-ASA2,9,2 (e) An identification card issued by a federally recognized Indian tribe in this state.

AB7-ASA2,9,8 (f) An unexpired identification card issued by a university or college in this state that is accredited, as defined in s. 39.30 (1) (d), that contains the date of issuance and signature of the individual to whom it is issued and that contains an expiration date indicating that the card expires no later than 2 years after the date of issuance if the individual establishes that he or she is enrolled as a student at the university or collage on the date that the card is presented.

AB7-ASA2, s. 2 Section 2. 5.02 (16c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB7-ASA2,9,14 5.02 (16c) "Proof of identification" means identification that contains the name of the individual to whom the document was issued, which name conforms to the individual's voter registration form, if the individual is required to register to vote, and that contains a photograph of the individual, except as authorized in s. 343.14 (3m) or 343.50 (4g).

AB7-ASA2, s. 3 Section 3. 5.35 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-ASA2,9,18 5.35 (6) (a) 2. A copy of the election fraud laws provided in s. 12.13 (1) and (3) (intro), (d), (f), (g), (k), (L), (o), (q), (r), (u), (v) and (x), together with the applicable penalties provided in s. 12.60 (1).

AB7-ASA2, s. 4 Section 4 . 5.35 (6) (a) 4a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-ASA2,9,22 5.35 (6) (a) 4a. Instructions prescribed by the board for electors for whom proof of identification is required under s. 6.79 (2) or for whom proof of residence under s. 6.34 is required under s. 6.55 (2).

AB7-ASA2, s. 5 Section 5. 5.37 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-ASA2,9,25 5.37 (1) Voting machines shall give every elector a reasonable opportunity to vote for any person for any office and on any proposition the elector is entitled to vote on, assure privacy to the elector so no one will know how the elector is voting or has voted, preclude the electors from voting for persons or propositions upon which they are not entitled to vote and from voting more than once for the same office or on the same proposition. Voting machines shall be constructed to lock so they cannot be manipulated, tampered with, or show the number of votes registered for any candidate or proposition while voting is in progress. The machines shall provide a method for electors to vote a straight party ticket, shall permit voting a split ticket and shall record each vote cast.

AB7-ASA2, s. 6 Section 6. 5.64 (1) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is repealed.

AB7-ASA2, s. 7 Section 7. 5.64 (1) (ar) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB7-ASA2,10,13 5.64 (1) (ar) 1m. When voting for president and vice president, the ballot shall permit an elector to vote only for the candidates on one ticket jointly or to write in the names of persons in both spaces.

AB7-ASA2, s. 8 Section 8. 5.64 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-ASA2,11,4 5.64 (1) (b) The names of the candidates for the offices of president and vice president that are certified under s. 8.16 (7) or that are contained in nomination papers filed under s. 8.20 shall appear on the ballot in the form prescribed in s. 7.08 (2) (a). The names of the candidates on the regular party tickets nominated at the primary or replacements appointed under s. 8.35 (2) shall appear in a separate column under the party designation. The columns shall be arranged from left to right according to rank, based on the number of votes received by each party's candidate for president or governor at the last general election beginning with the party that received the most votes. To the right of the columns for parties qualifying under s. 5.62 (1) (b) shall be placed the columns for parties qualifying under s. 5.62 (2) in the same order in which the parties filed petitions with the board. Any column required under par. (e) 2. shall be placed next in order. To the right of the party columns shall be a column for the names of independent candidates for each office, or more than one column if the first column does not provide sufficient space for the names of all such candidates.

AB7-ASA2, s. 9 Section 9. 5.91 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

AB7-ASA2, s. 10 Section 10. 6.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-ASA2,11,9 6.02 (1) Every U.S. citizen age 18 or older who has resided in an election district or ward for 10 28 consecutive days before any election where the citizen offers to vote is an eligible elector.

AB7-ASA2, s. 11 Section 11. 6.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-ASA2,11,15 6.02 (2) Any U.S. citizen age 18 or older who moves within this state later than 10 28 days before an election shall vote at his or her previous ward or election district if the person is otherwise qualified. If the elector can comply with the 10-day 28-day residence requirement at the new address and is otherwise qualified, he or she may vote in the new ward or election district.

AB7-ASA2, s. 12 Section 12. 6.10 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-ASA2,11,25 6.10 (3) When an elector moves from one ward to another or his or her residence from one ward or municipality to another ward or municipality within the state after the last registration day but at least 10 28 days before the election, the elector may vote in and be considered a resident of the new ward or municipality where residing upon transferring registration under s. 6.40 (1) or upon registering at the proper polling place or other registration location in the new ward or municipality under s. 6.55 (2) or 6.86 (3) (a) 2. If the elector moves within 10 his or her residence later than 28 days of before an election, the elector shall vote in the elector's old former ward or municipality if otherwise qualified to vote there.

AB7-ASA2, s. 13 Section 13. 6.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-ASA2,12,13 6.10 (4) The residence of an unmarried person sleeping in one ward and boarding in another is the place where the person sleeps. The residence of an unmarried person in a transient vocation, a teacher or a student who boards at different places for part of the week, month, or year, if one of the places is the residence of the person's parents, is the place of the parents' residence unless through registration or similar act the person elects to establish a residence elsewhere. If the person has no parents and if the person has not registered elsewhere, the person's residence shall be at the place which that the person considered his or her residence in preference to any other for at least 10 28 consecutive days before an election. If this place is within the municipality, the person is entitled to all the privileges and subject to all the duties of other citizens having their residence there, including voting.

AB7-ASA2, s. 14 Section 14. 6.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-ASA2,12,20 6.15 (1) Qualifications. Any person who was or who is a qualified an eligible elector under ss. 6.02 and 6.03, except that he or she has been a resident of this state for less than 10 28 consecutive days prior to the date of the presidential election, is entitled to vote for the president and vice president but for no other offices. The fact that the person was not registered to vote in the state from which he or she moved does not prevent voting in this state if the elector is otherwise qualified.

AB7-ASA2, s. 15 Section 15. 6.15 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-ASA2,13,4 6.15 (2) (a) The elector's request for the application form may be made in person to the municipal clerk of the municipality where the person resides. Application may be made not sooner than 9 27 days nor later than 5 p.m. on the day before the election, or may be made at the proper polling place in the ward or election district in which the elector resides. If an elector makes application before election day, the application form shall be returned to the municipal clerk after the affidavit has been signed in the presence of the clerk or any officer authorized by law to administer oaths. The affidavit shall be in substantially the following form:

AB7-ASA2,13,5 STATE OF WISCONSIN

AB7-ASA2,13,6 County of ....

AB7-ASA2,13,17 I, ...., do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States; that prior to establishing Wisconsin residence, my legal residence was in the .... (town) (village) (city) of ...., state of ...., residing at .... (street address); that on the day of the next presidential election, I shall be at least 18 years of age and that I have been a legal resident of the state of Wisconsin since ...., .... (year), residing at .... (street address), in the [.... ward of the .... aldermanic district of] the (town) (village) (city) of ...., county of ....; that I have resided in the state less than 10 28 consecutive days, that I am qualified to vote for president and vice president at the election to be held November ...., .... (year), that I am not voting at any other place in this election and that I hereby make application for an official presidential ballot, in accordance with section 6.15 of the Wisconsin statutes.

AB7-ASA2,13,18 Signed ....

AB7-ASA2,13,19 P.O. Address ....

AB7-ASA2,13,20 Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of ...., .... (year)

AB7-ASA2,13,21 ....(Name)

AB7-ASA2,13,22 ....(Title)

AB7-ASA2, s. 16 Section 16 . 6.15 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB7-ASA2,14,5 6.15 (2) (bm) Except as authorized in s. 6.79 (7), when making application in person at the office of the municipal clerk, each applicant shall present proof of identification. If any document presented by the applicant is not proof of residence under s. 6.34, the applicant shall also present proof of residence under s. 6.34. The clerk shall verify that the name on the proof of identification presented by the elector conforms to the name on the elector's application and shall verify that any photograph appearing on that document reasonably resembles the elector.

AB7-ASA2, s. 17 Section 17. 6.15 (2) (d) 1r. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-ASA2,14,17 6.15 (2) (d) 1r. Upon proper completion of the application and cancellation card, the municipal clerk shall require the elector to provide proof of residence under s. 6.34. If the elector cannot provide proof of residence, the elector may have his or her residence corroborated in a statement that is signed by another elector of the municipality and that contains the current street address of the corroborating elector. If the residence is corroborated by another elector, that elector shall then provide proof of residence under s. 6.34 permit the elector to cast his or her ballot for president and vice president. The elector shall then mark the ballot in the clerk's presence in a manner that will not disclose his or her vote. The elector shall then fold the ballot so as to conceal his or her vote. The clerk or elector shall then place the ballot in an envelope furnished by the clerk.

AB7-ASA2, s. 18 Section 18. 6.15 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-ASA2,15,11 6.15 (3) Procedure at polling place. An eligible elector may appear at the polling place for the ward or election district where he or she resides and make application for a ballot under sub. (2). Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an elector who casts a ballot under this subsection shall follow the same procedure required for casting a ballot at the municipal clerk's office under sub. (2). The inspectors shall perform the duties of the municipal clerk, except that the inspectors shall return the cancellation card under sub. (2) (b) to the municipal clerk and the clerk shall forward the card as provided in sub. (2) (c) if required. Upon proper completion of the application and cancellation card and submittal of proof of residence under s. 6.34 or providing corroboration of residence verification of the proof of identification and proof of residence, whenever required, as provided in sub. (2) (bm), the inspectors shall permit the elector to cast his or her ballot for president and vice president. The elector shall mark the ballot and, unless the ballot is utilized with an electronic voting system, the elector shall fold the ballot, and deposit the ballot into the ballot box or give it to the inspector. The inspector shall deposit it directly into the ballot box. Voting machines or ballots utilized with electronic voting systems may only be used by electors voting under this section if they permit voting for president and vice president only.

AB7-ASA2, s. 19 Section 19. 6.18 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB7-ASA2,16,4 6.18 Former residents. If ineligible to qualify as an elector in the state to which the elector has moved, any former qualified Wisconsin elector may vote an absentee ballot in the ward of the elector's prior residence in any presidential election occurring within 24 months after leaving Wisconsin by requesting an application form and returning it, properly executed, to the municipal clerk of the elector's prior Wisconsin residence. When requesting an application form for an absentee ballot, the applicant shall specify the applicant's eligibility for only the presidential ballot. Unless application is made under s. 6.86 (1) (ac), or the applicant is exempted from providing proof of identification under s. 6.87 (4) (b) 2. or 3., or the applicant is a military or overseas elector, the elector shall enclose a copy of his or her proof of identification or any authorized substitute document with his or her application. The municipal clerk shall verify that the name on the proof of identification conforms to the name on the application. The clerk shall not issue a ballot to an elector who is required to enclose a copy of proof of identification or an authorized substitute document with his or her application unless the copy is enclosed and the proof is verified by the clerk. The application form shall require the following information and be in substantially the following form:

AB7-ASA2,16,8 This form shall be returned to the municipal clerk's office. Application must be received in sufficient time for ballots to be mailed and returned prior to any presidential election at which applicant wishes to vote. Complete all statements in full.

AB7-ASA2,16,9 APPLICATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL

AB7-ASA2,16,10 ELECTOR'S ABSENTEE BALLOT.

AB7-ASA2,16,11 (To be voted at the Presidential Election

AB7-ASA2,16,12 on November ...., .... (year)

AB7-ASA2,16,21 I, .... hereby swear or affirm that I am a citizen of the United States, formerly residing at .... in the .... ward .... aldermanic district (city, town, village) of ...., County of .... for 10 28 consecutive days prior to leaving the State of Wisconsin. I, .... do solemnly swear or affirm that I do not qualify to register or vote under the laws of the State of ....(State you now reside in) where I am presently residing. A citizen must be a resident of: State ....(Insert time) County ....(Insert time) City, Town or Village ....(Insert time), in order to be eligible to register or vote therein. I further swear or affirm that my legal residence was established in the State of ....(the State where you now reside) on .... Month .... Day .... Year.

AB7-ASA2,16,22 Signed ....

AB7-ASA2,16,23 Address ....(Present address)

AB7-ASA2,16,24 ....(City) ....(State)

AB7-ASA2,16,25 Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of .... .... (year)

AB7-ASA2,17,1 ....(Notary Public, or other officer authorized to administer oaths.)

AB7-ASA2,17,2 ....(County)

AB7-ASA2,17,3 My Commission expires

AB7-ASA2,17,4 MAIL BALLOT TO:

AB7-ASA2,17,5 NAME ....

AB7-ASA2,17,6 ADDRESS ....

AB7-ASA2,17,7 CITY .... STATE .... ZIP CODE ....

AB7-ASA2,17,12 Penalties for Violations. Whoever swears falsely to any absent elector affidavit under this section may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both. Whoever intentionally votes more than once in an election may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 3 years and 6 months or both.

AB7-ASA2,17,13 ....(Municipal Clerk)

AB7-ASA2,17,14 ....(Municipality)

AB7-ASA2, s. 20 Section 20. 6.22 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: