Amendment SA1-SB378

2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE

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SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 378

October 31, 2025 - Offered by Senator Feyen.

SB378-SA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

SB378-SA1,1,2 1. Page 3, line 5: after that line insert:

SB378-SA1,1,3 “Section 1d. 6.97 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB378-SA1,2,13 6.97 (3) (b) Whenever the municipal clerk or executive director of the municipal board of election commissioners is informed by the inspectors that a ballot has been cast under this section, the clerk or executive director shall promptly provide written notice to the board of canvassers of each municipality, special purpose district, and county that is responsible for canvassing the election of the number of ballots cast under this section in each ward or election district. The municipal clerk or executive director then shall determine whether each individual voting under this section is qualified to vote in the ward or election district where the individual’s ballot is cast. If the elector is required to provide proof of identification under s. 6.79 (2) or 6.86 (1) (ar) and fails to do so, the elector bears the burden of correcting the omission by providing the proof of identification at the polling place before the closing hour or at the office of the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners no later than 4 p.m. on the Friday after the election, or no later than noon on the Friday after a presidential election. The municipal clerk or executive director shall make a record of the procedure used to determine the validity of each ballot cast under this section. If, prior to 4 p.m. on the Friday after the election, or noon on the Friday after a presidential election, the municipal clerk or executive director determines that the individual is qualified to vote in the ward or election district where the individual’s ballot is cast, the municipal clerk or executive director shall notify the board of canvassers for each municipality, special purpose district and county that is responsible for canvassing the election of that fact.

SB378-SA1,1f Section 1f. 6.97 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB378-SA1,3,4 6.97 (4) Whenever a board of canvassers receives timely notification from the municipal clerk or executive director of the board of election commissioners under sub. (3) that an individual who has voted under this section is qualified to vote in the ward or election district where the individual’s ballot is cast, the board of canvassers shall meet no later than 9 a.m. on the Monday following the election, or no later than noon on the Friday after a presidential election. The board of canvassers shall proceed to record the name of the individual who has cast the ballot and, if the ballot cast by the individual is otherwise valid, shall count the ballot and adjust the statements, certifications, and determinations accordingly. If the municipal clerk or executive director transmits returns of the election to the county clerk or board of election commissioners, the municipal clerk or executive director shall transmit to the county clerk or board of election commissioners a copy of the amended returns together with amended tally sheets and all additional ballots reviewed by the board of canvassers.”.

SB378-SA1,3,5 2. Page 5, line 12: delete “4 p.m.” and substitute “noon”.

SB378-SA1,3,6 3. Page 5, line 17: delete “4 p.m.” and substitute “ 4 p.m. noon”.

SB378-SA1,3,7 4. Page 6, line 11: delete “5 p.m.” and substitute “noon”.

SB378-SA1,3,8 5. Page 8, line 22: delete “6” and substitute “7”.

SB378-SA1,3,9 6. Page 9, line 7: delete “7th” and substitute “8th”.

SB378-SA1,3,10 7. Page 10, line 15: delete “16” and substitute “21”.

SB378-SA1,3,11 8. Page 10, line 24: delete “16th” and substitute “21st”.

SB378-SA1,3,12 9. Page 16, line 1: delete “2nd” and substitute “3rd”.

SB378-SA1,3,13 10. Page 16, line 5: delete “5” and substitute “9”.

SB378-SA1,3,14 11. Page 16, line 6: after “order” insert “under this subdivision”.

SB378-SA1,3,15 12. Page 17, line 2: delete “next business” and substitute “2nd”.

SB378-SA1,3,19 13. Page 17, line 5: after “corrected.” insert “Returns from a recount under this paragraph shall be transmitted to the office of the commission as soon as possible but in no case later than 9 days after the date of the original order directing the recount under s. 9.01 (1) (ar) 4.”.

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