AB700-SA1,4,11 7Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of ...., A.D., ...., and I hereby
8certify that I am not a candidate on the ballot upon which the affiant voted (unless
9I am an incumbent municipal clerk), that the voting procedure above was executed
10as therein stated, and that the affiant was not solicited or advised by me to vote for
11or against any candidate or measure.
AB700-SA1,4,12 12....(Name)
AB700-SA1,4,13 13....(Title)
AB700-SA1,4,14 14....(State or nation)".
AB700-SA1,4,15 158. Page 45, line 23: delete "certificate-affidavit" and substitute "certificate".
AB700-SA1,4,16 169. Page 46, line 1: delete "affidavit or the".
AB700-SA1,4,17 1710. Page 46, line 3: delete "certificate-affidavit" and substitute "certificate".
AB700-SA1,4,19 1811. Page 46, line 7: delete the material beginning with that line and ending
19page 47, line 2, and substitute:
AB700-SA1,4,20 20" Section 98p. 6.87 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700-SA1,5,1621 6.87 (4) Except as otherwise provided in s. 6.875, the elector voting absentee
22shall either make and subscribe to the affidavit before a person authorized to
23administer oaths or
make and subscribe to the certification before 2 witnesses one
24witness
. The absent elector, in the presence of the administrator of the oath or

1witnesses
witness, shall mark or punch the ballot in a manner that will not disclose
2how the elector's vote is cast. The elector shall then, still in the presence of the
3administrator of the oath or the 2 witnesses witness, fold the ballots if they are paper
4ballots so each is separate and so that the elector conceals the markings or punches
5thereon and deposit them in the proper envelope, but. If a consolidated ballot under
6s. 5.655 is used, the elector shall fold the ballot if it is a paper ballot so that the elector
7conceals the markings thereon and deposit the ballot in the proper envelope. The
8elector
may receive assistance under sub. (5). The return envelope shall then be
9sealed. The witnesses or the official oath administrator witness may not be a
10candidate. The envelope shall be mailed by the elector, postage prepaid, or delivered
11in person, to the municipal clerk issuing the ballot or ballots. Failure to return an
12unused ballot in a primary does not invalidate the ballot on which the elector's votes
13are cast. Return of more than one marked or punched ballot in a primary or return
14of a ballot prepared under s. 5.655 or a ballot used with an electronic voting system
15in a primary which is marked or punched for candidates of more than one party
16invalidates all votes cast by the elector for candidates in the primary.
AB700-SA1, s. 99m 17Section 99m. 6.87 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700-SA1,5,2218 6.87 (7) No individual who is a candidate at the election in which absentee
19ballots are cast may administer the oath or serve as a witness. Any candidate who
20administers the oath or serves as a witness shall be penalized by the discounting of
21a number of votes for his or her candidacy equal to the number of certificate-affidavit
22certificate envelopes bearing his or her signature.
AB700-SA1, s. 100m 23Section 100m. 6.87 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700-SA1,6,3
16.87 (8) The provisions of this section which prohibit candidates from assisting
2or administering the oath to
serving as a witness for absentee electors shall not apply
3to the municipal clerk in the performance of the clerk's official duties.
AB700-SA1, s. 101m 4Section 101m. 6.87 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700-SA1,6,105 6.87 (9) If a municipal clerk receives an absentee ballot with an improperly
6completed certificate-affidavit certificate or with no certificate-affidavit certificate,
7the clerk may return the ballot to the elector, inside the sealed envelope when an
8envelope is received, together with a new envelope if necessary, whenever time
9permits the elector to correct the defect and return the ballot within the period
10prescribed in sub. (6).".
AB700-SA1,6,12 1112. Page 50, line 13: delete "certificate-affidavit" and substitute
12"certificate-affidavit certificate".
AB700-SA1,6,13 1313. Page 51, line 4: delete "or affidavit".
AB700-SA1,6,14 1414. Page 51, line 5: delete "certificate-affidavit" and substitute "certificate".
AB700-SA1,6,15 1515. Page 51, line 6: delete "or affidavit".
AB700-SA1,6,17 1616. Page 51, line 20: delete the material beginning with that line and ending
17with page 52, line 11, and substitute:
AB700-SA1,6,18 18" Section 108m. 6.88 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700-SA1,7,819 6.88 (3) (a) Any time between the opening and closing of the polls on election
20day, the inspectors shall open the carrier envelope only, and announce the absent
21elector's name. When the inspectors find that the certification or affidavit has been
22properly executed, the applicant is a qualified elector of the ward or election district,
23and the applicant has not voted in the election, they shall enter an indication on the
24poll or registration list next to the applicant's name indicating an absentee ballot is

1cast by the elector. They shall then open the envelope containing the ballot in a
2manner so as not to deface or destroy the affidavit or certification thereon. The
3inspectors shall take out the ballot without unfolding it or permitting it to be
4unfolded or examined. Unless the ballot is cast under s. 6.95, the inspectors shall
5verify that the ballot has been endorsed by the issuing clerk. The inspectors shall
6deposit the ballot in into the proper ballot box and enter the absent elector's name
7or voting number after his or her name on the poll or registration list the same as if
8the elector had been present and voted in person.
AB700-SA1, s. 109p 9Section 109p. 6.88 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700-SA1,7,2510 6.88 (3) (b) When the inspectors find that an affidavit or a certification is
11insufficient, that the applicant is not a qualified elector in the ward or election
12district
, that the ballot envelope is open or has been opened and resealed, or that the
13ballot envelope contains more than one ballot of any one kind or that the certificate
14of an elector who received an absentee ballot by facsimile transmission or electronic
15mail is missing
, or if proof is submitted to the inspectors that an elector voting an
16absentee ballot has since died, the inspectors shall not count the ballot. The
17inspectors shall endorse every ballot not counted on the back, "rejected (giving the
18reason)". The inspectors shall reinsert each rejected ballot into the affidavit
19certificate envelope in which it was delivered and enclose the affidavit certificate
20envelopes and ballots, and securely seal the ballots and envelopes in an envelope
21marked for rejected absentee ballots. The inspectors shall endorse the envelope,
22"rejected ballots" with a statement of the ward or election district and date of the
23election, signed by the chief inspector and one of the inspectors representing each of
24the 2 major political parties and returned to the municipal clerk in the same manner
25as official ballots voted at the election.".
AB700-SA1,8,1
117. Page 60, line 24: after that line insert:
AB700-SA1,8,2 2" Section 128m. 7.51 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700-SA1,8,93 7.51 (3) (d) All absentee certificate-affidavit certificate envelopes which have
4been opened shall be returned by the inspectors to the municipal clerk in a securely
5sealed carrier envelope which is clearly marked "used absentee certificate-affidavit
6certificate envelopes". The envelopes shall be signed by the chief inspector and 2
7other inspectors. Except when the ballots are used in a municipal or school district
8election only, the municipal clerk shall transmit the used envelopes to the county
9clerk.".
AB700-SA1,8,10 1018. Page 81, line 15: delete lines 15 to 24 and substitute:
AB700-SA1,8,11 11" Section 166p. 9.01 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB700-SA1,8,2012 9.01 (1) (b) 2. The board of canvassers shall then examine the absentee ballot
13envelopes. Any defective absentee ballot envelopes shall be laid aside, properly
14marked and carefully preserved. The number of voters shall be reduced by the
15number of ballot envelopes set aside under this subdivision. An absentee ballot
16envelope is defective only if it is neither sworn nor not witnessed, or if it is not signed
17by the voter or if the affidavit supporting the absentee ballot envelope has such a
18number of technical errors that the board of canvassers is doubtful of the legal effect
19of the affidavit
certificate accompanying an absentee ballot that the voter received
20by facsimile transmission or electronic mail is missing
.".
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