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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 4,
TO 2003 ASSEMBLY BILL 600
October 23, 2003 - Offered by
Committee on Campaigns and Elections.
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Section 49a. 6.33 (1) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:
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6.33
(1) The municipal clerk shall supply sufficient registration forms as
5prescribed by the board printed on loose-leaf sheets or cards to obtain from each
6applicant information as to name, date, residence location, citizenship, age, whether
7the applicant has resided within the ward or election district for at least 10 days,
8whether the applicant has lost his or her right to vote, and whether the applicant is
9currently registered to vote at any other location, and shall provide a space for the
10applicant's signature. The forms shall also include a space
where the clerk may
11record an indication of whether the form is received by mail and a space for the
12identification serial number of any elector who is issued such a number under s. 6.47
13(3). Each register of deeds shall obtain sufficient registration forms at the expense
1of the unit of government by which he or she is employed for completion by any elector
2who desires to register to vote.
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3(2) (a) The information may be recorded by any person,
but the except that the
4indication of whether the registration is received by mail shall be recorded by the
5clerk. Each applicant shall sign his or her own name unless the applicant is unable
6to sign his or her name due to physical disability. In such case, the applicant may
7authorize another elector to sign the form on his or her behalf. If the applicant so
8authorizes, the elector signing the form shall attest to a statement that the
9application is made upon request and by authorization of a named elector who is
10unable to sign the form due to physical disability. Ward and aldermanic district
11information shall be filled in by the clerk.
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(b) Except as provided
under ss. 6.30 (4) and in s. 6.86 (3) (a) 2., the registration
13form shall be signed by the registering elector and any corroborating elector under
14s. 6.29 (2) (a) or 6.55 (2) before the clerk, issuing officer or registration deputy. The
15form shall contain a certification by the registering elector that all statements are
16true and correct.
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17Section 49b. 6.33 (1) and (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin
18Act .... (this act), are amended to read:".
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192. Page 27, line 10: after "space" insert "where the clerk may record an
20indication of whether the form is received by mail and a space".
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16. Page 27, line 19: delete the material beginning with "
but" and ending with
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Each" on line 23 and substitute "except that the
ward and aldermanic district, if any,
3other geographic information under sub. (1), the indication of whether the
4registration is received by mail
, and any information relating to an applicant's voting
5identification card shall be recorded by the clerk. Each".
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Section 58a. 6.36 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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6.36
(2) (a) Except as provided in
par. pars. (b)
, the and (c), each registration
11lists list prepared for use as a poll list at a polling place shall contain the full name
12and address of each registered elector
,; a blank column for the entry of the serial
13number of the electors when they vote
,; if the list is prepared for use at an election
14for national office, an indication next to the name of each elector for whom
15identification is required under par. (c) 2.; and a form of a certificate stating that
each
16the list is a true and complete
combined check and registration list of the
respective 17municipality or the ward or wards
for which the list is prepared.
AB600-AA4, s. 58b
18Section 58b. 6.36 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act ....
19(this act), is amended to read:
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6.36
(2) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), each registration list
21prepared for use as a poll list at a polling place shall contain the full name and
22address of each registered elector; a blank column for the entry of the serial number
23of the electors when they vote; if the list is prepared for use at an election for national
24office, an indication next to the name of each elector for whom identification is
1required under par. (c) 2.; and a form of certificate
bearing the certification of the
2executive director of the board stating that the list is a true and complete registration
3list of the municipality or the ward or wards for which the list is prepared.".
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Section 59a. 6.36 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:".
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Section 59b. 6.36 (2) (c) 2. of the statutes, as created by 2003 Wisconsin Act
13.... (this act), is amended to read:
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6.36
(2) (c) 2. If the registration list is prepared for use an at election for
15national office, the list shall contain, next to the name of each elector, an indication
16of whether identification is required for the elector to be permitted to vote.
17Identification is required if the elector is not a military elector or an overseas elector
18and the elector registers by mail and has not previously voted in an election for
19national office in
the municipality where the elector is voting this state.".
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Section 95g. 6.79 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 6.79 (2) (a).
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16.79
(2) (b) If the poll list is to be used at an election for national office, the
2municipal clerk shall enter on the poll list an indication next to the name of each
3elector for whom identification is required. If the poll list indicates that
4identification is required, the officials shall require the elector to provide
5identification. If identification is provided, the officials shall verify that the name
6and address on the identification provided is the same as the name and address
7shown on the registration list. If identification is required and not provided, the
8officials shall offer the opportunity for the elector to vote under s. 6.97.".
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Section 112a. 6.87 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 2003 Wisconsin Act ....
15(this act), is amended to read:
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6.87
(4) Except as otherwise provided in s. 6.875, the elector voting absentee
17shall make and subscribe to the certification before one witness. The absent elector,
18in the presence of the witness, shall mark the ballot in a manner that will not disclose
19how the elector's vote is cast. The elector shall then, still in the presence of the
20witness, fold the ballots so each is separate and so that the elector conceals the
21markings thereon and deposit them in the proper envelope. If a consolidated ballot
22under s. 5.655 is used, the elector shall fold the ballot so that the elector conceals the
23markings thereon and deposit the ballot in the proper envelope. If the elector has
24registered by mail and has not, or is not certain whether the elector has, previously
1voted in an election for national office in this state, the elector shall enclose
2identification in the envelope. Identification is required if the elector is not a military
3elector or an overseas elector, as defined in s. 6.36 (2) (c), and the elector registered
4by mail and has not voted in an election for national office in
the municipality where
5the elector is voting this state. The elector may receive assistance under sub. (5). The
6return envelope shall then be sealed. The witness may not be a candidate. The
7envelope shall be mailed by the elector, postage prepaid, or delivered in person, to the
8municipal clerk issuing the ballot or ballots. Failure to return an unused ballot in
9a primary does not invalidate the ballot on which the elector's votes are cast. Return
10of more than one marked ballot in a primary or return of a ballot prepared under s.
115.655 or a ballot used with an electronic voting system in a primary which is marked
12for candidates of more than one party invalidates all votes cast by the elector for
13candidates in the primary.".
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1722. Page 73 line 13: delete "and (c)" and substitute "(by
Section 58b)".
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1823. Page 73, line 16: delete "(2), (4), (5), and (6) (a) and (b), 6.82 (1) (a)," and
19substitute "(4), (5), and (6) (a) and (b),".
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2225. Page 73, line 20: after "statutes," insert "the amendment of section 6.36
23(2) (c) 2. of the statutes, the repeal and recreation of section 6.79 (2) of the statutes,".
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(2) The treatment of sections 5.02 (6m), 5.05 (13), 5.35 (6) (a) 2m., 4., 4a., and
34b., 6.33 (1), 6.36 (2) (a) (by
Section 58a), 6.36 (2) (c) 1., 6.82 (1) (a), 6.86 (3) (c), 6.87
4(3) (d), and (4) (by
Section 112), 6.88 (3) (a), 6.96, 6.97, 7.08 (8), 7.10 (8), 7.15 (10) and
5(12), 7.51 (3) (a), and 10.02 (3) (a) of the statutes, the renumbering of section 6.79 (2)
6of the statutes, and the creation of sections 6.36 (2) (c) 2. and 6.79 (2) (b) of the
7statutes take effect on January 1, 2004, or on the".
