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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 7,
TO 2005 ASSEMBLY BILL 63
February 22, 2005 - Offered by Representatives Krusick and Stone.
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21. Page 1, line 10: after "electors," insert "absentee voting procedure in certain
3residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes,".
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7"5. Unless subd. 3. or 4. applies, if the absentee elector resides in a residential
8care apartment complex that is certified or registered under s. 50.034 (1) or an adult
9family home that is certified under s. 50.032 and the municipal clerk or board of
10election commissioners of the municipality where the complex or home is located
11does not send special voting deputies to visit the complex or home at the election
12under s. 6.875, the elector may, in lieu of providing a copy of a license or identification
13card required under s. 6.86 (1) (ar), submit with his or her absentee ballot a
1statement signed by the same individual who witnesses voting of the ballot that
2contains the certification of the manager that the elector resides in the complex or
3home and the complex or home is certified or registered as required by law, that
4contains the name and address of the elector, and that verifies that the name and
5address are correct.".
AB63-AA7, s. 29c
6Section 29c. 6.875 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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76.875 (title)
Absentee voting in nursing and retirement certain homes
8and certain community-based residential, facilities, and complexes.
AB63-AA7, s. 29m
9Section 29m. 6.875 (1) (ap) and (asm) of the statutes are created to read:
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6.875
(1) (ap) "Qualified adult family home" means a facility that is certified
11to operate as an adult family home under s. 50.032 that qualifies under sub. (2) (d)
12to utilize the procedures under this section.
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(asm) "Qualified residential care apartment complex" means a facility that is
14certified or registered to operate as a residential care apartment complex under s.
1550.034 (1) that qualifies under sub. (2) (d) to utilize the procedures under this section.
AB63-AA7, s. 29p
16Section 29p. 6.875 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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6.875
(2) (a) The procedures prescribed in this section are the exclusive means
18of absentee voting for electors who are occupants of nursing homes, qualified
19community-based residential facilities
or, qualified retirement homes
, qualified
20residential care apartment complexes, and qualified adult family homes.
AB63-AA7, s. 29r
21Section 29r. 6.875 (2) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
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6.875
(2) (d) The municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of any
23municipality where a residential care apartment complex certified or registered
24under s. 50.034 (1) or an adult family home certified under s. 50.032 is located may
25adopt the procedures under this section for absentee voting in any residential care
1apartment complex or adult family home located in the municipality if the municipal
2clerk or board of election commissioners finds that there are a significant number of
3the occupants of the complex or home lack adequate transportation to the
4appropriate polling place, a significant number of the occupants of the complex or
5home may need assistance in voting, there are a significant number of the occupants
6of the complex or home aged 60 or over, or there are a significant number of
7indefinitely confined electors who are occupants of the complex or home.
AB63-AA7, s. 29t
8Section 29t. 6.875 (3) and (4) of the statutes are amended to read:
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6.875
(3) An occupant of a nursing home or
a qualified retirement home
or, 10qualified community-based residential facility
, qualified residential care apartment
11complex, or qualified adult family home who qualifies as an absent elector and
12desires to receive an absentee ballot shall make application under s. 6.86 (1) or (2)
13with the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of the municipality in
14which the elector is a resident. The clerk or board of election commissioners of a
15municipality receiving an application from an elector who is an occupant of a nursing
16home or qualified retirement home
or, qualified community-based residential
17facility
, qualified residential care apartment complex, or qualified adult family home 18located in a different municipality shall, as soon as possible, notify and transmit an
19absentee ballot for the elector to the clerk or board of election commissioners of the
20municipality in which the home
or qualified community-based residential, facility
,
21or complex is located. The clerk or board of election commissioners of a municipality
22receiving an application from an elector who is an occupant of a nursing home
or, 23qualified retirement home
or, qualified community-based residential facility
,
24qualified residential care apartment complex, or qualified adult family home located
25in the municipality but who is a resident of a different municipality shall, as soon as
1possible, notify and request transmission of an absentee ballot from the clerk or
2board of election commissioners of the municipality in which the elector is a resident.
3The clerk or board of election commissioners shall make a record of all absentee
4ballots to be transmitted, delivered and voted under this section.
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5(4) For the purpose of absentee voting in nursing homes
and, qualified
6retirement homes
and, qualified community-based residential facilities,
qualified
7residential care apartment complexes, and qualified adult family homes the
8municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of each municipality in which one
9or more nursing homes
or, qualified retirement homes
or, qualified
10community-based residential facilities
, qualified residential care apartment
11complexes, and qualified adult family homes are located shall appoint at least 2
12special voting deputies for the municipality. Upon application under s. 6.86 (1) or (2)
13by one or more qualified electors who are occupants of such a
nursing home
or
14qualified retirement home or qualified community-based residential
, facility,
or
15complex the clerk or board of election commissioners shall dispatch 2 special voting
16deputies to visit the home
or qualified community-based residential, facility
or
17complex for the purpose of supervising absentee voting procedure by occupants of the
18home or
qualified community-based residential facility
or complex. The 2 deputies
19designated to visit each nursing home
or, qualified retirement home
and, qualified
20community-based residential facility
, qualified residential care apartment complex,
21and qualified adult family home shall be affiliated with different political parties
22whenever deputies representing different parties are available. Nominations for
23deputy positions may be submitted by the 2 recognized political parties whose
24candidates for governor or president received the greatest numbers of votes in the
25municipality at the most recent general election. The deputies shall be specially
1appointed to carry out duties under this section for the period specified in s. 7.30 (6)
2(a). The clerk or board of election commissioners may revoke an appointment at any
3time. No individual who is employed or retained, or within the 2 years preceding
4appointment has been employed or retained at a nursing home
or, qualified
5retirement home
or, qualified community-based residential facility
, qualified
6residential care apartment complexes, and qualified adult family homes in the
7municipality, or any member of the immediate family of such an individual as defined
8in s. 19.42 (7), may be appointed to serve as a deputy.".
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106. Page 18, line 12: after "facility" insert "
, qualified residential care
11apartment complex, and qualified adult family home".
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127. Page 18, line 16: delete "or qualified retirement home or" and substitute "
or
13qualified retirement home or, qualified retirement home,".
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18"
Section 37g. 12.13 (2) (b) 6m. of the statutes is amended to read:
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12.13
(2) (b) 6m. Obtain an absentee ballot for voting in a nursing home or
20qualified retirement home
or, qualified community-based residential facility
,
21qualified residential care apartment complex, or adult family home under s. 6.875
22(6) and fail to return the ballot to the issuing officer.
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112.13
(4) Nursing and retirement home and community-based residential
2facility voting. No employee of a nursing home or qualified retirement home or
3qualified community-based residential facility,
qualified residential care apartment
4complex, or adult family home as defined in s. 6.875 (1)
(as), may disclose the
5designated time arranged for absentee voting by occupants of the home
or 6community-based residential, facility
, or complex under s. 6.875 (6) to any person
7other than an occupant of the home
or qualified community-based residential 8facility
, or complex or a relative of an occupant, as defined in s. 6.875 (1), who requests
9to be so informed.".