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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
SENATE AMENDMENT 9,
TO SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 2005 SENATE BILL 42
May 12, 2005 - Offered by Senator
Leibham.
SB42-SSA1-SA9,1,5
32. Page 2, line 2: after "Transportation" insert ", registration and voting
4procedures for certain persons who are convicted of felonies, and notification
5regarding ineligibility to vote".
SB42-SSA1-SA9,2,108
6.36
(1) (a) The board shall compile and maintain electronically an official
9registration list. The list shall contain the name and address of each registered
10elector in the state, the date of birth of the elector, the ward and aldermanic district
11of the elector, if any, and, for each elector, a unique registration identification number
12assigned by the board, the number of a valid operator's license issued to the elector
1under ch. 343, if any, or the last 4 digits of the elector's social security account
2number, if any, any identification serial number issued to the elector under s. 6.47
3(3), the date of any election in which the elector votes, an indication of whether the
4elector is an overseas elector, as defined in s. 6.24 (1),
any information relating to the
5elector that appears on the list transmitted to the board by the department of
6corrections under s. 301.03 (20), an indication of any accommodation required under
7s. 5.25 (4) (a) to permit voting by the elector, an indication of the method by which
8the elector's registration form was received, and such other information as may be
9determined by the board to facilitate administration of elector registration
10requirements.
SB42-SSA1-SA9,2,2313
6.36
(2) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), each registration list
14prepared for use as a poll list at a polling place shall contain the full name and
15address of each registered elector; a blank column for the entry of the serial number
16of the electors when they vote; if the list is prepared for use at an election for national
17office, an indication next to the name of each elector for whom identification is
18required under par. (c) 2.;
any information relating to the elector that appears on the
19list transmitted to the board by the department of corrections under s. 301.03 (20)
20and, if the elector is ineligible to vote at the election by reason of a felony conviction,
21a notation to that effect; and a form of certificate bearing the certification of the
22executive director of the board stating that the list is a true and complete registration
23list of the municipality or the ward or wards for which the list is prepared.".
SB42-SSA1-SA9,3,142
6.55
(2) (cs) The board shall provide to each municipal clerk a list prepared for
3use at each polling place showing the name of each person whose name appears on
4the list provided by the department of corrections under s. 301.03 (20) whose address
5is located in the area served by that polling place and whose name does not appear
6on the poll list for that polling place. Prior to permitting an elector to register to vote
7under this subsection, the special registration deputies shall review the list. If the
8name of an elector who wishes to register to vote appears on the list, the special
9registration deputies shall inform the elector that he or she is ineligible to register.
10If the elector maintains that he or she is eligible to vote in the election, the special
11registration deputies shall permit the elector to register but shall mark the elector's
12registration form as "ineligible due to felony conviction." If the elector wishes to vote,
13the inspectors shall require the elector to vote by ballot and shall challenge the ballot
14as provided in s. 6.79 (2) (dm).".
SB42-SSA1-SA9,3,17
16"
Section 12m. 6.55 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 6.55 (3) (a) and amended
17to read:".
SB42-SSA1-SA9,4,321
6.55
(3) (b) Prior to permitting an elector to vote under this subsection, the
22inspectors shall review the list provided by the board under sub. (2) (cs). If the name
23of the elector appears on the list, the inspectors shall inform the elector that he or
24she is ineligible to vote at the election. If the elector maintains that he or she is
1eligible to vote in the election, the inspectors shall permit the elector to vote, but shall
2require the elector to vote by ballot, and shall challenge the ballot as provided in s.
36.79 (2) (dm).".
SB42-SSA1-SA9,4,116
6.79
(2) (dm) If the poll list indicates that the elector is ineligible to vote by
7reason of a felony conviction, the inspectors shall inform the elector of this fact. If the
8elector maintains that he or she is eligible to vote in the election, the inspectors shall
9provide the elector with a ballot and, after the elector casts his or her vote, shall
10challenge the ballot as provided in s. 6.92 and treat the ballot in the manner provided
11in s. 6.95.".
SB42-SSA1-SA9,4,1914
6.88
(3) (c) The inspectors shall review each certificate envelope to determine
15whether any absentee ballot is cast by an elector whose name appears on the poll list
16as ineligible to vote at the election by reason of a felony conviction. If the inspectors
17receive an absentee ballot that has been cast by an elector whose name appears on
18the poll list as ineligible for that reason, the inspectors shall challenge the ballot as
19provided in s. 6.92 and treat the ballot in the manner provided in s. 6.95.".
SB42-SSA1-SA9,4,2322
301.03
(3a) Subject to all of the following, design a form to provide notice under
23ss. 302.117, 973.09 (4m), and 973.176 (2) of ineligibility to vote under s. 6.03 (1) (b):
SB42-SSA1-SA9,5,2
1(a) The form shall inform the person who is ineligible to vote that he or she may
2not vote in any election until his or her civil rights are restored.
SB42-SSA1-SA9,5,43
(b) The form shall inform the person who is ineligible to vote when his or her
4civil rights are expected to be restored.
SB42-SSA1-SA9,5,75
(c) The form shall include a place for the person to sign indicating that he or
6she understands that he or she may not vote in any election until his or her civil
7rights are restored. The form shall include a place also for a witness signature.
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(d) The form shall be kept in the person's file and a copy shall be given to the
9person.
SB42-SSA1-SA9,5,1511
301.03
(20) Transmit to the elections board, on a continuous basis, a list
12containing the name of each living person who has been convicted of a felony under
13the laws of this state and whose civil rights have not been restored, together with his
14or her residential address and the date on which the department expects his or her
15civil rights to be restored.
SB42-SSA1-SA9,5,22
17302.117 Notice regarding ineligibility to vote. When an inmate who is
18disqualified from voting under s. 6.03 (1) (b) is released to parole or extended
19supervision, the department shall inform the person
in writing that he or she may
20not vote in any election until his or her civil rights are restored.
The department shall
21use the form designed under s. 301.03 (3a) to inform the person, and the person and
22a witness must sign the form.".
SB42-SSA1-SA9,6,5
1973.09
(4m) The department shall inform
in writing each probationer who is
2disqualified from voting under s. 6.03 (1) (b) that he or she may not vote in any
3election until his or her civil rights are restored.
The department shall use the form
4designed under s. 301.03 (3a) to inform the probationer, and the probationer and a
5witness must sign the form.
SB42-SSA1-SA9,6,127
973.176
(2) Voting. Whenever a court imposes a sentence or places a defendant
8on probation for a conviction that disqualifies the defendant from voting under s. 6.03
9(1) (b), the court shall inform the defendant
in writing that he or she may not vote
10in any election until his or her civil rights are restored.
The court shall use the form
11designed by the department of corrections under s. 301.03 (3a) to inform the
12defendant, and the defendant and a witness must sign the form.
SB42-SSA1-SA9,6,1914
(1) No later than the first day of the 6th month beginning after the effective date
15of this subsection, the department of corrections shall distribute, and have signed in
16front of a witness, a copy of the form designed under section 301.03 (3a) of the
17statutes, as created by this act, to each person who is on probation, parole, or
18extended supervision on that date and who is disqualified from voting in any election
19under section 6.03 (1) (b) of the statutes.".
SB42-SSA1-SA9,7,2
23"(2m)
Notification regarding ineligibility to vote during parole or extended
24supervision. The treatment of section 302.117 of the statutes first applies to persons
1whom the department of corrections releases to parole or extended supervision on
2the effective date of this subsection.
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(2n) N
otification regarding ineligibility to vote during probation. The
4treatment of section 973.09 (4m) of the statutes first applies to persons whom the
5court places on probation on the effective date of this subsection.
SB42-SSA1-SA9,7,86
(2o) N
otification at sentencing regarding ineligibility to vote. The
7treatment of section 973.176 (2) of the statutes first applies to persons whom the
8court sentences on the effective date of this subsection.".
