Proof of residence by students
Currently, certain electors are required to present proof of residence when
voting in an election. In order to be valid, any document submitted as proof of
residence must contain the current and complete residential address of the
document holder, except that the law permits a university, college, or technical
college fee or identification card that contains a photograph of the cardholder to be
used as proof of residence even if the document does not contain an address if the
university, college, or technical college, that issued the card provides a list of students
who reside in housing sponsored by the university, college, or technical college to the
municipal clerk or board of election commissioners together with the addresses of the
students. This substitute amendment deletes this exception, effective for elections

held in 2015, thereby requiring students to use an identification card that contains
a current and complete residential address or to present some other form of proof of
residence authorized by law. In addition, effective for elections held on the day that
the substitute amendment becomes law, the substitute amendment deletes the
option of using a fee card alone as proof of residence and provides that a student who
uses an identification card as proof of residence must present both the identification
card and a fee payment receipt that contains the name of the person to whom it was
issued and that is dated not earlier than nine months before the date of the election
at which the receipt is presented.
Voter registration information
This substitute amendment requires an elector who registers to vote on or after
the day the substitute amendment becomes law to provide, in addition to his or her
current residence location as presently required, the location of his or her previous
residence immediately before moving to his or her current residence location.
Voting residence
Currently, the voting residence of a person is the place where the person's
habitation is fixed, without any present intent to move, and to which, when absent,
the person intends to return, as evidenced by the person's actions, if any. This
substitute amendment creates examples of factors that may be considered in
determining voting residence, including business pursuits, employment, income
sources, residence for income or other tax purposes, residence of parents or any
spouse or children, locations of real or personal property, location of any homestead
for which an income tax credit is elected, and motor vehicle registrations.
Access to voter registration list
Currently, the statewide voter registration list is open to public inspection.
However, only authorized election officials may view certain personal information in
the list. This substitute amendment permits a municipal clerk or board of election
commissioners to provide a law enforcement agency of the federal government or any
state or local government with access to this personal information to be used for law
enforcement purposes. The substitute amendment also permits GAB to provide this
personal information to a subunit of the state government of another state to be used
for official purposes.
Assisting electors in voting
Currently, an elector who cannot read or write or has difficulty reading, writing,
or understanding English or due to a disability is unable to mark a ballot may be
assisted by another elector of his or her choice, with certain exceptions. The assistant
must certify on the back of the assisted elector's ballot that it was marked with his
or her assistance. The election officials must also enter the name and address of the
assisting elector on the poll list. This substitute amendment deletes the requirement
for an assisting elector to make a certification.
Revision of registration list
Currently, municipal clerks and boards of election commissioners must enter
registration changes received on the date of an election in the statewide voter
registration system within 30 days after the date of that election. This substitute

amendment permits these updates to be entered within 45 days after a general
(November) election and also permits the legal counsel of GAB, upon request of a
clerk or board, to permit the clerk or board to enter changes received on the date of
the general election within 60 days after the date of that election.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB7-ASA1, s. 1 1Section 1. 5.02 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB7-ASA1,12,32 5.02 (6m) "Identification" means any of the following documents issued to an
3individual:
AB7-ASA1,12,54 (a) One of the following documents that is unexpired or if expired has expired
5after the date of the most recent general election:
AB7-ASA1,12,66 1. An operator's license issued under ch. 343.
AB7-ASA1,12,77 2. An identification card issued under s. 343.50.
AB7-ASA1,12,88 3. An identification card issued by a U.S. uniformed service.
AB7-ASA1,12,99 4. A U.S. passport.
AB7-ASA1,12,1110 (b) A certificate of U.S. naturalization that was issued not earlier than 2 years
11before the date of an election at which it is presented.
AB7-ASA1,12,1212 (c) An unexpired driving receipt under s. 343.11.
AB7-ASA1,12,1313 (d) An unexpired identification card receipt issued under s. 343.50.
AB7-ASA1,12,1514 (e) An identification card issued by a federally recognized Indian tribe in this
15state.
AB7-ASA1,12,2016 (f) An unexpired identification card issued by a university or college in this
17state that is accredited, as defined in s. 39.30 (1) (d), that contains the date of birth,
18current address, and signature of the individual to whom it is issued and that
19contains an expiration date indicating that the card expires no later than 4 years
20after the date of the election at which it is presented.
AB7-ASA1, s. 2
1Section 2. 5.02 (16c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB7-ASA1,13,62 5.02 (16c) "Proof of identification" means identification that contains the name
3of the individual to whom the document was issued, which name conforms to the
4individual's voter registration form, if the individual is required to register to vote,
5and that contains a photograph of the individual, except as authorized in s. 343.14
6(3m) or 343.50 (4g).
AB7-ASA1, s. 3 7Section 3. 5.02 (18) of the statutes is renumbered 5.02 (12s) and amended to
8read:
AB7-ASA1,13,129 5.02 (12s) "September Partisan primary" means the primary held on the 2nd
10Tuesday in September August to nominate candidates to be voted for at the general
11election, and to determine which candidates for state offices other than district
12attorney may participate in the Wisconsin election campaign fund.
AB7-ASA1, s. 4 13Section 4. 5.05 (13) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,13,1414 5.05 (13) (title) Toll-free election information exchange and requests.
AB7-ASA1, s. 5 15Section 5. 5.05 (13) (c) and (d) of the statutes are created to read:
AB7-ASA1,13,1916 5.05 (13) (c) The board shall maintain a freely accessible system under which
17a military elector, as defined in s. 6.34 (1) (a), or an overseas elector, as defined in s.
186.34 (1) (b), who casts an absentee ballot may ascertain whether the ballot has been
19received by the appropriate municipal clerk.
AB7-ASA1,13,2120 (d) The board shall designate and maintain at least one freely accessible means
21of electronic communication which shall be used for the following purposes:
AB7-ASA1,13,2522 1. To permit a military elector, as defined in s. 6.34 (1) (a), or an overseas elector,
23as defined in s. 6.34 (1) (b), to request a voter registration application or an
24application for an absentee ballot at any election at which the elector is qualified to
25vote in this state.
AB7-ASA1,14,3
12. To permit a military elector or an overseas elector under subd. 1. to designate
2whether the elector wishes to receive the applications under subd. 1. electronically
3or by mail.
AB7-ASA1,14,74 3. To permit a municipal clerk to transmit to a military elector or an overseas
5elector under subd. 1. a registration application or absentee ballot application
6electronically or by mail, as directed by the elector under subd. 2., together with
7related voting, balloting, and election information.
AB7-ASA1, s. 6 8Section 6. 5.15 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,14,259 5.15 (6) (b) No later than 60 days before each September partisan primary and
10general election, and no later than 30 days before each other election the governing
11body of any municipality may by resolution combine 2 or more wards for voting
12purposes to facilitate using a common polling place. Whenever wards are so
13combined, the original ward numbers shall continue to be utilized for all official
14purposes. Except as otherwise authorized under this paragraph, every municipality
15having a population of 35,000 or more shall maintain separate returns for each ward
16so combined. In municipalities having a population of less than 35,000, the
17governing body may provide in the resolution that returns shall be maintained only
18for each group of combined wards at any election. Whenever a governing body
19provides for common ballot boxes and ballots or voting machines, separate returns
20shall be maintained for each separate ballot required under ss. 5.62 and 5.64 at the
21September partisan primary and general election. The municipal clerk shall
22transmit a copy of the resolution to the county clerk of each county in which the
23municipality is contained. In municipalities having a population of less than 35,000,
24the resolution shall remain in effect for each election until modified or rescinded, or
25until a new division is made under this section.
AB7-ASA1, s. 7
1Section 7. 5.25 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,15,42 5.25 (3) Polling places shall be established for each September partisan
3primary and general election at least 60 days before the election, and for each other
4election at least 30 days before the election.
AB7-ASA1, s. 8 5Section 8. 5.35 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,15,86 5.35 (6) (a) 2. A copy of the election fraud laws provided in s. 12.13 (1) and (3)
7(intro), (d), (f), (g), (k), (L), (o), (q), (r), (u), (v) and (x), together with the applicable
8penalties provided in s. 12.60 (1).
AB7-ASA1, s. 9 9Section 9 . 5.35 (6) (a) 4a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,15,1210 5.35 (6) (a) 4a. Instructions prescribed by the board for electors for whom proof
11of identification is required under s. 6.79 (2) or for whom
proof of residence under s.
126.34 is required under s. 6.55 (2).
AB7-ASA1, s. 10 13Section 10. 5.37 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,15,2314 5.37 (1) Voting machines shall give every elector a reasonable opportunity to
15vote for any person for any office and on any proposition the elector is entitled to vote
16on, assure privacy to the elector so no one will know how the elector is voting or has
17voted, preclude the electors from voting for persons or propositions upon which they
18are not entitled to vote and from voting more than once for the same office or on the
19same proposition. Voting machines shall be constructed to lock so they cannot be
20manipulated, tampered with, or show the number of votes registered for any
21candidate or proposition while voting is in progress. The machines shall provide a
22method for electors to vote a straight party ticket,
shall permit voting a split ticket
23and shall record each vote cast.
AB7-ASA1, s. 11 24Section 11. 5.37 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,16,9
15.37 (4) Voting machines may be used at primary elections when they comply
2with subs. (1) and (2) and the following provisions: All candidates' names entitled to
3appear on the ballots at the primary shall appear on the machine; the elector cannot
4vote for candidates of more than one party, whenever the restriction applies, and an
5elector who votes for candidates of any party may not vote for independent
6candidates at the September partisan primary; the elector may secretly select the
7party for which he or she wishes to vote, or the independent candidates in the case
8of the September partisan primary; the elector may vote for as many candidates for
9each office as he or she is lawfully entitled to vote for, but no more.
AB7-ASA1, s. 12 10Section 12. 5.62 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,16,11 115.62 (title) September Partisan primary ballots.
AB7-ASA1, s. 13 12Section 13. 5.62 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,17,813 5.62 (1) (a) At September primaries the partisan primary, the following ballot
14shall be provided for the nomination of candidates of recognized political parties for
15national, state and county offices and independent candidates for state office in each
16ward, in the same form as prescribed by the board under s. 7.08 (1) (a), except as
17authorized in s. 5.655. The ballots shall be made up of the several party tickets with
18each party entitled to participate in the primary under par. (b) or sub. (2) having its
19own ballot, except as authorized in s. 5.655. The independent candidates for state
20office other than district attorney shall have a separate ballot for all such candidates
21as under s. 5.64 (1) (e), except as authorized in s. 5.655. The ballots shall be secured
22together at the bottom. The party ballot of the party receiving the most votes for
23president or governor at the last general election shall be on top with the other
24parties arranged in descending order based on their vote for president or governor
25at the last general election. The ballots of parties qualifying under sub. (2) shall be

1placed after the parties qualifying under par. (b), in the same order in which the
2parties filed petitions with the board. Any ballot required under par. (b) 2. shall be
3placed next in order. The ballot listing the independent candidates shall be placed
4at the bottom. At polling places where voting machines are used, each party and the
5independent candidates shall be represented in one or more separate columns or
6rows on the ballot. At polling places where an electronic voting system is used other
7than an electronic voting machine, each party and the independent candidates may
8be represented in separate columns or rows on the ballot.
AB7-ASA1,17,239 (b) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2. and s. 5.64 (1) (e) 2., every recognized
10political party listed on the official ballot at the last gubernatorial election whose
11candidate for any statewide office received at least 1% of the total votes cast for that
12office and, if the last general election was also a presidential election, every
13recognized political party listed on the ballot at that election whose candidate for
14president received at least 1% of the total vote cast for that office shall have a
15separate primary ballot or one or more separate columns or rows on the primary
16ballot as prescribed in par. (a) and a separate column on the general election ballot
17in every ward and election district. An organization which was listed as
18"independent" at the last general election and whose candidate meets the same
19qualification shall receive the same ballot status upon petition of the chairperson
20and secretary of the organization to the board requesting such status and specifying
21their party name, which may not duplicate the name of an existing party. A petition
22under this subdivision may be filed no later than 5 p.m. on June May 1 in the year
23of each general election.
AB7-ASA1,18,1224 2. Subdivision 1. applies to a party within any assembly district or county at
25any September partisan primary election only if at least one candidate of the party

1for any national, state or county office qualifies to have his or her name appear on
2the ballot under the name of that party within that assembly district or county. The
3county clerk or county board of election commissioners shall provide a combined
4separate ballot or one or more separate columns or rows on the ballot that will permit
5an elector to cast a vote for a write-in candidate for the nomination of any such party
6for each national, state and county office whenever that party qualifies to be
7represented on a separate primary ballot or in one or more separate columns or rows
8under subd. 1. but does not qualify under this subdivision. The ballot shall include
9the name of each party qualifying for a separate ballot or one or more separate
10columns or rows on the ballot under each office, with the names of the candidates for
11each such party appearing in the same order in which the ballots of the parties would
12appear under par. (a).
AB7-ASA1, s. 14 13Section 14. 5.62 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,19,214 5.62 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and s. 5.64 (1) (e) 2., any political
15organization may be represented on a separate primary ballot or in one or more
16separate columns or rows on the primary ballot as prescribed in sub. (1) (a) and in
17a separate column on the general election ballot in every ward and election district.
18To qualify for a separate ballot under this paragraph, the political organization shall,
19not later than 5 p.m. on June May 1 in the year of the September partisan primary,
20file with the board a petition requesting separate ballot status. The petition shall
21be signed by at least 10,000 electors, including at least 1,000 electors residing in each
22of at least 3 separate congressional districts. The petition shall conform to the
23requirements of s. 8.40. No signature obtained before January 1 in the year of filing
24is valid. When the candidates of a political organization filing a valid petition fulfill
25the requirements prescribed by law, they shall appear on a separate ballot or one or

1more separate columns or rows on the ballot for the period ending with the following
2general election.
AB7-ASA1,19,163 (b) Paragraph (a) applies to a party within any assembly district or county at
4any September partisan primary election only if at least one candidate of the party
5for any national, state or county office qualifies to have his or her name appear on
6the ballot under the name of that party within that assembly district or county. The
7county clerk or county board of election commissioners shall provide a combined
8separate ballot or one or more separate columns or rows on the ballot that will permit
9an elector to cast a vote for a write-in candidate for the nomination of any such party
10for each national, state and county office whenever that party qualifies to be
11represented on a separate primary ballot or in one or more separate columns or rows
12under par. (a) but does not qualify under this paragraph. The ballot shall include the
13name of each party qualifying for a separate ballot or one or more separate columns
14or rows on the ballot under each office, with the names of the candidates for each such
15party appearing in the same order in which the ballots of the parties would appear
16under sub. (1) (a).
AB7-ASA1, s. 15 17Section 15. 5.62 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,20,218 5.62 (3) The board shall designate the official primary ballot arrangement for
19statewide offices and district attorney within each prosecutorial district by using the
20same procedure as provided in s. 5.60 (1) (b). On each ballot and on each separate
21column or row on the ballot, the candidates for office shall be listed together with the
22offices which they seek in the following order whenever these offices appear on the
23September partisan primary ballot: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general,
24secretary of state, state treasurer, U.S. senator, U.S. representative in congress,
25state senator, representative to the assembly, district attorney and the county offices.

1Below the names of the independent candidates shall appear the party or principle
2of the candidates, if any, in 5 words or less, as shown on their nomination papers.
AB7-ASA1, s. 16 3Section 16. 5.62 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,20,114 5.62 (5) At the September partisan primary, an elector may vote for the
5candidates of only one party, or the elector may vote for any of the independent
6candidates for state office listed; but the elector may not vote for more than one
7candidate for a single office. A space shall be provided on the ballot for an elector to
8write in the name of his or her choice as a party candidate for any office, including
9a party candidate of a party whose name appears on the ballot, column or row
10designated for independent candidates, as provided in sub. (1) (b) or (2) (b), but no
11space shall be provided to write in the names of independent candidates.
AB7-ASA1, s. 17 12Section 17. 5.64 (1) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is repealed.
AB7-ASA1, s. 18 13Section 18. 5.64 (1) (ar) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB7-ASA1,20,1614 5.64 (1) (ar) 1m. When voting for president and vice president, the ballot shall
15permit an elector to vote only for the candidates on one ticket jointly or to write in
16the names of persons in both spaces.
AB7-ASA1, s. 19 17Section 19. 5.64 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,21,718 5.64 (1) (b) The names of the candidates for the offices of president and vice
19president that are certified under s. 8.16 (7) or that are contained in nomination
20papers filed under s. 8.20 shall appear on the ballot in the form prescribed in s. 7.08
21(2) (a).
The names of the candidates on the regular party tickets nominated at the
22primary or replacements appointed under s. 8.35 (2) shall appear in a separate
23column under the party designation. The columns shall be arranged from left to right
24according to rank, based on the number of votes received by each party's candidate
25for president or governor at the last general election beginning with the party that

1received the most votes. To the right of the columns for parties qualifying under s.
25.62 (1) (b) shall be placed the columns for parties qualifying under s. 5.62 (2) in the
3same order in which the parties filed petitions with the board. Any column required
4under par. (e) 2. shall be placed next in order. To the right of the party columns shall
5be a column for the names of independent candidates for each office, or more than
6one column if the first column does not provide sufficient space for the names of all
7such candidates.
AB7-ASA1, s. 20 8Section 20. 5.91 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB7-ASA1, s. 21 9Section 21. 6.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,21,1210 6.02 (1) Every U.S. citizen age 18 or older who has resided in an election district
11or ward for 10 28 consecutive days before any election where the citizen offers to vote
12is an eligible elector.
AB7-ASA1, s. 22 13Section 22. 6.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,21,1814 6.02 (2) Any U.S. citizen age 18 or older who moves within this state later than
1510 28 days before an election shall vote at his or her previous ward or election district
16if the person is otherwise qualified. If the elector can comply with the 10-day 28-day
17residence requirement at the new address and is otherwise qualified, he or she may
18vote in the new ward or election district.
AB7-ASA1, s. 23 19Section 23. 6.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,21,2320 6.10 (1) The residence of a person is the place where the principal or primary
21home or place of abode is located, where
the person's habitation is fixed, without any
22present intent to move, and to which, when absent, the person intends has the
23present intent
to return, regardless of the duration of the absence.
AB7-ASA1, s. 24 24Section 24. 6.10 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB7-ASA1,22,6
16.10 (1m) In determining the principal or primary home or place of abode of
2a person, the following circumstances may be taken into account: business pursuits;
3employment; income sources; residence for income or other tax purposes; residence
4of the person's parents, spouse, or children, if any; leaseholds; situs of real and
5personal property; location of any homestead for which a credit is elected under
6subch. VIII of ch. 71; and motor vehicle registrations.
AB7-ASA1, s. 25 7Section 25. 6.10 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,22,168 6.10 (3) When an elector moves from one ward to another or his or her residence
9from one ward or municipality to another ward or municipality within the state after
10the last registration day but
at least 10 28 days before the election, the elector may
11vote in and be considered a resident of the new ward or municipality where residing
12upon transferring registration under s. 6.40 (1) or upon registering at the proper
13polling place or other registration location in the new ward or municipality under s.
146.55 (2) or 6.86 (3) (a) 2. If the elector moves within 10 his or her residence later than
1528
days of before an election, the elector shall vote in the elector's old former ward
16or municipality if otherwise qualified to vote there.
AB7-ASA1, s. 26 17Section 26. 6.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,23,418 6.10 (4) The residence of an unmarried person sleeping in one ward and
19boarding in another is the place where the person sleeps. The residence of an
20unmarried person in a transient vocation, a teacher or a student who boards at
21different places for part of the week, month, or year, if one of the places is the
22residence of the person's parents, is the place of the parents' residence unless through
23registration or similar act the person elects to establish a residence elsewhere. If the
24person has no parents and if the person has not registered elsewhere, the person's
25residence shall be at the place which that the person considered his or her residence

1in preference to any other for at least 10 28 consecutive days before an election. If
2this place is within the municipality, the person is entitled to all the privileges and
3subject to all the duties of other citizens having their residence there, including
4voting.
AB7-ASA1, s. 27 5Section 27. 6.10 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,23,96 6.10 (8) No person gains a residence in any ward or election district of this state
7while there for temporary purposes only without the intention of making that ward
8or election district the person's home but with the intention of leaving it when the
9person has accomplished the purpose that brought the person there
.
AB7-ASA1, s. 28 10Section 28. 6.10 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,23,1411 6.10 (10) If a person who established residence in this state moves to another
12state with an intent to make a permanent residence there, or, if while there the
13person exercises the right to vote as a citizen of that state by voting, the person loses
14Wisconsin residence in this state.
AB7-ASA1, s. 29 15Section 29. 6.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,23,2116 6.15 (1) Qualifications. Any person who was or who is a qualified an eligible
17elector under ss. 6.02 and 6.03, except that he or she has been a resident of this state
18for less than 10 28 consecutive days prior to the date of the presidential election, is
19entitled to vote for the president and vice president but for no other offices. The fact
20that the person was not registered to vote in the state from which he or she moved
21does not prevent voting in this state if the elector is otherwise qualified.
AB7-ASA1, s. 30 22Section 30. 6.15 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA1,24,523 6.15 (2) (a) The elector's request for the application form may be made in person
24to the municipal clerk of the municipality where the person resides. Application may
25be made not sooner than 9 27 days nor later than 5 p.m. on the day before the election,

1or may be made at the proper polling place in the ward or election district in which
2the elector resides. If an elector makes application before election day, the
3application form shall be returned to the municipal clerk after the affidavit has been
4signed in the presence of the clerk or any officer authorized by law to administer
5oaths. The affidavit shall be in substantially the following form:
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