This substitute amendment also permits an elector who is eligible to obtain a
Wisconsin identification card to obtain the card from DOT free of charge if the elector
is a U.S. citizen who will be at least 18 years of age on the date of the next election
and the elector requests that the card be provided without charge for purposes of
voting.
Under 2007 Wisconsin Act 20 (the biennial budget act), certain provisions
specified in the federal REAL ID Act are incorporated into state law when DOT
provides notice that it is ready to implement the federal REAL ID Act. Among these
provisions is the requirement that DOT follow certain procedures in processing
applications for driver's licenses and identification cards and that each driver's
license and identification card include a photograph.
This substitute amendment allows DOT, upon the implementation of the
federal REAL ID Act in Wisconsin, to process applications for driver's licenses and
identification cards in a manner other than that required by REAL ID if the driver's
licenses and identification cards are marked to indicate that they are not REAL ID
compliant and DOT processes the applications in compliance with DOT practices and
procedures applicable immediately prior to implementation of REAL ID. An
applicant for a REAL ID noncompliant driver's license or identification card will still
be required to provide to DOT: 1) an identification document that includes either the
applicant's photograph or both the applicant's full legal name and date of birth; 2)
documentation showing the applicant's date of birth, which may be the same as item
1); 3) proof of the applicant's social security number or verification that the applicant
is not eligible for a social security number; 4) documentation showing the applicant's
name and address of principal residence; and 5) documentary proof that the
applicant is a U.S. citizen or is otherwise lawfully present in the United States.
However, in processing an application for a REAL ID noncompliant driver's license
or identification card, DOT is not required to meet the standards for document
retention and verification that are imposed for REAL ID compliant products.
Current law provides for limited exceptions allowing DOT to issue a driver's
license that does not contain a photograph of the license holder, including, by DOT
rule, a religious belief exception. There are no similar photograph exceptions under
current law for identification cards. Under current law, after the implementation of

REAL ID, all REAL ID compliant driver's licenses and identification cards must
contain a photograph.
Under this substitute amendment, until the implementation of the federal
REAL ID Act, the photograph exception for driver's licenses continues and a new
religious belief photograph exception is created for identification cards. After the
implementation of REAL ID, this substitute amendment creates a religious belief
photograph exception for REAL ID noncompliant driver's licenses and identification
cards.
Signature requirement for electors voting in person
This substitute amendment provides, with limited exceptions, that an elector
must also enter his or her signature on the poll list or other separate list when voting
in person at a polling place at an election. Under the substitute amendment, the
election officials must require each elector to enter his or her signature on the poll
list or other separate list before being permitted to vote. If an elector registers at a
polling place on election day, the officials must require the elector to enter the
elector's signature on a separate list. The substitute amendment also provides that
if an elector, due to physical disability, authorized another elector to sign his or her
registration form on his or her behalf, the elector is exempt from the signature
requirement. In addition, if an elector signed his or her registration form but claims
to be unable, due to physical disability, to enter his or her signature on the poll list
or other separate list when voting at a particular election, the substitute amendment
permits the election officials to waive the signature requirement if they find that, due
to physical disability, the elector is unable to enter his or her signature.
Durational residency requirement for voting
Under current law, with certain limited exceptions, an individual must be a
resident of this state and of the municipality and ward, if any, where the elector is
voting for ten days before an election to be eligible to vote in the election. This
substitute amendment increases this durational residency requirement to 28
consecutive days. Under the substitute amendment, if an elector who does not meet
this residency requirement formerly resided at another location in this state within
the 27-day period preceding an election, the elector may vote at that location if the
elector is otherwise qualified to vote at that location.
Voting a straight party ticket
Under current law, at the general election, an elector may vote a straight party
ticket for the candidates of any political party that has a separate ballot or column
on the ballot.
This substitute amendment eliminates the authority for any elector, other than
an overseas or military elector, to vote a straight party ticket. Under federal law, an
overseas or military elector may vote a straight party ticket on a write-in absentee
ballot for national offices. The substitute amendment first applies with respect to
the 2012 general election.
Late registration and absentee voting in person
Currently, the deadline for late registration for an election in person at the
office of a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners is 5 p.m. or the close of

business, whichever is later, on the day before the election. The deadline for absentee
voting in person at the office of a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners
is 5 p.m. on the day before the election. This substitute amendment changes the
deadline for late registration in person to 5 p.m. or the close of business, whichever
is later, on the Friday before the election. The substitute amendment also provides
that an elector may vote an absentee ballot in person only during the period
beginning with opening of business on the 3rd Monday preceding an election and
ending at 5 p.m. or the close of business, whichever is later, on the Friday preceding
an election. The changes are effective for elections held on or after the first day of
the 2nd month beginning after publication.
Absentee voting in residential care apartment complexes and adult family
homes
Currently, municipalities must send two special voting deputies (one
designated by each major political party if the party wishes) to conduct absentee
voting in nursing homes. Municipalities may also send the deputies to conduct
absentee voting in community-based residential facilities and retirement homes
that qualify for the service in accordance with standards prescribed by law. This
substitute amendment permits municipal clerks and boards of election
commissioners to send two special voting deputies to conduct absentee voting in
adult family homes and residential care apartment complexes that qualify for the
service in accordance with similar standards prescribed by law.
Appointment of special registration deputies
Currently, GAB or the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of any
municipality may appoint special registration deputies to assist qualified electors in
completing their voter registration forms prior to the close of registration at locations
other than the office of GAB, the office of a municipal clerk or board of election
commissioners, or a polling place. Registration forms that are obtained by a special
registration deputy are treated in the same manner as registration forms that are
received by mail. Any qualified elector of this state may qualify to serve as a special
registration deputy. A deputy who is appointed by a municipality may register any
qualified elector of the municipality and a deputy who is appointed by the board may
register any qualified elector of this state. GAB or a municipal clerk or board of
election commissioners may revoke the appointment of an individual for cause, and
no individual whose appointment is revoked is eligible for reappointment. This
substitute amendment discontinues appointment and revocation of special
registration deputies by GAB.
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. The
substitute amendment also requires the registration form to include the following
statement below the space for the elector's signature: "Falsification of information
on this form is punishable under Wisconsin law as a Class I felony.".

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.
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-ASA2, s. 1 1Section 1. 5.02 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB7-ASA2,8,32 5.02 (6m) "Identification" means any of the following documents issued to an
3individual:
AB7-ASA2,8,54 (a) One of the following documents that is unexpired or if expired has expired
5after the date of the most recent general election:
AB7-ASA2,8,66 1. An operator's license issued under ch. 343.
AB7-ASA2,8,77 2. An identification card issued under s. 343.50.
AB7-ASA2,8,88 3. An identification card issued by a U.S. uniformed service.
AB7-ASA2,8,99 4. A U.S. passport.
AB7-ASA2,8,1110 (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-ASA2,8,1212 (c) An unexpired driving receipt under s. 343.11.
AB7-ASA2,8,1313 (d) An unexpired identification card receipt issued under s. 343.50.
AB7-ASA2,9,2
1(e) An identification card issued by a federally recognized Indian tribe in this
2state.
AB7-ASA2,9,83 (f) An unexpired identification card issued by a university or college in this
4state that is accredited, as defined in s. 39.30 (1) (d), that contains the date of
5issuance and signature of the individual to whom it is issued and that contains an
6expiration date indicating that the card expires no later than 2 years after the date
7of issuance if the individual establishes that he or she is enrolled as a student at the
8university or collage on the date that the card is presented.
AB7-ASA2, s. 2 9Section 2. 5.02 (16c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB7-ASA2,9,1410 5.02 (16c) "Proof of identification" means identification that contains the name
11of the individual to whom the document was issued, which name conforms to the
12individual's voter registration form, if the individual is required to register to vote,
13and that contains a photograph of the individual, except as authorized in s. 343.14
14(3m) or 343.50 (4g).
AB7-ASA2, s. 3 15Section 3. 5.35 (6) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA2,9,1816 5.35 (6) (a) 2. A copy of the election fraud laws provided in s. 12.13 (1) and (3)
17(intro), (d), (f), (g), (k), (L), (o), (q), (r), (u), (v) and (x), together with the applicable
18penalties provided in s. 12.60 (1).
AB7-ASA2, s. 4 19Section 4 . 5.35 (6) (a) 4a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA2,9,2220 5.35 (6) (a) 4a. Instructions prescribed by the board for electors for whom proof
21of identification is required under s. 6.79 (2) or for whom
proof of residence under s.
226.34 is required under s. 6.55 (2).
AB7-ASA2, s. 5 23Section 5. 5.37 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA2,9,2524 5.37 (1) Voting machines shall give every elector a reasonable opportunity to
25vote for any person for any office and on any proposition the elector is entitled to vote

1on, assure privacy to the elector so no one will know how the elector is voting or has
2voted, preclude the electors from voting for persons or propositions upon which they
3are not entitled to vote and from voting more than once for the same office or on the
4same proposition. Voting machines shall be constructed to lock so they cannot be
5manipulated, tampered with, or show the number of votes registered for any
6candidate or proposition while voting is in progress. The machines shall provide a
7method for electors to vote a straight party ticket,
shall permit voting a split ticket
8and shall record each vote cast.
AB7-ASA2, s. 6 9Section 6. 5.64 (1) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is repealed.
AB7-ASA2, s. 7 10Section 7. 5.64 (1) (ar) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB7-ASA2,10,1311 5.64 (1) (ar) 1m. When voting for president and vice president, the ballot shall
12permit an elector to vote only for the candidates on one ticket jointly or to write in
13the names of persons in both spaces.
AB7-ASA2, s. 8 14Section 8. 5.64 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA2,11,415 5.64 (1) (b) The names of the candidates for the offices of president and vice
16president that are certified under s. 8.16 (7) or that are contained in nomination
17papers filed under s. 8.20 shall appear on the ballot in the form prescribed in s. 7.08
18(2) (a).
The names of the candidates on the regular party tickets nominated at the
19primary or replacements appointed under s. 8.35 (2) shall appear in a separate
20column under the party designation. The columns shall be arranged from left to right
21according to rank, based on the number of votes received by each party's candidate
22for president or governor at the last general election beginning with the party that
23received the most votes. To the right of the columns for parties qualifying under s.
245.62 (1) (b) shall be placed the columns for parties qualifying under s. 5.62 (2) in the
25same order in which the parties filed petitions with the board. Any column required

1under par. (e) 2. shall be placed next in order. To the right of the party columns shall
2be a column for the names of independent candidates for each office, or more than
3one column if the first column does not provide sufficient space for the names of all
4such candidates.
AB7-ASA2, s. 9 5Section 9. 5.91 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB7-ASA2, s. 10 6Section 10. 6.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA2,11,97 6.02 (1) Every U.S. citizen age 18 or older who has resided in an election district
8or ward for 10 28 consecutive days before any election where the citizen offers to vote
9is an eligible elector.
AB7-ASA2, s. 11 10Section 11. 6.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA2,11,1511 6.02 (2) Any U.S. citizen age 18 or older who moves within this state later than
1210 28 days before an election shall vote at his or her previous ward or election district
13if the person is otherwise qualified. If the elector can comply with the 10-day 28-day
14residence requirement at the new address and is otherwise qualified, he or she may
15vote in the new ward or election district.
AB7-ASA2, s. 12 16Section 12. 6.10 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA2,11,2517 6.10 (3) When an elector moves from one ward to another or his or her residence
18from one ward or municipality to another ward or municipality within the state after
19the last registration day but
at least 10 28 days before the election, the elector may
20vote in and be considered a resident of the new ward or municipality where residing
21upon transferring registration under s. 6.40 (1) or upon registering at the proper
22polling place or other registration location in the new ward or municipality under s.
236.55 (2) or 6.86 (3) (a) 2. If the elector moves within 10 his or her residence later than
2428
days of before an election, the elector shall vote in the elector's old former ward
25or municipality if otherwise qualified to vote there.
AB7-ASA2, s. 13
1Section 13. 6.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA2,12,132 6.10 (4) The residence of an unmarried person sleeping in one ward and
3boarding in another is the place where the person sleeps. The residence of an
4unmarried person in a transient vocation, a teacher or a student who boards at
5different places for part of the week, month, or year, if one of the places is the
6residence of the person's parents, is the place of the parents' residence unless through
7registration or similar act the person elects to establish a residence elsewhere. If the
8person has no parents and if the person has not registered elsewhere, the person's
9residence shall be at the place which that the person considered his or her residence
10in preference to any other for at least 10 28 consecutive days before an election. If
11this place is within the municipality, the person is entitled to all the privileges and
12subject to all the duties of other citizens having their residence there, including
13voting.
AB7-ASA2, s. 14 14Section 14. 6.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA2,12,2015 6.15 (1) Qualifications. Any person who was or who is a qualified an eligible
16elector under ss. 6.02 and 6.03, except that he or she has been a resident of this state
17for less than 10 28 consecutive days prior to the date of the presidential election, is
18entitled to vote for the president and vice president but for no other offices. The fact
19that the person was not registered to vote in the state from which he or she moved
20does not prevent voting in this state if the elector is otherwise qualified.
AB7-ASA2, s. 15 21Section 15. 6.15 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA2,13,422 6.15 (2) (a) The elector's request for the application form may be made in person
23to the municipal clerk of the municipality where the person resides. Application may
24be made not sooner than 9 27 days nor later than 5 p.m. on the day before the election,
25or may be made at the proper polling place in the ward or election district in which

1the elector resides. If an elector makes application before election day, the
2application form shall be returned to the municipal clerk after the affidavit has been
3signed in the presence of the clerk or any officer authorized by law to administer
4oaths. The affidavit shall be in substantially the following form:
AB7-ASA2,13,55 STATE OF WISCONSIN
AB7-ASA2,13,66 County of ....
AB7-ASA2,13,177 I, ...., do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States; that prior to
8establishing Wisconsin residence, my legal residence was in the .... (town) (village)
9(city) of ...., state of ...., residing at .... (street address); that on the day of the next
10presidential election, I shall be at least 18 years of age and that I have been a legal
11resident of the state of Wisconsin since ...., .... (year), residing at .... (street address),
12in the [.... ward of the .... aldermanic district of] the (town) (village) (city) of ...., county
13of ....; that I have resided in the state less than 10 28 consecutive days, that I am
14qualified to vote for president and vice president at the election to be held November
15...., .... (year), that I am not voting at any other place in this election and that I hereby
16make application for an official presidential ballot, in accordance with section 6.15
17of the Wisconsin statutes.
AB7-ASA2,13,1818 Signed ....
AB7-ASA2,13,1919 P.O. Address ....
AB7-ASA2,13,2020 Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of ...., .... (year)
AB7-ASA2,13,2121 ....(Name)
AB7-ASA2,13,2222 ....(Title)
AB7-ASA2, s. 16 23Section 16 . 6.15 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB7-ASA2,14,524 6.15 (2) (bm) Except as authorized in s. 6.79 (7), when making application in
25person at the office of the municipal clerk, each applicant shall present proof of

1identification. If any document presented by the applicant is not proof of residence
2under s. 6.34, the applicant shall also present proof of residence under s. 6.34. The
3clerk shall verify that the name on the proof of identification presented by the elector
4conforms to the name on the elector's application and shall verify that any
5photograph appearing on that document reasonably resembles the elector.
AB7-ASA2, s. 17 6Section 17. 6.15 (2) (d) 1r. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA2,14,177 6.15 (2) (d) 1r. Upon proper completion of the application and cancellation card,
8the municipal clerk shall require the elector to provide proof of residence under s.
96.34. If the elector cannot provide proof of residence, the elector may have his or her
10residence corroborated in a statement that is signed by another elector of the
11municipality and that contains the current street address of the corroborating
12elector. If the residence is corroborated by another elector, that elector shall then
13provide proof of residence under s. 6.34
permit the elector to cast his or her ballot for
14president and vice president
. The elector shall then mark the ballot in the clerk's
15presence in a manner that will not disclose his or her vote. The elector shall then fold
16the ballot so as to conceal his or her vote. The clerk or elector shall then place the
17ballot in an envelope furnished by the clerk.
AB7-ASA2, s. 18 18Section 18. 6.15 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA2,15,1119 6.15 (3) Procedure at polling place. An eligible elector may appear at the
20polling place for the ward or election district where he or she resides and make
21application for a ballot under sub. (2). Except as otherwise provided in this
22subsection, an elector who casts a ballot under this subsection shall follow the same
23procedure required for casting a ballot at the municipal clerk's office under sub. (2).
24The inspectors shall perform the duties of the municipal clerk, except that the
25inspectors shall return the cancellation card under sub. (2) (b) to the municipal clerk

1and the clerk shall forward the card as provided in sub. (2) (c) if required. Upon
2proper completion of the application and cancellation card and submittal of proof of
3residence under s. 6.34 or providing corroboration of residence
verification of the
4proof of identification and proof of residence, whenever required, as provided in sub.
5(2) (bm)
, the inspectors shall permit the elector to cast his or her ballot for president
6and vice president. The elector shall mark the ballot and, unless the ballot is utilized
7with an electronic voting system, the elector shall fold the ballot, and deposit the
8ballot into the ballot box or give it to the inspector. The inspector shall deposit it
9directly into the ballot box. Voting machines or ballots utilized with electronic voting
10systems may only be used by electors voting under this section if they permit voting
11for president and vice president only.
AB7-ASA2, s. 19 12Section 19. 6.18 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB7-ASA2,16,4 136.18 Former residents. If ineligible to qualify as an elector in the state to
14which the elector has moved, any former qualified Wisconsin elector may vote an
15absentee ballot in the ward of the elector's prior residence in any presidential election
16occurring within 24 months after leaving Wisconsin by requesting an application
17form and returning it, properly executed, to the municipal clerk of the elector's prior
18Wisconsin residence. When requesting an application form for an absentee ballot,
19the applicant shall specify the applicant's eligibility for only the presidential ballot.
20Unless application is made under s. 6.86 (1) (ac), or the applicant is exempted from
21providing proof of identification under s. 6.87 (4) (b) 2. or 3., or the applicant is a
22military or overseas elector, the elector shall enclose a copy of his or her proof of
23identification or any authorized substitute document with his or her application.
24The municipal clerk shall verify that the name on the proof of identification conforms
25to the name on the application. The clerk shall not issue a ballot to an elector who

1is required to enclose a copy of proof of identification or an authorized substitute
2document with his or her application unless the copy is enclosed and the proof is
3verified by the clerk.
The application form shall require the following information
4and be in substantially the following form:
AB7-ASA2,16,85 This form shall be returned to the municipal clerk's office. Application must be
6received in sufficient time for ballots to be mailed and returned prior to any
7presidential election at which applicant wishes to vote. Complete all statements in
8full.
AB7-ASA2,16,99 APPLICATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL
AB7-ASA2,16,1010 ELECTOR'S ABSENTEE BALLOT.
AB7-ASA2,16,1111 (To be voted at the Presidential Election
AB7-ASA2,16,1212 on November ...., .... (year)
AB7-ASA2,16,2113 I, .... hereby swear or affirm that I am a citizen of the United States, formerly
14residing at .... in the .... ward .... aldermanic district (city, town, village) of ...., County
15of .... for 10 28 consecutive days prior to leaving the State of Wisconsin. I, .... do
16solemnly swear or affirm that I do not qualify to register or vote under the laws of
17the State of ....(State you now reside in) where I am presently residing. A citizen must
18be a resident of: State ....(Insert time) County ....(Insert time) City, Town or Village
19....(Insert time), in order to be eligible to register or vote therein. I further swear or
20affirm that my legal residence was established in the State of ....(the State where you
21now reside) on .... Month .... Day .... Year.
AB7-ASA2,16,2222 Signed ....
AB7-ASA2,16,2323 Address ....(Present address)
AB7-ASA2,16,2424 ....(City) ....(State)
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