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2312. An indication of whether the elector was required under s. 6.34 to provide
24proof of residence and, if so, the type of identifying document submitted as proof of
25residence, the name of the entity or institution that issued the identifying document,
1and, if the identifying document included a number that applies only to the
2individual holding that document, up to the last 4 digits of that number. If the
3number on the identifying document submitted by the elector had 6 or fewer digits,
4the list under this paragraph may not contain more than the last 2 digits of that
5number.
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6(am) The list under
this paragraph par. (a) may contain such other information
7as may be determined by the commission to facilitate administration of elector
8registration requirements.
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9Section
33. 6.36 (1) (a) 13. to 16. of the statutes are created to read:
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6.36
(1) (a) 13. A separate column indicating the date on which an elector
11applied to vote by in-person absentee ballot.
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14. Separate columns indicating the date on which the clerk mailed an
13absentee ballot to an elector and the date on which the elector returned the absentee
14ballot.
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15. A separate column indicating the polling location associated with each
16elector's address and ward or aldermanic district, if any.
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16. A separate column indicating the mailing address for the municipal clerk
18associated with each polling location identified under subd. 15.
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19Section
34. 6.36 (1) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:
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6.36
(1) (ae) 1. The chief election officer shall enter into a membership
21agreement with Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc., for the purpose of
22maintaining the official registration list under this section. Prior to entering into an
23agreement under this subdivision, the chief election officer shall ensure that the
24agreement satisfies all of the following conditions:
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1a. It safeguards the confidentiality of information or data in the registration
2list that may be subject to transfer under the agreement and to which access is
3restricted under par. (b) 1. a.
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b. It prohibits the sale or distribution of the information or data in the
5registration list to a 3rd-party vendor and it prohibits any other action not
6associated with administration of or compliance with the agreement.
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c. It does not affect the exemption for this state under the national voter
8registration act.
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d. It allows the state to make contact with electors by electronic mail, whenever
10possible.
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2. If the chief election officer enters into an agreement under subd. 1., the chief
12election officer shall comply with the terms of the agreement, including the
13transmission of information and data related to the registration of electors in this
14state to the Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc., for processing and
15sharing with other member states and governmental units.
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6.36
(1) (b) 1. a. Except as provided in pars.
(ae), (bm)
, and (bn), no person other
19than an employee of the commission, a county clerk, a deputy county clerk, an
20executive director of a county board of election commissioners, a deputy designated
21by the executive director, a municipal clerk, a deputy municipal clerk, an executive
22director of a city board of election commissioners, or a deputy designated by the
23executive director may view the date of birth, operator's license number, or social
24security account number of an elector, the address of an elector to whom an
1identification serial number is issued under s. 6.47 (3), or any indication of an
2accommodation required under s. 5.25 (4) (a) to permit voting by an elector.
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3Section
36. 6.36 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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6.36
(2) (c) The list shall contain, next to the name of each elector, an indication
5of whether proof of residence under s. 6.34 is required for the elector to be permitted
6to vote. If proof of residence is provided, the type of identifying document submitted
7by the elector and the name of the entity or institution that issued the identifying
8document
, or an indication that the information provided by the elector in lieu of
9proof of residence was verified under s. 6.34 (2m), shall be entered on the list in the
10space provided.
Proof Except as provided in s. 6.34 (2m), proof of residence is
11required if the elector is not a military elector or an overseas elector and the elector
12registers by mail
or by electronic application and has not previously voted in an
13election in this state.
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14Section
37. 6.36 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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6.36
(6) The commission shall establish by rule the fee for obtaining a copy of
16the official registration list, or a portion of the list
, including access to the
17subscription service established under s. 5.05 (14) (b). The amount of the fee shall
18be set, after consultation with county and municipal election officials, at an amount
19estimated to cover both the cost of reproduction and the cost of maintaining the list
20at the state and local level. The rules shall require that revenues from fees received
21be shared between the state and municipalities or their designees under s. 6.33 (5)
22(b), and shall specify a method for such allocation.
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24Section
39. 6.50 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.50
(3) Upon receipt of reliable information that a registered elector has
2changed his or her residence to a location outside of the municipality, the municipal
3clerk or board of election commissioners shall notify the elector by mailing a notice
4by 1st class mail to the elector's registration address stating the source of the
5information. All municipal departments and agencies receiving information that a
6registered elector has changed his or her residence shall notify the clerk or board of
7election commissioners. If the elector no longer resides in the municipality or fails
8to apply for continuation of registration within 30 days of the date the notice is
9mailed, the clerk or board of election commissioners shall change the elector's
10registration from eligible to ineligible status. Upon receipt of reliable information
11that a registered elector has changed his or her residence within the municipality,
12the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall
transfer change the
13elector's registration and mail the elector a notice of the
transfer under s. 6.40 (2) 14change. This subsection does not restrict the right of an elector to challenge any
15registration under s. 6.325, 6.48, 6.925, 6.93, or 7.52 (5).
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16Section
40. 6.50 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
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6.50
(10) Any qualified elector whose registration is changed from eligible to
18ineligible status under this section may reregister as provided under s. 6.28 (1), 6.29
19(2), or 6.55 (2)
, or, if the elector has a current and valid operator's license issued to
20the elector under ch. 343 or a current and valid identification card issued under s.
21343.50, may reregister under s. 6.30 (5).
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22Section
41. 6.55 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
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23Section
42. 6.55 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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6.55
(2) (d) A registered elector who has changed his or her name but resides
25at the same address, and has not
notified previously provided notice of the change
1to the municipal clerk
under s. 6.40 (1) (c), shall notify the inspector of the change
2before voting. The inspector shall then notify the municipal clerk at the time when
3materials are returned under s. 6.56 (1). If an elector has changed both a name and
4address, the elector shall register at the polling place or other registration location
5under pars. (a) and (b).
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6Section
43. 6.79 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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6.79
(1m) Separate poll lists.
Two election officials at each election ward shall
8be in charge of and shall maintain 2 separate poll lists containing information
9relating to all persons voting. The municipal clerk may elect to maintain the
10information on the
lists poll list manually or electronically. If the
lists are
11maintained clerk elects to maintain the list electronically,
the commission shall
12prescribe a supplemental list that contains the full name, address, and space for the
13entry of the signature of each elector, or if the elector is exempt from the signature
14requirement under s. 6.36 (2) (a), the word "exempt". If the lists are maintained
15electronically, the officials shall enter the information into an electronic data
16recording system that enables retrieval of printed copies of the lists at the polling
17place an election official at each election ward shall be in charge of and shall maintain
18the poll list. The system employed
to maintain the list electronically is subject to the
19approval of the commission.
If the clerk elects to maintain the information manually,
202 election officials at each election ward shall be in charge of and shall maintain 2
21separate poll lists.
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22Section
44. 6.79 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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6.79
(2) (d) If the poll list indicates that proof of residence under s. 6.34 is
24required and the
proof of identification document provided by the elector under par.
25(a) does not constitute proof of residence under s. 6.34, the officials shall require the
1elector to provide proof of residence. If proof of residence is provided, the officials
2shall enter both the type of identifying document submitted as proof of residence and
3the name of the entity or institution that issued the identifying document in the
4space provided on the poll list and shall verify that the name and address on the
5identifying document is the same as the name and address shown on the registration
6list. If proof of residence is required and not provided, or if the elector does not
7present proof of identification under par. (a), whenever required, the officials shall
8offer the opportunity for the elector to vote under s. 6.97.
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9Section
45. 6.87 (4) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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6.87
(4) (b) 1. Except as otherwise provided in s. 6.875, the elector voting
11absentee shall make and subscribe to the certification before one witness who is an
12adult U.S. citizen. The absent elector, in the presence of the witness, shall mark the
13ballot in a manner that will not disclose how the elector's vote is cast. The elector
14shall then, still in the presence of the witness, fold the ballots so each is separate and
15so that the elector conceals the markings thereon and deposit them in the proper
16envelope. If a consolidated ballot under s. 5.655 is used, the elector shall fold the
17ballot so that the elector conceals the markings thereon and deposit the ballot in the
18proper envelope. If proof of residence under s. 6.34 is required and the document
19enclosed by the elector under this subdivision does not constitute proof of residence
20under s. 6.34, the elector shall also enclose proof of residence under s. 6.34 in the
21envelope.
Proof Except as provided in s. 6.34 (2m), proof of residence is required if
22the elector is not a military elector or an overseas elector and the elector registered
23by mail
or by electronic application and has not voted in an election in this state. If
24the elector requested a ballot by means of facsimile transmission or electronic mail
25under s. 6.86 (1) (ac), the elector shall enclose in the envelope a copy of the request
1which bears an original signature of the elector. The elector may receive assistance
2under sub. (5). The return envelope shall then be sealed. The witness may not be
3a candidate. The envelope shall be mailed by the elector, or delivered in person, to
4the municipal clerk issuing the ballot or ballots. If the envelope is mailed from a
5location outside the United States, the elector shall affix sufficient postage unless the
6ballot qualifies for delivery free of postage under federal law. Failure to return an
7unused ballot in a primary does not invalidate the ballot on which the elector's votes
8are cast. Return of more than one marked ballot in a primary or return of a ballot
9prepared under s. 5.655 or a ballot used with an electronic voting system in a primary
10which is marked for candidates of more than one party invalidates all votes cast by
11the elector for candidates in the primary.
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12Section
46. 6.87 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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6.87
(6) Except as provided in s. 7.515 (3), the The ballot shall be returned so
14it is
received by the municipal clerk delivered to the polling place no later than 8 p.m.
15on election day. Except in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed
16under s. 7.52, if the municipal clerk receives an absentee ballot on election day, the
17clerk shall secure the ballot and cause the ballot to be delivered to the polling place
18serving the elector's residence before
the closing hour. Except as provided in s. 7.515
19(3), any 8 p.m. Any ballot not mailed or delivered as provided in this subsection may
20not be counted.
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21Section
47. 6.87 (6d) of the statutes is created to read:
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6.87
(6d) If a certificate is missing the address of a witness, the ballot may not
23be counted.
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24Section
48. 7.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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17.08
(1) (c) Prescribe forms required by ss. 6.24 (3) and (4), 6.30 (4)
and (5), 6.33
2(1),
6.40 (1) (a), 6.47 (1) (am) 2. and (3), 6.55 (2), and 6.86 (2) to (3). All such forms
3shall contain a statement of the penalty applicable to false or fraudulent registration
4or voting through use of the form. Forms are not required to be furnished by the
5commission.
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6Section
49. 7.51 (4) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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7.51
(4) (c) On election night the municipalities shall report the returns, by
8ward or reporting unit, to the county clerk no later than 2 hours after the votes are
9tabulated.
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10Section
50. 7.51 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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7.51
(5) (b) The municipal clerk shall deliver all ballots, statements, tally
12sheets, lists, and envelopes relating to a school district election to the school district
13clerk, excluding
any absentee ballots that are received after the closing hour on
14election night and any provisional ballots, by 4 p.m. on the day following each such
15election and shall deliver to the school district clerk any amended statements, tally
16sheets, and lists for additional provisional
and absentee ballots canvassed under s.
176.97 (4)
or 7.515 (6) (b) no later than 4 p.m. on the Monday after the election. The
18municipal clerk shall deliver to the county clerk the ballots, statements, tally sheets,
19lists, and envelopes for his or her municipality relating to any county, technical
20college district, state, or national election no later than 4 p.m. on the day following
21each such election or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under
22s. 7.52, by 4 p.m. on the 2nd day following each such election, and shall deliver to the
23county clerk any additional provisional
and absentee ballots canvassed under s. 6.97
24(4)
or 7.515 (6) (b) together with amended statements, tally sheets, lists, and
25envelopes no later than 4 p.m. on the Monday after the election. The person
1delivering the returns shall be paid out of the municipal treasury. Each clerk shall
2retain ballots, statements, tally sheets, or envelopes received by the clerk until
3destruction is authorized under s. 7.23 (1).
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7.53
(1) (a) Where the municipality constitutes one ward or combines all wards
8to utilize a single polling place under s. 5.15 (6) (b), the canvass of the votes cast at
9the polling place shall be conducted publicly under s. 7.51 and the inspectors, other
10than any inspector appointed under s. 7.30 (1) (b), shall act as the municipal board
11of canvassers. The inspectors shall then complete the return statement for all votes
12cast at the polling place. If there are no provisional ballots that are eligible to be
13counted under s. 6.97
and the municipal clerk has not mailed or transmitted
14absentee ballots to any electors of the municipality that have not been returned by
15election night, and no absentee ballots are being canvassed under s. 7.52, the
16inspectors may complete and sign the canvass statement and determination on
17election night. In municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52,
18after the canvass of the absentee ballots is completed under s. 7.52, the board of
19absentee ballot canvassers shall reconcile the poll list of the electors who vote by
20absentee ballot with the corresponding poll list of the electors who vote in person to
21ensure that no elector is allowed to cast more than one ballot. If an elector who votes
22in person has submitted an absentee ballot, the absentee ballot is void. Except as
23authorized in par. (b), if one or more electors of the municipality have cast provisional
24ballots that are eligible to be counted under s. 6.97
or if the municipal clerk receives
25one or more absentee ballots by 4 p.m. on the Friday after the election that are eligible
1to be counted under s. 7.515 (6) (b), the inspectors, acting as the board of canvassers,
2shall reconvene no later than 9 a.m. on the Monday after the election to count the
3valid provisional
and absentee ballots and shall adjust the returns accordingly. The
4inspectors, acting as the board of canvassers, need not reconvene if the municipal
5clerk certifies that he or she has received no provisional
or absentee ballots from the
6time that the board of canvassers completed the initial canvass and 4 p.m. on the
7Friday after the election. Upon completion of the canvass under this paragraph and
8any canvass that is conducted under s. 7.52 and ascertainment of the results by the
9inspectors or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52,
10by the inspectors and the board of absentee ballot canvassers, the municipal clerk
11shall publicly read to the inspectors or the board of absentee ballot canvassers the
12names of the persons voted for and the number of votes for each person for each
13municipal office, the names of the persons declared by the inspectors or board of
14absentee ballot canvassers to have won nomination or election to each municipal
15office, and the number of votes cast for and against each municipal referendum
16question.
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17Section
53. 7.53 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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7.53
(3) (a) In a common, union high or unified school district, the school district
19clerk shall appoint 2 qualified electors of the school district prior to the date of the
20election being canvassed who shall, with the school district clerk, constitute the
21school district board of canvassers. If the school district clerk is a candidate at the
22election being canvassed, the other 2 members of the board of canvassers shall
23designate a 3rd member to serve in lieu of the clerk for that election. The school
24district clerk shall appoint a member to fill any other temporary vacancy on the board
25of canvassers. The canvass shall begin no later than 9 a.m. on the Tuesday after the
1election, and shall continue, without adjournment, until completed. The board of
2canvassers may return defective returns to the municipal board of canvassers in the
3manner provided in s. 7.60 (3). If the board of canvassers meets before 4 p.m. on the
4Monday after the election and thereafter receives amended statements, tally sheets,
5and lists from a municipal clerk for provisional
or absentee ballots that are eligible
6to be counted under s. 6.97 (4)
or 7.515 (6) (b), the board of canvassers shall reconvene
7no later than 9 a.m. on the Tuesday after the election and shall adjust the returns
8accordingly. No later than 4 p.m. on the Tuesday after the election, the board of
9canvassers shall complete the canvass and shall prepare a written statement
10showing the numbers of votes cast for each person for each office and for and against
11each question and shall prepare a determination showing the names of the persons
12who are elected to the school board and the results of any school district referendum.
13Following each primary election, the board of canvassers shall prepare a statement
14certifying the names of the persons who have won nomination to the school board.
15Each statement and determination shall be attested by each of the canvassers. The
16board of canvassers shall file each statement and determination in the school district
17office. The school district clerk shall certify nominations after each primary and
18issue certificates of election to persons who are elected to the school board after each
19election in the manner provided in sub. (4).
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20Section
54. 7.60 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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7.60
(1) Keep office open. On election night the county clerk shall keep the
22clerk's office open to receive reports from the ward inspectors and shall post all
23returns.
On election night the clerk shall post all returns, by ward or reporting unit,
24on an Internet site maintained by the county no later than 2 hours after receiving
25the returns.
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9.01
(1) (a) 1. Any candidate voted for at any election or any elector who voted
4upon any referendum question at any election may petition for a recount. The
5petitioner shall file a verified petition or petitions with the proper clerk or body under
6par. (ar) not earlier than the time of completion of the canvass following canvassing
7of any valid provisional
and absentee ballots under ss. 6.97 (4)
and 7.515 (6) and,
8except as provided in this subdivision, not later than 5 p.m. on the 3rd business day
9following the last meeting day of the municipal or county board of canvassers
10determining the election for that office or on that referendum question following
11canvassing of all valid provisional
and absentee ballots or, if more than one board of
12canvassers makes the determination, not later than 5 p.m. on the 3rd business day
13following the last meeting day of the last board of canvassers which makes a
14determination following canvassing of all valid provisional
and absentee ballots. If
15the commission chairperson or chairperson's designee makes the determination for
16the office or the referendum question, the petitioner shall file the petition not earlier
17than the last meeting day of the last county board of canvassers to make a statement
18in the election or referendum following canvassing of all valid provisional
and
19absentee ballots and not later than 5 p.m. on the 3rd business day following the day
20on which the commission receives the last statement from a county board of
21canvassers for the election or referendum following canvassing of all valid
22provisional
and absentee ballots.
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111.1104
(6) Contributions paid to a segregated fund established and
2administered by a political party or legislative campaign committee for purposes
3other than making contributions to a candidate committee or making disbursements
4for express advocacy
, except that a political action committee may contribute no more
5than $12,000 in any calendar year to such a fund.
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6Section
57. 19.42 (10) (ab) of the statutes is created to read:
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19.42
(10) (ab) A member or employee of the ethics commission.
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8Section
58. 19.42 (13) (p) of the statutes is created to read:
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19.42
(13) (p) All members of the elections commission and all members of the
10ethics commission.
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85.61
(1) The secretary of transportation and the administrator of the elections
14commission shall enter into an agreement to match personally identifiable
15information on the official registration list maintained by the commission under s.
166.36 (1)
and the information specified in s. 6.34 (2m) with personally identifiable
17information in the operating record file database under ch. 343 and vehicle
18registration records under ch. 341 to the extent required to enable the secretary of
19transportation and the administrator of the elections commission to verify the
20accuracy of the information provided for the purpose of voter registration.
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21Section
60. 343.027 of the statutes is amended to read:
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22343.027 Confidentiality of signatures. Any signature collected under this
23chapter may be maintained by the department and shall be kept confidential, except
24that the department shall release a signature or a facsimile of a signature to the
25department of revenue for the purposes of administering state taxes and collecting
1debt
, to the elections commission, in electronic or digital format, for the purposes
2specified in s. 6.30 (5), to the person to whom the signature relates, to a court, district
3attorney, county corporation counsel, city, village, or town attorney, law enforcement
4agency, or to the driver licensing agency of another jurisdiction.
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6(1) No later than the 20th day following the end of each calendar quarter, the
7elections commission and the department of transportation shall each report to the
8appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided in section
913.172 (3) of the statutes concerning its progress in implementing an electronic voter
10registration system. The commission and the department shall continue to file
11reports under this subsection until the commission determines that implementation
12is complete and the performance of the system is satisfactory. The commission and
13the department shall ensure that the implementation is complete and the
14performance of the system is satisfactory.
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16(1) The treatment of sections 6.22 (5), 6.25 (1) (a) and (b), 6.87 (6) and (6d), 7.51
17(5) (b), 7.53 (1) (a) and (3) (a), and 9.01 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes first applies to elections
18held no earlier than 6 months after the effective date of this subsection.
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19(2) The treatment of section 6.34 (3) (a) 12. of the statutes first applies to
20registration applications filed on the effective date of this subsection.
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(1)
This act takes effect on January 1, 2018.