Amendment AA12-ASA3-AB637

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2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 12, TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 3, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 637

February 19, 2018 - Offered by Representatives Brandtjen and Bernier.

AB637-ASA3-AA12,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment as follows:

AB637-ASA3-AA12,1,2 1. Page 4, line 4: after that line insert:

AB637-ASA3-AA12,1,3 “ Section 3m. 6.15 (6) of the statutes is repealed.”.

AB637-ASA3-AA12,1,4 2. Page 4, line 5: after that line insert:

AB637-ASA3-AA12,1,5 “ Section 4m. 6.88 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637-ASA3-AA12,2,9 6.88 (3) (b) When the inspectors find that a certification is insufficient, that the applicant is not a qualified elector in the ward or election district, that the ballot envelope is open or has been opened and resealed, that the ballot envelope contains more than one ballot of any one kind or, except in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, that the certificate of a military or overseas elector who received an absentee ballot by facsimile transmission or electronic mail is missing, or if proof is submitted to the inspectors that an elector voting an absentee ballot has since died, the inspectors shall not count the ballot. The inspectors shall endorse every ballot not counted on the back, “rejected (giving the reason)". The inspectors shall reinsert each rejected ballot into the certificate envelope in which it was delivered and enclose the certificate envelopes and ballots, and securely seal the ballots and envelopes in an envelope marked for rejected absentee ballots. The inspectors shall endorse the envelope, “rejected ballots" with a statement of the ward or election district and date of the election, signed by the chief inspector and one of the inspectors representing each of the 2 major political parties and returned to the municipal clerk in the same manner as official ballots voted at the election.”.

AB637-ASA3-AA12,2,10 3. Page 12, line 23: after that line insert:

AB637-ASA3-AA12,2,11 “ Section 10m. 7.52 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB637-ASA3-AA12,3,5 7.52 (3) (b) When the board of absentee ballot canvassers finds that a certification is insufficient, that the applicant is not a qualified elector in the ward or election district, that the ballot envelope is open or has been opened and resealed, that the ballot envelope contains more than one ballot of any one kind, or that the certificate of a military or overseas elector who received an absentee ballot by facsimile transmission or electronic mail is missing, or if proof is submitted to the board of absentee ballot canvassers that an elector voting an absentee ballot has since died, the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall not count the ballot. Each member of the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall endorse every ballot not counted on the back as “rejected (giving the reason)." The board of absentee ballot canvassers shall reinsert each rejected ballot into the certificate envelope in which it was delivered and enclose the certificate envelopes and ballots, and securely seal the ballots and envelopes in an envelope marked for rejected absentee ballots. The board of absentee ballot canvassers shall endorse the envelope as “rejected ballots," with a statement of the ward or election district and date of the election, and each member of the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall sign the statement. The board of absentee ballot canvassers shall then return the envelope containing the ballots to the municipal clerk.”.

AB637-ASA3-AA12,3,6 (End)