AB343,6,2419 2. An individual who files an affidavit with the municipal clerk of the
20municipality where the individual resides, on a form prescribed by the board, which
21is signed by a sheriff or the chief of a police department and directed to the municipal
22clerk, and which verifies that a person has been charged with or convicted of an
23offense relating to domestic abuse in which the individual was a victim and
24reasonably continues to be threatened by that person.
AB343,6,2525 3. An individual who resides in a shelter.
AB343,7,3
1(b) "Offense relating to domestic abuse" means an offense specified in s. 940.19,
2940.20 (1m), 940.201, 940.22, 940.225, 940.32, 947.013, 948.02, 948.025, 948.06,
3948.09 or 948.095.
AB343,7,54 (c) "Protected individual" means an individual whose name and address is
5confidential under sub. (2).
AB343,7,76 (d) "Protective order" means a temporary restraining order or an injunction
7issued under s. 813.12.
AB343,7,118 (e) "Shelter" means a place where at least 4 unrelated individuals reside that
9provides residential shelter to individuals whose personal security is or may be
10threatened by family members or other persons with whom the individuals have had
11contact.
AB343,7,24 12(2) Except as authorized in sub. (8), the municipal clerk shall withhold from
13public inspection under s. 19.35 (1) the name and address of any eligible individual
14whose name appears on a poll list or registration list if the individual files a valid
15written request with the clerk to protect the individual's confidentiality. To be valid,
16a request under this subsection must be accompanied by a copy of a protective order
17that is in effect, an affidavit under sub. (1) (a) 2. that is dated within 30 days of the
18date of the request or a statement signed by the operator or an authorized agent of
19the operator of a shelter that is dated within 30 days of the date of the request and
20that indicates that the operator operates the shelter and that the individual making
21the request resides in the shelter. A physically disabled individual who appears
22personally at the office of the municipal clerk accompanied by another elector of this
23state may designate that elector to make a request under this subsection on his or
24her behalf.
AB343,8,5
1(3) Upon listing of an elector under sub. (2), the municipal clerk shall issue to
2the elector a voting identification card on a form prescribed by the board that shall
3contain the elector's name and address and a unique identification serial number
4issued by the board. The number issued to an elector under this subsection shall not
5be changed for so long as the elector continues to qualify for a listing under sub. (2).
AB343,8,9 6(4) Except as provided in sub. (5), a confidential listing under sub. (2) expires
7on the date that a protective order expires, the date that the protected individual
8ceases to reside in a shelter or at the end of the 24-month period that follows creation
9or renewal of the listing under sub. (2), whichever is earlier.
AB343,8,10 10(5) (a) The municipal clerk shall cancel a confidential listing under sub. (2) if:
AB343,8,1111 1. The clerk receives notification from a sheriff or chief of police under sub. (8).
AB343,8,1212 2. The name of the protected individual is legally changed.
AB343,8,1413 3. The protected individual changes his or her address without notifying the
14municipal clerk.
AB343,8,1715 4. The municipal clerk finds that the protected individual provided false
16information to the clerk for the purpose of obtaining a confidential listing under sub.
17(2).
AB343,8,1918 (b) An individual whose confidential listing is canceled under par. (a) may file
19a new request and qualify under sub. (2) to obtain a renewal of the listing.
AB343,9,2 20(6) Upon expiration of a confidential listing on a registration list under sub. (2),
21the municipal clerk shall cancel the registration of the protected individual unless
22the individual files a new request and qualifies under sub. (2) to obtain a renewal of
23the listing or unless the individual applies for and qualifies to obtain a
24nonconfidential voter registration. Except as authorized in sub. (8), the municipal
25clerk shall withhold from public inspection under s. 19.35 (1) the name and address

1of any individual whose registration is canceled under this subsection if the
2individual qualified for a confidential listing at the time of that listing.
AB343,9,5 3(7) (a) If the municipal clerk has notice that a confidential listing under sub.
4(2) is scheduled to expire, the municipal clerk shall provide 30 days' notice to the
5protected individual of the scheduled expiration of the listing.
AB343,9,86 (b) If notice to a protected individual is not provided under par. (a), the
7municipal clerk shall provide notice to the subject individual upon canceling a
8confidential listing under sub. (2).
AB343,9,10 9(8) The municipal clerk shall provide access to a name and address under sub.
10(2):
AB343,9,1111 (a) To a law enforcement officer for official purposes.
AB343,9,1312 (b) To a state or local governmental officer pursuant to a specific law that
13necessitates obtaining the name or address.
AB343,9,1514 (c) Pursuant to a court order citing a reason that access to the name or address
15should be provided.
AB343,9,1616 (d) To a clerk of circuit court for purposes of s. 756.04 (5) (a).
AB343,9,1917 (e) At the request of a protected individual, for purposes of permitting that
18individual to sign a petition under s. 59.05 (2) or a protest petition, consent or counter
19petition under s. 125.05.
AB343,9,22 20(9) No person who obtains access to a name or address under sub. (8) may
21disclose the name or address to any person other than a public employe for the same
22purpose for which the information was obtained.
AB343,9,25 23(10) If a sheriff or chief of a police department who signs an affidavit under sub.
24(1) (a) 2. obtains information that the person who was charged with an offense
25relating to domestic abuse is no longer so charged or that the person's judgment of

1conviction has been vacated, and the charge or conviction was the sole basis for the
2affidavit, the sheriff or chief shall provide written notice of that information to the
3municipal clerk to whom the affidavit was directed.
AB343, s. 10 4Section 10. 6.55 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB343,10,125 6.55 (2) (a) Except where the procedure under par. (c) or (cm) is employed, any
6person who qualifies as an elector in the ward or election district where he or she
7desires to vote, but has not previously filed a registration form, or was registered at
8another location in a municipality where registration is required, may request
9permission to vote at the polling place for that ward or election district, or at an
10alternate polling place assigned under s. 5.25 (5) (b). When a proper request is made,
11the inspector shall require the person to execute a registration form prescribed by
12the board which shall contain the following certification:
AB343,10,17 13"I, ...., hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge, I am a qualified elector,
14having resided at .... for at least 10 days immediately preceding this election, and
15that I am not disqualified on any ground from voting, and I have not voted, at this
16election." If a change of address is made from outside the municipality, the elector
17shall file a cancellation under s. 6.40 (1) (b) 6.
AB343, s. 11 18Section 11. 6.55 (2) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB343,11,219 6.55 (2) (cm) If an elector who is not registered wishes to obtain a confidential
20listing under s. 6.47 (2), the elector shall register at the office of the municipal clerk
21of the municipality where the elector resides. Upon completion of registration, the
22municipal clerk or a deputy clerk shall serially number the registration form and
23issue a voting identification card to the elector under s. 6.47 (3). The clerk shall
24provide one copy of the registration form to the elector. The elector may vote at the

1polling place serving his or her residence by presenting the identification card and
2the copy of the registration form to the inspectors.
AB343, s. 12 3Section 12. 6.79 (1) to (3) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB343,11,214 6.79 (1) Municipalities without registration. Where Except as provided in
5sub. (6) (a), where
there is no registration, before being permitted to vote, each person
6shall state his or her full name and address. The officials shall record each name and
7address on a poll list in the same order as the votes are cast. If the residence of the
8elector does not have a number, the election officials shall, in the appropriate space,
9write "none". Alternatively, the municipal clerk may maintain a poll list consisting
10of the full name and address of electors compiled from previous elections. Whenever
11an elector appears to vote, the officials shall verify the correctness of the elector's
12name and address, and shall enter a serial number next to the name of the elector
13in the order that the votes are cast, beginning with the number one. If the name and
14address of an elector do not appear on the prepared poll list, the officials shall record
15the name, address and serial number of the elector at the bottom of the list. The
16officials may require any elector to provide identification, including acceptable proof
17of residence, or to have another elector corroborate his or her information in
18accordance with the procedure specified in s. 6.55 (2) (b) before permitting the elector
19to vote. An elector who presents an identification card under sub. (6) (a) is not
20required to provide separate identification.
The officials shall maintain a separate
21list of those persons voting under ss. 6.15 and 6.24.
AB343,12,5 22(2) Municipalities with registration. Where Except as provided in sub. (6) (b),
23where
there is registration, each person, before receiving a voting number, shall state
24his or her full name and address. Upon the prepared registration list, after the name
25of each elector, the officials shall enter the serial number of the vote as it is polled,

1beginning with number one. Each elector shall receive a slip bearing the same serial
2number. A separate list shall be maintained for electors who are voting under s. 6.15,
36.29 or 6.55 (2) or (3) and electors who are reassigned from another polling place
4under s. 5.25 (5) (b). Each such elector shall have his or her full name, address and
5serial number likewise recorded and shall be given a slip bearing such number.
AB343,12,8 6(3) Refusal to give name and address. If Except as provided in sub. (6), if any
7elector offering to vote at any polling place refuses to give his or her name and
8address, the elector may not be permitted to vote.
AB343, s. 13 9Section 13. 6.79 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB343,12,1410 6.79 (5) Poll list forms. Poll lists shall be kept on forms designed by the board
11to be substantially similar to the standard registration list forms used in
12municipalities where registration is required and shall require, for each person
13offering to vote, the entry of the person's full name and address, except as otherwise
14required under sub. (6) (a)
.
AB343, s. 14 15Section 14. 6.79 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB343,12,2216 6.79 (6) Confidential names and addresses. (a) In municipalities where there
17is no registration, an elector who has a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) may
18present an identification card issued under s. 6.47 (3) in lieu of providing his or her
19name and address. If the elector resides in the area served by the polling place, the
20inspectors shall then enter the elector's name and identification serial number on the
21poll list in a section following the other names, shall issue a voting serial number to
22the elector and shall record that number on the poll list and permit the elector to vote.
AB343,13,323 (b) In municipalities where registration is required, an elector who has a
24confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) may present his or her identification card issued
25under s. 6.47 (3) or may give his or her name and identification serial number issued

1under s. 6.47 (3). If the elector's name and identification serial number appear on the
2confidential portion of the list, the inspectors shall issue a voting serial number to
3the elector, record that number on the registration list and permit the elector to vote.
AB343, s. 15 4Section 15. 6.87 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB343,13,85 6.87 (2) The municipal clerk shall place the ballot in an unsealed envelope
6furnished by the clerk. The envelope shall have the name, official title and
7post-office address of the clerk upon its face. The other side of the envelope shall
8have a printed certificate-affidavit in substantially the following form:
AB343,13,99 [STATE OF ....
AB343,13,1010 County of ....]
AB343,13,1212 [(name of foreign country and city or other jurisdictional unit)]
AB343,14,313 I, ...., (certify) (do solemnly swear) subject to the penalties of s. 12.60 (1) (b), Wis.
14Stats. for false statements that I am a resident of the [.... ward of the] (town) (village)
15of ...., or of the .... aldermanic district in the city of ...., residing at .... in said city, the
16county of ...., state of Wisconsin, and am entitled to vote in the (ward) (election
17district) at the election to be held on ....; that I am not voting at any other location
18in this election; that I cannot appear at the polling place in the (ward) (election
19district) on election day because I expect to be absent from the municipality or
20because of age, sickness, handicap, physical disability, religious reasons, jury duty,
21service as an election official, or because I have changed my residence within the
22state from one ward or election district to another within 10 days before the election.
23I (certify) (swear) that I exhibited the enclosed ballot unmarked to the (2 witnesses)
24(person administering the oath), that I then in (their) (his) (her) presence and in the
25presence of no other person marked the ballot and enclosed and sealed the same in

1this envelope in such a manner that no one but myself and any person rendering
2assistance under s. 6.87 (5), Wis. Stats., if I requested assistance, could know how I
3voted.
AB343,14,44 Signed ....
AB343,14,5 5Identification serial number, if any: ....
AB343,14,76 The (2 witnesses) (person administering the oath) shall execute either of the
7following as appropriate:
AB343,14,138 We, the undersigned witnesses, subject to the penalties of s. 12.60 (1) (b), Wis.
9Stats., for false statements, certify that the above statements are true and the voting
10procedure was executed as there stated. Neither of us is a candidate for any office
11on the enclosed ballot (except in the case of an incumbent municipal clerk). The
12elector was not solicited or advised by us to vote for or against any candidate or
13measure.
AB343,14,1414 ....(Name)
AB343,14,1515 ....(Address)
AB343,14,1616 ....(Name)
AB343,14,1717 ....(Address)
AB343,14,2218 Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of ...., A.D., ...., and I hereby
19certify that I am not a candidate on the ballot upon which the affiant voted (unless
20I am an incumbent municipal clerk), that the voting procedure above was executed
21as therein stated, and that the affiant was not solicited or advised by me to vote for
22or against any candidate or measure.
AB343,14,2323 ....(Name)
AB343,14,2424 ....(Title)
AB343,14,2525 ....(State or nation)
AB343, s. 16
1Section 16. 6.87 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB343,15,42 6.87 (6m) Except as authorized in s. 6.47 (8), the municipal clerk shall withhold
3from public inspection under s. 19.35 (1) the name and address of any absent elector
4who obtains a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2).
AB343, s. 17 5Section 17. 6.88 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB343,15,206 6.88 (3) (a) Any time between the opening and closing of the polls on election
7day, the inspectors shall open the carrier envelope only, and announce the absent
8elector's
name of the absent elector or the identification serial number of the absent
9elector if the elector has a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2)
. When the inspectors
10find that the certification or affidavit has been properly executed, the applicant is a
11qualified elector of the ward or election district, and the applicant has not voted in
12the election, they shall enter an indication on the poll or registration list next to the
13applicant's name indicating an absentee ballot is cast by the elector. They shall then
14open the envelope containing the ballot in a manner so as not to deface or destroy the
15affidavit or certification thereon. The inspectors shall take out the ballot without
16unfolding it or permitting it to be unfolded or examined. Unless the ballot is cast
17under s. 6.95, the inspectors shall verify that the ballot has been endorsed by the
18issuing clerk. The inspectors shall deposit the ballot in the proper ballot box and
19enter the absent elector's name or voting number after his or her name on the poll
20or registration list the same as if the elector had been present and voted in person.
AB343, s. 18 21Section 18. 7.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB343,16,222 7.08 (1) (c) Prescribe forms required by ss. 6.24 (3) and (4), 6.30 (3) and (4), 6.33
23(1), 6.40 (1) (b), 6.47 (1) (a) 2. and (3), 6.55 (2) and (3), 6.79 (5) and 6.86 (2) and (3).
24All such forms shall contain a statement of the penalty applicable to false or

1fraudulent registration or voting through use of the form. Forms are not required
2to be furnished by the board.
AB343, s. 19 3Section 19. 7.39 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB343,16,134 7.39 (5) Poll positions. Observers of election proceedings, as a matter of right,
5shall be so positioned at the polls by the chief inspector as to reasonably be enabled
6to closely observe proceedings and hear instructions given to voters. No observer
7may view the registration form of an elector who has obtained a confidential listing
8under s. 6.47 (2) or the confidential portion of a registration list maintained under
9s. 6.36 (4) or poll list maintained under s. 6.79 (6). However, the inspectors shall
10disclose to any observer, upon request, the existence of such a list, the number of
11electors whose names appear on the list and the number of those electors who have
12voted at any point in the proceedings. No observer may view the certificate-affidavit
13form of an absent elector who obtains a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2).
AB343, s. 20 14Section 20. 7.51 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB343,17,215 7.51 (1) Canvass procedure. Immediately after the polls close the inspectors
16shall proceed to canvass publicly all votes received at the polling place. In any
17municipality where an electronic voting system is used, the municipal governing
18body or board of election commissioners may provide or authorize the municipal
19clerk or executive director of the board of election commissioners to provide for the
20adjournment of the canvass to one or more central counting locations for specified
21polling places in the manner prescribed in subch. III of ch. 5. No central counting
22location may be used to count votes at a polling place where an electronic voting
23system is not employed. The canvass, whether conducted at the polling place or at
24the central counting location, shall continue without adjournment until the canvass
25is completed and the return statements are made. The inspectors shall not permit

1access to the name and address of any elector who has obtained a confidential listing
2under s. 6.47 (2) during the canvass, except as authorized in s. 6.47 (8).
AB343, s. 21 3Section 21. 9.01 (1) (b) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB343,17,104 9.01 (1) (b) 11. All steps of the recount shall be performed publicly. All Except
5as provided in subd. 12., all
materials and ballots may be viewed and identified by
6the candidates, the person demanding the recount and their authorized
7representatives and counsel, but only members of the board of canvassers and
8tabulators assisting them may touch any of the materials or ballots. The candidates,
9the person demanding the recount and their authorized representatives and counsel
10may object to the counting of any ballot. Any errors shall be corrected.
AB343, s. 22 11Section 22. 9.01 (1) (b) 12. of the statutes is created to read:
AB343,17,1412 9.01 (1) (b) 12. Except as authorized in s. 6.47 (8), the board of canvassers shall
13not permit access to the name or address of any elector who has obtained a
14confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) during the recanvass.
AB343, s. 23 15Section 23. 12.13 (2) (b) 8. of the statutes is created to read:
AB343,17,1816 12.13 (2) (b) 8. Intentionally disclose the name or address of any elector who
17obtains a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) to any person who is not authorized
18by law to obtain that information.
AB343, s. 24 19Section 24. 12.13 (3) (zm) and (zn) of the statutes are created to read:
AB343,17,2220 12.13 (3) (zm) Wilfully provide to a municipal clerk false information for the
21purpose of obtaining a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) for that person or another
22person.
AB343,17,2423 (zn) Disclose to any person information provided under s. 6.47 (8) when not
24authorized to do so.
AB343, s. 25 25Section 25. 12.60 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB343,18,3
112.60 (1) (a) Whoever violates s. 12.09, 12.11 or 12.13 (1), (2) (b) 1. to 7. or (3)
2(a), (e), (f), (j), (k), (L), (m), (y) or (z) may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned
3not more than 3 years in the Wisconsin state prisons or both.
AB343, s. 26 4Section 26 . 12.60 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1997 Wisconsin Act 283,
5is amended to read:
AB343,18,86 12.60 (1) (a) Whoever violates s. 12.09, 12.11 or 12.13 (1), (2) (b) 1. to 7. or (3)
7(a), (e), (f), (j), (k), (L), (m), (y) or (z) may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned
8for not more than 4 years and 6 months or both.
AB343, s. 27 9Section 27. 12.60 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB343,18,1210 12.60 (1) (b) Whoever violates s. 12.03, 12.05, 12.07, 12.08 or 12.13 (2) (b) 8.,(3)
11(b), (c), (d), (g), (i) or, (n) to (x) , (zm) or (zn) may be fined not more than $1,000, or
12imprisoned not more than 6 months or both.
AB343, s. 28 13Section 28. 60.11 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB343,18,1814 60.11 (7) Poll list. An annual town meeting may require the clerk of the town
15meeting to keep a poll list with the name and address of every elector voting at the
16meeting. If an elector of the town obtains a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) and
17presents an identification card issued under s. 6.47 (3), the clerk shall record the
18identification serial number of the elector in lieu of the elector's address.
AB343, s. 29 19Section 29. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
20except as follows:
AB343,18,2221 (1) The treatment of section 12.60 (1) (a) (by Section 26 ) of the statutes takes
22effect on December 31, 1999.
AB343,18,2323 (End)
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