AB710: Bill Text

AB710,16,3 6.56 (3) The municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall make an audit of all electors registering to vote transferring registration at the polling place or other registration location under s. 6.55 (2) upon receipt of the list under sub. (1). The audit shall be made by 1st class postcard. The postcard shall be labeled "Address correction requested" or "Do not forward—return postage guaranteed". Guarantee." If any postcard is returned undelivered, or if the clerk or board of election commissioners is informed of a different address than the one specified by the elector which that was apparently improper on the day of the election, the clerk or board shall remove the elector's name from the registration list, mail the elector a notice of the removal, and provide the name to the district attorney for the county where the polling place is located.

AB710, s. 38 Section 38. 6.79 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB710,16,15 6.79 (2) Municipalities with registration. Except as provided in sub. (6) (b), where there is registration, each person, before receiving a voting number, shall state his or her full name and address. Upon the prepared registration list, after the name of each elector, the officials shall enter the serial number of the vote as it is polled, beginning with number one. Each elector shall receive a slip bearing the same serial number. The officials shall enter upon the prepared registration list, after the name of any elector who updates his or her registration under s. 6.55 (1), the updated name of the elector. A separate list shall be maintained for electors who are voting under s. 6.15, 6.29 or 6.55 (2) or (3) and electors who are reassigned from another polling place under s. 5.25 (5) (b). Each such elector shall have his or her full name, address, and serial number likewise entered and shall be given a slip bearing such number.

AB710, s. 39 Section 39. 6.79 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB710,17,3 6.79 (4) Supplemental information. When any elector provides identification under sub. (1) or s. 6.15, 6.29 or 6.55 (2) or (3), the election officials shall enter the type of identification on the poll or registration list, or supplemental list maintained under sub. (2). If the form of identification includes a number which that applies only to the individual holding that piece of identification, the election officials shall also enter that number on the list. When any elector corroborates the registration identity or residence of any person offering to vote under sub. (1) or s. 6.55 (2) (b) or (c) or (3) the name and address of the corroborator shall also be entered next to the name of the elector whose information is being corroborated on the registration or poll list, or the separate list maintained under sub. (2). When any person offering to vote has been challenged and taken the oath, following the person's name on the registration or poll list, the officials shall enter the word " Sworn". "Sworn."

AB710, s. 40 Section 40. 6.85 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB710,17,7 6.85 Absent elector; definition. (1) An absent elector is any otherwise qualified elector who for any reason is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place in his or her ward.

AB710,17,11 (2) Any otherwise qualified elector who changes residence within this state by moving to a different ward or municipality later than 10 28 days prior to an election may vote an absentee ballot in the ward or municipality where he or she was qualified to vote before moving.

AB710,17,13 (3) An elector qualifying under this section may vote by absentee ballot under ss. 6.86 to 6.89.

AB710, s. 41 Section 41. 6.87 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB710,17,19 6.87 (2) Except as authorized under sub. (3) (d), the municipal clerk shall place the ballot in an unsealed envelope furnished by the clerk. The envelope shall have the name, official title and post-office address of the clerk upon its face. The other side of the envelope shall have a printed certificate in substantially the following form:

AB710,17,20 [STATE OF ....

AB710,17,21 County of ....]

AB710,17,22 or

AB710,17,23 [(name of foreign country and city or other jurisdictional unit)]

AB710,18,12 I, ...., certify subject to the penalties of s. 12.60 (1) (b), Wis. Stats., for false statements, that I am a resident of the [.... ward of the] (town) (village) of ...., or of the .... aldermanic district in the city of ...., residing at .... in said city, the county of ...., state of Wisconsin, and am entitled to vote in the (ward) (election district) at the election to be held on ....; that I am not voting at any other location in this election; that I am unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place in the (ward) (election district) on election day or have changed my residence within the state from one ward or election district to another within 10 28 days before the election. An elector who provides an identification serial number issued under s. 6.47 (3) need not provide a street address. I certify that I exhibited the enclosed ballot unmarked to the witness, that I then in (his) (her) presence and in the presence of no other person marked the ballot and enclosed and sealed the same in this envelope in such a manner that no one but myself and any person rendering assistance under s. 6.87 (5), Wis. Stats., if I requested assistance, could know how I voted.

AB710,18,13 Signed ....

AB710,18,14 Identification serial number, if any: ....

AB710,18,15 The witness shall execute the following:

AB710,18,20 I, the undersigned witness, subject to the penalties of s. 12.60 (1) (b), Wis. Stats., for false statements, certify that the above statements are true and the voting procedure was executed as there stated. I am not a candidate for any office on the enclosed ballot (except in the case of an incumbent municipal clerk). I did not solicit or advise the elector to vote for or against any candidate or measure.

AB710,18,21 ....(Name)

AB710,18,22 ....(Address)

AB710, s. 42 Section 42. 6.94 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB710,19,14 6.94 Challenged elector oath. If the person challenged refuses to answer fully any relevant questions put to him or her by the inspector under s. 6.92, the inspectors shall reject the elector's vote. If the challenge is not withdrawn after the person offering to vote has answered the questions, one of the inspectors shall administer to the person the following oath or affirmation: "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that: you are 18 years of age; you are a citizen of the United States; you are now and for 10 28 days have been a resident of this ward except under s. 6.02 (2); you have not voted at this election; you have not made any bet or wager or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of this election; you are not on any other ground disqualified to vote at this election". If the person challenged refuses to take the oath or affirmation, the person's vote shall be rejected. If the person challenged answers fully all relevant questions put to the elector by the inspector under s. 6.92, takes the oath or affirmation, fulfills the registration requirements, where applicable, and the answers to the questions given by the person indicate that the person meets the voting qualification requirements, the person's vote shall be received.

AB710, s. 43 Section 43. 7.03 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB710,19,19 7.03 (1) (d) Special registration deputies appointed under s. 6.55 (6), special voting deputies appointed under s. 6.875 (4) and officials and trainees who attend training sessions under s. 7.15 (1) (e) or 7.25 (5) may be compensated at the option of the municipality.

AB710, s. 44 Section 44. 7.30 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB710,20,14 7.30 (2) (a) Only election officials appointed under this section may conduct an election. Except as authorized in s. 7.15 (1) (k), each inspector shall be a qualified elector in the ward for which the polling place is established. Special registration deputies appointed under s. 6.55 (6) and election Election officials serving more than one ward or when necessary to fill a vacancy under par. (b) need not be a resident of that ward, but shall be a resident of the municipality. Special registration deputies may be appointed to serve more than one polling place. All officials shall be able to read and write the English language, be capable, be of good understanding, and may not be a candidate for any office to be voted for at an election at which they serve. In 1st class cities, they may hold no public office other than notary public. Except as authorized under sub. (4) (c), all inspectors shall be affiliated with one of the 2 recognized political parties which that received the largest number of votes for president, or governor in nonpresidential general election years, in the ward or combination of wards served by the polling place at the last election. The party which that received the largest number of votes is entitled to one more inspector than the party receiving the next largest number of votes at each polling place. The same election officials may serve the electors of more than one ward where wards are combined under s. 5.15 (6) (b). If a municipality is not divided into wards, the ward requirements in this paragraph apply to the municipality at large.

AB710, s. 45 Section 45. Initial applicability.

AB710,20,16 (1) This act first applies to the 2002 September primary.

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