AB710,2,82 5.40 (1) Except as permitted in sub. (3) or as required in subs. (4) to (6) (5m),
3the governing body or board of election commissioners of every municipality with a
4population of 10,000 or more before July 1, 1995, or of 7,500 or more thereafter shall
5require the use of voting machines or electronic voting systems in every ward in the
6municipality at every election. Any other governing body or board of election
7commissioners may adopt and purchase voting machines or electronic voting
8systems for use in any ward in the municipality at any election.
AB710, s. 2 9Section 2. 5.40 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB710, s. 3 10Section 3. 6.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,3,3
16.02 (1) Every U.S. citizen age 18 or older who has resided in an election district
2or ward for 10 28 days before any election where the citizen offers to vote is an eligible
3elector.
AB710, s. 4 4Section 4. 6.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,3,95 6.02 (2) Any U.S. citizen age 18 or older who moves within this state later than
610 28 days before an election shall vote at his or her previous ward or election district
7if the person is otherwise qualified. If the elector can comply with the 10-day 28-day
8residence requirement at the new address and is otherwise qualified, he or she may
9vote in the new ward or election district.
AB710, s. 5 10Section 5. 6.10 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,3,1811 6.10 (3) When an elector moves from one ward to another within a municipality
12or from one municipality to another within the state after the last registration day
13but at least 10 days before the election, the elector may vote in and be considered a
14resident of the new ward or municipality where residing upon transferring
15registration under s. 6.40 (1) or upon registering at the proper polling place or other
16registration location
in the new ward or municipality under s. 6.55 (2). If the elector
17moves
within 10 28 days of an election, the elector shall vote in the elector's old ward
18or municipality if otherwise qualified to vote there.
AB710, s. 6 19Section 6. 6.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,4,520 6.10 (4) The residence of an unmarried person sleeping in one ward and
21boarding in another is the place where the person sleeps. The residence of an
22unmarried person in a transient vocation, a teacher or a student who boards at
23different places for part of the week, month, or year, if one of the places is the
24residence of the person's parents, is the place of the parents' residence unless through
25registration or similar act the person elects to establish a residence elsewhere. If the

1person has no parents and if the person has not registered elsewhere, the person's
2residence shall be at the place which that the person considered his or her residence
3in preference to any other for at least 10 28 days before an election. If this place is
4within the municipality, the person is entitled to all the privileges and subject to all
5the duties of other citizens having their residence there, including voting.
AB710, s. 7 6Section 7. 6.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,4,127 6.15 (1) Qualifications. Any person who was or who is a qualified elector under
8ss. 6.02 and 6.03, except that he or she has been a resident of this state for less than
910 28 days prior to the date of the presidential election, is entitled to vote for the
10president and vice president but for no other offices. The fact that the person was
11not registered to vote in the state from which he or she moved does not prevent voting
12in this state if the elector is otherwise qualified.
AB710, s. 8 13Section 8. 6.15 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,4,2114 6.15 (2) (a) The elector's request for the application form may be made to the
15proper municipal clerk either in person or in writing any time during the 10-day
1628-day period in which the elector's residence requirement is incomplete, but not
17later than the applicable deadline for making application for an absentee ballot, or
18may be made at the proper polling place in the ward or election district in which the
19elector resides
. The application form shall be returned to the municipal clerk after
20the affidavit has been signed in the presence of the clerk or any officer authorized by
21law to administer oaths. The affidavit shall be in substantially the following form:
AB710,4,2222 STATE OF WISCONSIN
AB710,4,2323 County of ....
AB710,5,924 I, ...., do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States; that prior to
25establishing Wisconsin residence, my legal residence was in the .... (town) (village)

1(city) of ...., state of ...., residing at .... (street address); that on the day of the next
2presidential election, I shall be at least 18 years of age and that I have been a legal
3resident of the state of Wisconsin since ...., .... (year), residing at .... (street address),
4in the [.... ward of the .... aldermanic district of] the (town) (village) (city) of ...., county
5of ....; that I have resided in the state less than 10 28 days, that I am qualified to vote
6for president and vice president at the election to be held November ...., .... (year),
7that I am not voting at any other place in this election and that I hereby make
8application for an official presidential ballot, in accordance with section 6.15 of the
9Wisconsin statutes.
AB710,5,1010 Signed ....
AB710,5,1111 P.O. Address ....
AB710,5,1212 Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of ...., .... (year)
AB710,5,1313 ....(Name)
AB710,5,1414 ....(Title)
AB710, s. 9 15Section 9. 6.15 (3) (a) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB710, s. 10 16Section 10. 6.15 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 6.15 (3) and 6.15 (3) (a),
17as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB710,6,218 6.15 (3) (a) Upon proper completion of the application and cancellation card,
19the municipal clerk shall inform the elector that he or she may vote for the
20presidential electors not sooner than 9 27 days nor later than 5 p.m. on the day before
21the election at the office of the municipal clerk, or at a specified polling place on
22election day
. When voting at the municipal clerk's office, the applicant shall provide
23identification and shall mark or punch the ballot in the clerk's presence in a manner
24that will not disclose his or her vote. Unless the ballot is utilized with an electronic
25voting system, the applicant shall fold the ballot so as to conceal his or her vote. The

1applicant shall then deposit the ballot and seal it in an envelope furnished by the
2clerk.
AB710, s. 11 3Section 11. 6.15 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB710, s. 12 4Section 12. 6.18 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,6,13 56.18 Former residents. If ineligible to qualify as an elector in the state to
6which the elector has moved, any former qualified Wisconsin elector may vote an
7absentee ballot in the ward of the elector's prior residence in any presidential election
8occurring within 24 months after leaving Wisconsin by requesting an application
9form and returning it, properly executed, to the municipal clerk of the elector's prior
10Wisconsin residence. When requesting an application form for an absentee ballot,
11the applicant shall specify the applicant's eligibility for only the presidential ballot.
12The application form shall require the following information and be in substantially
13the following form:
AB710,6,1714 This blank shall be returned to the municipal clerk's office. Application must
15be received in sufficient time for ballots to be mailed and returned prior to any
16presidential election at which applicant wishes to vote. Complete all statements in
17full.
AB710,6,1818 APPLICATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL
AB710,6,1919 ELECTOR'S ABSENT BALLOT.
AB710,6,2020 (To be voted at the Presidential Election
AB710,6,2121 on November ...., .... (year)
AB710,7,522 I, .... hereby swear or affirm that I am a citizen of the United States, formerly
23residing at .... in the .... ward .... aldermanic district (city, town, village) of ...., County
24of .... for 10 28 days prior to leaving the State of Wisconsin. I, .... do solemnly swear
25or affirm that I do not qualify to register or vote under the laws of the State of ....(State

1you now reside in) where I am presently residing. A citizen must be a resident of:
2State ....(Insert time) County ....(Insert time) City, Town or Village ....(Insert time),
3in order to be eligible to register or vote therein. I further swear or affirm that my
4legal residence was established in the State of ....(the State where you now reside)
5on .... Month .... Day .... Year.
AB710,7,66 Signed ....
AB710,7,77 Address ....(Present address)
AB710,7,88 ....(City) ....(State)
AB710,7,99 Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of .... .... (year)
AB710,7,1010 ....(Notary Public, or other officer authorized to administer oaths.)
AB710,7,1111 ....(County)
AB710,7,1212 My Commission expires
AB710,7,1313 MAIL BALLOT TO:
AB710,7,1414 NAME ....
AB710,7,1515 ADDRESS ....
AB710,7,1616 CITY .... STATE .... ZIP CODE ....
AB710,7,20 17Penalties for Violations. Whoever swears falsely to any absent elector affidavit
18under this section may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than
196 months, or both. Whoever intentionally votes more than once in an election may
20be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both.
AB710,7,2121 ....(Municipal Clerk)
AB710,7,2222 ....(Municipality)
AB710, s. 13 23Section 13. 6.26 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB710, s. 14 24Section 14. 6.275 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,8,4
16.275 (1) (b) Where registration applies, the total number of electors of the
2municipality residing in that county who were preregistered registered on the
3deadline specified in s. 6.28 (1), including valid mail registrations which are
4postmarked by that day.
AB710, s. 15 5Section 15. 6.275 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB710, s. 16 6Section 16. 6.275 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,8,97 6.275 (1) (d) Where registration applies, the total number of electors of the
8municipality residing in that county who registered transferred registration on the
9day of the primary or election under s. 6.55 (2).
AB710, s. 17 10Section 17. 6.28 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,9,711 6.28 (1) Registration locations; deadline. Except as authorized in ss. 6.29 and
12s. 6.55 (2), registration in person for any election shall close at 5 p.m. on the 2nd
13Wednesday
28th day preceding the election. Registrations made by mail under s.
146.30 (4)
must be delivered to the office of the municipal clerk or postmarked no later
15than the 2nd Wednesday 28th day preceding the election. An Except as authorized
16in s. 6.55 (2), no
application for registration in person or by mail may be accepted for
17placement on the registration list after the specified deadline, if the municipal clerk
18determines that the registration list can be revised to incorporate the registration
19in time for the election
. All applications for registration corrections and additions
20may be made throughout the year at the office of the city board of election
21commissioners, at the office of the municipal clerk, at the office of any register of
22deeds, or at other locations provided by the board of election commissioners or the
23common council in cities over 500,000 population or by either or both the municipal
24clerk, or the common council, village or town board in all other municipalities and
25may also be made during the school year at any high school by qualified persons

1under sub. (2) (a). Other registration locations may include but are not limited to fire
2houses, police stations, public libraries, institutions of higher education,
3supermarkets, community centers, plants and factories, banks, savings and loan
4associations, and savings banks. Special registration deputies shall be appointed for
5all locations. An elector who wishes to obtain a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2)
6shall register at the office of the municipal clerk of the municipality where the elector
7resides.
AB710, s. 18 8Section 18. 6.29 of the statutes is repealed.
AB710, s. 19 9Section 19. 6.32 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB710, s. 20 10Section 20. 6.33 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,9,2111 6.33 (1) The municipal clerk shall supply sufficient registration forms as
12prescribed by the board printed on loose-leaf sheets or cards to obtain from each
13applicant information as to name, date, residence location, citizenship, age, whether
14the applicant has resided within the ward or election district for at least 10 28 days,
15whether the applicant has lost his or her right to vote, and whether the applicant is
16currently registered to vote at any other location, and shall provide a space for the
17applicant's signature. The forms shall also include a space for the identification
18serial number of any elector who is issued such a number under s. 6.47 (3). Each
19register of deeds shall obtain sufficient registration forms at the expense of the unit
20of government by which he or she is employed for completion by any elector who
21desires to register to vote.
AB710, s. 21 22Section 21. 6.33 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,9,2423 6.33 (2) (b) The registration form shall be signed by the registering elector and
24any corroborating elector under s. 6.29 (2) (a) or 6.55 (2) before the clerk, issuing

1officer, or registration deputy. The form shall contain a certification by the
2registering elector that all statements are true and correct.
AB710, s. 22 3Section 22. 6.40 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,10,154 6.40 (1) (a) Within municipality Change of residence. Any registered elector
5shall transfer registration after a change of residence within the municipality in
6which he or she is registered
by appearing in person or by mailing to the municipal
7clerk of the municipality where the elector currently resides a signed request stating
8his or her present address, affirming that this will be the elector's residence for 10
928 days prior to the election, and providing the address where he or she was last
10registered. Alternatively, the elector may transfer his or her registration at the
11proper polling place or other registration location under s. 6.02 (2) in accordance with
12s. 6.55 (2) (a). If an elector is voting at a former ward or election district changes his
13or her residence from one municipality to another or from one ward to another within
14the same municipality, within 28 days of an election
, the change shall be effective for
15the next election.
AB710, s. 23 16Section 23. 6.40 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,10,2417 6.40 (1) (b) Within state Cancellation of previous registration. Any elector who
18changes residence within this state from one municipality to another shall give his
19or her previous residence upon application for registration at the new residence and
20shall sign an authorization to cancel voting privileges at the former residence on a
21form prescribed by the board and furnished by each municipality. The cancellation
22authorization shall be forwarded to the proper election officials no later than 3 days
23after the close of registration. Such elector may also transfer his or her registration
24at the proper polling place or other registration location as provided in s. 6.55 (2) (a).
AB710, s. 24 25Section 24. 6.40 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,11,6
16.40 (1) (c) Name change. Whenever an elector's name is legally changed,
2including a change by marriage or divorce, the elector shall transfer his or her
3registration to his or her legal name by appearing in person or mailing to the
4municipal clerk a signed request for a transfer of registration to such name.
5Alternatively, a registered elector may make notification of a name change at his or
6her polling place under s. 6.55 (2) (d) (1).
AB710, s. 25 7Section 25. 6.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,11,158 6.45 (1) After the deadline for revision of the registration list, the municipal
9clerk shall make copies of the list for election use. The registration list and any
10supplemental lists which are prepared at polling places or other registration
11locations under s. 6.55 or 6.79, shall be open to public inspection. Under the
12regulations prescribed by the municipal clerk, any person may copy the registration
13list at the office of the clerk. A registration list maintained at a polling place may be
14examined by any person who is observing the proceedings under s. 7.41 when such
15use does not interfere with the conduct of the election.
AB710, s. 26 16Section 26. 6.45 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,11,2417 6.45 (1m) The registration list and any supplemental lists which are prepared
18at polling places or other registration locations under s. 6.55 or 6.79, shall be open
19to public inspection. Under the regulations prescribed by the municipal clerk, any
20person may copy the registration list at the office of the clerk. A registration list
21maintained at a polling place may be examined by any person who is observing the
22proceedings under s. 7.41 when such use does not interfere with the conduct of the
23election. This subsection does not apply to information that is confidential under s.
246.47.
AB710, s. 27 25Section 27. 6.54 of the statutes is repealed.
AB710, s. 28
1Section 28. 6.55 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,12,3 26.55 (title) Polling place Updating registration at polling place; voting
3by certification.
AB710, s. 29 4Section 29. 6.55 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 6.55 (2) (a) and
5amended to read:
AB710,12,176 6.55 (2) (a) Except where the procedure under par. (c) or (cm) is employed, any
7person who qualifies as an elector in the ward or election district where he or she
8desires to vote, but has not previously filed a registration form, or was registered at
9another location in a municipality where registration is required,
registered elector
10who has changed his or her residence within the ward or election district in which
11he or she is registered and who has not notified the municipal clerk of the change of
12address under s. 6.40 (1)
may request permission to vote at the polling place for that
13ward or election district
serving the elector's residence, or at an alternate polling
14place assigned under s. 5.25 (5) (b). When a proper request is made, the inspector
15shall require the person elector to execute transfer his or her registration by
16executing
a registration form prescribed by the board that shall contain the following
17certification:
AB710,12,21 18"I, ...., hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge, I am a qualified elector,
19having resided at .... for at least 10 28 days immediately preceding this election, and
20that I am not disqualified on any ground from voting, and I have not voted, at this
21election."
AB710, s. 30 22Section 30. 6.55 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB710, s. 31 23Section 31. 6.55 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,13,2224 6.55 (2) (c) 1. As an alternative to transferring registration at the polling place
25under pars. (a) and (b), the board of election commissioners, or the governing body

1of any municipality in which registration is required, may by resolution require a
2person who qualifies as an elector and who is not registered and desires to register
3on the day of an election to do so
registered elector who has changed his or her
4residence within the ward or election district in which he or she is registered, who
5has not notified the municipal clerk of the change of address under s. 6.40 (1), and
6who desires to vote to transfer his or her registration
at another readily accessible
7location in the same building as the polling place serving the elector's residence or
8at an alternate polling place assigned under s. 5.25 (5) (b), instead of at the polling
9place serving the elector's residence. In such case, the municipal clerk shall
10prominently post a notice of the registration location at the polling place of the
11location designated for transferring registrations
. The municipal clerk, deputy
12clerk, or special registration deputy at the registration location shall require such
13person to execute transfer his or her registration by executing a registration form as
14prescribed under par. (a) and to provide acceptable proof of residence as provided
15under sub. (7). If the person cannot supply such proof, the registration form shall be
16corroborated in the manner provided in par. (b). The signing by the elector executing
17the form and by any corroborating elector shall be in the presence of the municipal
18clerk, deputy clerk, or special registration deputy. Upon proper completion of
19registration, the municipal clerk, deputy clerk, or special registration deputy shall
20serially number the registration and give one copy to the elector for presentation at
21the polling place serving the elector's residence or an alternate polling place assigned
22under s. 5.25 (5) (b).
AB710, s. 32 23Section 32. 6.55 (2) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB710, s. 33 24Section 33. 6.55 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 6.55 (1) and amended to
25read:
AB710,14,14
16.55 (1) A registered elector who has changed his or her name but resides at
2the same address, and has not notified the municipal clerk under s. 6.40 (1) (c), shall
3notify the inspector of the change before voting. The inspector shall then notify the
4municipal clerk at the time which that materials are returned under s. 6.56 (1). If
5an
A registered elector changes both a name and address, the elector who has
6changed his or her residence within the ward or election district in which he or she
7is registered and who has not notified the municipal clerk of the change of address
8under s. 6.40 (1)
shall complete transfer registration by completing a registration
9form at the polling place or other registration location under pars. (a) and (b) sub. (2)
10before voting. A registered elector who has changed his or her residence within this
11state from one municipality to another or within a municipality from one ward to
12another, and who has not notified the municipal clerk of the change of address under
13s. 6.40 (1), may not be permitted to vote, except at a subsequent election for which
14the elector is properly registered or as authorized under s. 6.10 (3) or 6.85 (2)
.
AB710, s. 34 15Section 34. 6.55 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,15,1116 6.55 (3) Any qualified elector in the ward or election district where the elector
17desires to vote whose name does not appear on the registration list where
18registration is required but who claims to be registered to vote in the election may
19request permission to vote at the polling place for that ward or election district.
20When the request is made, the inspector shall require the person to give his or her
21name and address. If the elector is not at the polling place which serves the ward or
22election district where the elector resides, the inspector shall provide the elector with
23directions to the correct polling place. If the elector is at the correct polling place, the
24elector shall then execute the following written statement: "I, ...., hereby certify that
25to the best of my knowledge, I am a qualified elector, having resided at .... for at least

110 28 days immediately preceding this election, and that I am not disqualified on any
2ground from voting, and I have not voted at this election and am properly registered
3to vote in this election." The person shall be required to provide acceptable proof of
4residence as provided under sub. (7) and shall then be given the right to vote. If
5acceptable proof is presented, the elector need not have the information corroborated
6by any other elector. If acceptable proof is not presented, the statement shall be
7certified by the elector and shall be corroborated by another elector who resides in
8the municipality. The corroborator shall then provide acceptable proof of residence
9as provided in sub. (7). Whenever the question cannot be satisfactorily resolved and
10the elector permitted to vote, an inspector shall telephone the office of the municipal
11clerk to reconcile the records at the polling place with those at the office.
AB710, s. 35 12Section 35. 6.55 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB710, s. 36 13Section 36. 6.56 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB710,15,1614 6.56 (1) The list containing the names of persons voting under ss. 6.29 and s.
156.55 (2) and (3) shall be returned together with all forms and certificates to the
16municipal clerk.
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