AB680, s. 18 7Section 18. 5.91 (15) of the statutes is created to read:
AB680,9,98 5.91 (15) It requires the use of an individual printed ballot that is distributed
9to the elector.
AB680, s. 19 10Section 19. 5.94 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB680,9,19 115.94 Sample ballots; publication. When an electronic voting system
12employing a ballot that is distributed to electors is used, the county and municipal
13clerk of the county and municipality in which the polling place designated for use of
14the system is located shall cause to be published, in the type B notices, a true
15actual-size copy of the ballot containing the names of offices and candidates and
16statements of measures to be voted on, as nearly as possible, in the form in which they
17will appear on the official ballot on election day. The notice may be published as a
18newspaper insert. Municipal clerks may post the notice if the remainder of the type
19B notice is posted.
AB680, s. 20 20Section 20. 6.82 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB680,9,2521 6.82 (2) (a) If an elector declares to the presiding election official that he or she
22cannot read or write, or has difficulty in reading, writing or understanding English
23or that due to disability is unable to mark a ballot or depress a button or lever on a
24voting machine, the elector shall be informed by the officials that he or she may have
25assistance. When assistance is requested, the elector may select any individual to

1assist in casting his or her vote. The selected individual rendering assistance may
2not be the elector's employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent of a
3labor organization which represents the elector. The selected individual shall certify
4on the back of the ballot that it was marked with his or her assistance. Where voting
5machines are used, certification shall be made on the registration list.
AB680,10,106 (b) The individual chosen shall enter the voting booth or machine with the
7elector and shall read the names of all candidates on the ballot for each office, and
8ask, "For which one do you vote?". The ballot shall be marked or the lever or button
9depressed according to the elector's expressed preference. The individual selected
10to assist may not disclose to anyone how the elector voted.
AB680, s. 21 11Section 21. 6.82 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB680,10,1512 6.82 (3) Use of paper ballots. Whenever, in a municipality in which voting
13machines are used, an elector declares to the chief inspector that, due to physical
14disability, the elector is unable to depress a button or lever on a voting machine, the
15inspectors shall permit the elector to vote using a paper ballot and voting booth.
AB680, s. 22 16Section 22. 7.15 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB680,10,2117 7.15 (3) (a) Where voting machines are used or where electronic voting systems
18are employed, the municipal clerk shall provide at least 2 duplicate sample ballots
19for each ward in diagram form showing the board or screen inside each voting
20machine or the front of each ballot as it will appear in the voting machines or booths
21on election day.
AB680, s. 23 22Section 23. 7.23 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB680,11,223 7.23 (1) (f) Except as authorized in pars. (b) and (g) par. (b), ballots, applications
24for absentee ballots, registration forms, or other records and papers requisite to

1voting at any federal election, other than registration cards, may be destroyed after
222 months.
AB680, s. 24 3Section 24. 7.23 (1) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB680, s. 25 4Section 25. 7.37 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB680,11,145 7.37 (4) Balloting procedure. At polling places which utilize paper ballots or
6electronic voting systems in which ballots are distributed to electors, 2 inspectors
7shall be assigned to take charge of the official ballots. They shall write their initials
8on the back of each ballot and deliver to each elector as he or she enters the voting
9booth one ballot properly endorsed by each of them. Where paper ballots are used,
10the inspectors shall fold each ballot in the proper manner to be deposited before
11delivering it to the elector. If asked, inspectors may instruct any elector as to the
12proper manner of marking the ballot, but they may not give advice, suggestions,
13express any preferences or make any requests as to the person for whom, the
14question on which or the ballot on which the elector shall vote.
AB680, s. 26 15Section 26. 7.51 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB680,11,2216 7.51 (6) Electronic voting systems. The procedure for canvassing of votes cast
17at polling places utilizing an electronic voting system in which ballots are distributed
18to electors
shall follow the procedure for canvassing paper ballots insofar as
19applicable, and the procedure for canvassing of votes cast at polling places utilizing
20an electronic voting machine shall follow the procedure for canvassing of mechanical
21voting machines insofar as applicable
, except as otherwise provided in ss. 5.85 to
225.89.
AB680, s. 27 23Section 27. 9.01 (1) (b) 6., 8. and 10. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB680,12,524 9.01 (1) (b) 6. In recounting the votes cast on a voting machine in which the
25record of the votes cast is contained in the machine, the board of canvassers shall

1make a record of the number of the seal, if any, the number of the protective counter
2or other device, if one is provided, and shall open the recording compartment of the
3machine, and without unlocking the machine against voting, shall recount the votes
4thereon. If the machine is an electronic voting machine utilizing a detachable record
5of votes cast, the record shall be retabulated under s. 5.90.
AB680,12,146 8. If upon the recount it is found that the original canvass of the returns has
7been correctly made from a voting machine and that a discrepancy still remains
8unaccounted for, the board of canvassers shall publicly unlock the voting and
9counting mechanism of the machine, and shall proceed to examine and test the
10machine to determine the cause of the discrepancy in returns from the machine. A
11similar test shall be performed for electronic voting machines to ascertain whether
12there is any malfunction in the machine.
After the completion of the examination
13and test, the board of canvassers shall prepare a statement giving the results of the
14examination and test. The statement shall be witnessed by at least one witness.
AB680,12,2015 10. Recounts at polling places utilizing an electronic voting system in which
16ballots are distributed to electors
shall be performed in accordance with the
17procedure for recounting paper ballots insofar as applicable, except as provided in
18s. 5.90. Recounts at polling places utilizing electronic voting machines shall be
19performed in accordance with the procedure for recounting votes cast on mechanical
20voting machines, insofar as applicable, except as provided in s. 5.90.
AB680, s. 28 21Section 28. 10.01 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB680,13,522 10.01 (2) (b) Type B—The type B notice shall include the relevant facsimile
23ballots and the relevant portions of voting instructions to electors under s. 10.02 for
24each office or referendum and shall specify the date of the election. In counties or
25municipalities where an electronic voting system in which ballots are distributed to

1electors
is used, the notice shall include the information specified in s. 5.94. The type
2B notice shall be published once by the county clerks, and for primaries and other
3elections in municipalities or special purpose districts, once by the clerk of the
4municipality or special purpose district on the day preceding each primary and other
5election.
AB680, s. 29 6Section 29. 10.02 (3) (b) 1., 2., 2m., 3. and 4. of the statutes are amended to
7read:
AB680,13,178 10.02 (3) (b) 1. If an elector wishes to vote for all candidates nominated by any
9party, the elector shall make a cross (7) or depress the lever or button next to the
10party designation shown at the top of the ballot. Unless a name has been erased or
11crossed out, another name written in, a cross made next to the name of a candidate
12for the same office in another column or a sticker applied, a cross next to a party
13designation at the top of the column is a vote for all the party's candidates listed in
14the column. If an elector does not wish to vote for all the candidates nominated by
15one party, the elector shall make a cross (7) next to or separately depress the levers
16or buttons next to each candidate's name for whom he or she intends to vote, or shall
17insert or write in the name of a candidate.
AB680,13,2118 2. At a special partisan primary, the elector shall select the party ballot of his
19or her choice and shall make a cross (7) next to or depress the lever or button next
20to the candidate's name for each office for whom the elector intends to vote, or shall
21insert or write in the name of the elector's choice for a candidate.
AB680,14,522 2m. At the September primary, the elector shall select the party ballot of his
23or her choice or the ballot containing the names of the independent candidates for
24state office, and make a cross (7) next to or depress the lever or button next to the
25candidate's name for each office for whom the elector intends to vote or insert or write

1in the name of the elector's choice for a party candidate, if any. In order to qualify
2for participation in the Wisconsin election campaign fund, a candidate for state office
3at the September primary, other than a candidate for district attorney, must receive
4at least 6% of all votes cast on all ballots for the office for which he or she is a
5candidate, in addition to other requirements.
AB680,14,116 3. When casting a presidential preference vote, the elector shall select the party
7ballot of his or her choice and make a cross (7) next to or depress the button or lever
8next to the candidate's name for whom he or she intends to vote or shall, in the
9alternative, make a cross (7) next to or depress the button or lever next to the words
10"Uninstructed delegation", or shall write in the name of his or her choice for a
11candidate.
AB680,14,1512 4. At a nonpartisan primary, the elector shall make a cross (7) next to or
13depress the button or lever next to the candidate's name for each office for whom he
14or she intends to vote, or insert or write in the name of his or her choice for a
15candidate.
AB680, s. 30 16Section 30. 10.02 (3) (c) and (d) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB680,14,2117 10.02 (3) (c) In presidential elections, unless the elector wishes to vote for all
18candidates nominated by any party, the elector shall make a cross (7) next to or
19depress the button or lever next to the set of candidates for president and vice
20president for whom he or she intends to vote. A vote for candidates for president and
21vice president is a vote for the presidential electors of those candidates.
AB680,14,2322 (d) On referenda questions, the elector shall make a cross (7) next to or depress
23the button or lever next to the answer which he or she intends to give.
AB680, s. 31 24Section 31. 10.06 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB680,15,6
110.06 (3) (e) When electronic or mechanical voting machines or electronic
2voting systems in which ballots are distributed to electors are used in a municipality
3at a municipal election, the municipal clerk shall publish a type B notice on the
4Monday before the election. The notice shall include all offices and questions to be
5voted on at the election. The cost of this notice shall be shared under s. 5.68 (2) and
6(3).
AB680, s. 32 7Section 32. 12.13 (3) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB680,15,148 12.13 (3) (j) When called upon to assist an elector who cannot read or write, has
9difficulty in reading, writing or understanding English, or is unable to mark a ballot
10or depress a lever or button on a voting machine, inform the elector that a ballot
11contains names or words different than are printed or displayed on the ballot with
12the intent of inducing the elector to vote contrary to his or her inclination,
13intentionally fail to cast a vote in accordance with the elector's instructions or reveal
14the elector's vote to any 3rd person.
AB680,15,1515 (End)
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