AB542: Bill Text

AB542,73,10 (b) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no person may engage in electioneering within 100 feet of a satellite absentee voting station that is designated under s. 6.873 (1) and that is not located within a building on any day during which absentee ballots may be cast at the voting station. This paragraph applies to electioneering on private property only if the property is owned or controlled by the person who consented under s. 6.873 (1) to the designation of the voting station. This paragraph does not apply to the placement of any material on the bumper of a motor vehicle.

AB542, s. 114 Section 114. 12.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB542,73,14 12.07 (2) No employer may refuse to allow an employee to serve as an election official under s. 7.30 or make any threats or offer any inducements of any kind to the employee for the purpose of preventing the employee from so serving.

AB542, s. 115 Section 115. 12.13 (3) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB542,73,18 12.13 (3) (gm) Use or allow the use of any birth date information obtained under s. 6.36 (1) (b) 1. am. for a commercial purpose, or post or allow the posting of any such information on the Internet.

AB542, s. 116 Section 116. 12.13 (3) (x) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB542,73,24 12.13 (3) (x) Refuse to obey a lawful order of an inspector or special voting deputy made for the purpose of enforcing the election laws; engage in disorderly behavior at or near a polling place or at or near a satellite absentee voting station designated under s. 6.873 (1); or interrupt or disturb the voting or canvassing proceedings.

AB542, s. 117 Section 117. 12.13 (3) (ze) of the statutes is created to read:

AB542,74,3 12.13 (3) (ze) Compensate a person for obtaining voter registrations from other persons at a rate that varies in relation to the number of voter registrations obtained by the person.

AB542, s. 118 Section 118. 12.60 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB542,74,6 12.60 (1) (a) Whoever violates s. 12.09, 12.11, or 12.13 (1), (2) (b) 1. to 7., or (3) (a), (e), (f), (gm), (j), (k), (L), (m), (y), or (z) is guilty of a Class I felony.

AB542, s. 119 Section 119. 12.60 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB542,74,10 12.60 (1) (b) Whoever violates s. 12.03, 12.05, 12.07, 12.08, or 12.13 (2) (b) 8., or (3) (b), (c), (d), (g), (i), (n) to (x), (ze), (zm), or (zn) may be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.

AB542, s. 120 Section 120. 17.29 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB542,74,18 17.29 Effect of chapter. The provisions of this chapter supersede all contrary provisions in either the general law or in special acts, except ch. 7 ss. 6.26 (2) (b), 6.28 (2) (b), 6.285, 6.55 (6), 6.873, 6.875, and 7.30 relating to appointed election officers appointed for the election wards or polling places in the state officials and ch. 21 relating to the military staff of the governor and to officers of the Wisconsin national guard; and shall govern all offices whether created by general law or special act, unless otherwise specially provided.

AB542, s. 121 Section 121. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table

AB542, s. 122 Section 122. 20.510 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB542,75,4 20.510 (1) (bm) Training of chief inspectors election officials. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for training of chief inspectors election officials under s. 7.31.

AB542, s. 123 Section 123. 20.510 (1) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB542,75,7 20.510 (1) (e) Election administration costs — state funds. The amounts in the schedule to pay for election administration costs not financed under par. (t) or (x).

AB542, s. 124 Section 124. 110.08 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB542,75,10 110.08 (1r) Operator's license examiners shall perform those duties required under s. 6.28 (4).

AB542, s. 125 Section 125. 301.03 (20) of the statutes is created to read:

AB542,75,16 301.03 (20) Transmit to the elections board, on a continuous basis, a list containing the name of each living person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this state and whose civil rights have not been restored, together with his or her residential address and the date on which the department expects his or her civil rights to be restored.

AB542, s. 126 Section 126. 343.14 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB542,75,19 343.14 (2r) The forms for application for a license or identification card or for renewal thereof shall include the information required under s. 6.33 (1m).

AB542, s. 127 Section 127. 343.178 of the statutes is created to read:

AB542,76,4 343.178 Voter registration. (1) Based upon application information specified under s. 343.14 (2r), the department shall accept and process applications for voter registration under s. 6.28 (4).

AB542,76,10 (2) The department shall withhold access to information in the records of the department identifying at which office of the department an applicant for an operator's license or identification card, or for renewal of an operator's license or identification card, has registered to vote or revealing an applicant's decision not to register to vote, except that the department shall provide this information to the elections board upon request of the board.

AB542, s. 128 Section 128. 343.22 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB542,76,17 343.22 (3m) Whenever any registered elector of this state, after applying for or receiving an operator's license or an identification card, changes his or her name or changes his or her address from the address specified in the application, license, or identification card to a different address within this state, the elector may update his or her voter registration information on a form provided by the department at an office of the department under s. 6.28 (4) (b).

AB542, s. 129 Section 129. 343.22 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB542,76,20 343.22 (4) Any person who fails to comply with any of the requirements of this section subs. (1) to (3) may be required to forfeit not more than $50.

AB542, s. 130 Section 130. 880.33 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB542,77,9 880.33 (9) All the rights and privileges afforded a proposed incompetent under this section shall be given to any person who is alleged to be ineligible to register to vote or to vote in an election by reason that such person is incapable of understanding the objective of the elective process. The determination of the court shall be limited to a finding that the elector is either eligible or ineligible to register to vote or to vote in an election by reason that the person is or is not capable of understanding the objective of the elective process. The determination of the court shall be communicated in writing by the clerk of court to the election official or agency charged under s. 6.48, 6.92, 6.925 or 6.93 7.52 (5) with the responsibility for determining challenges to registration and voting which may be directed against that elector. The determination may be reviewed as provided in s. 880.34 (4) and (5) and any subsequent determination of the court shall be likewise communicated by the clerk of court.

AB542, s. 131 Section 131. Effective dates. This act takes effect on January 1, 2006, or the day after publication, whichever is later, except as follows:

AB542,77,15 (1) The treatment of sections 6.10 (3), 6.26 (2) (d), 6.275 (title), (2), and (3), 6.28 (title), (1), (3), and (4), 6.33 (1), (1m), (2) (a), 6.40 (1) (a) 1. and (c), 6.55 (2) (d), 7.03 (1) (d), 7.08 (1) (c), 110.08 (1r), 343.14 (2r), 343.178, and 343.22 (3m) and (4) of the statutes takes effect on the first day of the 7th month beginning after publication.

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