AB808: Bill Text

AB808,32,14 6.92 (1m) The inspectors at each polling place shall challenge under sub. (1) the ballot of any elector who fails to provide an identifying document whenever required under ch. 5 or this chapter and shall treat the ballot in the manner provided in s. 6.95.

AB808, s. 50 Section 50. 7.08 (8) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB808,32,17 7.08 (8) (title) Electors voting without identification proof of identity or pursuant to court order.

AB808, s. 51 Section 51. 7.15 (1) (L) of the statutes is created to read:

AB808,32,21 7.15 (1) (L) Designate one inspector at each polling place who shall be authorized to administer oaths for purposes of affidavits submitted under s. 5.02 (6s) (a) 3.

AB808, s. 52 Section 52. 10.02 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB808,33,7 10.02 (3) (a) Upon entering the polling place and before being permitted to vote, an elector shall state his or her name and address and , shall provide identification if required by federal law, and shall present an identifying document authorized by law, unless the elector is exempted from this requirement. Where ballots are distributed to electors, the initials of 2 inspectors must appear on the ballot. Upon being permitted to vote, the elector shall retire alone to a voting booth or machine and cast his or her ballot, except that an elector who is a parent or guardian may be accompanied by the elector's minor child or minor ward. An election official may inform the elector of the proper manner for casting a vote, but the official may not in any manner advise or indicate a particular voting choice.

AB808, s. 53 Section 53. 12.13 (2) (b) 6m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB808,33,12 12.13 (2) (b) 6m. Obtain an absentee ballot for voting in a nursing home or qualified retirement home or, qualified community-based residential facility, qualified residential care apartment complex, or adult family home under s. 6.875 (6) and fail to return the ballot to the issuing officer.

AB808, s. 54 Section 54. 12.13 (3) (v) of the statutes is repealed.

AB808, s. 55 Section 55. 12.13 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB808,33,23 12.13 (4) Nursing and retirement home and community-based residential facility voting. No employee of a nursing home or qualified retirement home or qualified community-based residential facility, qualified residential care apartment complex, or adult family home as defined in s. 6.875 (1) (as), may disclose the designated time arranged for absentee voting by occupants of the home or community-based residential, facility , or complex under s. 6.875 (6) to any person other than an occupant of the home or qualified community-based residential facility, or complex or a relative of an occupant, as defined in s. 6.875 (1), who requests to be so informed.

AB808, s. 56 Section 56. 301.03 (20) of the statutes is created to read:

AB808,34,5 301.03 (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.

AB808, s. 57 Section 57. 343.50 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB808,34,15 343.50 (3) Design and contents of card. The card shall be the same size as an operator's license but shall be of a design which is readily distinguishable from the design of an operator's license and bear upon it the words "IDENTIFICATION CARD ONLY". The information on the card shall be the same as specified under s. 343.17 (3). The card may serve as a document of gift under s. 157.06 (2) (b) and (c) and the holder may affix a sticker thereto as provided in s. 343.175 (3). The card may also serve as a document of refusal to make an anatomical gift under s. 157.06 (2) (i). The Except as provided in sub. (4g), the card shall contain the holder's photograph and, if applicable, shall be of the design specified under s. 343.17 (3) (a) 12.

AB808, s. 58 Section 58. 343.50 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB808,34,25 343.50 (4) Application. The application for an identification card shall include any information required under ss. 85.103 (2) and 343.14 (2) (a), (b), (bm), (br), and (em), and such further information as the department may reasonably require to enable it to determine whether the applicant is entitled by law to an identification card. The Except as provided in sub.(4g), the department shall, as part of the application process, take a photograph of the applicant to comply with sub. (3). No Except as provided in sub.(4g), no application may be processed without the photograph being taken. Misrepresentations in violation of s. 343.14 (5) are punishable as provided in s. 343.14 (9).

AB808, s. 59 Section 59. 343.50 (4g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB808,35,9 343.50 (4g) Photograph requirement; exception. An application may be processed and an original or renewal identification card issued under this section without a photograph being taken to comply with subs. (3) and (4) to an applicant who requests the identification card without charge under sub. (5) or (6) and who provides to the department an affidavit stating that the applicant has a sincerely held religious belief against being photographed; identifying the religion to which he or she belongs or the tenets of which he or she adheres to; and stating that the tenets of the religion prohibit him or her from being photographed.

AB808, s. 60 Section 60. 343.50 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB808,35,15 343.50 (5) Valid period; fees. The fee for an original card and for the reinstatement of an identification card after cancellation under sub. (10) shall be $9 or, upon request of the applicant, without charge. The card shall be valid for the succeeding period of 4 years from the applicant's next birthday after the date of issuance.

AB808, s. 61 Section 61. 343.50 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB808,35,24 343.50 (6) Renewal. At least 30 days prior to the expiration of the card, the department shall mail a renewal application to the last-known address of each identification card holder. The department shall include with the application information, as developed by all organ procurement organizations in cooperation with the department, that promotes anatomical donations and which relates to the anatomical donation opportunity available under s. 343.175. The fee for a renewal identification card shall be $9, which or, upon request of the identification card holder, without charge. The renewal identification card shall be valid for 4 years.

AB808, s. 62 Section 62. 887.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB808,36,14 887.01 (1) Within the state. An oath or affidavit required or authorized by law, except oaths to jurors and witnesses on a trial and such other oaths as are required by law to be taken before particular officers, may be taken before any judge, court commissioner, resident U.S. commissioner who has complied with s. 706.07, clerk, deputy clerk or calendar clerk of a court of record, court reporter, notary public, municipal judge, town clerk, village clerk, city clerk, municipal judge, county clerk, or executive director of a board of election commissioners or the clerk's or executive director's deputy within the territory in which the officer is authorized to act, school district clerk with respect to any oath required by the elections laws, or election inspector designated under s. 7.15 (1) (L) with respect to any affidavit submitted under s. 5.02 (6s) (a) 3.; and, when certified by the officer to have been taken before him or her, may be read and used in any court and before any officer, board or commission. Oaths may be administered by any person mentioned in s. 885.01 (3) and (4) to any witness examined before him or her.

AB808, s. 63 Section 63. 887.02 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB808,36,21 887.02 Duty to administer official and election oaths; no fees. (1) Every person thereto authorized by law shall administer and certify, on demand, any official oath and any oath required on any nomination paper, petition or other instrument used in the nomination or election of any candidate for public office, or in the submission of any question to a vote of the people, or in the identification of electors.

AB808,36,24 (2) No fee shall be charged by any officer for administering or certifying any official oath, or any oath to any person relative to the person's right to vote or be registered or to vote.

AB808, s. 64 Section 64. Initial applicability.

AB808,37,4 (1) The treatment of sections 6.55 (2) (b) and (c) 1. and 2., 6.79 (2) (a) and (d), (4), and (6), and 6.86 (3) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes, the renumbering and amendment of sections 6.55 (3) and 6.87 (4) of the statutes, and the creation of section 6.87 (4) (b) 2. to 4. of the statutes first apply with respect to the 2006 spring primary election.

AB808, s. 65 Section 65. Effective date.

AB808,37,7 (1) This act takes effect on January 1, 2006, or the day after publication, whichever is later.

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