SB640,58,55 8. Procedures for handling of emergency situations.
SB640,58,66 9. Procedures for handling and processing of provisional ballots.
SB640,58,77 10. Security procedures.
SB640, s. 98 8Section 98. 7.08 (12) of the statutes is created to read:
SB640,58,129 7.08 (12) Remedies for deceptive election practices. Disseminate through
10the Internet and radio, television, and newspaper advertisements information
11concerning complaint procedures and remedies for deceptive election practices
12under s. 12.17.
SB640, s. 99 13Section 99. 7.08 (13) of the statutes is created to read:
SB640,58,1914 7.08 (13) Withhold personal information provided to board. Withhold from
15public access under s. 19.35 (1) the telephone number, facsimile transmission
16number, or electronic mail address of any elector who voluntarily provides that
17information to the board or to a county or municipal clerk. The board may transfer
18the information to any official or employee who has access to the information in the
19registration list under s. 6.36 (1) (b) 1. a. to be used for the administration of elections.
SB640, s. 100 20Section 100. 7.10 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
SB640,59,221 7.10 (11) Withhold personal information provided to clerk. The county clerk
22shall withhold from public inspection under s. 19.35 (1) the telephone number,
23facsimile transmission number, or electronic mail address of any elector who
24voluntarily provides that information to the clerk or to the board or a municipal clerk.
25The county clerk may transfer the information to any official or employee who has

1access to the information in the registration list under s. 6.36 (1) (b) 1. a. to be used
2for the administration of elections.
SB640, s. 101 3Section 101. 7.15 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,59,104 7.15 (1) (cm) Prepare official absentee ballots for delivery to electors requesting
5them, and send an official absentee ballot to each elector who has requested one for
6voting outside the office of the municipal clerk or an alternate site designated under
7s. 6.855
no later than the 30th day before each September primary and general
8election and no later than the 21st day before each other primary and election if the
9request is made before that day; otherwise, the municipal clerk shall send an official
10absentee ballot within one day of the time the elector's request is received.
SB640, s. 102 11Section 102. 7.15 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,59,1412 7.15 (1) (j) Send an absentee ballot automatically to each person making an
13authorized request therefor in accordance with s. 6.22 (4), 6.24 (4) (c), or 6.86 (2) or
14(2m).
SB640, s. 103 15Section 103. 7.15 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,59,2016 7.15 (2m) Operation of alternate absentee ballot site. In a municipality in
17which the governing body has elected to establish an one or more alternate absentee
18ballot site sites under s. 6.855, the municipal clerk shall operate such site as though
19it were his or her office for absentee ballot purposes and shall ensure that such site
20is adequately staffed.
SB640, s. 104 21Section 104. 7.15 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,59,2522 7.15 (4) Recording electors. Within Except as authorized in s. 6.33 (5) (a),
23within
30 days after each election, the municipal clerk shall enter on the registration
24list under the name of each elector of the municipality who has voted at the election
25an indication of the date of the election in which the elector voted.
SB640, s. 105
1Section 105. 7.15 (15) of the statutes is created to read:
SB640,60,82 7.15 (15) Withhold personal information provided to clerk. The municipal
3clerk shall withhold from public inspection under s. 19.35 (1) the telephone number,
4facsimile transmission number, or electronic mail address of any elector who
5voluntarily provides that information to the clerk or to the board or county clerk. The
6municipal clerk may transfer the information to any official or employee who has
7access to the information in the registration list under s. 6.36 (1) (b) 1. a. to be used
8for the administration of elections.
SB640, s. 106 9Section 106. 7.41 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,60,1710 7.41 (4) No individual exercising the right under sub. (1) may view the
11confidential portion of a registration list maintained under s. 6.36 (4) or a poll list
12maintained under s. 6.79 (6). However, the inspectors or municipal clerk shall
13disclose to such an individual, upon request, the existence of such a list, the number
14of electors whose names appear on the list, and the number of those electors who have
15voted at any point in the proceedings. No such individual may view the certificate
16absentee ballot envelope of an absent elector who obtains a confidential listing under
17s. 6.47 (2).
SB640, s. 107 18Section 107. 7.51 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,60,2519 7.51 (3) (d) Except in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed
20under s. 7.52, all absentee certificate ballot envelopes which have been opened shall
21be returned by the inspectors to the municipal clerk in a securely sealed carrier
22envelope which is clearly marked "used absentee certificate ballot envelopes". The
23envelopes shall be signed by the chief inspector and 2 other inspectors. Except when
24the ballots are used in a municipal or school district election only, the municipal clerk
25shall transmit the used envelopes to the county clerk.
SB640, s. 108
1Section 108. 7.52 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,61,192 7.52 (3) (b) When the board of absentee ballot canvassers finds that a
3certification is insufficient, that the applicant is not a qualified elector in the ward
4or election district, that the ballot envelope is open or has been opened and resealed,
5that the ballot envelope contains more than one ballot of any one kind, or that the
6certificate of an elector who received an absentee ballot by facsimile transmission or
7electronic mail is missing, or if proof is submitted to the board of absentee ballot
8canvassers that an elector voting an absentee ballot has since died, the board of
9absentee ballot canvassers shall not count the ballot. Each member of the board of
10absentee ballot canvassers shall endorse every ballot not counted on the back as
11"rejected (giving the reason)." The board of absentee ballot canvassers shall reinsert
12each rejected ballot into the certificate envelope in which it was delivered and enclose
13the certificate envelopes and ballots, and securely seal the ballots and envelopes in
14an envelope marked for rejected absentee ballots. The board of absentee ballot
15canvassers shall endorse the envelope as "rejected ballots," with a statement of the
16ward or election district and date of the election, and each member of the board of
17absentee ballot canvassers shall sign the statement. The board of absentee ballot
18canvassers shall then return the envelope containing the ballots to the municipal
19clerk.
SB640, s. 109 20Section 109. 7.52 (4) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,62,221 7.52 (4) (i) All absentee certificate ballot envelopes that have been opened shall
22be returned by the board of absentee ballot canvassers to the municipal clerk in a
23securely sealed carrier envelope that is clearly marked "used absentee certificate
24ballot envelopes." The envelopes shall be signed by each member of the board of
25absentee ballot canvassers. Except when the ballots are used in a municipal or school

1district election only, the municipal clerk shall transmit the used envelopes to the
2county clerk.
SB640, s. 110 3Section 110. 7.52 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 7.52 (5) (a) and amended
4to read:
SB640,62,135 7.52 (5) (a) The vote of any absent elector may be challenged for cause by the
6board of absentee ballot canvassers or by another elector
and the board of absentee
7ballot canvassers shall have all the power and authority given the inspectors to hear
8and determine the legality of the ballot the same as if the ballot had been voted in
9person. If the challenged elector proposes to vote in a municipality having a
10population of 2,500 or more, any challenging elector shall be an elector of the same
11ward or election district as the challenged elector and the board of absentee ballot
12canvassers shall require the challenging elector to provide proof of residence under
13s. 6.34.
SB640, s. 111 14Section 111. 7.52 (6) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 7.52 (6) and amended
15to read:
SB640,62,2416 7.52 (6) The board of absentee ballot canvassers shall review each certificate
17absentee ballot envelope to determine whether any absentee ballot is cast by an
18elector whose name appears on the poll list as ineligible to vote at the election,
19including ineligibility to vote by reason of a felony conviction. If the board of absentee
20ballot canvassers receives an absentee ballot that has been cast by an elector whose
21name appears on the poll list as ineligible to vote, the inspectors shall challenge the
22ballot in the same manner as provided for inspectors making challenges under s. 6.92
23and shall treat the ballot in the manner as provided for treatment of challenged
24ballots by inspectors under s. 6.95.
SB640, s. 112
1Section 112. 7.52 (6) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 7.52 (5) (b) and amended
2to read:
SB640,63,223 7.52 (5) (b) Any elector may challenge for cause any absentee ballot. For the
4purpose of deciding upon ballots that are challenged for any reason, the board of
5absentee ballot canvassers may call before it any person whose absentee ballot is
6challenged if the person is available to be called. If the person challenged refuses to
7answer fully any relevant questions put to him or her by the board of absentee ballot
8canvassers under s. 6.92, the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall reject the
9person's vote. If the challenge is not withdrawn after the person offering to vote has
10answered the questions, one of the members of the board of absentee ballot
11canvassers shall administer to the person the following oath or affirmation: "You do
12solemnly swear (or affirm) that: you are 18 years of age; you are a citizen of the United
13States; you are now and for 10 days have been a resident of this ward except under
14s. 6.02 (2), stats.; you have not voted at this election; you have not made any bet or
15wager or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon
16the result of this election; you are not on any other ground disqualified to vote at this
17election." If the person challenged refuses to take the oath or affirmation, the
18person's vote shall be rejected. If the person challenged answers fully all relevant
19questions put to the elector by the board of absentee ballot canvassers under s. 6.92,
20takes the oath or affirmation, and fulfills the applicable registration requirements,
21and if the answers to the questions given by the person indicate that the person meets
22the voting qualification requirements, the person's vote shall be received.
SB640, s. 113 23Section 113. 9.01 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,64,624 9.01 (1) (b) 2. The board of canvassers shall then examine the absentee ballot
25envelopes. Any defective absentee ballot envelopes shall be laid aside, properly

1marked and carefully preserved. The number of voters shall be reduced by the
2number of ballot envelopes set aside under this subdivision. An absentee ballot
3envelope is defective only if it is not witnessed or, if a witness is required for the voter
4casting the ballot,
if it is not signed by the voter, or if the certificate accompanying
5an absentee ballot that the voter received by facsimile transmission or electronic
6mail is missing.
SB640, s. 114 7Section 114. 10.01 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,65,28 10.01 (2) (e) Type E—The type E notice shall state the qualifications for
9absentee voting, the procedures for obtaining an absentee ballot in the case of
10registered and unregistered voters, the places and the deadlines for application and
11return of application
where electors may cast absentee ballots in person, including
12any alternate site or sites designated under s. 6.855, the deadlines for making
13application and for return of absentee ballots,
and the office hours during which an
14elector may cast an absentee ballot in the municipal clerk's office or at an each
15alternate site under s. 6.855. The municipal clerk shall publish a type E notice on
16the 4th Tuesday preceding each spring primary and election, on the 4th Tuesday
17preceding each September primary and general election, on the 4th Tuesday
18preceding the primary for each special national, state, county or municipal election
19if any, on the 4th Tuesday preceding a special county or municipal referendum, and
20on the 3rd Tuesday preceding each special national, state, county or municipal
21election to fill an office which is not held concurrently with the spring or general
22election. The clerk of each special purpose district which calls a special election shall
23publish a type E notice on the 4th Tuesday preceding the primary for the special
24election, if any, on the 4th Tuesday preceding a special referendum, and on the 3rd

1Tuesday preceding a special election for an office which is not held concurrently with
2the spring or general election except as authorized in s. 8.55 (3).
SB640, s. 115 3Section 115. 12.09 (1) and (3) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB640,65,74 12.09 (1) No person may personally or through an agent make use of or
5threaten to make use of force, violence, or restraint , or any tactic of coercion or
6intimidation
in order to induce or compel any person to vote or refrain from voting
7or to refrain from registering to vote at an election.
SB640,65,11 8(3) No person may personally or through an agent, by any use or threaten to
9use force or violence or by use or threat of any
act of coercion or intimidation compel,
10induce, or prevail upon an elector either to vote or refrain from voting at any election
11for or against a particular candidate or question at a referendum.
SB640, s. 116 12Section 116. 12.13 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,65,1513 12.13 (1) (b) Falsely procures registration, confirms inaccurate registration
14information,
or makes false statements to the municipal clerk, board of election
15commissioners or any other election official whether or not under oath.
SB640, s. 117 16Section 117. 12.13 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,65,1817 12.13 (1) (c) Registers as an elector in more than one place for the same election
18or confirms 2 or more simultaneous registrations to vote in the same election.
SB640, s. 118 19Section 118. 12.13 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,65,2220 12.13 (1) (d) Impersonates a registered elector or a person whose unconfirmed
21registration appears on the registration list
or poses as another person for the
22purpose of voting at an election.
SB640, s. 119 23Section 119. 12.13 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,66,324 12.13 (2) (b) 3. Permit registration, confirmation of registration or receipt of a
25vote from a person who the official knows is not a legally qualified elector or who has

1refused after being challenged to make the oath or to properly answer the necessary
2questions pertaining to the requisite requirements and residence; or put into the
3ballot box a ballot other than the official's own or other one lawfully received.
SB640, s. 120 4Section 120. 12.17 of the statutes is created to read:
SB640,66,6 512.17 Deceptive election practices. (1) In this section, "election-related
6information" means information concerning any of the following:
SB640,66,77 (a) The date, time, place, or manner of conducting an election.
SB640,66,108 (b) The qualifications for or restrictions on the eligibility of electors voting at
9an election, including any criminal penalties associated with voting in an election or
10a voter's registration status or eligibility.
SB640,66,1111 (c) The explicit endorsement by any person of a candidate at an election.
SB640,66,14 12(2) No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, may
13intentionally induce another person to refrain from registering or voting at an
14election by knowingly providing that person with false election-related information.
SB640,66,17 15(3) Any person who is aggrieved by an alleged violation of sub. (2) may bring
16an action for injunctive relief in circuit court for the county where the violation is
17alleged to occur.
SB640,66,20 18(4) Any person may file a verified complaint with the board alleging facts that
19the person believes to constitute a violation of sub. (2). The complaint shall be filed
20under s. 5.05 (2m) (c).
SB640,67,4 21(5) Notwithstanding s. 5.05 (2m) (c), the board shall promptly review each
22complaint received under sub. (4), and if the board finds that the facts alleged in the
23complaint, if true, would constitute a violation of sub. (2), the board shall promptly
24investigate the complaint. Notwithstanding s. 5.05 (2m) (c) 11., if the board finds
25that a violation of sub. (2) has occurred or is occurring, the board shall take all

1measures necessary to provide correct information to electors who may have been
2deceived by the actions of the alleged violator, and shall refer the matter to the
3appropriate authority for prosecution in accordance with ss. 5.05 (2m) (i) and 12.60
4(4).
SB640,67,18 5(6) (a) No later than 90 days after each each general election, the board shall
6report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for referral to the appropriate
7standing committees under s. 13.172 (2) concerning any complaints under sub. (4)
8that were acted upon or referred by the board under sub. (5) during the period
9beginning with the date of the 2nd preceding general election and ending with the
10preceding general election. Except as provided in par. (b), the report shall include
11a description of the alleged deceptive election practices that were the subject of each
12complaint, any corrective measures taken by the board with regard to the subject
13matter of the complaint, the board's evaluation of the effectiveness of those corrective
14measures, the status of any prosecution relating to the subject matter of the
15complaint, a compilation of the number and types of allegations made that were
16acted upon or referred by the board under sub. (5), the locations and segments of the
17population that were affected by the alleged deceptive election practices, and the
18status of any investigations conducted by the board under sub. (5).
SB640,67,2019 (b) The board may exclude from the report under par. (a) any information that,
20if disclosed, would interfere with a pending investigation of a violation of the law.
SB640,67,2221 (c) The board shall post a copy of each report submitted under this subsection
22on the Internet.
SB640, s. 121 23Section 121. 12.19 of the statutes is created to read:
SB640,68,3
112.19 Voter suppression. No person may knowingly attempt to prevent or
2deter another person from voting or registering to vote based upon fraudulent,
3deceptive, or spurious grounds or information. A violation of this section includes:
SB640,68,5 4(1) Challenging another person's right to register or vote at an election based
5upon information the person knows is false.
SB640,68,7 6(2) Attempting to induce another person to refrain from registering or voting
7by providing that person with information the person knows is false.
SB640, s. 122 8Section 122. 12.60 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,68,109 12.60 (1) (a) Whoever violates s. 12.09, 12.11 or 12.13 (1), (2) (b) 1. to 7. or (3)
10(a), (e), (f), (j), (k), (L), (m), (y) or (z) is guilty of a Class I felony.
SB640, s. 123 11Section 123. 12.60 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB640,68,1312 12.60 (1) (am) Whoever violates s. 12.17 (2) with the intent to prevent any
13person from exercising the right to vote in an election is guilty of a Class D felony.
SB640, s. 124 14Section 124. 12.60 (1) (an) of the statutes is created to read:
SB640,68,1515 12.60 (1) (an) Whoever violates s. 12.09 is guilty of a Class D felony.
SB640, s. 125 16Section 125. 12.60 (1) (ap) of the statutes is created to read:
SB640,68,1717 12.60 (1) (ap) Whoever violates s. 12.19 is guilty of a Class E felony.
SB640, s. 126 18Section 126. 12.60 (1) (bn) of the statutes is created to read:
SB640,68,2519 12.60 (1) (bn) If a municipal clerk or executive director of a board of election
20commissioners fails to ensure compliance with s. 5.25 (4) (b) or to post the materials
21specified in s. 5.35 (6) (a) at each polling place located in the municipality served by
22the clerk or executive director at any election, except as authorized in s. 5.35 (6) (d),
23or the executive director of the government accountability board fails to include any
24of the materials specified in s. 7.08 (3) in the election manual, the violator may be
25required to forfeit not more than $500 for each violation.
SB640, s. 127
1Section 127. 12.60 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,69,42 12.60 (4) Prosecutions of civil offenses under this chapter shall be conducted
3in the manner prescribed in s. 11.60 (4). Prosecutions of criminal offenses
under this
4chapter shall be conducted in accordance with the manner prescribed in s. 11.61 (2).
SB640, s. 128 5Section 128. 19.685 of the statutes is created to read:
SB640,69,9 619.685 Access to information provided by Government Accountability
7Board.
No state authority and no officer or employee thereof may provide access to
8information in any record of the authority that was obtained by the authority from
9the government accountability board under s. 6.36 (1) (bm).
SB640, s. 129 10Section 129. 85.61 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,69,2311 85.61 (1) The secretary of transportation and the administrator of the elections
12division of the government accountability board shall enter into an agreement to
13match personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained
14by the government accountability board under s. 6.36 (1), the information specified
15in s. 6.34 (2n), and other information specified in s. 6.256 (2)
with personally
16identifiable information in the operating record file database under ch. 343 and
17vehicle registration records under ch. 341, notwithstanding ss. 110.09 (2), 342.06 (1)
18(eg), and 343.14 (2j),
to the extent required to enable the secretary of transportation
19and the administrator of the elections division of the government accountability
20board to verify the accuracy of the information provided for the purpose of voter
21registration. Notwithstanding ss. 110.09 (2), 342.06 (1) (eg), and 343.14 (2j), the
22agreement shall provide for the transfer of electronic information under s. 6.256 (2)
23to the board on a continuous basis, no less often than monthly.
SB640, s. 130 24Section 130. 939.50 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,70,4
1939.50 (3) (d) For a Class D felony, a fine not to exceed $100,000 or
2imprisonment not to exceed 25 years, or both, except that for a violation of s. 12.09,
3the term of imprisonment may not exceed 3 years and for a violation of s. 12.17, the
4term of imprisonment may not exceed 5 years
.
SB640, s. 131 5Section 131. 939.50 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB640,70,86 939.50 (3) (e) For a Class E felony, a fine not to exceed $50,000 or imprisonment
7not to exceed 15 years, or both, except that for a violation of s. 12.19, the term of
8imprisonment may not exceed 2 years
.
SB640, s. 132 9Section 132 . Nonstatutory provisions.
SB640,70,1910 (1) Study of options for corrective action. The government accountability
11board, in consultation with the department of justice and the federal election
12assistance commission, shall study the feasibility of providing corrective information
13that may be required under section 12.17 (5) of the statutes, as created by this act,
14through public service announcements, other uses of broadcast media, or an
15emergency alert system. No later than the first day of the 7th month beginning after
16the effective date of this subsection, the board shall report its findings and
17recommendations to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, in the manner
18provided under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes, for referral to the appropriate
19standing committees of each house.
SB640,70,2020 (2) Hardship waiver request; study of absentee voting timeline.
SB640,71,521 (a) Prior to the 2010 September primary, the legal counsel to the Government
22Accountability Board shall apply on behalf of this state to the presidential designee
23under 42 USC 1973ff-1 (g) for a determination that this state is unable to meet the
24requirement under 42 USC 1973ff-1 (a) (8) with respect to transmittal of absentee
25ballots to military and overseas electors at the 2010 September primary and general

1election. The application shall include a description of this state's efforts to enable
2delivery of absentee ballots to military and overseas electors as expeditiously as
3possible. If the waiver is not granted, the legal counsel shall promptly report the
4response of the designee to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature
5in the manner prescribed in section 13.172 (3) of the statutes.
SB640,71,106 (b) No later than January 1, 2011, the Government Accountability Board shall
7report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, in the manner
8prescribed in section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, concerning the timeline used by this
9state for the absentee voting process and the feasibility of making adjustments to
10enable compliance with the timeline prescribed in 42 USC 1973ff-1 (a) (8) (A).
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