This bill requires the circuit court, no later than one business day after the date
of a determination by the court, to notify the Elections Commission of the court's
determination regarding incompetency and ineligibility to vote. Under the bill,
when the commission receives a determination of incompetency and ineligibility to

vote, the commission must, within one business day, change the status of the voter
subject to the determination to inactive on the official voter registration list, note on
the list that the voter is ineligible to vote, and notify the voter's municipal clerk of
the voter's change in status. The bill also provides that if a court reviews a
determination of ineligibility to vote and restores the voter's right the vote, upon
receipt of that determination, the commission must, within one business day, change
the voter's status on the official voter registration list to active, note on the list that
the voter is eligible to vote, and notify the municipal clerk of the voter's change in
status.
Verifications of voter citizenship status
Current law requires the administrator of the Elections Commission to enter
into an agreement with the secretary of transportation to match personally
identifiable information on the official voter registration list with the information
maintained by the Department of Transportation. Under this bill, the agreement
with the secretary of transportation must also provide the commission access to
personally identifiable information maintained by DOT in order to verify that
individuals on the official registration list are U.S. citizens. In addition, the bill
requires the commission to conduct the verifications as soon as practicable after the
effective date of the bill and immediately whenever an individual registers to vote
or modifies his or her registration.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB567,1 1Section 1 . 5.05 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,5,72 5.05 (12) Voter education. The commission may conduct or prescribe
3requirements for educational programs to inform electors about voting procedures,
4voting rights, and voting technology. The commission shall conduct an educational
5program for the purpose of educating electors who cast paper ballots, ballots that are
6counted at a central counting location, and absentee ballots
of the effect of casting
7excess votes for a single office.
AB567,2 8Section 2 . 5.056 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,6,9 95.056 Matching program with secretary of transportation. The
10commission administrator shall enter into the agreement with the secretary of

1transportation specified under s. 85.61 (1) to match personally identifiable
2information on the official registration list maintained by the commission under s.
36.36 (1) and the information specified in s. 6.34 (2m) with personally identifiable
4information maintained by the department of transportation. The agreement shall
5require the department of transportation to provide the commission access to
6personally identifiable information maintained by the department of transportation
7in order to verify that individuals on the official registration list are U.S. citizens.
8The commission shall immediately verify the information on the list whenever an
9individual registers to vote or modifies his or her registration.
AB567,3 10Section 3 . 5.057 of the statutes is created to read:
AB567,6,17 115.057 Determination of ineligibility to vote due to incompetency. (1)
12(a) Upon receipt of a determination of ineligibility to vote under s. 54.25 (2) (c) 1. g.,
13the commission shall, no later than one business day after receiving the
14determination, change the status of the elector subject to the determination to
15inactive on the official registration list under s. 6.36, note on the list that the elector
16is ineligible to vote in accordance with s. 6.03 (3), and notify the elector's municipal
17clerk of the elector's change in status.
AB567,7,518 (b) The commission shall include the elector determined to be ineligible to vote
19under s. 54.25 (2) (c) 1. g. on the ineligible elector list. If the elector's right to vote
20is restored, as provided under s. 54.64 (2) (c), after preparation of the ineligible
21elector list, the elector may vote at the elector's polling place on election day if the
22elector presents to the chief inspector documentation from the court under s. 54.64
23(2) (c) showing that the court has restored the elector's right to vote. If the elector
24presents such documentation to the chief inspector, the chief inspector shall note the
25elector's change in status on the ineligible elector list. If the elector is unable to

1present such documentation, the elector may cast a provisional ballot under s. 6.97,
2but the ballot shall not be counted unless the elector provides the documentation
3described under this paragraph to the polling place before the closing hour or to the
4office of the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners no later than 4 p.m.
5on the Friday after the election.
AB567,7,14 6(2) If under s. 54.64 (2) (a) a court subsequently reviews a determination of
7ineligibility to vote under s. 54.25 (2) (c) 1. g. and restores an elector's right to vote,
8as provided under s. 54.64 (2) (c), upon receipt of the reviewing court's determination,
9the commission shall, no later than one business day after receiving the
10determination, change the status of the elector subject to the determination to active
11on the official registration list under s. 6.36, note on the list that the elector is eligible
12to vote in accordance with s. 6.03 (3), and notify the elector's municipal clerk of the
13elector's change in status. The commission shall also remove the elector from the
14ineligible elector list.
AB567,4 15Section 4 . 5.84 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,8,1016 5.84 (1) Where any municipality employs an electronic voting system which
17that utilizes automatic tabulating equipment, either at the polling place or at a
18central counting location,
the municipal clerk shall, on any day not more than 10
19days prior to the election day on which the equipment is to be utilized in an election,
20have the equipment tested to ascertain that it will correctly count the votes cast for
21all offices and on all measures. Public notice of the time and place of the test shall
22be given by the clerk at least 48 hours prior to the test by posting notice on the
23municipality's website if it has one and
by publication of a class 1 notice under ch.
24985 in one or more newspapers published within the municipality if a newspaper is
25published therein, otherwise in a newspaper of general circulation therein. The test

1shall be open to the public. The test shall be conducted by processing a preaudited
2group of ballots so marked as to record a predetermined number of valid votes for
3each candidate and on each referendum. The test shall include for each office one
4or more ballots which have votes in excess of the number allowed by law and, for a
5partisan primary election, one or more ballots which have votes cast for candidates
6of more than one recognized political party, in order to test the ability of the
7automatic tabulating equipment to reject such votes. If any error is detected, the
8municipal clerk shall ascertain the cause and correct the error. The clerk shall make
9an errorless count before the automatic tabulating equipment is approved by the
10clerk for use in the election.
AB567,5 11Section 5 . 5.84 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,8,1712 5.84 (2) Before beginning the ballot count at each polling place or at the central
13counting location
, the election officials shall witness a test of the automatic
14tabulating equipment by engaging the printing mechanism and securing a printed
15result showing a zero count for every candidate and referendum. After the
16completion of the count, the ballots and programs used shall be sealed and retained
17under the custody of the municipal clerk in a secure location.
AB567,6 18Section 6 . 5.85 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,9,519 5.85 (1) At any polling place at which an electronic voting system is utilized,
20the following procedures for receiving, counting, tallying, and return of the ballots
21shall be used. Whenever paper ballots are utilized at a polling place in combination
22with ballots employed in an electronic voting system, the paper ballots shall be
23deposited in a separate ballot box or boxes, according to the types of ballots used. For
24the purpose of transporting the ballots or the record of the votes cast, the municipal
25clerk shall provide a secure container for each polling place. At each polling place,

1the applicable portions of the procedure prescribed for initiating the canvass under
2s. 7.51 (1) and (2) shall be performed, except that no count of the ballots, except
3write-in votes and paper ballots used for absentee voting and other purposes
4authorized by law, may be performed at a polling place if a central counting location
5is designated for the counting of ballots at that polling place by the municipality
.
AB567,7 6Section 7 . 5.85 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB567,8 7Section 8 . 5.86 of the statutes is repealed.
AB567,9 8Section 9 . 5.87 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,9,179 5.87 (1) If a central counting location is not utilized, the The procedure for
10tabulating the votes by the automatic tabulating equipment shall be under the
11direction of the chief inspector and shall conform to the requirements of the
12automatic tabulating equipment. If any ballot is not accepted by the automatic
13tabulating equipment, the election officials shall make a duplicate ballot to replace
14that ballot in the manner prescribed in s. 5.85 (3). All proceedings at the polling place
15and at any central counting location shall be open to the public, but no person, except
16those employed and authorized for the purpose, may touch any ballot, container,
17envelope, return, or equipment.
AB567,10 18Section 10 . 5.91 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,9,2319 5.91 (17) Unless the ballot is counted at a central counting location, it It
20includes a mechanism for notifying an elector who attempts to cast an excess number
21of votes for a single office that his or her votes for that office will not be counted, and
22provides the elector with an opportunity to correct his or her ballot or to receive and
23cast a replacement ballot.
AB567,11 24Section 11 . 6.15 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,10,5
16.15 (4) (a) Clerks holding new resident ballots shall deliver them to the
2election inspectors in the proper ward or election district where the new residents
3reside or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, to the
4municipal board of absentee ballot canvassers when it convenes at a meeting
5convened
under s. 7.52 (1), as provided by s. 6.88 for absentee ballots.
AB567,12 6Section 12 . 6.15 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,10,127 6.15 (4) (b) During polling hours, or on the day before the election under s. 6.88
8(4),
the inspectors shall open each carrier envelope, announce the elector's name,
9check the affidavit for proper execution, and check the voting qualifications for the
10ward, if any. In municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52,
11the municipal board of absentee ballot canvassers shall perform this function at a
12meeting of the board of absentee ballot canvassers.
AB567,13 13Section 13 . 6.29 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,11,314 6.29 (2) (am) The commission shall provide to each municipal clerk a list
15prepared for use at each municipal clerk's office showing the name and address of
16each person whose name appears on the list provided by the department of
17corrections under s. 301.03 (20m) as ineligible to vote, or whose registration status
18is inactive under s. 5.057 (1) (a),
on the date of the election, whose address is located
19in the municipality, and whose name does not appear on the registration list for that
20municipality. Prior to permitting an elector to register to vote under this subsection,
21the municipal clerk shall review the list. If the name of an elector who wishes to
22register to vote appears on the list, the municipal clerk shall inform the elector that
23the elector is ineligible to register to vote. If the elector maintains that he or she is
24eligible to vote in the election, the municipal clerk shall permit the elector to register
25to vote but shall mark the elector's registration form as “ineligible to vote per

1Department of Corrections
as a disqualified elector under s. 6.03." If the elector
2wishes to vote, the municipal clerk shall challenge the elector's ballot in the same
3manner as provided for inspectors who challenge ballots under s. 6.79 (2) (dm).
AB567,14 4Section 14 . 6.55 (2) (cs) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,11,215 6.55 (2) (cs) The commission shall provide to each municipal clerk a list
6prepared for use at each polling place showing the name and address of each person
7whose name appears on the list provided by the department of corrections under s.
8301.03 (20m) as ineligible to vote, or whose registration status is inactive under s.
95.057 (1) (a),
on the date of the election, whose address is located in the area served
10by that polling place, and whose name does not appear on the poll list for that polling
11place. Prior to permitting an elector to register to vote under this subsection or s. 6.86
12(3) (a) 2., the inspectors or election registration officials shall review the list. If the
13name of an elector who wishes to register to vote appears on the list, the inspectors
14or election registration officials shall inform the elector or the elector's agent that the
15elector is ineligible to register to vote. If the elector or the elector's agent maintains
16that the elector is eligible to vote in the election, the inspectors or election
17registration officials shall permit the elector to register but shall mark the elector's
18registration form as “ineligible to vote per Department of Corrections as a
19disqualified elector under s. 6.03
." If the elector wishes to vote, the inspectors shall
20require the elector to vote by ballot and shall challenge the ballot as provided in s.
216.79 (2) (dm).
AB567,15 22Section 15 . 6.56 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,12,1223 6.56 (3m) As soon as possible after all information relating to registrations
24after the close of registration for an election is entered on the registration list
25following the election under s. 6.33 (5) (a), the commission shall compare the list of

1new registrants whose names do not appear on the poll lists for the election because
2the names were added after the commission certified the poll lists for use at the
3election with the list containing the names transmitted to the commission by the
4department of corrections under s. 301.03 (20m) as of election day and with the
5names provided in the notices of ineligibility received under s. 54.25 (2) (c) 1. g
. If
6the commission finds that the name of any person whose name appears on the list
7transmitted under s. 301.03 (20m), or in a notice of ineligibility received under s.
854.25 (2) (c) 1. g.,
has been added to the registration list, the commission shall enter
9on the list the information transmitted to the commission under s. 301.03 (20m) or
10received under s. 54.25 (2) (c) 1. g.
and shall notify the district attorney for the county
11where the polling place is located that the person appears to have voted illegally at
12the election.
AB567,16 13Section 16 . 6.79 (2) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,12,2014 6.79 (2) (dm) If the poll list indicates that the elector is ineligible to vote because
15the elector's name appears on the current list provided by the department of
16corrections under s. 301.03 (20m)
of ineligible electors, the inspectors shall inform
17the elector of this fact. If the elector maintains that he or she is eligible to vote in the
18election, the inspectors shall provide the elector with a ballot and, after the elector
19casts his or her vote, shall challenge the ballot as provided in s. 6.92 and treat the
20ballot in the manner provided in s. 6.95.
AB567,17 21Section 17 . 6.86 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,13,2122 6.86 (1) (b) Except as provided in this section, if application is made by mail,
23the application shall be received no later than 5 p.m. on the 5th day immediately
24preceding the election. If application is made in person, the application shall be
25made no earlier than 14 days preceding the election and no later than the Sunday

1preceding the election. No application may be received on a legal holiday. A
2municipality shall specify the hours in the notice under s. 10.01 (2) (e). The
3municipal clerk or an election official shall witness the certificate for any in-person
4absentee ballot cast. Except as provided in par. (c), if the elector is making written
5application for an absentee ballot at the partisan primary, the general election, the
6presidential preference primary, or a special election for national office, and the
7application indicates that the elector is a military elector, as defined in s. 6.34 (1), the
8application shall be received by the municipal clerk no later than 5 p.m. on election
9day. If the application indicates that the reason for requesting an absentee ballot is
10that the elector is a sequestered juror, the application shall be received no later than
115 p.m. on election day. If the application is received after 5 p.m. on the Friday
12immediately preceding the election, the municipal clerk or the clerk's agent shall
13immediately take the ballot to the court in which the elector is serving as a juror and
14deposit it with the judge. The judge shall recess court, as soon as convenient, and
15give the elector the ballot. The judge shall then witness the voting procedure as
16provided in s. 6.87 and shall deliver the ballot to the clerk or agent of the clerk who
17shall deliver it to the polling place election inspectors of the proper ward or election
18district
or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, to
19the municipal clerk as required in s. 6.88. If application is made under sub. (2) or
20(2m), the application may be received no later than 5 p.m. on the Friday immediately
21preceding the election.
AB567,18 22Section 18 . 6.87 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,14,423 6.87 (6) The ballot shall be returned so it is delivered to the polling place
24election inspectors of the proper ward or election district no later than 8 p.m. on
25election day. Except in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under

1s. 7.52, if the municipal clerk receives an absentee ballot on election day, the clerk
2shall secure the ballot and cause the ballot to be delivered to the polling place serving
3the elector's residence before 8 p.m. Any ballot not mailed or delivered as provided
4in this subsection may not be counted.
AB567,19 5Section 19 . 6.88 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,14,216 6.88 (1) When an absentee ballot arrives at the office of the municipal clerk,
7or at an alternate site under s. 6.855, if applicable, the clerk shall enclose it,
8unopened, in a carrier envelope which shall be securely sealed and endorsed with the
9name and official title of the clerk, and the words “This envelope contains the ballot
10of an absent elector and must be opened in the same room where votes are being cast
11at the polls during polling hours on election day or, in municipalities where absentee
12ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, stats., at a meeting of the municipal board of
13absentee ballot canvassers under s. 7.52, stats
only as provided by law." If the elector
14is a military elector, as defined in s. 6.34 (1), or an overseas elector, regardless of
15whether the elector qualifies as a resident of this state under s. 6.10, and the ballot
16was received by the elector by facsimile transmission or electronic mail and is
17accompanied by a separate certificate, the clerk shall enclose the ballot in a
18certificate envelope and securely append the completed certificate to the outside of
19the envelope before enclosing the ballot in the carrier envelope. The clerk shall keep
20the ballot in the clerk's office or at the alternate site, if applicable until delivered, as
21required in sub. (2).
AB567,20 22Section 20 . 6.88 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,15,1023 6.88 (2) When an absentee ballot is received by the municipal clerk prior to the
24delivery of the official ballots to the election officials of the ward in which the elector
25resides or, where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, to the municipal board

1of absentee ballot canvassers, the municipal clerk shall seal the ballot envelope in
2the carrier envelope as provided under sub. (1), and shall enclose the envelope in a
3package and deliver the package to the election inspectors of the proper ward or
4election district or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s.
57.52, to the municipal board of absentee ballot canvassers when it convenes at a
6meeting convened
under s. 7.52 (1). When the official ballots for the ward or election
7district have been delivered to the election inspectors before the receipt of an
8absentee ballot, the clerk shall immediately enclose the envelope containing the
9absentee ballot in a carrier envelope as provided under sub. (1) and deliver it in
10person to the proper election officials.
AB567,21 11Section 21. 6.88 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB567,15,1412 6.88 (4) (a) 1. The governing body of any municipality not specified in s. 7.52
13(1) (a) may provide by ordinance that absentee ballots received by the municipal clerk
14may be canvassed on the day before the election.
AB567,15,1715 2. Prior to enacting an ordinance under subd. 1., the municipal clerk shall
16notify the commission in writing of the proposed enactment and shall consult with
17the commission concerning administration of this subsection.
AB567,15,2018 (am) In any municipality having an ordinance under par. (a), subject to pars.
19(b) to (f), the election inspectors may convene a meeting to begin canvassing absentee
20ballots beginning at 7 a.m. on the day before the election.
AB567,15,2521 (b) The municipal clerk shall give at least 60 days' notice of a meeting under
22this subsection. Any member of the public has the same right of access to observe
23the proceedings at a meeting under this subsection that the individual would have
24under s. 7.41. The election inspectors may order the removal of any individual
25exercising the right to observe the proceedings if the individual disrupts the meeting.
AB567,16,13
1(c) 1. At 7 a.m., noon, and 8 p.m. on the day before the election, and at 7 a.m.,
2noon, and 8 p.m. on election day, the municipal clerk or his or her designee or
3municipal board of election commissioners shall provide to the county clerk of the
4county in which the municipality is located or the county board of election
5commissioners a statement that shows the total number of absentee ballots returned
6to the municipality and the total number of absentee ballots the election inspectors
7have canvassed under this subsection. The county clerk or county board of election
8commissioners shall promptly post each statement on the website on which returns
9for the county are posted on election night under s. 7.60. In a municipality having
10a municipal board of election commissioners, the statement required under this
11paragraph shall also be posted on the website maintained by the municipal board of
12election commissioners. The statement may not include the names or addresses of
13any electors.
AB567,16,1614 2. An absentee ballot shall be considered canvassed for purposes of subd. 1. only
15after all tasks have been completed in the canvassing process except for the tallying
16of votes.
AB567,17,517 (d) When the meeting of the election inspectors recesses on the day before the
18election, the election inspectors shall secure the automatic tabulating equipment,
19and the areas where the programmed media, memory devices, and absentee ballots
20are housed, with tamper-evident security seals in a double-lock location such as a
21locked cabinet inside a locked office. Before resuming the canvassing of absentee
22ballots on election day, the election inspectors shall check and record the status of
23each tamper-evident seal. The election inspectors shall immediately notify the
24commission of any evidence of tampering. If the election inspectors discover evidence
25of tampering with respect to automatic tabulating equipment, the canvass may not

1resume until the equipment is replaced and the replacement equipment is tested as
2provided in s. 5.84, except that public notice need not be provided 48 hours prior to
3the test. If the election inspectors discover evidence of tampering under this
4paragraph, the commission shall verify the accuracy of the absentee ballot count in
5the municipality in the election by doing all of the following:
AB567,17,86 1. Ordering the municipality to conduct a recount after the election of all
7absentee ballots cast in the municipality in the election. The commission's order
8shall establish procedures for the recount consistent with s. 9.01.
AB567,17,109 2. Auditing the election equipment in the same manner as audits are conducted
10under s. 7.08 (6).
AB567,17,1211 (e) Votes on absentee ballots canvassed under this subsection may not be tallied
12until after the polls close on election day.
AB567,17,1613 (f) No person may intentionally act in a manner that would give him or her the
14ability to know or to provide information on the tallied results from the ballots
15canvassed under this subsection before the polls close on election day. Whoever
16intentionally violates this paragraph is guilty of a Class I felony.
AB567,17,1817 (g) An ordinance under par. (a) may not take effect less than 60 days before an
18election.
AB567,22 19Section 22 . 7.03 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB567,23 20Section 23 . 7.15 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,18,1221 7.15 (1) (cm) Prepare official absentee ballots for delivery to electors requesting
22them, and except as provided in this paragraph, send an official absentee ballot to
23each elector who has requested a ballot by mail, and
to each military elector, as
24defined in s. 6.34 (1), and overseas elector who has requested a ballot by mail,
25electronic mail, or facsimile transmission, no later than the 47th 45th day before

1each partisan primary, presidential preference primary, special primary or election,
2and general election and no later than the 21st day before each other primary and
3election if the request is made before that day
; otherwise, the municipal clerk shall
4send or transmit an official absentee ballot within one business day of the time the
5military or overseas elector's request for such a ballot is received. The clerk shall
6send or transmit an absentee ballot for the presidential preference primary to each
7elector who has requested that
to all other electors requesting a ballot no later than
8the 47th 21st day before the presidential preference primary or election if the request
9is made before that day, or, if the request is not made before that day, within one
10business day of the time the request is received. For purposes of this paragraph,
11“business day" means any day from Monday to Friday, not including a legal holiday
12under s. 995.20.
AB567,24 13Section 24. 7.15 (16) of the statutes is created to read:
AB567,19,214 7.15 (16) Election night reporting. (a) At 9 p.m. on election night, and every
15hour thereafter until the canvass is complete, the municipal clerk or his or her
16designee or municipal board of election commissioners shall provide to the county
17clerk of the county in which the municipality is located or the county board of election
18commissioners a statement that shows the total number of ballots, including
19absentee ballots, cast at the municipality in the election, the total number of ballots,
20including absentee ballots, that have been canvassed, and the total number of
21ballots, including absentee ballots, that remain to be canvassed. The county clerk
22or county board of election commissioners shall promptly post each statement on the
23website on which the county posts returns on election night under s. 7.60. In a
24municipality having a municipal board of election commissioners, the statement
25required under this subsection shall also be posted on the website maintained by the

1municipal board of election commissioners. The statement may not include the
2names or addresses of any electors.
AB567,19,53 (b) An absentee ballot may be considered canvassed for purposes of par. (a) only
4after all tasks have been completed in the canvassing process except for the tallying
5of votes.
AB567,25 6Section 25 . 7.37 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,19,107 7.37 (12) Canvassers. The election inspectors shall constitute the board of
8canvassers of their polling place and in that capacity shall perform the duties under
9s. 7.51, except as otherwise designated by the municipal clerk under ss. s. 5.85 and
105.86
.
AB567,26 11Section 26 . 7.51 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,20,312 7.51 (1) Canvass procedure. Immediately after the polls close the inspectors
13except any inspector appointed under s. 7.30 (1) (b) shall proceed to canvass publicly
14all votes received at the polling place. In any municipality where an electronic voting
15system is used, the municipal governing body or board of election commissioners may
16provide or authorize the municipal clerk or executive director of the board of election
17commissioners to provide for the adjournment of the canvass to one or more central
18counting locations for specified polling places in the manner prescribed in subch. III
19of ch. 5. No central counting location may be used to count votes at a polling place
20where an electronic voting system is not employed.
The canvass , whether conducted
21at the polling place or at a central counting location,
shall continue without
22adjournment until the canvass of all ballots cast and received on or before election
23day is completed and the return statement is made or, in municipalities where
24absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, until the canvass of all absentee ballots
25cast and received on or before election day is completed and the return statement for

1those ballots is made. The inspectors shall not permit access to the name of any
2elector who has obtained a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) during the canvass,
3except as authorized in s. 6.47 (8).
AB567,27 4Section 27 . 7.52 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 7.52 (1) (a) 1. and
5amended to read:
AB567,20,236 7.52 (1) (a) 1. The governing body of any municipality may provide by ordinance
7that, in lieu of canvassing absentee ballots at polling places under s. 6.88, the
8municipal board of absentee ballot canvassers designated under s. 7.53 (2m) shall,
9at each election held in the municipality, canvass all absentee ballots received by the
10municipal clerk by 8 p.m. on election day. Prior to enacting an ordinance under this
11subsection subdivision, the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of the
12municipality shall notify the elections commission in writing of the proposed
13enactment and shall consult with the elections commission concerning
14administration of this section. At Except as provided under par. (h), at every election
15held in the municipality following enactment of an ordinance under this subsection
16subdivision, the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall, any time after the opening
17of the polls and before 10 p.m. on election day,
publicly convene at 7 a.m. on the day
18before the election
to count the begin the canvass of absentee ballots for the
19municipality and may not recess until 8 p.m. on that day, or at such time when there
20are no further absentee ballots to be processed on that day, whichever is earlier, at
21which time the meeting shall recess; the meeting shall reconvene at 7 a.m. on election
22day and continue until all absentee ballots received by the municipal clerk by 8 p.m.
23on election day have been canvassed
.
AB567,21,5 242. The municipal clerk shall give at least 48 hours' 60 days' notice of any the
25meeting under this subsection. Any member of the public has the same right of

1access to a meeting of the municipal board of absentee ballot canvassers under this
2subsection that the individual would have under s. 7.41 to observe the proceedings
3at a polling place. The board of absentee ballot canvassers may order the removal
4of any individual exercising the right to observe the proceedings if the individual
5disrupts the meeting.
AB567,28 6Section 28 . 7.52 (1) (d) to (h) of the statutes are created to read:
AB567,21,197 7.52 (1) (d) 1. At 7 a.m., noon, and 8 p.m. on the day before the election, and
8at 7 a.m., noon, and 8 p.m. on election day, the municipal clerk or his or her designee
9or municipal board of election commissioners shall provide to the county clerk of the
10county in which the municipality is located or the county board of election
11commissioners a statement that shows the total number of absentee ballots returned
12to the municipality and the total number of absentee ballots the municipal board of
13absentee ballot canvassers has canvassed under this subsection. The county clerk
14or county board of election commissioners shall promptly post each statement on the
15website on which returns for the county are posted on election night under s. 7.60.
16In a municipality having a municipal board of election commissioners, the statement
17required under this paragraph shall also be posted on the website maintained by the
18municipal board of election commissioners. The statement may not include the
19names or addresses of any electors.
AB567,21,2220 2. An absentee ballot shall be considered canvassed for purposes of subd. 1. only
21after all tasks have been completed in the canvassing process except for the tallying
22of votes.
AB567,22,1223 (e) When the meeting of the board of absentee ballot canvassers recesses on the
24day before the election, the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall secure the
25automatic tabulating equipment, and the areas where the programmed media,

1memory devices, and absentee ballots are housed, with tamper-evident security
2seals in a double-lock location such as a locked cabinet inside a locked office. Before
3resuming the canvassing of ballots on election day, the board of absentee ballot
4canvassers shall check and record the status of each tamper-evident seal. The board
5of absentee ballot canvassers shall immediately notify the commission of any
6evidence of tampering. If the board of absentee ballot canvassers discovers evidence
7of tampering with respect to automatic tabulating equipment, the canvass may not
8resume until the equipment is replaced and the replacement equipment is tested as
9provided in s. 5.84, except that public notice need not be provided 48 hours prior to
10the test. If the board of absentee ballot canvassers discovers evidence of tampering
11under this paragraph, the commission shall verify the accuracy of the absentee ballot
12count in the municipality in the election by doing all of the following:
AB567,22,1513 1. Ordering the municipality to conduct a recount after the election of all
14absentee ballots cast in the municipality in the election. The commission's order
15shall establish procedures for the recount consistent with s. 9.01.
AB567,22,1716 2. Auditing the election equipment in the same manner as audits are conducted
17under s. 7.08 (6).
AB567,22,1918 (f) Votes on absentee ballots canvassed under this section may not be tallied
19until after the polls close on election day.
AB567,22,2320 (g) No person may intentionally act in a manner that would give him or her the
21ability to know or to provide information on the tallied results from the ballots
22canvassed under this section before the polls close on election day. Whoever
23intentionally violates this paragraph is guilty of a Class I felony.
AB567,23,3
1(h) Canvassing absentee ballots on the day before the election under this
2section is optional except for each spring and general election and each special
3election or recall election if the special or recall election is for a state or national office.
AB567,29 4Section 29 . 7.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,23,155 7.52 (2) In counting the absentee ballots, the board of absentee ballot
6canvassers shall use 2 duplicate copies of a single poll list for the entire municipality
7prepared in accordance with s. 6.36 (2). Upon accepting reviewing each absentee
8ballot certificate envelope to ensure that it satisfies all applicable legal
9requirements
, the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall enter a poll list
10sequential count number on the poll list next to the name of the elector who voted
11the ballot, beginning with the number one. If the elector's name does not appear on
12the poll list, the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall enter the number on a
13separate list maintained under this subsection. The board of absentee ballot
14canvassers shall record each elector's sequential count number on the face of the
15elector's certificate envelope.
AB567,30 16Section 30 . 7.52 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,24,1517 7.52 (3) (a) The board of absentee ballot canvassers shall first open the carrier
18envelope only, and, in such a manner that a member of the public, if he or she desired,
19could hear, announce the name of the absent elector or the identification serial
20number of the absent elector if the elector has a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2).
21When the board of absentee ballot canvassers finds that the certification has been
22properly executed and the applicant is a qualified elector of the ward or election
23district, the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall enter an indication, including
24the elector's sequential count number as provided under sub. (2),
on the poll list next
25to the applicant's name indicating an absentee ballot is cast by the elector. The board

1of absentee ballot canvassers shall then open the envelope containing the ballot in
2a manner so as not to deface or destroy the certification thereon . The board of
3absentee ballot canvassers shall take out the ballot without unfolding it or
4permitting it to be unfolded or examined
and shall remove the ballot from the
5certificate envelope without viewing who the elector voted for
. Unless the ballot is
6cast under s. 6.95, the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall verify that the ballot
7has been endorsed by the issuing clerk. If the poll list indicates that proof of
8residence is required and no proof of residence is enclosed or the name or address on
9the document that is provided is not the same as the name and address shown on the
10poll list, the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall proceed as provided under s.
116.97 (2). The board of absentee ballot canvassers shall mark the poll list number of
12each elector who casts an absentee ballot on the back of the elector's ballot.
The board
13of absentee ballot canvassers shall then deposit the ballot into the proper ballot box
14and enter the absent elector's name or poll list number after his or her name on the
15poll list
or automatic tabulating equipment.
AB567,31 16Section 31 . 7.52 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,25,217 7.52 (4) (a) The board of absentee ballot canvassers shall then open the ballot
18box and remove and
count the number of ballots therein without examination except
19as is necessary to ascertain that each is a single ballot. If 2 or more ballots are folded
20together so as to appear as a single ballot, the board of absentee ballot canvassers
21shall lay them aside until the count is completed; and if, after a comparison of the
22count and the appearance of the ballots it appears to the board of absentee ballot
23canvassers that the ballots folded together were voted by the same person they shall
24not be counted but the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall mark them as to the

1reason for removal, set them aside, and carefully preserve them. The board of
2absentee ballot canvassers shall then proceed under par. (b).
AB567,32 3Section 32 . 7.52 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB567,25,84 7.52 (9) The governing body of any municipality that has provided by ordinance
5enacted under sub. (1) (a) 1. for the canvassing of absentee ballots at all elections held
6in the municipality under this section may by similar action rescind that decision.
7Thereafter, the absentee ballots at all elections held in the municipality shall be
8canvassed as provided in s. 6.88.
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