Wisconsin Legislature: Elections — Contested elections

Electronic voting machine to cast an in-person absentee ballot authorized, municipal resolution or ordinance provision; Elections Commission duties - SB524

In-person absentee ballot: application with the county clerk when the municipal clerk is unavailable allowed - SB871

Presidential preference primary moved; absentee ballot in-person application timeline and voting procedures for military and overseas electors modified - AB1071

Presidential preference primary moved; absentee ballot in-person application timeline and voting procedures for military and overseas electors modified - AB1073

Presidential preference primary moved; absentee ballot in-person application timeline and voting procedures for military and overseas electors modified - SB885

Presidential preference primary moved; absentee ballot in-person application timeline and voting procedures for military and overseas electors modified - SB887

Showing your marked ballot to another person in a way that the mark is identifiable: prohibition eliminated - AB639

Showing your marked ballot to another person in a way that the mark is identifiable: prohibition eliminated - SB539

Special voting deputies dispatched to retirement home that is part of a multiple-use facility: management of retirement home must provide occupants’ names and addresses to the clerk - AB925

elections _ campaign expenseElections — Campaign expense

Campaign contribution limits to entities such as political action committees, legislative campaign committees, and political parties established; elimination of segregated fund provision - AB446

Campaign contribution limits to entities such as political action committees, legislative campaign committees, and political parties established; elimination of segregated fund provision - SB352

Campaign contribution to a judge or justice by an interested contributor: notification requirements created, penalty provision - AB137

Contributions by corporations, cooperative associations, or federally recognized American Indian Tribes to a segregated fund established by a political party or legislative campaign committee prohibited - AB459

Coordination of mass communications between political action committees, independent expenditure committee, or other person and a candidate, candidate’s agent or legislative campaign committee, or political party of the candidate prohibited; definition provisions - SB356

Corporations and cooperative associations prohibited from making political contributions or expenditures to influence an election for state or local office; court and Ethics Commission provisions - SB413

Individual and candidate committee contribution limit decreased for statewide officeholders - AB447

Individual and candidate committee contribution limit decreased for statewide officeholders - SB353

Judge or justice required to disqualify himself or herself from an action if he or she received campaign financial support from a party to the action - AB135

Judge or justice required to disqualify himself or herself from an action if he or she received campaign financial support from a party to the action - SB779

Mass communications: reporting to the Ethics Commission revised; definition provisions - AB472

Mass communications: reporting to the Ethics Commission revised; definition provisions - SB375

Political action committee contribution limits to candidates reduced - SB354

Political action committee definition revised for campaign finance purposes - SB355

Principal disseminating or attempting to influence model, uniform, suggested, or recommended legislation required to register with Ethics Commission and file expense statements; state public official statements of economic interests expanded to include reimbursements from campaign accounts or scholarships to attend a meeting or conference, person providing the reimbursement or scholarship also required to report to Ethics Commission; penalty provisions - AB976

Reporting place of employment of campaign finance contributors: amount required for report increased - AB460

Reporting place of employment of campaign finance contributors: amount required for report increased - SB358

Venue for trials involving violations of elections, ethics, and lobbying regulation laws changed; Elections Commission, Ethics Commission, and disclosure of certain information provisions - AB32

elections _ contested electionsElections — Contested elections

Recount petition by aggrieved party and referendum elector permitted, conditions set; costs and Elections Commission provisions [A.Amdt.1: filing petition deadline modified, presidential election provision added; S.Amdt.1: per diem for commission members revised] - AB153

Recount petition by aggrieved party and referendum elector permitted, conditions set; costs and Elections Commission provisions - SB102

elections _ officialsElections — Officials

Local public office holder may be appointed an election official; prohibition on serving as election official while a candidate does not change - AB85

Local public office holder may be appointed an election official; prohibition on serving as election official while a candidate does not change - SB66

Special voting deputies dispatched to retirement home that is part of a multiple-use facility: management of retirement home must provide occupants’ names and addresses to the clerk - AB925

elections _ registrationElections — Registration

Automatic voter registration: Elections Commission required to facilitate and maintain registration of all eligible electors for as long as they remain eligible, opt out provisions; DOT duties; report required - AB609

Elections Commission's responsibility to change registration status of electors eliminated; delegation authority removed - AB375

Free ID cards for voting purposes: DOT rules for verification procedure incorporated into statutes - AB1070

Free ID cards for voting purposes: DOT rules for verification procedure incorporated into statutes - AB1073

Free ID cards for voting purposes: DOT rules for verification procedure incorporated into statutes - SB884

Free ID cards for voting purposes: DOT rules for verification procedure incorporated into statutes - SB887

Knowingly providing false election-related information to induce a person from refraining to register to vote or voting prohibited; exemption from liability for publisher of the information, filing a complaint with Elections Commission, and penalty provisions - SB498

Proof of identification for voting purposes: affidavit executed by an elector affirming elector’s identity allowed; eliminates requirement that DOT provide free ID cards for voting purposes - SB499

Proof of residence when registering to vote: use of corroborating elector permitted - AB738

Proof of residence when registering to vote: use of corroborating elector permitted - SB629

elections commissionElections Commission

Candidates for president or vice president required to submit copies of federal tax returns with the Elections Commission - AB257

Candidates for president or vice president required to submit copies of federal tax returns with the Elections Commission - SB166

Elections Commission: funding for 5 FTE positions - AB578

Elections Commission: funding for 5 FTE positions - SB482

Elections Commission required to deplete federal Help America Vote Act funds before using state funds for election administration purposes [Sec. 9113 (1)] - AB64

Elections Commission required to deplete federal Help America Vote Act funds before using state funds for election administration purposes [Sec. 9113 (1)] - SB30

Elections Commission's responsibility to change registration status of electors eliminated; delegation authority removed - AB375

Electronic voting machine to cast an in-person absentee ballot authorized, municipal resolution or ordinance provision; Elections Commission duties - AB637

Electronic voting machine to cast an in-person absentee ballot authorized, municipal resolution or ordinance provision; Elections Commission duties - SB524

Ethics Commission and Elections Commission members: per diem set [Sec. 17] - AB64

Ethics Commission and Elections Commission members: per diem set [Sec. 17] - SB30

Information DOT is allowed to share with the Elections Commission to comply with certain membership agreement [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1895p, 1896m, 1897m] - AB64

Initiative and referendum powers reserved to the people: petition process which people may propose and approve laws and constitutional amendments and referendum process which people may reject an act of the legislature created, Election Commission duties. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR71

Primary elections: voting for more than one political party authorized - AB322

Primary elections: voting for more than one political party authorized - SB229

Recount petition by aggrieved party and referendum elector permitted, conditions set; costs and Elections Commission provisions - SB102

Risk-limiting audits following regularly scheduled primary and general elections: Elections Commission to conduct; pilot program and reports provisions - AB743

Venue for trials involving violations of elections, ethics, and lobbying regulation laws changed; Elections Commission, Ethics Commission, and disclosure of certain information provisions - AB32

electric bicycleElectric bicycle, see Bicycle

electric utilityElectric utility, see also Cooperative associations; Public utility

Leased generation contracts: PSC allowed to modify or terminate if it protects and promotes the public interest - AB198

Leased generation contracts: PSC allowed to modify or terminate if it protects and promotes the public interest - SB115

PSC duties re state energy policy and regulation of public utilities; settlements in PSC dockets requirements; procedure for handling complaints of violations of the one-call system created and other revisions, PSC duties and forfeiture provisions; treatment of certain utility facilities under county construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning ordinances [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, violation in transporting natural gas and other hazardous materials specified; S.Amdt.1: appropriation provision added; S.Amdt.2: charging ratepayers for advertising provision added] - AB532

Renewable resource credits: heat that is a byproduct of manufacturing processes and used as thermal energy is eligible - AB204

Renewable resource credits: heat that is a byproduct of manufacturing processes and used as thermal energy is eligible - SB144

electric vehicleElectric vehicle, see Motor vehicle

electric weaponElectric weapon, see Firearms and dangerous weapons

electricianElectrician

Apprenticeship programs: exemption from licensure examination in specified trade professions for those who complete [Sec. 1326, 1327, 1394, 1648-1652, 2093-2095, 2097-2099; original bill only] - AB64

Apprenticeship programs: exemption from licensure examination in specified trade professions for those who complete [Sec. 1326, 1327, 1394, 1648-1652, 2093-2095, 2097-2099] - SB30

electricityElectricity

Electric energy derived from renewable resources: appropriation created for DOA, DOC, DHS, DPI, DVA, and the UW System [Sec. 205, 206, 221, 222, 365, 366, 375, 376, 413, 414, 447, 448] - SB30

Electric energy derived from renewable resources: appropriation created for DOA, DOC, DHS, DPI, DVA, and the UW System [Sec. 205, 206, 221, 222, 365, 366, 375, 376, 413, 414, 447, 448] - AB64

State parks and recreation areas: vehicle admission and overnight camping fees revised; DNR and DOT to develop plan for a recreational passport when renewing vehicle registration, special license plate provision [Sec. 556-565, 9133 (3), 9333 (2), 9433 (1), (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, adds parks development appropriation from conservation fund, cap on electric receptacles increased, FTE positions decrease re forestry and parks report, 340m, 565b-f, 9101 (11u), 9133 (6u), deletes 556, 560, 9133 (3)] - AB64

Stray voltage program eliminated [Sec. 185, 186, 196, 197, 1239, 1700, 2242, 2243; original bill only] - AB64

Stray voltage program eliminated [Sec. 185, 186, 196, 197, 1239, 1700, 2242, 2243] - SB30