Amendment SSA1-AB68

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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 68

June 30, 2021 - Offered by Senators Bewley, Roys, L. Taylor, Johnson and Erpenbach.

AB68-SSA1,1,2 An Act relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2021 legislature.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB68-SSA1,1 Section 1. 1.031 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,1,9 1.031 Retrocession of jurisdiction. The governor may accept on behalf of the state, retrocession of full or partial jurisdiction over any roads, highways or other lands in federal enclaves within the state where such retrocession has been offered by appropriate federal authority. Documents concerning such action shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state administration and recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county wherein such lands are located.

AB68-SSA1,2 Section 2. 5.02 (6m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,2,7 5.02 (6m) (f) An unexpired identification card issued by a university or college in this state that is accredited, as defined in s. 39.30 (1) (d), or by a technical college in this state that is a member of and governed by the technical college system under ch. 38, that contains the date of issuance and signature of the individual to whom it is issued and that contains an expiration date indicating that the card expires no later than 2 years after the date of issuance if the individual establishes, except that if the identification card is expired the individual shall establish that he or she is enrolled as a student at the university or college on the date that the card is presented.

AB68-SSA1,3 Section 3 . 5.02 (20) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,2,13 5.02 (20) “Special primary" means the primary held 4 weeks before the special election, except as provided in s. 8.50 (4m) and except when the special election is held on the same day as the general election the special primary shall be held on the same day as the general primary or if the special election is held concurrently with the spring election, the primary shall be held concurrently with the spring primary.

AB68-SSA1,4 Section 4 . 5.02 (22) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,2,18 5.02 (22) “Spring primary" means the nonpartisan primary held on the 3rd Tuesday in February to nominate nonpartisan candidates to be voted for at the spring election and partisan candidates to be voted for at a special election under s. 8.50 (4m).

AB68-SSA1,5 Section 5 . 5.05 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,2,24 5.05 (11m) Aids to counties and municipalities for certain special election costs. (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.510 (1) (f), the commission shall reimburse counties and municipalities for costs incurred in the administration of special primaries for state or national office and special elections for state or national office.

AB68-SSA1,3,2 (b) A cost is eligible for reimbursement under par. (a) only if all of the following apply:

AB68-SSA1,3,3 1. The commission determines that the cost is reasonable.

AB68-SSA1,3,4 2. The cost is specified under par. (c).

AB68-SSA1,3,7 3. If applicable, the commission determines that the rate paid by the county or municipality for the cost does not exceed the rate customarily paid for similar costs at a primary or election that is not a special primary or election.

AB68-SSA1,3,11 4. If the special primary or election coincides with a primary or election that is not a special primary or election, the commission determines that the cost does not exceed the amount that would be incurred if the primaries or elections did not coincide.

AB68-SSA1,3,12 (c) Only the following costs are eligible for reimbursement under par. (a):

AB68-SSA1,3,13 1. Rental payments for polling places.

AB68-SSA1,3,15 2. Election day wages paid under s. 7.03 to election officials working at the polls.

AB68-SSA1,3,16 3. Costs for the publication of required election notices.

AB68-SSA1,3,17 4. Printing and postage costs for absentee ballots and envelopes.

AB68-SSA1,3,18 5. Costs for the design and printing of ballots and poll books.

AB68-SSA1,3,20 6. Purchase of ballot bags or containers, including ties or seals for chain of custody purposes.

AB68-SSA1,3,21 7. Costs to program electronic voting machines.

AB68-SSA1,3,22 8. Purchase of memory devices for electronic voting machines.

AB68-SSA1,3,23 9. Wages paid to conduct a county canvass.

AB68-SSA1,3,24 10. Data entry costs for the statewide voter registration system.

AB68-SSA1,6 Section 6 . 5.056 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,4,9 5.056 Matching program with secretary of transportation. The commission administrator shall enter into the agreement with the secretary of transportation specified under s. 85.61 (1) to match personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained by the commission under s. 6.36 (1) and the information specified in s. ss. 6.256 (2) and 6.34 (2m) with personally identifiable information maintained by the department of transportation. Subject to s. 343.14 (2p) (b), the agreement shall provide for the electronic transfer of information under s. 6.256 (2) to the commission on a continuous basis, no less often than weekly.

AB68-SSA1,7 Section 7 . 5.35 (6) (a) 4c. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SSA1,4,11 5.35 (6) (a) 4c. A voter bill of rights in substantially the following form:

AB68-SSA1,4,12 Voter Bill of Rights

AB68-SSA1,4,13 You have the following rights:

AB68-SSA1,4,19 • The right to vote if you are registered and eligible to vote. You are eligible to vote if you (1) are a U.S. citizen, (2) are at least 18 years old, (3) are registered where you currently live, (4) are not currently serving any portion of a felony sentence, including probation or supervision, (5) are not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a court, and (6) have not placed a bet or a wager on the outcome of the election.

AB68-SSA1,4,20 • The right to inspect a sample ballot before voting.

AB68-SSA1,4,23 • The right to cast a ballot if you are in line when your polling place closes or when your municipal clerk's office closes if you are voting by in-person absentee ballot on the last day for which such voting is allowed.

AB68-SSA1,4,25 • The right to cast a secret ballot, without anyone bothering you or telling you how to vote.

AB68-SSA1,5,2 • If you have a disability, the right to get help casting your ballot from anyone you choose, except from your employer or union representative.

AB68-SSA1,5,4 • The right to get help voting in a language other than English if enough voters where you live speak your language.

AB68-SSA1,5,6 • The right to get a new ballot if you made a mistake. You can get up to 3 ballots in all if you make a mistake and have not already cast your ballot.

AB68-SSA1,5,12 • The right to cast a provisional ballot. You can cast a provisional ballot if you are unable or unwilling to provide required proof of identification for voting or a valid driver license or identification card number for registering to vote on election day. Your provisional ballot will not be counted unless you provide the required information to the poll workers by 8:00 p.m. on election day or to the municipal clerk by 4:00 p.m. of the Friday following the election.

AB68-SSA1,5,13 • The right to have your ballot counted accurately.

AB68-SSA1,5,15 • The right to vote free from coercion or intimidation by any election official or other person.

AB68-SSA1,5,17 • The right to report any illegal or fraudulent election activity to an elections official or the State of Wisconsin Elections Commission.

AB68-SSA1,8 Section 8 . 5.84 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,6,12 5.84 (1) Where any municipality employs an electronic voting system which utilizes automatic tabulating equipment, either at the polling place or at a central counting location, the municipal clerk shall, on any day not more than 10 days prior to the election day on which the equipment is to be utilized in an election, have the equipment tested to ascertain that it will correctly count the votes cast for all offices and on all measures. Public notice of the time and place of the test shall be given by the clerk at least 48 hours prior to the test by publication of a class 1 notice under ch. 985 in one or more newspapers published within the municipality if a newspaper is published therein, otherwise in a newspaper of general circulation therein. The test shall be open to the public. The test shall be conducted by processing a preaudited group of ballots so marked as to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on each referendum. The test shall include for each office one or more ballots which have votes in excess of the number allowed by law and, for a partisan primary election, one or more ballots which have votes cast for candidates of more than one recognized political party, in order to test the ability of the automatic tabulating equipment to reject such votes. If any error is detected, the municipal clerk shall ascertain the cause and correct the error. The clerk shall make an errorless count before the automatic tabulating equipment is approved by the clerk for use in the election.

AB68-SSA1,9 Section 9 . 5.86 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SSA1,7,4 5.86 (1) All proceedings at each central counting location shall be under the direction of the municipal clerk or an election official designated by the clerk unless the central counting location is at the county seat and the municipal clerk delegates the responsibility to supervise the location to the county clerk, in which case the proceedings shall be under the direction of the county clerk or an election official designated by the county clerk. If for any municipality the central counting location is at the county seat and the municipal clerk authorizes the early canvassing of absentee ballots under s. 7.525, the county clerk or the county clerk's designee shall begin the proceedings for that municipality on the day before the election consistent with that section. Unless election officials are selected under s. 7.30 (4) (c) without regard to party affiliation, the employees at each central counting location, other than any specially trained technicians who are required for the operation of the automatic tabulating equipment, shall be equally divided between members of the 2 major political parties under s. 7.30 (2) (a) and all duties performed by the employees shall be by teams consisting of an equal number of members of each political party whenever sufficient persons from each party are available.