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SB70-AA10,366,14 14 Section 778. 5.86 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,367,615 5.86 (1) All proceedings at each central counting location shall be under the
16direction of the municipal clerk or an election official designated by the clerk unless
17the central counting location is at the county seat and the municipal clerk delegates
18the responsibility to supervise the location to the county clerk
, in which case the
19proceedings shall be under the direction of the county clerk or an election official
20designated by the county clerk. If for any municipality the central counting location
21is at the county seat and the municipal clerk authorizes the early canvassing of
22absentee ballots under s. 7.525, the county clerk or the county clerk's designee shall
23begin the proceedings for that municipality on the day before the election consistent
24with that section.
Unless election officials are selected under s. 7.30 (4) (c) without

1regard to party affiliation, the employees at each central counting location, other
2than any specially trained technicians who are required for the operation of the
3automatic tabulating equipment, shall be equally divided between members of the
42 major political parties under s. 7.30 (2) (a) and all duties performed by the
5employees shall be by teams consisting of an equal number of members of each
6political party whenever sufficient persons from each party are available.” .
SB70-AA10,367,7 7321. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,367,8 8 Section 779. 6.86 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,368,99 6.86 (1) (b) Except as provided in this section, if application is made by mail,
10the application shall be received no later than 5 p.m. on the 5th day immediately
11preceding the election. If application is made in person, the application shall be
12made no earlier than 14 days preceding the election and no later than the Sunday
13preceding the election. No application may be received on a legal holiday. A
14municipality shall specify the hours in the notice under s. 10.01 (2) (e). The
15municipal clerk or an election official shall witness the certificate for any in-person
16absentee ballot cast. Except as provided in par. (c), if the elector is making written
17application for an absentee ballot at the partisan primary, the general election, the
18presidential preference primary, or a special election for national office, and the
19application indicates that the elector is a military elector, as defined in s. 6.34 (1), the
20application shall be received by the municipal clerk no later than 5 p.m. on election
21day. If the application indicates that the reason for requesting an absentee ballot is
22that the elector is a sequestered juror, the application shall be received no later than
235 p.m. on election day. If the application is received after 5 p.m. on the Friday
24immediately preceding the election, the municipal clerk or the clerk's agent shall

1immediately take the ballot to the court in which the elector is serving as a juror and
2deposit it with the judge. The judge shall recess court, as soon as convenient, and
3give the elector the ballot. The judge shall then witness the voting procedure as
4provided in s. 6.87 and shall deliver the ballot to the clerk or agent of the clerk who
5shall deliver it to the polling place election inspectors of the proper ward or election
6district
or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, to
7the municipal clerk as required in s. 6.88. If application is made under sub. (2) or
8(2m), the application may be received no later than 5 p.m. on the Friday immediately
9preceding the election.”.
SB70-AA10,368,10 10322. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,368,11 11 Section 780. 6.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,368,1412 6.02 (1) Every U.S. citizen age 18 or older who has resided in an election district
13or ward for 28 10 consecutive days before any election where the citizen offers to vote
14is an eligible elector.
SB70-AA10,781 15Section 781. 6.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,368,2016 6.02 (2) Any U.S. citizen age 18 or older who moves within this state later than
1728 10 days before an election shall vote at his or her previous ward or election district
18if the person is otherwise qualified. If the elector can comply with the 28-day 10-day
19residence requirement at the new address and is otherwise qualified, he or she may
20vote in the new ward or election district.
SB70-AA10,782 21Section 782. 6.10 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,369,522 6.10 (3) When an elector moves his or her residence from one ward or
23municipality to another ward or municipality within the state at least 28 10 days
24before the election, the elector may vote in and be considered a resident of the new

1ward or municipality where residing upon registering at the proper polling place or
2other registration location in the new ward or municipality under s. 6.55 (2) or 6.86
3(3) (a) 2. If the elector moves his or her residence later than 28 10 days before an
4election, the elector shall vote in the elector's former ward or municipality if
5otherwise qualified to vote there.
SB70-AA10,783 6Section 783. 6.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,369,177 6.10 (4) The residence of an unmarried person sleeping in one ward and
8boarding in another is the place where the person sleeps. The residence of an
9unmarried person in a transient vocation, a teacher or a student who boards at
10different places for part of the week, month, or year, if one of the places is the
11residence of the person's parents, is the place of the parents' residence unless through
12registration or similar act the person elects to establish a residence elsewhere. If the
13person has no parents and if the person has not registered elsewhere, the person's
14residence shall be at the place that the person considered his or her residence in
15preference to any other for at least 28 10 consecutive days before an election. If this
16place is within the municipality, the person is entitled to all the privileges and subject
17to all the duties of other citizens having their residence there, including voting.
SB70-AA10,784 18Section 784. 6.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,369,2419 6.15 (1) Qualifications. Any person who was or who is an eligible elector under
20ss. 6.02 and 6.03, except that he or she has been a resident of this state for less than
2128 10 consecutive days prior to the date of the presidential election, is entitled to vote
22for the president and vice president but for no other offices. The fact that the person
23was not registered to vote in the state from which he or she moved does not prevent
24voting in this state if the elector is otherwise qualified.
SB70-AA10,785 25Section 785. 6.15 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,370,8
16.15 (2) (a) The elector's request for the application form may be made in person
2to the municipal clerk of the municipality where the person resides. Application may
3be made not sooner than 27 9 days nor later than 5 p.m. on the day before the election,
4or may be made at the proper polling place in the ward or election district in which
5the elector resides. If an elector makes application before election day, the
6application form shall be returned to the municipal clerk after the affidavit has been
7signed in the presence of the clerk or any officer authorized by law to administer
8oaths. The affidavit shall be in substantially the following form:
SB70-AA10,370,99 STATE OF WISCONSIN
SB70-AA10,370,1010 County of ....
SB70-AA10,370,2111 I, ...., do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States; that prior to
12establishing Wisconsin residence, my legal residence was in the .... (town) (village)
13(city) of ...., state of ...., residing at .... (street address); that on the day of the next
14presidential election, I shall be at least 18 years of age and that I have been a legal
15resident of the state of Wisconsin since ...., .... (year), residing at .... (street address),
16in the [.... ward of the .... aldermanic district of] the (town) (village) (city) of ...., county
17of ....; that I have resided in the state less than 28 10 consecutive days, that I am
18qualified to vote for president and vice president at the election to be held November
19...., .... (year), that I am not voting at any other place in this election and that I hereby
20make application for an official presidential ballot, in accordance with section 6.15
21of the Wisconsin statutes.
SB70-AA10,370,2222 Signed ....
SB70-AA10,370,2323 P.O. Address ....
SB70-AA10,370,2424 Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of ...., .... (year)
SB70-AA10,370,2525 ....(Name)
SB70-AA10,371,1
1....(Title)
SB70-AA10,786 2Section 786. 6.18 (form) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,371,6 36.18 (form) This form shall be returned to the municipal clerk's office.
4Application must be received in sufficient time for ballots to be mailed and returned
5prior to any presidential election at which applicant wishes to vote. Complete all
6statements in full.
SB70-AA10,371,77 APPLICATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL
SB70-AA10,371,88 ELECTOR'S ABSENTEE BALLOT
SB70-AA10,371,99 (To be voted at the Presidential Election
SB70-AA10,371,1010 on November ...., .... (year)
SB70-AA10,371,1911 I, .... hereby swear or affirm that I am a citizen of the United States, formerly
12residing at .... in the .... ward .... aldermanic district (city, town, village) of ...., County
13of .... for 28 10 consecutive days prior to leaving the State of Wisconsin. I, .... do
14solemnly swear or affirm that I do not qualify to register or vote under the laws of
15the State of ....(State you now reside in) where I am presently residing. A citizen must
16be a resident of: State ....(Insert time) County ....(Insert time) City, Town or Village
17....(Insert time), in order to be eligible to register or vote therein. I further swear or
18affirm that my legal residence was established in the State of ....(the State where you
19now reside) on .... Month .... Day .... Year.
SB70-AA10,371,2020 Signed ....
SB70-AA10,371,2121 Address ....(Present address)
SB70-AA10,371,2222 ....(City) ....(State)
SB70-AA10,371,2323 Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of .... .... (year)
SB70-AA10,371,2424 ....(Notary Public, or other officer authorized to administer oaths.)
SB70-AA10,371,2525 ....(County)
SB70-AA10,372,1
1My Commission expires
SB70-AA10,372,22 MAIL BALLOT TO:
SB70-AA10,372,33 NAME ....
SB70-AA10,372,44 ADDRESS ....
SB70-AA10,372,55 CITY .... STATE .... ZIP CODE ....
SB70-AA10,372,10 6Penalties for Violations. Whoever swears falsely to any absent elector affidavit
7under this section may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than
86 months or both. Whoever intentionally votes more than once in an election may
9be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 3 years and 6 months
10or both.
SB70-AA10,372,1111 ....(Municipal Clerk)
SB70-AA10,372,1212 ....(Municipality)
SB70-AA10,787 13Section 787. 6.22 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,372,1614 6.22 (7) Extension of privilege. This section applies to all military electors for
1528 10 days after the date of discharge from a uniformed service or termination of
16services or employment of individuals specified in sub. (1) (b) 1. to 4.
SB70-AA10,788 17Section 788. 6.29 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,373,418 6.29 (2) (a) Any qualified elector of a municipality who has not previously filed
19a registration form or whose name does not appear on the registration list of the
20municipality may register after the close of registration but not later than 5 p.m. or
21the close of business, whichever is later, on the Friday before an election at the office
22of the municipal clerk and at the office of the clerk's agent if the clerk delegates
23responsibility for electronic maintenance of the registration list to an agent under
24s. 6.33 (5) (b). The elector shall complete, in the manner provided under s. 6.33 (2),
25a registration form containing all information required under s. 6.33 (1). The

1registration form shall also contain the following certification: “ I, ...., hereby certify
2that, to the best of my knowledge, I am a qualified elector, having resided at ... for
3at least 28 10 consecutive days immediately preceding this election, and I have not
4voted at this election". The elector shall also provide proof of residence under s. 6.34.
SB70-AA10,789 5Section 789. 6.55 (2) (a) (form) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,373,86 6.55 (2) (a) (form) “I, ...., hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge, I am
7a qualified elector, having resided at .... for at least 28 10 consecutive days
8immediately preceding this election, and I have not voted at this election."
SB70-AA10,790 9Section 790. 6.85 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,373,1310 6.85 (2) Any otherwise qualified elector who changes residence within this
11state by moving to a different ward or municipality later than 28 10 days prior to an
12election may vote an absentee ballot in the ward or municipality where he or she was
13qualified to vote before moving.
SB70-AA10,791 14Section 791. 6.87 (2) (form) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,373,1515 6.87 (2) (form)
SB70-AA10,373,1616 [STATE OF ....
SB70-AA10,373,1717 County of ....]
SB70-AA10,373,1919 [(name of foreign country and city or other jurisdictional unit)]
SB70-AA10,374,720 I, ...., certify subject to the penalties of s. 12.60 (1) (b), Wis. Stats., for false
21statements, that I am a resident of the [.... ward of the] (town) (village) of ...., or of
22the .... aldermanic district in the city of ...., residing at ....* in said city, the county
23of ...., state of Wisconsin, and am entitled to vote in the (ward) (election district) at
24the election to be held on ....; that I am not voting at any other location in this election;
25that I am unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place in the (ward) (election

1district) on election day or have changed my residence within the state from one ward
2or election district to another later than 28 10 days before the election. I certify that
3I exhibited the enclosed ballot unmarked to the witness, that I then in (his) (her)
4presence and in the presence of no other person marked the ballot and enclosed and
5sealed the same in this envelope in such a manner that no one but myself and any
6person rendering assistance under s. 6.87 (5), Wis. Stats., if I requested assistance,
7could know how I voted.
SB70-AA10,374,88 Signed ....
SB70-AA10,374,99 Identification serial number, if any: ....
SB70-AA10,374,1010 The witness shall execute the following:
SB70-AA10,374,1611 I, the undersigned witness, subject to the penalties of s. 12.60 (1) (b), Wis.
12Stats., for false statements, certify that I am an adult U.S. citizen** and that the
13above statements are true and the voting procedure was executed as there stated.
14I am not a candidate for any office on the enclosed ballot (except in the case of an
15incumbent municipal clerk). I did not solicit or advise the elector to vote for or against
16any candidate or measure.
SB70-AA10,374,1717 ....(Printed name)
SB70-AA10,374,1818 ....(Address)***
SB70-AA10,374,1919 Signed ....
SB70-AA10,374,2120 * — An elector who provides an identification serial number issued under s.
216.47 (3), Wis. Stats., need not provide a street address.
SB70-AA10,374,2522 ** — An individual who serves as a witness for a military elector or an overseas
23elector voting absentee, regardless of whether the elector qualifies as a resident of
24Wisconsin under s. 6.10, Wis. Stats., need not be a U.S. citizen but must be 18 years
25of age or older.
SB70-AA10,375,2
1*** — If this form is executed before 2 special voting deputies under s. 6.875 (6),
2Wis. Stats., both deputies shall witness and sign.
SB70-AA10,792 3Section 792. 6.94 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,375,19 46.94 Challenged elector oath. If the person challenged refuses to answer
5fully any relevant questions put to him or her by the inspector under s. 6.92, the
6inspectors shall reject the elector's vote. If the challenge is not withdrawn after the
7person offering to vote has answered the questions, one of the inspectors shall
8administer to the person the following oath or affirmation: “You do solemnly swear
9(or affirm) that: you are 18 years of age; you are a citizen of the United States; you
10are now and for 28 10 consecutive days have been a resident of this ward except under
11s. 6.02 (2); you have not voted at this election; you have not made any bet or wager
12or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the
13result of this election; you are not on any other ground disqualified to vote at this
14election". If the person challenged refuses to take the oath or affirmation, the
15person's vote shall be rejected. If the person challenged answers fully all relevant
16questions put to the elector by the inspector under s. 6.92, takes the oath or
17affirmation, and fulfills the applicable registration requirements, and if the answers
18to the questions given by the person indicate that the person meets the voting
19qualification requirements, the person's vote shall be received.
SB70-AA10,793 20Section 793. 7.52 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA10,376,1521 7.52 (5) (b) For the purpose of deciding upon ballots that are challenged for any
22reason, the board of absentee ballot canvassers may call before it any person whose
23absentee ballot is challenged if the person is available to be called. If the person
24challenged refuses to answer fully any relevant questions put to him or her by the
25board of absentee ballot canvassers under s. 6.92, the board of absentee ballot

1canvassers shall reject the person's vote. If the challenge is not withdrawn after the
2person offering to vote has answered the questions, one of the members of the board
3of absentee ballot canvassers shall administer to the person the following oath or
4affirmation: “You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that: you are 18 years of age; you are
5a citizen of the United States; you are now and for 28 10 consecutive days have been
6a resident of this ward except under s. 6.02 (2), stats.; you have not voted at this
7election; you have not made any bet or wager or become directly or indirectly
8interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of this election; you are not
9on any other ground disqualified to vote at this election." If the person challenged
10refuses to take the oath or affirmation, the person's vote shall be rejected. If the
11person challenged answers fully all relevant questions put to the elector by the board
12of absentee ballot canvassers under s. 6.92, takes the oath or affirmation, and fulfills
13the applicable registration requirements, and if the answers to the questions given
14by the person indicate that the person meets the voting qualification requirements,
15the person's vote shall be received.”.
SB70-AA10,376,16 16323. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA10,376,17 17 Section 794. 5.35 (6) (a) 4c. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA10,376,1818 5.35 (6) (a) 4c. A voter bill of rights in substantially the following form:
SB70-AA10,376,19 19Voter Bill of Rights
SB70-AA10,376,20 20You have the following rights:
SB70-AA10,377,2 21 The right to vote if you are registered and eligible to vote. You are
22eligible to vote if you (1) are a U.S. citizen, (2) are at least 18 years old, (3) are
23registered where you currently live, (4) are not currently serving any portion of a
24felony sentence, including probation or supervision, (5) are not currently found

1mentally incompetent to vote by a court, and (6) have not placed a bet or a wager on
2the outcome of the election.
SB70-AA10,377,3 3 The right to inspect a sample ballot before voting.
SB70-AA10,377,6 4 The right to cast a ballot if you are in line when your polling place
5closes
or when your municipal clerk's office closes if you are voting by in-person
6absentee ballot on the last day for which such voting is allowed.
SB70-AA10,377,8 7 The right to cast a secret ballot, without anyone bothering you or telling
8you how to vote.
SB70-AA10,377,10 9 If you have a disability, the right to get help casting your ballot from
10anyone you choose, except from your employer or union representative.
SB70-AA10,377,12 11 The right to get help voting in a language other than English if enough
12voters where you live speak your language.
SB70-AA10,377,14 13 The right to get a new ballot if you made a mistake. You can get up to
143 ballots in all if you make a mistake and have not already cast your ballot.
SB70-AA10,377,20 15 The right to cast a provisional ballot. You can cast a provisional ballot
16if you are unable or unwilling to provide required proof of identification for voting or
17a valid driver license or identification card number for registering to vote on election
18day. Your provisional ballot will not be counted unless you provide the required
19information to the poll workers by 8:00 p.m. on election day or to the municipal clerk
20by 4:00 p.m. of the Friday following the election.
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