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Veterans service officer grants
Under current law, DVA is required to annually award a grant to counties that
employ a full-time county veterans service officer. The grants are awarded for the
purpose of improving a county's services to veterans. The amount of each grant is
as follows: $8,500 for a county with a population of less than 20,000, $10,000 for a
county with a population of 20,000 to 45,499, $11,500 for a county with a population
of 45,500 to 74,999, and $13,000 for a county with a population of 75,000 or more.
Counties that employ a part-time county veterans service officer are eligible to
receive an annual grant not exceeding $500. DVA may also make annual grants not
to exceed $15,000 to the governing bodies of federally recognized American Indian
tribes and bands if the tribal governing body appoints a tribal veterans service
officer. The bill increases the amount of each of these grants by 5 percent.
Veterans outreach and recovery program
Under current law, DVA administers a program to provide outreach, mental
health services, and support to veterans who reside in the state who have a mental
health condition or substance use disorder. The bill directs DVA to spend at least
$100,000 annually under the program to promote suicide prevention and awareness
by providing services to individuals who are members of a traditionally underserved
population, including minority groups and individuals who reside in rural areas of
the state.
Hire Heroes program
Under current law, DWD administers the Hire Heroes program that provides
transitional jobs to veterans and reimburses employers of veterans for wages and
other related costs. In order for a veteran to be eligible to participate in the program,
he or she must be a DVA-certified veteran, be at least 18 years old, be ineligible to
participate in the Wisconsin Works program, be unemployed for at least four weeks,
and satisfy any applicable substance abuse screening, testing, and treatment.
Prospective program participants must also submit an application to the program no
later than seven years after the date of discharge from military service. The bill
removes the seven-year limit on when veterans may submit an application to the
program.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report.
Because this bill relates to an exemption from state or local taxes, it may be
referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a report to be printed
as an appendix to the bill.

Because this bill may increase or decrease, directly or indirectly, the cost of the
development, construction, financing, purchasing, sale, ownership, or availability of
housing in this state, the Department of Administration, as required by law, will
prepare a report to be printed as an appendix to this bill.
This proposal may contain a health insurance mandate requiring a social and
financial impact report under s. 601.423, stats.
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:
AB68,1 1Section 1. 1.031 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,193,7 21.031 Retrocession of jurisdiction. The governor may accept on behalf of
3the state, retrocession of full or partial jurisdiction over any roads, highways or other
4lands in federal enclaves within the state where such retrocession has been offered
5by appropriate federal authority. Documents concerning such action shall be filed
6in the office of the secretary of state administration and recorded in the office of the
7register of deeds of the county wherein such lands are located.
AB68,2 8Section 2. 5.02 (6m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,193,179 5.02 (6m) (f) An unexpired identification card issued by a university or college
10in this state that is accredited, as defined in s. 39.30 (1) (d), or by a technical college
11in this state that is a member of and governed by the technical college system under
12ch. 38, that contains the date of issuance and signature of the individual to whom it
13is issued and that contains an expiration date indicating that the card expires no
14later than 2 years after the date of issuance if the individual establishes, except that
15if the identification card is expired the individual shall establish
that he or she is
16enrolled as a student at the university or college on the date that the card is
17presented.
AB68,3 18Section 3 . 5.02 (20) of the statutes is amended to read:
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15.02 (20) “Special primary" means the primary held 4 weeks before the special
2election, except as provided in s. 8.50 (4m) and except when the special election is
3held on the same day as the general election the special primary shall be held on the
4same day as the general primary or if the special election is held concurrently with
5the spring election, the primary shall be held concurrently with the spring primary.
AB68,4 6Section 4 . 5.02 (22) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,194,107 5.02 (22) “Spring primary" means the nonpartisan primary held on the 3rd
8Tuesday in February to nominate nonpartisan candidates to be voted for at the
9spring election and partisan candidates to be voted for at a special election under s.
108.50 (4m)
.
AB68,5 11Section 5 . 5.05 (11m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,194,1612 5.05 (11m) Aids to counties and municipalities for certain special election
13costs.
(a) From the appropriation under s. 20.510 (1) (f), the commission shall
14reimburse counties and municipalities for costs incurred in the administration of
15special primaries for state or national office and special elections for state or national
16office.
AB68,194,1817 (b) A cost is eligible for reimbursement under par. (a) only if all of the following
18apply:
AB68,194,1919 1. The commission determines that the cost is reasonable.
AB68,194,2020 2. The cost is specified under par. (c).
AB68,194,2321 3. If applicable, the commission determines that the rate paid by the county or
22municipality for the cost does not exceed the rate customarily paid for similar costs
23at a primary or election that is not a special primary or election.
AB68,195,224 4. If the special primary or election coincides with a primary or election that
25is not a special primary or election, the commission determines that the cost does not

1exceed the amount that would be incurred if the primaries or elections did not
2coincide.
AB68,195,33 (c) Only the following costs are eligible for reimbursement under par. (a):
AB68,195,44 1. Rental payments for polling places.
AB68,195,65 2. Election day wages paid under s. 7.03 to election officials working at the
6polls.
AB68,195,77 3. Costs for the publication of required election notices.
AB68,195,88 4. Printing and postage costs for absentee ballots and envelopes.
AB68,195,99 5. Costs for the design and printing of ballots and poll books.
AB68,195,1110 6. Purchase of ballot bags or containers, including ties or seals for chain of
11custody purposes.
AB68,195,1212 7. Costs to program electronic voting machines.
AB68,195,1313 8. Purchase of memory devices for electronic voting machines.
AB68,195,1414 9. Wages paid to conduct a county canvass.
AB68,195,1515 10. Data entry costs for the statewide voter registration system.
AB68,6 16Section 6 . 5.056 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,195,25 175.056 Matching program with secretary of transportation. The
18commission administrator shall enter into the agreement with the secretary of
19transportation specified under s. 85.61 (1) to match personally identifiable
20information on the official registration list maintained by the commission under s.
216.36 (1) and the information specified in s. ss. 6.256 (2) and 6.34 (2m) with personally
22identifiable information maintained by the department of transportation. Subject
23to s. 343.14 (2p) (b), the agreement shall provide for the electronic transfer of
24information under s. 6.256 (2) to the commission on a continuous basis, no less often
25than weekly.
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1Section 7. 5.35 (6) (a) 4c. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,196,22 5.35 (6) (a) 4c. A voter bill of rights in substantially the following form:
AB68,196,3 3Voter Bill of Rights
AB68,196,4 4You have the following rights:
AB68,196,10 5 The right to vote if you are registered and eligible to vote. You are
6eligible to vote if you (1) are a U.S. citizen, (2) are at least 18 years old, (3) are
7registered where you currently live, (4) are not currently serving any portion of a
8felony sentence, including probation or supervision, (5) are not currently found
9mentally incompetent to vote by a court, and (6) have not placed a bet or a wager on
10the outcome of the election.
AB68,196,11 11 The right to inspect a sample ballot before voting.
AB68,196,14 12 The right to cast a ballot if you are in line when your polling place
13closes
or when your municipal clerk's office closes if you are voting by in-person
14absentee ballot on the last day for which such voting is allowed.
AB68,196,16 15 The right to cast a secret ballot, without anyone bothering you or telling
16you how to vote.
AB68,196,18 17 If you have a disability, the right to get help casting your ballot from
18anyone you choose, except from your employer or union representative.
AB68,196,20 19 The right to get help voting in a language other than English if enough
20voters where you live speak your language.
AB68,196,22 21 The right to get a new ballot if you made a mistake. You can get up to
223 ballots in all if you make a mistake and have not already cast your ballot.
AB68,197,3 23 The right to cast a provisional ballot. You can cast a provisional ballot
24if you are unable or unwilling to provide required proof of identification for voting or
25a valid driver license or identification card number for registering to vote on election

1day. Your provisional ballot will not be counted unless you provide the required
2information to the poll workers by 8:00 p.m. on election day or to the municipal clerk
3by 4:00 p.m. of the Friday following the election.
AB68,197,4 4 The right to have your ballot counted accurately.
AB68,197,6 5 The right to vote free from coercion or intimidation by any election
6official or other person.
AB68,197,8 7 The right to report any illegal or fraudulent election activity to an
8elections official or the State of Wisconsin Elections Commission.
AB68,8 9Section 8 . 5.84 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,198,310 5.84 (1) Where any municipality employs an electronic voting system which
11utilizes automatic tabulating equipment, either at the polling place or at a central
12counting location,
the municipal clerk shall, on any day not more than 10 days prior
13to the election day on which the equipment is to be utilized in an election, have the
14equipment tested to ascertain that it will correctly count the votes cast for all offices
15and on all measures. Public notice of the time and place of the test shall be given by
16the clerk at least 48 hours prior to the test by publication of a class 1 notice under
17ch. 985 in one or more newspapers published within the municipality if a newspaper
18is published therein, otherwise in a newspaper of general circulation therein. The
19test shall be open to the public. The test shall be conducted by processing a
20preaudited group of ballots so marked as to record a predetermined number of valid
21votes for each candidate and on each referendum. The test shall include for each
22office one or more ballots which have votes in excess of the number allowed by law
23and, for a partisan primary election, one or more ballots which have votes cast for
24candidates of more than one recognized political party, in order to test the ability of
25the automatic tabulating equipment to reject such votes. If any error is detected, the

1municipal clerk shall ascertain the cause and correct the error. The clerk shall make
2an errorless count before the automatic tabulating equipment is approved by the
3clerk for use in the election.
AB68,9 4Section 9 . 5.86 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,198,205 5.86 (1) All proceedings at each central counting location shall be under the
6direction of the municipal clerk or an election official designated by the clerk unless
7the central counting location is at the county seat and the municipal clerk delegates
8the responsibility to supervise the location to the county clerk
, in which case the
9proceedings shall be under the direction of the county clerk or an election official
10designated by the county clerk. If for any municipality the central counting location
11is at the county seat and the municipal clerk authorizes the early canvassing of
12absentee ballots under s. 7.525, the county clerk or the county clerk's designee shall
13begin the proceedings for that municipality on the day before the election consistent
14with that section.
Unless election officials are selected under s. 7.30 (4) (c) without
15regard to party affiliation, the employees at each central counting location, other
16than any specially trained technicians who are required for the operation of the
17automatic tabulating equipment, shall be equally divided between members of the
182 major political parties under s. 7.30 (2) (a) and all duties performed by the
19employees shall be by teams consisting of an equal number of members of each
20political party whenever sufficient persons from each party are available.
AB68,10 21Section 10. 6.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,198,2422 6.02 (1) Every U.S. citizen age 18 or older who has resided in an election district
23or ward for 28 10 consecutive days before any election where the citizen offers to vote
24is an eligible elector.
AB68,11 25Section 11. 6.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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16.02 (2) Any U.S. citizen age 18 or older who moves within this state later than
228 10 days before an election shall vote at his or her previous ward or election district
3if the person is otherwise qualified. If the elector can comply with the 28-day 10-day
4residence requirement at the new address and is otherwise qualified, he or she may
5vote in the new ward or election district.
AB68,12 6Section 12. 6.10 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,199,147 6.10 (3) When an elector moves his or her residence from one ward or
8municipality to another ward or municipality within the state at least 28 10 days
9before the election, the elector may vote in and be considered a resident of the new
10ward or municipality where residing upon registering at the proper polling place or
11other registration location in the new ward or municipality under s. 6.55 (2) or 6.86
12(3) (a) 2. If the elector moves his or her residence later than 28 10 days before an
13election, the elector shall vote in the elector's former ward or municipality if
14otherwise qualified to vote there.
AB68,13 15Section 13. 6.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,200,216 6.10 (4) The residence of an unmarried person sleeping in one ward and
17boarding in another is the place where the person sleeps. The residence of an
18unmarried person in a transient vocation, a teacher or a student who boards at
19different places for part of the week, month, or year, if one of the places is the
20residence of the person's parents, is the place of the parents' residence unless through
21registration or similar act the person elects to establish a residence elsewhere. If the
22person has no parents and if the person has not registered elsewhere, the person's
23residence shall be at the place that the person considered his or her residence in
24preference to any other for at least 28 10 consecutive days before an election. If this

1place is within the municipality, the person is entitled to all the privileges and subject
2to all the duties of other citizens having their residence there, including voting.
AB68,14 3Section 14. 6.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,200,94 6.15 (1) Qualifications. Any person who was or who is an eligible elector under
5ss. 6.02 and 6.03, except that he or she has been a resident of this state for less than
628 10 consecutive days prior to the date of the presidential election, is entitled to vote
7for the president and vice president but for no other offices. The fact that the person
8was not registered to vote in the state from which he or she moved does not prevent
9voting in this state if the elector is otherwise qualified.
AB68,15 10Section 15. 6.15 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,200,1811 6.15 (2) (a) The elector's request for the application form may be made in person
12to the municipal clerk of the municipality where the person resides. Application may
13be made not sooner than 27 9 days nor later than 5 p.m. on the day before the election,
14or may be made at the proper polling place in the ward or election district in which
15the elector resides. If an elector makes application before election day, the
16application form shall be returned to the municipal clerk after the affidavit has been
17signed in the presence of the clerk or any officer authorized by law to administer
18oaths. The affidavit shall be in substantially the following form:
AB68,200,1919 STATE OF WISCONSIN
AB68,200,2020 County of ....
AB68,201,621 I, ...., do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States; that prior to
22establishing Wisconsin residence, my legal residence was in the .... (town) (village)
23(city) of ...., state of ...., residing at .... (street address); that on the day of the next
24presidential election, I shall be at least 18 years of age and that I have been a legal
25resident of the state of Wisconsin since ...., .... (year), residing at .... (street address),

1in the [.... ward of the .... aldermanic district of] the (town) (village) (city) of ...., county
2of ....; that I have resided in the state less than 28 10 consecutive days, that I am
3qualified to vote for president and vice president at the election to be held November
4...., .... (year), that I am not voting at any other place in this election and that I hereby
5make application for an official presidential ballot, in accordance with section 6.15
6of the Wisconsin statutes.
AB68,201,77 Signed ....
AB68,201,88 P.O. Address ....
AB68,201,99 Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of ...., .... (year)
AB68,201,1010 ....(Name)
AB68,201,1111 ....(Title)
AB68,16 12Section 16 . 6.15 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,201,1913 6.15 (4) (b) During polling hours, or between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. on the day before
14the election if authorized for that election under s. 7.525,
the inspectors shall open
15each carrier envelope, announce the elector's name, check the affidavit for proper
16execution, and check the voting qualifications for the ward, if any. In municipalities
17where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, the municipal board of absentee
18ballot canvassers shall perform this function at a meeting of the board of absentee
19ballot canvassers.
AB68,17 20Section 17. 6.18 (form) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,201,24 216.18 (form) This form shall be returned to the municipal clerk's office.
22Application must be received in sufficient time for ballots to be mailed and returned
23prior to any presidential election at which applicant wishes to vote. Complete all
24statements in full.
AB68,201,2525 APPLICATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL
AB68,202,1
1ELECTOR'S ABSENTEE BALLOT
AB68,202,22 (To be voted at the Presidential Election
AB68,202,33 on November ...., .... (year)
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