AB847: Bill Text

AB847,7 Section 7. 6.47 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,4,25 6.47 (6) Upon expiration of a confidential listing on a registration list under sub. (2), the municipal clerk shall change the registration of remove the protected individual to ineligible status from the registration list unless the individual files a new request and qualifies under sub. (2) to obtain a renewal of the listing or unless the individual applies for and qualifies to obtain a nonconfidential voter registration. Except as authorized in sub. (8), the municipal clerk shall withhold from public inspection under s. 19.35 (1) the name and address of any individual whose registration is changed removed under this subsection if the individual qualified for a confidential listing at the time of that listing.

AB847,8 Section 8. 6.47 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,5,5 6.47 (7) (b) If notice to a protected individual is not provided under par. (a), the municipal clerk shall provide notice to the subject individual upon changing a listed individual to ineligible status removing a listed individual from the registration list under sub. (6).

AB847,9 Section 9. 6.48 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,5,10 6.48 (1) (d) If the clerk determines that the challenged elector is not qualified, the clerk shall change the challenged elector's registration from eligible to ineligible status on remove the elector from the registration list and notify the inspectors for the ward or election district where the elector was registered.

AB847,10 Section 10. 6.48 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,5,19 6.48 (2) (b) Upon appearing in person, objectors shall be examined, under oath, by the commissioners and testimony taken. Judgment rests with the board of election commissioners and decisions shall be rendered as soon as heard. All cases are heard and decided summarily. The commissioners shall determine whether the person objected to is qualified. If they the commissioners determine that a person is not qualified, the executive director of the board of election commissioners shall change the elector from eligible to ineligible status on remove the elector from the registration list and shall notify the proper ward officials of the change immediately.

AB847,11 Section 11. 6.50 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,5,25 6.50 (2) If an elector to whom a notice of suspension was mailed under sub. (1) has not applied for continuation of registration within 30 days of the date of mailing, the commission shall change the registration status of that elector from eligible to ineligible remove the elector from the registration list on the day that falls 30 days after the date of mailing.

AB847,12 Section 12. 6.50 (2g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,6,4 6.50 (2g) The commission may delegate to a municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of a municipality the responsibility to change the registration status of remove electors from the registration list when required under sub. (2).

AB847,13 Section 13. 6.50 (2r) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,6,8 6.50 (2r) (g) The number of electors who received notices under sub. (1) and whose status changed from eligible to ineligible who were removed from the registration list.

AB847,14 Section 14. 6.50 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,6,24 6.50 (3) Upon receipt of reliable information that a registered elector has changed his or her residence to a location outside of the municipality, the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall notify the elector by mailing a notice by 1st class mail to the elector's registration address stating the source of the information. All municipal departments and agencies receiving information that a registered elector has changed his or her residence shall notify the clerk or board of election commissioners. If the elector no longer resides in the municipality or fails to apply for continuation of registration within 30 days of the date the notice is mailed, the clerk or board of election commissioners shall change the elector's registration from eligible to ineligible status remove the elector from the registration list. Upon receipt of reliable information that a registered elector has changed his or her residence within the municipality, the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall change the elector's registration and mail the elector a notice of the change. This subsection does not restrict the right of an elector to challenge any registration under s. 6.325, 6.48, 6.925, 6.93, or 7.52 (5).

AB847,15 Section 15. 6.50 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,7,4 6.50 (4) The municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall change the registration of remove deceased electors from eligible to ineligible status the registration list by means of checking vital statistics reports. No notice need be sent of registration changes made under this subsection.

AB847,16 Section 16. 6.50 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,7,15 6.50 (5) The registration of any elector whose address is listed at a building which that has been condemned for human habitation by the municipality under s. 66.0413 (1) (j) shall be investigated by the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners. If the clerk or board of election commissioners can find no reason why the such an elector should remain on the registration of such an elector should not be changed from eligible to ineligible status list, the clerk or board of election commissioners shall change the elector's registration status remove the elector from the list. If the elector has left a forwarding address with the U.S. postal service, a notice of change in status removal shall be mailed by the clerk or board of election commissioners to the forwarding address.

AB847,17 Section 17. 6.50 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,7,19 6.50 (6) The municipal clerk, upon authorization by an elector, shall change the elector's registration from eligible to ineligible status remove the elector from the registration list.

AB847,18 Section 18. 6.50 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,7,24 6.50 (7) When an elector's registration is changed from eligible to ineligible status elector is removed from the registration list, the commission, municipal clerk, or board of election commissioners shall make an entry on the registration list keep a permanent record of the removal, giving the date of and reason for the change.

AB847,19 Section 19. 6.50 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,8,5 6.50 (10) Any qualified elector whose registration is changed from eligible to ineligible status who is removed from the registration list under this section may reregister as provided under s. 6.28 (1), 6.29 (2), or 6.55 (2), or, if the elector has a current and valid operator's license issued to the elector under ch. 343 or a current and valid identification card issued under s. 343.50, may reregister under s. 6.30 (5).

AB847,20 Section 20. 6.56 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,8,23 6.56 (3) Upon receipt of the list under sub. (1), the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall make an audit of all electors registering to vote at the polling place or other registration location under s. 6.55 (2) and all electors registering by agent on election day under s. 6.86 (3) (a) 2. unless the clerk or board of election commissioners receives notice from the elections commission under sub. (7) that the elections commission will perform the audit. The audit shall be made by 1st class postcard. The postcard shall be marked in accordance with postal regulations to ensure that it will be returned to the clerk, board of election commissioners, or elections commission if the elector does not reside at the address given on the postcard. If any postcard is returned undelivered, or if the clerk, board of election commissioners, or elections commission is informed of a different address than the one specified by the elector which was apparently improper on the day of the election, the clerk, board of election commissioners, or elections commission shall change the status of the elector from eligible to ineligible on remove the elector from the registration list, mail the elector a notice of the change in status removal, and provide the name of the elector to the district attorney for the county where the polling place is located and the elections commission.

AB847,21 Section 21. 6.56 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,9,11 6.56 (4) After each election, the municipal clerk shall perform an audit to assure that no person has been allowed to vote more than once. Whenever the municipal clerk has good reason to believe that a person has voted more than once in an election, the clerk shall send the person a 1st class letter marked in accordance with postal regulations to ensure that it will be returned to the clerk if the elector does not reside at the address given on the letter. The letter shall inform the person that all registrations relating to that person may be changed from eligible to ineligible status removed from the registration list within 7 days unless the person contacts the office of the clerk to clarify the matter. A copy of the letter and of any subsequent information received from or about the addressee shall be sent to the district attorney for the county where the person resides and the commission.

AB847,22 Section 22. 7.23 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB847,9,16 7.23 (1) (c) Registration forms of electors whose registrations are changed to ineligible status removed from the registration list under s. 6.50 (7) may be destroyed 4 years after the change removal, unless an elector becomes eligible again reregisters during that period.

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