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24. 7.15 (16) of the statutes is created to read:
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7.15
(16) Withhold personal information provided to clerk. The municipal
19clerk shall withhold from public inspection under s. 19.35 (1) the telephone number
20and electronic mail address of any elector who voluntarily provides that information
21to the clerk or to the commission or a county clerk. The municipal clerk may transfer
22the information to any official or employee who has access to the information in the
23registration list under s. 6.36 (1) (b) 1. a. to be used for the administration of elections.
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25. 12.09 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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112.09
(1) No person may personally or through an agent make use of or
2threaten to make use of force, violence,
or restraint
, or any tactic of coercion or
3intimidation in order to induce or compel any person to vote or refrain from voting
4or to refrain from registering to vote at an election.
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26. 12.09 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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12.09
(3) No person may personally or through an agent
, by make use of or
7threaten to make use of force, violence, restraint, or any
act tactic of coercion or
8intimidation in order to compel, induce, or prevail upon an elector either to vote or
9refrain from voting at any election for or against a particular candidate or
question
10at a referendum.
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27. 12.17 of the statutes is created to read:
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1212.17 Deceptive election practices. (1) In this section, “election-related
13information" means information concerning any of the following:
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(a) The date, time, place, or manner of conducting an election.
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(b) The qualifications for or restrictions on the eligibility of electors voting at
16an election, including any criminal penalties associated with voting in an election or
17an elector's registration status or eligibility.
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(c) The explicit endorsement by any person of a candidate at an election.
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19(2) No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, may
20intentionally induce another person to refrain from registering or voting at an
21election by knowingly providing that person with false election-related information.
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22(3) Any person who is aggrieved by an alleged violation of sub. (2) may bring
23an action for injunctive relief in circuit court for the county where the violation is
24alleged to occur.
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1(4) Any person may file a verified complaint with the commission alleging facts
2that the person believes to constitute a violation of sub. (2). The complaint shall be
3filed as provided under s. 5.05 (2m) (c).
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4(5) (a) Notwithstanding s. 5.05 (2m) (c), the commission shall promptly review
5each complaint received under sub. (4), and if the commission finds that the facts
6alleged in the complaint, if true, would constitute a violation of sub. (2), the
7commission shall promptly investigate the complaint. Notwithstanding s. 5.05 (2m)
8(c) 11., if the commission finds that a violation of sub. (2) has occurred or is occurring,
9the commission shall take all measures necessary to provide correct information to
10electors who may have been deceived by the actions of the alleged violator, and shall
11refer the matter to the appropriate authority for prosecution in accordance with ss.
125.05 (2m) (i) and 12.60 (4).
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(b) The commission shall promulgate rules concerning the methods and means
14of providing corrective information to electors under par. (a).
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15(6) (a) No later than 90 days after each each general election, the commission
16shall report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for referral to the
17appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (2) concerning any complaints
18under sub. (4) that were acted upon or referred by the commission under sub. (5)
19during the period beginning with the date of the 2nd preceding general election and
20ending with the preceding general election. Except as provided in par. (b), the report
21shall include all of the following:
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1. A description of the alleged deceptive election practices that were the subject
23of each complaint.
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2. Any corrective measures taken by the commission with regard to the subject
25matter of each complaint.
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13. The commission's evaluation of the effectiveness of those corrective
2measures.
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4. The status of any prosecution relating to the subject matter of each
4complaint.
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5. A compilation of the number and types of allegations made that were acted
6upon or referred by the commission under sub. (5).
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6. The locations and segments of the population that were affected by the
8alleged deceptive election practices.
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7. The status of any investigations conducted by the commission under sub. (5).
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(b) The commission may exclude from the report under par. (a) any information
11that, if disclosed, would interfere with a pending investigation of a violation of the
12law.
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(c) The commission shall post a copy of each report submitted under this
14subsection on the commission's Internet site.
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28. 12.19 of the statutes is created to read:
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1612.19 Voter suppression. No person may knowingly attempt to prevent or
17deter another person from voting or registering to vote based upon fraudulent,
18deceptive, or spurious grounds or information. Violations of this section include any
19of the following:
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20(1) Challenging another person's right to register or vote at an election based
21upon information the person knows is false.