AB570,3 Section 3. 6.87 (6d) (a) to (L) of the statutes are created to read:

AB570,,10 6.87 (6d) (a) The elector’s printed first name.

AB570,,11 (b) The elector’s printed last name.

AB570,,12 (c) The elector’s house or apartment number.

AB570,,13 (d) The elector’s street name.

AB570,,14 (e) The elector’s municipality.

AB570,,15 (f) The elector’s signature.

AB570,,16 (g) The witness’s printed first name.

AB570,,17 (h) The witness’s printed last name.

AB570,,18 (i) The witness’s house or apartment number.

AB570,,19 (j) The witness’s street name.

AB570,,20 (k) The witness’s municipality.

AB570,,21 (L) The witness’s signature.

AB570,4 Section 4. 6.87 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 6.87 (9) (a) and amended to read:

AB570,,23 6.87 (9) (a) If a municipal clerk receives an absentee ballot with an improperly completed certificate or with no certificate, the clerk may return the ballot to the elector, inside the sealed envelope when an envelope is received, together with a new envelope if necessary, whenever time permits the elector to correct the defect and return the ballot within the period authorized under sub. (6), and the clerk shall post a notification of the defect on the elector’s voter information page on the website that is used by electors for original registration under s. 6.30 (5). The clerk may also attempt to notify the elector of the defect by other means.

AB570,5 Section 5. 6.87 (9) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB570,,25 6.87 (9) (b) No person other than the elector, or the witness with respect to the witness certificate, may correct a defect in the elector’s absentee ballot certificate. Whoever violates this paragraph is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both.

AB570,6 Section 6. 6.875 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB570,,27 6.875 (4) (a) For the purpose of absentee voting in qualified retirement homes and residential care facilities, the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of each municipality in which one or more qualified retirement homes or residential care facilities are located shall appoint at least 2 special voting deputies for the municipality. Except as provided in par. (am), upon application under s. 6.86 (1), (2), or (2m) by one or more qualified electors who are occupants of a home or facility, the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of the municipality in which the home or facility is located shall dispatch 2 special voting deputies to visit the home or facility for the purpose of supervising absentee voting procedure by occupants of the home or facility. The clerk or board of election commissioners shall maintain a list, available to the public upon request, of each home or facility where special voting deputies are dispatched. The list shall include the date and time the deputies intend to visit each home or facility. The 2 deputies designated to visit each qualified retirement home and residential care facility shall be affiliated with different political parties whenever deputies representing different parties are available. No qualified retirement home or residential care facility may deny entry to a special voting deputy appointed under this paragraph except if the qualified retirement home or residential care facility is closed to the public during a public health emergency and except if the qualified retirement home or residential care facility is closed to the public during an incident of infectious disease, if the administrator of the qualified retirement home or residential care facility has signed a verifiable statement documenting the incident and filed the statement with the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners. During a public health emergency or an incident of infectious disease, if a qualified retirement home or residential care facility is closed to the public, the qualified retirement home or residential care facility shall allow a personal care voting assistant appointed under sub. (8) to supervise the absentee voting procedure used by occupants of the qualified retirement home or residential care facility.

AB570,7 Section 7. 6.875 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 6.875 (4) (b) 1.

AB570,8 Section 8. 6.875 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB570,,30 6.875 (4) (b) 2. No individual who is employed or retained at a qualified retirement home or residential care facility in the municipality and who is not a personal care voting assistant appointed under sub. (8) (a) 1. may assist an occupant of the qualified retirement home or residential care facility in completing the occupant’s absentee ballot, but such an individual may assist only in distributing the absentee ballots in their unopened envelopes to the occupants who requested the ballots.

AB570,9 Section 9. 6.875 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB570,,32 6.875 (6) (a) Special voting deputies in each municipality shall, not later than 5 p.m. on the 6th 11th working day preceding an election, arrange one or more convenient times with the administrator of each qualified retirement home and residential care facility in the municipality that the deputies are scheduled to visit. The time may be no earlier than the 4th Monday preceding the election and no later than 5 p.m. on the Monday 6th working day preceding the election. The municipal clerk shall give notice of each visit by special voting deputies to a qualified retirement home or residential care facility in the same manner that notices of public meetings are provided by presiding officers under s. 19.84 (1) (b) at least 5 working days in advance of each visit, indicating the date and time of the visit. The municipal clerk also shall post a notice at the home or facility and on the Internet indicating the date and time that absentee voting will take place at that home or facility. The notice shall be posted as soon as practicable after arranging the visit but in no case less than 5 working days before the visit. A municipal clerk whose municipality does not maintain an Internet site need not comply with the Internet posting requirement. At the designated time, 2 deputies appointed under sub. (4) shall visit the home or facility.

AB570,10 Section 10. 6.875 (6) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 6.875 (6) (e) 1.

AB570,11 Section 11. 6.875 (6) (e) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB570,,35 6.875 (6) (e) 2. If a qualified elector is not able to cast his or her ballot on 2 separate visits by the deputies to the qualified retirement home or residential care facility because access to the qualified retirement home or residential care facility is restricted due to a public health emergency or an incident of infectious disease, the deputies shall so inform the municipal clerk or executive director of the board of election commissioners, who may then send the ballot to the elector no later than 5 p.m. on the Friday preceding the election.

AB570,12 Section 12. 6.875 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB570,,37 6.875 (8) (a) 1. For an election held during a public health emergency or an incident of infectious disease that results in restricting access to a qualified retirement home or residential care facility, the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of each municipality in which one or more qualified retirement homes or residential care facilities are located may appoint any individual who is employed or retained at a qualified retirement home or residential care facility in the municipality to serve as a personal care voting assistant.