SB834,50 Section 50. 5.05 (13) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,122 5.05 (13) (a) The commission secretary of state shall maintain one or more toll-free telephone lines for electors to report possible voting fraud and voting rights violations, to obtain general election information, and to access information concerning their registration status, current polling place locations, and other information relevant to voting in elections.

SB834,51 Section 51. 5.05 (13) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,124 5.05 (13) (b) The commission secretary of state may maintain a free access system under which an elector who votes under s. 6.96 or 6.97 may ascertain current information concerning whether the elector’s vote has been counted, and, if the vote will not be counted, the reason that it will not be counted.

SB834,52 Section 52. 5.05 (13) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,126 5.05 (13) (c) The commission secretary of state shall maintain a freely accessible system under which a military elector, as defined in s. 6.34 (1), or an overseas elector who casts an absentee ballot may ascertain whether the ballot has been received by the appropriate municipal clerk.

SB834,53 Section 53. 5.05 (13) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,128 5.05 (13) (d) (intro.) The commission secretary of state shall designate and maintain at least one freely accessible means of electronic communication which shall be used for the following purposes:

SB834,54 Section 54. 5.05 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,130 5.05 (14) Information from county and municipal clerks. (a) The commission secretary of state may request information from county and municipal clerks relating to election administration, performance of electronic voting systems and voting machines, and use of paper ballots in elections.

SB834,,131 (b) The commission office of the secretary of state shall establish a subscription service whereby a person may electronically access the absentee ballot information provided under s. 6.33 (5) (a), including semiweekly updates of such information.

SB834,,132 (c) On election night the commission office of the secretary of state shall provide a link on its Internet site website to the posting of each county’s election returns on each county’s Internet site website.

SB834,55 Section 55. 5.05 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,134 5.05 (15) Registration list. The commission office of the secretary of state is responsible for the design and maintenance of the official registration list under s. 6.36. The commission secretary of state shall require all municipalities to use the list in every election and may require any municipality to adhere to procedures established by the commission office of the secretary of state for proper maintenance of the list.

SB834,56 Section 56. 5.05 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,136 5.05 (16) Policies and procedures. (a) Annually, the commission office of the secretary of state shall adopt written policies and procedures in order to govern its internal operations and management and shall annually report such policies and procedures to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).

SB834,,137 (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), the commission office of the secretary of state may reconsider at any time any policy or procedure adopted as provided under par. (a). If, upon reconsideration, the commission office revises a previously reported policy or procedure, the commission office shall report the revision to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).

SB834,,138 (c) The commission secretary of state may reconsider at any time any written directives or written guidance provided to the general public or to any person subject to the provisions of chs. 5 to 10 and 12 with regard to the enforcement and administration of those provisions.

SB834,57 Section 57. 5.05 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,140 5.05 (17) Payments. The commission office of the secretary of state may accept payment by credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment mechanism for any amounts owed pursuant to the administration of chs. 5 to 10 or 12, and may charge a surcharge to the payer to recover charges associated with the acceptance of that electronic payment.

SB834,58 Section 58. 5.05 (18) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,142 5.05 (18) Electronic poll lists. The commission secretary of state may facilitate the creation and maintenance of electronic poll lists for purposes of s. 6.79 including entering into contracts with vendors and establishing programs for development and testing. The secretary of state shall report all actions taken under this subsection to the standing legislative oversight committees as soon as practicable after taking such actions.

SB834,59 Section 59. 5.055 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,144 5.055 Election assistance commission standards board. The commission administrator secretary of state shall, in consultation with the commission, appoint an individual to represent this state as a member of the federal election assistance commission standards board. The administrator secretary shall also conduct and supervise a process for the selection of an election official by county and municipal clerks and boards of election commissioners to represent local election officials of this state as a member of the federal election assistance commission standards board. The administrator secretary shall ensure that the members of the federal election assistance commission standards board representing this state shall at no time be members of the same political party. Upon appointment or election of any new member of the federal election assistance commission standards board representing this state, the administrator secretary shall transmit a notice of that member’s appointment or election to the officer or agency designated by federal law.

SB834,60 Section 60. 5.056 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,146 5.056 Matching program with secretary of transportation. The commission administrator secretary of state shall enter into the agreement with the secretary of transportation specified under s. 85.61 (1) to match personally identifiable information on the official registration list maintained by the commission secretary of state under s. 6.36 (1) and the information specified in s. 6.34 (2m) with personally identifiable information maintained by the department of transportation.

SB834,61 Section 61. 5.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB834,,148 5.06 (1) Whenever any elector of a jurisdiction or district served by an election official believes that a decision or action of the official or the failure of the official to act with respect to any matter concerning nominations, qualifications of candidates, voting qualifications, including residence, ward division and numbering, recall, ballot preparation, election administration or conduct of elections is contrary to law, or the official has abused the discretion vested in him or her by law with respect to any such matter, the elector may file a written sworn complaint with the commission secretary of state requesting that the official be required to conform his or her conduct to the law, be restrained from taking any action inconsistent with the law or be required to correct any action or decision inconsistent with the law or any abuse of the discretion vested in him or her by law. The complaint shall set forth such facts as are within the knowledge of the complainant to show probable cause to believe that a violation of law or abuse of discretion has occurred or will occur. The complaint may be accompanied by relevant supporting documents. The commission secretary may conduct a hearing on the matter in the manner prescribed for treatment of contested cases under ch. 227 if it he or she believes such action to be appropriate.

SB834,62 Section 62. 5.06 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: