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:

AB304,1 Section 1. 5.06 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 5.06 (1) (a) and amended to read:

AB304,5,18 5.06 (1) (a) Whenever any elector of a jurisdiction or district served by an election official person authorized under par. (b) to file a complaint believes that a decision or action of the an election 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, or, subject to par. (b) 2., conduct of a recount, 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 authorized person may file a written sworn complaint with the commission 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 may conduct a hearing on the matter in the manner prescribed for treatment of contested cases under ch. 227 if it believes such action to be appropriate.

AB304,2 Section 2. 5.06 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB304,5,21 5.06 (1) (b) The following persons are authorized to file a complaint under this subsection:

AB304,5,23 1. An elector of a jurisdiction or district served by an election official who is a subject of the complaint.

AB304,6,2 2. A candidate voted for at an election who is an aggrieved party, as determined under s. 9.01 (1) (a) 5., or an elector who voted upon a referendum question at an election, with respect to a recount under s. 9.01, except that a recount determination that is ripe for appeal under s. 9.01 (6) is not reviewable under this subsection.

AB304,3 Section 3. 5.06 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB304,6,9 5.06 (4) The commission may, on its own motion, investigate and determine whether any election official, 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 specified in sub. (1), has failed to comply with the law or abused the discretion vested in him or her by law or proposes to do so.

AB304,4 Section 4. 5.06 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB304,6,14 5.06 (7) The commission may withdraw, modify, or correct an order issued under sub. (6) within a timely period if it finds such action to be appropriate. The commission may issue such other temporary orders of limited effect as it deems necessary to carry out its powers and duties under this section.

AB304,5 Section 5. 5.06 (10) of the statutes is repealed.

AB304,6 Section 6. 5.15 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB304,7,11 5.15 (4) (a) Except as provided in par. (c), the division ordinance or resolution shall number all wards in the municipality with unique whole numbers in consecutive order, beginning with the number one, shall designate the polling place for each ward, and shall describe the boundaries of each ward consistent with the conventions set forth in s. 4.003. No ward line may cross the boundary of a congressional, assembly, or supervisory district. The ordinance or resolution shall be accompanied by a list of the block numbers used by the U.S. bureau of the census that are wholly or partly contained within each ward, with any block numbers partly contained within a ward identified, and a map of the municipality which illustrates the revised ward boundaries. If the legislature, in an act redistricting legislative districts under article IV, section 3, of the constitution, or in redistricting congressional districts, establishes a district boundary within a municipality that does not coincide with the boundary of a ward established under the ordinance or resolution of the municipality, the municipal governing body shall, no later than April 10 of the 2nd year following the year of the federal decennial census on which the act is based, amend the ordinance or resolution to the extent required to effect the act. The amended ordinance or resolution shall designate the polling place for any ward that is created to effect the legislative act. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to compel a county or city to alter or redraw supervisory or aldermanic districts.

AB304,7 Section 7. 5.60 (3) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB304,7,17 5.60 (3) (ag) Except as authorized in s. 5.655, there shall be a separate ballot giving the names of all candidates for city offices, printed in the same form as prescribed by the commission under s. 7.08 (1) (a). Sufficient space shall be provided on the ballot for write-in candidates. City election ballots may vary in form to conform to the law under which an election is held.

AB304,8 Section 8. 5.62 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB304,8,10 5.62 (1) (a) At the partisan primary, the following ballot shall be provided for the nomination of candidates of recognized political parties for national, state, and county offices and independent candidates for state office in each ward, in the same form as prescribed by the commission under s. 7.08 (1) (a), except as authorized in s. 5.655. The ballots shall be made up of the several party tickets with each party entitled to participate in the primary under par. (b) or sub. (2) having its own ballot, except as authorized in s. 5.655. The ballots shall be secured together at the bottom. The party ballot of the party receiving the most votes for president or governor at the last general election shall be on top with the other parties arranged in descending order based on their vote for president or governor at the last general election. The ballots of parties qualifying under sub. (2) shall be placed after the parties qualifying under par. (b), in the same order in which the parties filed petitions with the commission. Any ballot required under par. (b) 2. shall be placed next in order. At polling places where voting machines are used, each party shall be represented in one or more separate columns or rows on the ballot. At polling places where an electronic voting system is used other than an electronic voting machine, each party may be represented in separate columns or rows on the ballot.

AB304,9 Section 9. 5.94 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB304,8,20 5.94 Sample ballots; publication. When an electronic voting system employing a ballot that is distributed to electors is used, the county and municipal clerk of the county and municipality in which the polling place designated for use of the system is located shall cause to be published, in the type B notices, a true actual-size copy of the ballot containing the names of offices and candidates and statements of measures to be voted on, as nearly as possible, in the form in which they will appear on the official ballot on election day. The notice may be published as a newspaper insert. Municipal clerks may post the notice if the remainder of the type B notice is posted.

AB304,10 Section 10. 6.45 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB304,8,24 6.45 (1) After the deadline for revision of the registration list, the municipal clerk shall make copies of the list for election use. Paper copies need not be made if an electronic registration list is used.

AB304,11 Section 11. 6.46 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB304,9,9 6.46 (2) Poll lists shall be open to public inspection, except as provided in s. 6.47. The municipal clerk shall furnish upon request to each candidate who has filed nomination papers for an office which that represents at least part of the municipality one copy of the current poll list for those areas for which he or she is a candidate for a fee not to exceed the cost of reproduction. If a copying machine is not accessible, the clerk shall must remove the lists from the office for the purposes of copying, and the clerk shall return them immediately thereafter. The clerk shall exclude information that is confidential under s. 6.47 (2) from copies of the list, except as authorized under s. 6.47 (8).

AB304,12 Section 12. 6.47 (1) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB304,9,14 6.47 (1) (ag) “Domestic abuse victim service provider" means an organization that is certified by the department of children and families as eligible to receive grants under s. 49.165 (2) and whose name is included on the list provided by the commission under s. 7.08 (10).