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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 495
October 18, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives ROZAR, SNODGRASS, BALDEH,
BARE, C. ANDERSON, CONLEY, JOERS, KRUG, MICHALSKI, MURPHY, MURSAU,
ORTIZ-VELEZ, RATCLIFF, SHELTON and SUBECK, cosponsored by Senators KNODL,
SPREITZER, JACQUE and WIRCH. Referred to Committee on Campaigns and
Elections.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to amend 7.52 (3) (a) of the statutes; relating to: poll list numbers
marked on certain absentee ballots.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, in a municipality using a municipal board of absentee ballot
canvassers to canvass absentee ballots in an election, the board of absentee ballot
canvassers must assign a poll list number to each absent elector and mark the
number on the back of the absentee ballot. This bill eliminates the requirement that
the poll list number be marked on the back of absentee ballots.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 7.52 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
7.52 (3) (a) The board of absentee ballot canvassers shall first open the carrier
envelope only, and, in such a manner that a member of the public, if he or she desired,
could hear, announce the name of the absent elector or the identification serial
number of the absent elector if the elector has a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2).
When the board of absentee ballot canvassers finds that the certification has been
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properly executed and the applicant is a qualified elector of the ward or election
district, the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall enter an indication on the poll
list next to the applicant's name indicating an absentee ballot is cast by the elector.
The board of absentee ballot canvassers shall then open the envelope containing the
ballot in a manner so as not to deface or destroy the certification thereon. The board
of absentee ballot canvassers shall take out the ballot without unfolding it or
permitting it to be unfolded or examined. Unless the ballot is cast under s. 6.95, the
board of absentee ballot canvassers shall verify that the ballot has been endorsed by
the issuing clerk. If the poll list indicates that proof of residence is required and no
proof of residence is enclosed or the name or address on the document that is provided
is not the same as the name and address shown on the poll list, the board of absentee
ballot canvassers shall proceed as provided under s. 6.97 (2). The board of absentee
ballot canvassers shall mark the poll list number of each elector who casts an
absentee ballot on the back of the elector's ballot. The board of absentee ballot
canvassers shall then deposit the ballot into the proper ballot box and enter the
absent elector's name or poll list number after his or her name on the poll list.
(END)
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