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1		-	Date of enactment:
2		-	2023 Assembly Bill 570 Date of publication*:
3		-	2023 WISCONSIN ACT
4		-	AN ACT to renumber 6.875 (4) (b) and 6.875 (6) (e); to renumber and amend 6.87 (6d), 6.87 (9) and 7.51 (1); to
5		-	amend 6.87 (2) (intro.), 6.875 (4) (a), 6.875 (6) (a), 7.03 (1) (d), 7.30 (3) (a), 7.315 (1) (a), 7.53 (2) (cm) and 12.60
6		-	(1) (a); and to create 5.51 (9), 6.87 (6d) (a) to (L), 6.87 (9) (b), 6.875 (4) (b) 2., 6.875 (6) (e) 2., 6.875 (8), 7.30 (7),
7		-	7.51 (1) (b), 12.13 (2) (b) 9., 12.13 (2) (b) 10., 12.13 (2) (b) 11., 12.13 (3) (zp) and 12.13 (3m) of the statutes; relating
8		-	to: certain kinds of election fraud, defects on absentee ballot certificates, returning absentee ballots to the office of
9		-	the municipal clerk, appointment of election officials, allowing an employee of a residential care facility or qualified
10		-	retirement home to serve as a personal care voting assistant during a public health emergency or an incident of infec-
11		-	tious disease, and providing a penalty.
12		-	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
13		-	senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
14		-	SECTION 1b. 5.51 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
15		-	5.51 (9) Each absentee ballot certificate shall be
16		-	printed with blank spaces to accommodate inclusion of
17		-	the information required under s. 6.87 (6d) (a) to (L).
18		-	Each absentee ballot certificate shall also be printed with
19		-	blank spaces to accommodate the optional inclusion of
20		-	the state and zip code of the elector and the witness.
21		-	SECTION 1r. 6.87 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is
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	5	+	October 26, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives MAXEY, MACCO, ARMSTRONG,
	6	+	EDMING, MICHALSKI, MURPHY, RETTINGER, STEFFEN and VANDERMEER,
	7	+	cosponsored by Senator JACQUE. Referred to Committee on Campaigns and
	8	+	Elections.
	9	+	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
	10	+	AN ACT to renumber 6.875 (4) (b) and 6.875 (6) (e); to renumber and amend
	11	+	6.87 (6d), 6.87 (9) and 7.51 (1); to amend 6.87 (2) (intro.), 6.875 (4) (a), 6.875
	12	+	(6) (a), 7.03 (1) (d), 7.30 (3) (a), 7.315 (1) (a), 7.53 (2) (cm) and 12.60 (1) (a); and
	13	+	to create 6.87 (6d) (a) to (L), 6.87 (9) (b), 6.875 (4) (b) 2., 6.875 (6) (e) 2., 6.875
	14	+	(8), 7.30 (7), 7.51 (1) (b), 12.13 (2) (b) 9., 12.13 (2) (b) 10., 12.13 (2) (b) 11., 12.13
	15	+	(3) (zp) and 12.13 (3m) of the statutes; relating to: certain kinds of election
	16	+	fraud, defects on absentee ballot certificates, returning absentee ballots to the
	17	+	office of the municipal clerk, appointment of election officials, allowing an
	18	+	employee of a residential care facility or qualified retirement home to serve as
	19	+	a personal care voting assistant during a public health emergency or an
	20	+	incident of infectious disease, and providing a penalty.
	21	+	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
	22	+	RETIREMENT HOMES AND RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES
	23	+	Personal care voting assistants
	24	+	Under current law, absentee voting in person inside residential care facilities
	25	+	and qualified retirement homes may be conducted only if the municipal clerk or
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	39	+	board of election commissioners adopts procedures allowing voters residing in such
	40	+	a facility or home to apply for, receive, and complete an absentee ballot by means of
	41	+	special voting deputies dispatched to the facility or home for that purpose. A
	42	+	municipality that appoints special voting deputies must appoint at least two special
	43	+	voting deputies for the municipality, and the deputies must be eligible voters of the
	44	+	county where the municipality is located. In addition, the two deputies designated
	45	+	to visit each qualified retirement home and residential care facility must be affiliated
	46	+	with different political parties whenever deputies representing different parties are
	47	+	available. Current law prohibits individuals employed at a residential care facility
	48	+	or qualified retirement home in the municipality, or any member of the individual's
	49	+	immediate family, from serving as a special voting deputy.
	50	+	Under this bill, during a public health emergency or an incident of infectious
	51	+	disease that results in restricting entry to a residential care facility or qualified
	52	+	retirement home, the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners may
	53	+	appoint any individual who is employed at a residential care facility or qualified
	54	+	retirement home in the municipality to serve as a personal care voting assistant. A
	55	+	personal care voting assistant need not be an eligible voter of the county but must
	56	+	be an eligible voter of this state. A personal care voting assistant must complete a
	57	+	two-hour online training prescribed by the Elections Commission and take the same
	58	+	oath of office as a special voting deputy appointed under current law. In addition,
	59	+	the two personal care voting assistants appointed to each facility or home must be
	60	+	affiliated with different political parties whenever assistants representing different
	61	+	parties are available. The bill also prohibits a personal care voting assistant from
	62	+	assisting in or facilitating the registration of any resident of a residential care facility
	63	+	or qualified retirement home.
	64	+	Under the bill, an employee of the facility or home acting as a personal care
	65	+	voting assistant must complete documentation, on a form prescribed by the Elections
	66	+	Commission, that provides the assistant's name, the name of the voter, and the type
	67	+	of assistance provided to the voter. The form must be separate from the absentee
	68	+	ballot certificate, but the information contained on the form must also be included
	69	+	on the absentee ballot return envelope. The administrator of the home or facility
	70	+	must deliver the forms to the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners and
	71	+	may arrange for an election official, other than a personal care voting assistant, to
	72	+	collect and return the absentee ballots to the clerk or board. Otherwise, all absentee
	73	+	ballots completed with the assistance of a personal care voting assistant must be
	74	+	mailed to the clerk or board.
	75	+	Entry to a facility
	76	+	The bill prohibits residential care facilities and qualified retirement homes
	77	+	from denying entry to special voting deputies appointed under current law, except
	78	+	when the facility or home is closed to the public during a public health emergency or
	79	+	an incident of infectious disease. Under the bill, if a home or facility is closed to the
	80	+	public during such an emergency or incident, the home or facility must allow
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	86	+	In addition, under the bill, no administrator of a qualified retirement home or
	87	+	residential care facility may deny a special voting deputy from entering the home or
	88	+	facility unless the governor declares a public health emergency.
	89	+	Visits to facilities
	90	+	Under current law, the special voting deputies must, not later than 5 p.m. on
	91	+	the sixth working day preceding an election, arrange with the administrator of the
	92	+	qualified retirement home or residential care facility one or more convenient times
	93	+	to visit the home or facility. Current law also requires that the visits be no earlier
	94	+	than the fourth Monday preceding the election and no later than 5 p.m. on the
	95	+	Monday preceding the election.
	96	+	Under the bill, the special voting deputies must make arrangements to visit the
	97	+	qualified retirement homes or residential care facilities no later than 5 p.m. on the
	98	+	11th working day preceding the election, and the visits may be no earlier than the
	99	+	fourth Monday preceding the election and no later than 5 p.m. on the sixth working
	100	+	day preceding the election.
	101	+	Under current law, if an eligible voter at a residential care facility or qualified
	102	+	retirement home is not able to cast his or her ballot on two separate visits by special
	103	+	voting deputies to the home or facility, the deputies must notify the municipal clerk
	104	+	or board of election commissioners. The clerk or board may then send the voter an
	105	+	absentee ballot no later than the Friday before the election. Under the bill, if an
	106	+	eligible voter of a facility or home is not able to cast his or her ballot on two separate
	107	+	visits by the special voting deputies because access to the home or facility is restricted
	108	+	due to a public health emergency or incident of infectious disease, the deputies must
	109	+	notify the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners. The clerk or board may
	110	+	then send the voter an absentee ballot as provided under current law.
	111	+	Penalty
	112	+	Finally, the bill provides that an employee of a qualified retirement home or
	113	+	residential care facility who coerces an occupant of the home or facility to apply for
	114	+	or not apply for an absentee ballot or to cast or refrain from casting a ballot or who
	115	+	coerces an occupant to cast a ballot for or against a particular candidate or ballot
	116	+	question is guilty of a Class I felony. In addition, an employee of a qualified
	117	+	retirement home or residential care facility who coerces an occupant of the home or
	118	+	facility to register or not register to vote is guilty of a Class I felony.
	119	+	ELECTION FRAUD
	120	+	Current law prohibits election officials from committing certain kinds of
	121	+	election fraud, including permitting a person to register to vote or vote when the
	122	+	election official knows the person is not qualified to do so. The bill provides further
	123	+	that no election official may do any of the following:
	124	+	1. Intentionally assist or cause the casting or counting of a vote or the receipt
	125	+	of a registration that the election official knows is invalid.
	126	+	2. Intentionally assist or cause a vote or registration to be rejected when the
	127	+	election official knows the vote or registration is valid.
	128	+	3. Intentionally fail to promptly report election fraud committed by another
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	132	+	Under the bill, election officials violating the prohibitions described above are
	133	+	guilty of a Class I felony.
	134	+	ABSENTEE BALLOT CERTIFICATES
	135	+	Under current law, absentee ballot envelopes include a printed certificate that
	136	+	must be completed, signed by the voter and a qualified witness, and returned to the
	137	+	municipal clerk with the completed ballot so that it is delivered to the polling place
	138	+	no later than 8 p.m. on election day. By completing and signing the certificate, the
	139	+	voter certifies that he or she is entitled to vote in the election and that the voter
	140	+	completed his or her absentee ballot in the presence of the witness. The witness
	141	+	certificate includes the witness's printed name and address in addition to his or her
	142	+	signature. If a municipal clerk receives an absentee ballot with an improperly
	143	+	completed certificate or with no certificate, the clerk may, but is not required to,
	144	+	return the ballot to the voter whenever time permits so that the voter may correct
	145	+	the defect. If a certificate is missing the address of the witness, the ballot may not
	146	+	be counted.
	147	+	Under the bill, if a municipal clerk receives an absentee ballot with an
	148	+	improperly completed certificate or with no certificate, in addition to being
	149	+	authorized to return the ballot to the elector, the clerk is required to post a
	150	+	notification of the defect on the voter's voter information page on the website that is
	151	+	used by voters for original registration, currently titled MyVote Wisconsin.
	152	+	Additionally, under the bill, the clerk may attempt to notify the voter of the defect
	153	+	by other means.
	154	+	Additionally, under the bill, an absentee ballot with no certificate or with a
	155	+	certificate that does not include all of the following may not be counted:
	156	+	1. The voter 's printed first name.
	157	+	2. The voter's printed last name.
	158	+	3. The voter's house or apartment number.
	159	+	4. The voter's street name.
	160	+	5. The voter's municipality.
	161	+	6. The voter's signature.
	162	+	7. The witness's printed first name.
	163	+	8. The witness's printed last name.
	164	+	9. The witness's house or apartment number.
	165	+	10. The witness's street name.
	166	+	11. The witness's municipality.
	167	+	12. The witness's signature.
	168	+	Finally, the bill prohibits any person other than the voter, or the witness with
	169	+	respect to the witness certificate, from correcting a defect in the voter's absentee
	170	+	ballot certificate. Whoever violates that prohibition is subject to a fine not to exceed
	171	+	$500 or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both.
	172	+	APPOINTMENT OF POLL WORKERS
	173	+	The bill prohibits the appointment of any poll worker who is an employee of any
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	178	+	1. A candidate committee, legislative campaign committee, political action
	179	+	committee, independent expenditure committee, political party, recall committee, or
	180	+	referendum committee, as those terms are defined by law.
	181	+	2. A political organization required to register with the Federal Election
	182	+	Commission.
	183	+	3. An issue advocacy group.
	184	+	MUNICIPAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS
	185	+	Current law requires that the municipal board of canvassers of each
	186	+	municipality convene immediately following the close of the polls on election day to
	187	+	publicly canvass the ballots cast. The board may not adjourn until the canvass is
	188	+	completed, except that the board may adjourn and reconvene at a central count
	189	+	location to complete the canvass. Current law also requires the municipal clerk to
	190	+	appoint an individual to serve as a member of the board of canvassers if there are one
	191	+	or more temporary vacancies on the board and the number of available members to
	192	+	canvass the ballots is less than three.
	193	+	The bill allows a municipal board of canvassers to recess as the result of a
	194	+	natural disaster, if a board member is ill or otherwise incapacitated, or if the physical
	195	+	condition of the canvass location is unsuitable for continuing the canvass. However,
	196	+	the bill requires that the board reconvene as soon as possible. In addition, if the
	197	+	board recesses because a member is ill or otherwise incapacitated, the bill requires
	198	+	the municipal clerk to immediately appoint an individual to fill the vacancy on the
	199	+	board to temporarily replace that member.
	200	+	Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
	201	+	the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
	202	+	report.
	203	+	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
	204	+	printed as an appendix to this bill.
	205	+	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
	206	+	enact as follows:
	207	+	SECTION 1. 6.87 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
	208	+	6.87 (2) (intro.) Except as authorized under sub. (3) (d), the municipal clerk
	209	+	shall place the ballot in an unsealed envelope furnished by the clerk. The envelope
	210	+	shall have the name, official title and post-office address of the clerk upon its face.
	211	+	The other side of the envelope shall have a printed certificate which shall include a
	212	+	space for the municipal clerk or deputy clerk to enter his or her initials indicating
	213	+	that if the absentee elector voted in person under s. 6.86 (1) (ar), the elector presented
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	223	+	proof of identification to the clerk and the clerk verified the proof presented. The
	224	+	certificate shall also include a space for the municipal clerk or deputy clerk to enter
	225	+	his or her initials indicating that the elector is exempt from providing proof of
	226	+	identification because the individual is a military elector or an overseas elector who
	227	+	does not qualify as a resident of this state under s. 6.10 or is exempted from providing
	228	+	proof of identification under sub. (4) (b) 2. or 3. The certificate shall include a distinct
	229	+	field for each item required to be entered under sub. (6d) and shall be in substantially
	230	+	the following form:
	231	+	SECTION 2. 6.87 (6d) of the statutes is renumbered 6.87 (6d) (intro.) and
22	232		amended to read:
23		-	6.87 (2) (intro.) Except as authorized under sub. (3)
24		-	(d), the municipal clerk shall place the ballot in an
25		-	unsealed envelope furnished by the clerk. The envelope
26		-	shall have the name, official title and post−office address
27		-	of the clerk upon its face. The other side of the envelope
28		-	shall have a printed certificate which shall include a space
29		-	for the municipal clerk or deputy clerk to enter his or her
30		-	initials indicating that if the absentee elector voted in per-
31		-	son under s. 6.86 (1) (ar), the elector presented proof of
32		-	identification to the clerk and the clerk verified the proof
33		-	presented. The certificate shall also include a space for
34		-	the municipal clerk or deputy clerk to enter his or her ini-
35		-	tials indicating that the elector is exempt from providing
36		-	proof of identification because the individual is a military
37		-	elector or an overseas elector who does not qualify as a
38		-	resident of this state under s. 6.10 or is exempted from
39		-	providing proof of identification under sub. (4) (b) 2. or
40		-	3. The certificate shall include a distinct field for each
41		-	item required to be entered under sub. (6d) and shall be
42		-	in substantially the following form:
43		-	SECTION 2. 6.87 (6d) of the statutes is renumbered
44		-	6.87 (6d) (intro.) and amended to read:
45		-	6.87 (6d) (intro.) If a certificate is missing the address
46		-	of a witness, the ballot An absentee ballot with no certifi-
47		-	cate or with a certificate that does not include all of the
48		-	following may not be counted.:
49		-	SECTION 3. 6.87 (6d) (a) to (L) of the statutes are cre-
50		-	ated to read:
51		-	6.87 (6d) (a) The elector’s printed first name.
52		-	(b) The elector’s printed last name.
53		-	(c) The elector’s house or apartment number.
54		-	* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
55		-	partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.” − 2 −2023 Wisconsin Act 2023 Assembly Bill 570
56		-	(d) The elector’s street name.
57		-	(e) The elector’s municipality.
58		-	(f) The elector’s signature.
59		-	(g) The witness’s printed first name.
60		-	(h) The witness’s printed last name.
61		-	(i) The witness’s house or apartment number.
62		-	(j) The witness’s street name.
63		-	(k) The witness’s municipality.
64		-	(L) The witness’s signature.
65		-	SECTION 4. 6.87 (9) of the statutes is renumbered
66		-	6.87 (9) (a) and amended to read:
67		-	6.87 (9) (a) If a municipal clerk receives an absentee
68		-	ballot with an improperly completed certificate or with
69		-	no certificate, the clerk may return the ballot to the elec-
70		-	tor, inside the sealed envelope when an envelope is
71		-	received, together with a new envelope if necessary,
72		-	whenever time permits the elector to correct the defect
73		-	and return the ballot within the period authorized under
74		-	sub. (6), and the clerk shall post a notification of the
75		-	defect on the elector’s voter information page on the web-
76		-	site that is used by electors for original registration under
77		-	s. 6.30 (5). The clerk may also attempt to notify the elec-
78		-	tor of the defect by other means.
79		-	SECTION 5. 6.87 (9) (b) of the statutes is created to
	233	+	6.87 (6d) (intro.) If a certificate is missing the address of a witness, the ballot
	234	+	An absentee ballot with no certificate or with a certificate that does not include all
	235	+	of the following may not be counted.:
	236	+	SECTION 3. 6.87 (6d) (a) to (L) of the statutes are created to read:
	237	+	6.87 (6d) (a) The elector's printed first name.
	238	+	(b) The elector's printed last name.
	239	+	(c) The elector's house or apartment number.
	240	+	(d) The elector's street name.
	241	+	(e) The elector's municipality.
	242	+	(f) The elector's signature.
	243	+	(g) The witness's printed first name.
	244	+	(h) The witness's printed last name.
	245	+	(i) The witness's house or apartment number.
	246	+	(j) The witness's street name.
	247	+	(k) The witness's municipality.
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	277	+	(L) The witness's signature.
	278	+	SECTION 4. 6.87 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 6.87 (9) (a) and amended to
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81		-	6.87 (9) (b) No person other than the elector, or the
82		-	witness with respect to the witness certificate, may cor-
83		-	rect a defect in the elector’s absentee ballot certificate.
84		-	Whoever violates this paragraph is guilty of a misde-
85		-	meanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 or
86		-	imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both.
87		-	SECTION 6. 6.875 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended
88		-	to read:
89		-	6.875 (4) (a) For the purpose of absentee voting in
90		-	qualified retirement homes and residential care facilities,
91		-	the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners
92		-	of each municipality in which one or more qualified
93		-	retirement homes or residential care facilities are located
94		-	shall appoint at least 2 special voting deputies for the
95		-	municipality. Except as provided in par. (am), upon
96		-	application under s. 6.86 (1), (2), or (2m) by one or more
97		-	qualified electors who are occupants of a home or facility,
98		-	the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners
99		-	of the municipality in which the home or facility is
100		-	located shall dispatch 2 special voting deputies to visit the
101		-	home or facility for the purpose of supervising absentee
102		-	voting procedure by occupants of the home or facility.
103		-	The clerk or board of election commissioners shall main-
104		-	tain a list, available to the public upon request, of each
105		-	home or facility where special voting deputies are dis-
106		-	patched. The list shall include the date and time the
107		-	deputies intend to visit each home or facility. The 2
108		-	deputies designated to visit each qualified retirement
109		-	home and residential care facility shall be affiliated with
110		-	different political parties whenever deputies representing
111		-	different parties are available. No qualified retirement
112		-	home or residential care facility may deny entry to a spe-
113		-	cial voting deputy appointed under this paragraph except
114		-	if the qualified retirement home or residential care facil-
115		-	ity is closed to the public during a public health emer-
116		-	gency and except if the qualified retirement home or resi-
117		-	dential care facility is closed to the public during an
118		-	incident of infectious disease, if the administrator of the
119		-	qualified retirement home or residential care facility has
120		-	signed a verifiable statement documenting the incident
121		-	and filed the statement with the municipal clerk or board
122		-	of election commissioners. During a public health emer-
123		-	gency or an incident of infectious disease, if a qualified
124		-	retirement home or residential care facility is closed to
125		-	the public, the qualified retirement home or residential
126		-	care facility shall allow a personal care voting assistant
127		-	appointed under sub. (8) to supervise the absentee voting
128		-	procedure used by occupants of the qualified retirement
129		-	home or residential care facility.
130		-	SECTION 7. 6.875 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered
131		-	6.875 (4) (b) 1.
132		-	SECTION 8. 6.875 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is created
133		-	to read:
134		-	6.875 (4) (b) 2. No individual who is employed or
135		-	retained at a qualified retirement home or residential care
136		-	facility in the municipality and who is not a personal care
137		-	voting assistant appointed under sub. (8) (a) 1. may assist
138		-	an occupant of the qualified retirement home or residen-
139		-	tial care facility in completing the occupant’s absentee
140		-	ballot, but such an individual may assist only in distribut-
141		-	ing the absentee ballots in their unopened envelopes to
142		-	the occupants who requested the ballots.
143		-	SECTION 9. 6.875 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended
144		-	to read:
145		-	6.875 (6) (a) Special voting deputies in each munici-
146		-	pality shall, not later than 5 p.m. on the 6th 11th working
147		-	day preceding an election, arrange one or more conve-
148		-	nient times with the administrator of each qualified
149		-	retirement home and residential care facility in the
150		-	municipality that the deputies are scheduled to visit. The
151		-	time may be no earlier than the 4th Monday preceding the
152		-	election and no later than 5 p.m. on the Monday 6th work-
153		-	ing day preceding the election. The municipal clerk shall
154		-	give notice of each visit by special voting deputies to a
155		-	qualified retirement home or residential care facility in
156		-	the same manner that notices of public meetings are pro-
157		-	vided by presiding officers under s. 19.84 (1) (b) at least
158		-	5 working days in advance of each visit, indicating the
159		-	date and time of the visit. The municipal clerk also shall
160		-	post a notice at the home or facility and on the Internet
161		-	indicating the date and time that absentee voting will take
162		-	place at that home or facility. The notice shall be posted
163		-	as soon as practicable after arranging the visit but in no
164		-	case less than 5 working days before the visit. A munici-
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167		-	requirement. At the designated time, 2 deputies
168		-	appointed under sub. (4) shall visit the home or facility.
169		-	SECTION 10. 6.875 (6) (e) of the statutes is renum-
170		-	bered 6.875 (6) (e) 1.
171		-	SECTION 11. 6.875 (6) (e) 2. of the statutes is created
172		-	to read:
173		-	6.875 (6) (e) 2. If a qualified elector is not able to cast
174		-	his or her ballot on 2 separate visits by the deputies to the
175		-	qualified retirement home or residential care facility
176		-	because access to the qualified retirement home or resi-
177		-	dential care facility is restricted due to a public health
178		-	emergency or an incident of infectious disease, the
179		-	deputies shall so inform the municipal clerk or executive
180		-	director of the board of election commissioners, who
181		-	may then send the ballot to the elector no later than 5 p.m.
182		-	on the Friday preceding the election.
183		-	SECTION 12. 6.875 (8) of the statutes is created to
	280	+	6.87 (9) (a) If a municipal clerk receives an absentee ballot with an improperly
	281	+	completed certificate or with no certificate, the clerk may return the ballot to the
	282	+	elector, inside the sealed envelope when an envelope is received, together with a new
	283	+	envelope if necessary, whenever time permits the elector to correct the defect and
	284	+	return the ballot within the period authorized under sub. (6), and the clerk shall post
	285	+	a notification of the defect on the elector's voter information page on the website that
	286	+	is used by electors for original registration under s. 6.30 (5). The clerk may also
	287	+	attempt to notify the elector of the defect by other means.
	288	+	SECTION 5. 6.87 (9) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
	289	+	6.87 (9) (b) No person other than the elector, or the witness with respect to the
	290	+	witness certificate, may correct a defect in the elector's absentee ballot certificate.
	291	+	Whoever violates this paragraph is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not
	292	+	to exceed $500 or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both.
	293	+	SECTION 6. 6.875 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
	294	+	6.875 (4) (a) For the purpose of absentee voting in qualified retirement homes
	295	+	and residential care facilities, the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners
	296	+	of each municipality in which one or more qualified retirement homes or residential
	297	+	care facilities are located shall appoint at least 2 special voting deputies for the
	298	+	municipality. Except as provided in par. (am), upon application under s. 6.86 (1), (2),
	299	+	or (2m) by one or more qualified electors who are occupants of a home or facility, the
	300	+	municipal clerk or board of election commissioners of the municipality in which the
	301	+	home or facility is located shall dispatch 2 special voting deputies to visit the home
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	329	+	or facility for the purpose of supervising absentee voting procedure by occupants of
	330	+	the home or facility. The clerk or board of election commissioners shall maintain a
	331	+	list, available to the public upon request, of each home or facility where special voting
	332	+	deputies are dispatched. The list shall include the date and time the deputies intend
	333	+	to visit each home or facility. The 2 deputies designated to visit each qualified
	334	+	retirement home and residential care facility shall be affiliated with different
	335	+	political parties whenever deputies representing different parties are available. No
	336	+	qualified retirement home or residential care facility may deny entry to a special
	337	+	voting deputy appointed under this paragraph except if the qualified retirement
	338	+	home or residential care facility is closed to the public during a public health
	339	+	emergency and except if the qualified retirement home or residential care facility is
	340	+	closed to the public during an incident of infectious disease, if the administrator of
	341	+	the qualified retirement home or residential care facility has signed a verifiable
	342	+	statement documenting the incident and filed the statement with the municipal
	343	+	clerk or board of election commissioners. During a public health emergency or an
	344	+	incident of infectious disease, if a qualified retirement home or residential care
	345	+	facility is closed to the public, the qualified retirement home or residential care
	346	+	facility shall allow a personal care voting assistant appointed under sub. (8) to
	347	+	supervise the absentee voting procedure used by occupants of the qualified
	348	+	retirement home or residential care facility.
	349	+	SECTION 7. 6.875 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 6.875 (4) (b) 1.
	350	+	SECTION 8. 6.875 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
	351	+	6.875 (4) (b) 2. No individual who is employed or retained at a qualified
	352	+	retirement home or residential care facility in the municipality and who is not a
	353	+	personal care voting assistant appointed under sub. (8) (a) 1. may assist an occupant
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	383	+	of the qualified retirement home or residential care facility in completing the
	384	+	occupant's absentee ballot, but such an individual may assist only in distributing the
	385	+	absentee ballots in their unopened envelopes to the occupants who requested the
	386	+	ballots.
	387	+	SECTION 9. 6.875 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
	388	+	6.875 (6) (a) Special voting deputies in each municipality shall, not later than
	389	+	5 p.m. on the 6th 11th working day preceding an election, arrange one or more
	390	+	convenient times with the administrator of each qualified retirement home and
	391	+	residential care facility in the municipality that the deputies are scheduled to visit.
	392	+	The time may be no earlier than the 4th Monday preceding the election and no later
	393	+	than 5 p.m. on the Monday 6th working day preceding the election. The municipal
	394	+	clerk shall give notice of each visit by special voting deputies to a qualified retirement
	395	+	home or residential care facility in the same manner that notices of public meetings
	396	+	are provided by presiding officers under s. 19.84 (1) (b) at least 5 working days in
	397	+	advance of each visit, indicating the date and time of the visit. The municipal clerk
	398	+	also shall post a notice at the home or facility and on the Internet indicating the date
	399	+	and time that absentee voting will take place at that home or facility. The notice shall
	400	+	be posted as soon as practicable after arranging the visit but in no case less than 5
	401	+	working days before the visit. A municipal clerk whose municipality does not
	402	+	maintain an Internet site need not comply with the Internet posting requirement.
	403	+	At the designated time, 2 deputies appointed under sub. (4) shall visit the home or
	404	+	facility.
	405	+	SECTION 10. 6.875 (6) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 6.875 (6) (e) 1.
	406	+	SECTION 11. 6.875 (6) (e) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
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	433	+	6.875 (6) (e) 2. If a qualified elector is not able to cast his or her ballot on 2
	434	+	separate visits by the deputies to the qualified retirement home or residential care
	435	+	facility because access to the qualified retirement home or residential care facility
	436	+	is restricted due to a public health emergency or an incident of infectious disease, the
	437	+	deputies shall so inform the municipal clerk or executive director of the board of
	438	+	election commissioners, who may then send the ballot to the elector no later than 5
	439	+	p.m. on the Friday preceding the election.
	440	+	SECTION 12. 6.875 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
	441	+	6.875 (8) (a) 1. For an election held during a public health emergency or an
	442	+	incident of infectious disease that results in restricting access to a qualified
	443	+	retirement home or residential care facility, the municipal clerk or board of election
	444	+	commissioners of each municipality in which one or more qualified retirement homes
	445	+	or residential care facilities are located may appoint any individual who is employed
	446	+	or retained at a qualified retirement home or residential care facility in the
	447	+	municipality to serve as a personal care voting assistant.
	448	+	2. Personal care voting assistants appointed under subd. 1. shall comply with
	449	+	the duties for special voting deputies and complete a 2-hour online training, as
	450	+	prescribed by the commission under s. 7.315 (1) (a). A personal care voting assistant
	451	+	appointed under subd. 1. need not be a qualified elector of the county where the
	452	+	municipality is located but shall be a qualified elector in this state. No personal care
	453	+	voting assistant appointed under subd. 1. may assist with or facilitate the
	454	+	registration of any resident of a qualified retirement home or residential care facility.
	455	+	3. Prior to entering upon his or her duties, each individual appointed to serve
	456	+	as a personal care voting assistant under subd. 1. shall file the oath required by s.
	457	+	7.30 (5). In the oath, the individual shall swear that he or she is qualified to act as
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	487	+	a personal care voting assistant under this subsection, that he or she has read the
	488	+	statutes governing absentee voting, that he or she understands the proper absentee
	489	+	voting procedure, that he or she understands the penalties under s. 12.13 for
	490	+	noncompliance with the procedure, and that his or her sacred obligation will be to
	491	+	fully and fairly implement the absentee voting law and seek to have the intent of the
	492	+	electors ascertained. In addition, the oath shall state that the individual realizes
	493	+	that any error in conducting the voting procedure may result in invalidation of an
	494	+	elector's vote under s. 7.51 (2) (e) and that the individual realizes that absentee
	495	+	voting is a privilege and not a constitutional right. The form of the oath shall be
	496	+	prescribed by the commission.
	497	+	4. The municipal clerk or board of election commissioners shall appoint at least
	498	+	2 individuals employed or retained by the qualified retirement home or residential
	499	+	care facility to serve as personal care voting assistants under subd. 1. The 2 personal
	500	+	care voting assistants for each qualified retirement home or residential care facility
	501	+	shall be affiliated with different political parties whenever personal care voting
	502	+	assistants representing different parties are available.
	503	+	(b) A personal care voting assistant appointed under par. (a) 1. shall complete
	504	+	documentation, on a form prescribed by the commission, that provides the assistant's
	505	+	name, the name of each elector in the qualified retirement home or residential care
	506	+	facility for whom the personal care voting assistant provides assistance, and the type
	507	+	of assistance provided to the elector. The personal care voting assistant shall also
	508	+	include the information contained on the form on the return envelope.
	509	+	(c) The form prescribed under par. (b) shall be a document separate from the
	510	+	absentee ballot certificate and shall be delivered by the administrator of the qualified
	511	+	retirement home or residential care facility to the municipal clerk or board of election
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	539	+	commissioners. Absentee ballots completed with the assistance of personal care
	540	+	voting assistants shall be mailed to the municipal clerk or board of election
	541	+	commissioners, except that the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners
	542	+	may make arrangements with the administrator of the qualified retirement home or
	543	+	residential care facility to have an election official, other than a personal care voting
	544	+	assistant, collect the ballots at the qualified retirement home or residential care
	545	+	facility and return them to the clerk or board.
	546	+	SECTION 13. 7.03 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
	547	+	7.03 (1) (d) Except as otherwise provided in par. (a), special voting deputies
	548	+	appointed under s. 6.875 (4), personal care voting assistants appointed under s. 6.875
	549	+	(8), and other officials and trainees who attend training sessions under s. 6.875 (8)
	550	+	(a) 2., 7.15 (1) (e), or 7.25 (5) may also be compensated by the municipality where they
	551	+	serve at the option of the municipality.
	552	+	SECTION 14. 7.30 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
	553	+	7.30 (3) (a) Not less than 30 days before any election the governing body or
	554	+	board of election commissioners of any municipality, by resolution, may authorize
	555	+	the municipal clerk or executive director of the board of election commissioners to
	556	+	select and employ tabulators for any election. Such authorization applies to the
	557	+	elections specified in the resolution, and if not specified, applies until the
	558	+	authorization is modified or revoked. Each tabulator shall sign the official oath and
	559	+	return it to the municipal clerk before the election.
	560	+	SECTION 15. 7.30 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
	561	+	7.30 (7) PROHIBITED EMPLOYMENT. (a) In this subsection:
	562	+	1. “Committee" has the meaning given in s. 11.0101 (6).
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	591	+	2. “Issue advocacy” means communication that provides information about
	592	+	political or social issues and is made to influence the outcome of an election.
	593	+	3. “Issue advocacy group” means any organization whose sole or primary
	594	+	purpose is to engage in issue advocacy.
	595	+	(b) No person who is an employee of any of the following may be appointed as
	596	+	an election official:
	597	+	1. A committee.
	598	+	2. A political organization required to register with the federal election
	599	+	commission.
	600	+	3. An issue advocacy group.
	601	+	SECTION 16. 7.315 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
	602	+	7.315 (1) (a) The commission shall, by rule, prescribe the contents of the
	603	+	training that municipal clerks must provide to inspectors, other than chief
	604	+	inspectors, and to special voting deputies appointed under s. 6.875 (4), and to
	605	+	personal care voting assistants appointed under s. 6.875 (8).
	606	+	SECTION 17. 7.51 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 7.51 (1) (a) and amended to
184	607		read:
185		-	6.875 (8) (a) 1. For an election held during a public
186		-	health emergency or an incident of infectious disease that
187		-	results in restricting access to a qualified retirement home
188		-	or residential care facility, the municipal clerk or board
189		-	of election commissioners of each municipality in which
190		-	one or more qualified retirement homes or residential
191		-	care facilities are located may appoint any individual
192		-	who is employed or retained at a qualified retirement
193		-	home or residential care facility in the municipality to
194		-	serve as a personal care voting assistant.
195		-	2. Personal care voting assistants appointed under
196		-	subd. 1. shall comply with the duties for special voting
197		-	deputies and complete a 2−hour online training, as pre-
198		-	scribed by the commission under s. 7.315 (1) (a). A per-
199		-	sonal care voting assistant appointed under subd. 1. need
200		-	not be a qualified elector of the county where the munici-
201		-	pality is located but shall be a qualified elector in this
202		-	state. No personal care voting assistant appointed under
203		-	subd. 1. may assist with or facilitate the registration of
204		-	any resident of a qualified retirement home or residential
205		-	care facility.
206		-	3. Prior to entering upon his or her duties, each indi-
207		-	vidual appointed to serve as a personal care voting assist-
208		-	ant under subd. 1. shall file the oath required by s. 7.30
209		-	(5). In the oath, the individual shall swear that he or she
210		-	is qualified to act as a personal care voting assistant under
211		-	this subsection, that he or she has read the statutes gov-
212		-	erning absentee voting, that he or she understands the
213		-	proper absentee voting procedure, that he or she under-
214		-	stands the penalties under s. 12.13 for noncompliance
215		-	with the procedure, and that his or her sacred obligation
216		-	will be to fully and fairly implement the absentee voting
217		-	law and seek to have the intent of the electors ascertained.
218		-	In addition, the oath shall state that the individual realizes
219		-	that any error in conducting the voting procedure may
220		-	result in invalidation of an elector’s vote under s. 7.51 (2)
221		-	(e) and that the individual realizes that absentee voting is
222		-	a privilege and not a constitutional right. The form of the
223		-	oath shall be prescribed by the commission.
224		-	4. The municipal clerk or board of election commis-
225		-	sioners shall appoint at least 2 individuals employed or
226		-	retained by the qualified retirement home or residential
227		-	care facility to serve as personal care voting assistants
228		-	under subd. 1. The 2 personal care voting assistants for
229		-	each qualified retirement home or residential care facility
230		-	shall be affiliated with different political parties when-
231		-	ever personal care voting assistants representing differ-
232		-	ent parties are available.
233		-	(b) A personal care voting assistant appointed under
234		-	par. (a) 1. shall complete documentation, on a form pre-
235		-	scribed by the commission, that provides the assistant’s
236		-	name, the name of each elector in the qualified retirement
237		-	home or residential care facility for whom the personal
238		-	care voting assistant provides assistance, and the type of
239		-	assistance provided to the elector. The personal care vot-
240		-	ing assistant shall also include the information contained
241		-	on the form on the return envelope.
242		-	(c) The form prescribed under par. (b) shall be a docu-
243		-	ment separate from the absentee ballot certificate and
244		-	shall be delivered by the administrator of the qualified
245		-	retirement home or residential care facility to the munici-
246		-	pal clerk or board of election commissioners. Absentee
247		-	ballots completed with the assistance of personal care
248		-	voting assistants shall be mailed to the municipal clerk or
249		-	board of election commissioners, except that the munici-
250		-	pal clerk or board of election commissioners may make
251		-	arrangements with the administrator of the qualified
252		-	retirement home or residential care facility to have an
253		-	election official, other than a personal care voting assist-
254		-	ant, collect the ballots at the qualified retirement home or
255		-	residential care facility and return them to the clerk or
256		-	board.
257		-	SECTION 13. 7.03 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended
258		-	to read:
259		-	7.03 (1) (d) Except as otherwise provided in par. (a),
260		-	special voting deputies appointed under s. 6.875 (4), per-
261		-	sonal care voting assistants appointed under s. 6.875 (8),
262		-	and other officials and trainees who attend training ses-
263		-	sions under s. 6.875 (8) (a) 2., 7.15 (1) (e), or 7.25 (5) may
264		-	also be compensated by the municipality where they
265		-	serve at the option of the municipality.
266		-	SECTION 14. 7.30 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended
267		-	to read:
268		-	7.30 (3) (a) Not less than 30 days before any election
269		-	the governing body or board of election commissioners
270		-	of any municipality, by resolution, may authorize the
271		-	municipal clerk or executive director of the board of elec-
272		-	tion commissioners to select and employ tabulators for
273		-	any election. Such authorization applies to the elections
274		-	specified in the resolution, and if not specified, applies
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276		-	lator shall sign the official oath and return it to the munic-
277		-	ipal clerk before the election.
278		-	SECTION 15. 7.30 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
279		-	7.30 (7) PROHIBITED EMPLOYMENT. (a) In this subsec-
280		-	tion:
281		-	1. “Committee” has the meaning given in s. 11.0101
282		-	(6).
283		-	2. “Issue advocacy” means communication that pro-
284		-	vides information about political or social issues and is
285		-	made to influence the outcome of an election.
286		-	3. “Issue advocacy group” means any organization
287		-	whose sole or primary purpose is to engage in issue advo-
288		-	cacy.
289		-	(b) No person who is an employee of any of the fol-
290		-	lowing may be appointed as an election official:
291		-	1. A committee.
292		-	2. A political organization required to register with
293		-	the federal election commission.
294		-	3. An issue advocacy group.
295		-	SECTION 16. 7.315 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended
296		-	to read:
297		-	7.315 (1) (a) The commission shall, by rule, prescribe
298		-	the contents of the training that municipal clerks must
299		-	provide to inspectors, other than chief inspectors, and to
300		-	special voting deputies appointed under s. 6.875 (4), and
301		-	to personal care voting assistants appointed under s.
302		-	6.875 (8).
303		-	SECTION 17. 7.51 (1) of the statutes is renumbered
304		-	7.51 (1) (a) and amended to read:
305		-	7.51 (1) (a) Immediately after the polls close the
306		-	inspectors except any inspector appointed under s. 7.30
307		-	(1) (b) shall proceed to canvass publicly all votes
308		-	received at the polling place. In any municipality where
309		-	an electronic voting system is used, the municipal gov-
310		-	erning body or board of election commissioners may pro-
311		-	vide or authorize the municipal clerk or executive direc-
312		-	tor of the board of election commissioners to provide for
313		-	the adjournment of the canvass to one or more central
314		-	counting locations for specified polling places in the
315		-	manner prescribed in subch. III of ch. 5. No central
316		-	counting location may be used to count votes at a polling
317		-	place where an electronic voting system is not employed.
318		-	The Except as provided in par. (b), the canvass, whether
319		-	conducted at the polling place or at a central counting
320		-	location, shall continue without adjournment until the
321		-	canvass of all ballots cast and received on or before elec-
322		-	tion day is completed and the return statement is made or,
323		-	in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed
324		-	under s. 7.52, until the canvass of all absentee ballots cast
325		-	and received on or before election day is completed and
326		-	the return statement for those ballots is made. The
327		-	inspectors shall not permit access to the name of any elec-
328		-	tor who has obtained a confidential listing under s. 6.47
	608	+	7.51 (1) (a) Immediately after the polls close the inspectors except any inspector
	609	+	appointed under s. 7.30 (1) (b) shall proceed to canvass publicly all votes received at
	610	+	the polling place. In any municipality where an electronic voting system is used, the
	611	+	municipal governing body or board of election commissioners may provide or
	612	+	authorize the municipal clerk or executive director of the board of election
	613	+	commissioners to provide for the adjournment of the canvass to one or more central
	614	+	counting locations for specified polling places in the manner prescribed in subch. III
	615	+	of ch. 5. No central counting location may be used to count votes at a polling place
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	643	+	where an electronic voting system is not employed. The Except as provided in par.
	644	+	(b), the canvass, whether conducted at the polling place or at a central counting
	645	+	location, shall continue without adjournment until the canvass of all ballots cast and
	646	+	received on or before election day is completed and the return statement is made or,
	647	+	in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, until the
	648	+	canvass of all absentee ballots cast and received on or before election day is completed
	649	+	and the return statement for those ballots is made. The inspectors shall not permit
	650	+	access to the name of any elector who has obtained a confidential listing under s. 6.47
329	651		(2) during the canvass, except as authorized in s. 6.47 (8).
330		-	SECTION 18. 7.51 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to
331		-	read:
332		-	7.51 (1) (b) The municipal board of canvassers may
333		-	recess the canvass under par. (a) as the result of a natural
334		-	disaster, if an inspector is ill or otherwise incapacitated,
335		-	or if the physical condition of the canvass location is
336		-	unsuitable for continuing the canvass. The board shall
337		-	reconvene as soon as possible to complete the canvass of
338		-	all ballots cast and received on or before election day and
339		-	make the return statement.
340		-	SECTION 19. 7.53 (2) (cm) of the statutes is amended
341		-	to read:
342		-	7.53 (2) (cm) If one or more temporary vacancies on
343		-	the municipal board of canvassers reduces the number of
344		-	members to less than 3, the municipal clerk shall appoint
345		-	a member to fill each vacancy, except in cities of more
346		-	than 500,000 population. In cities of more than 500,000
347		-	population, the executive director of the board of election
348		-	commissioners shall serve as a member of the board of
349		-	canvassers to fill a temporary vacancy on that board. If
350		-	the municipal board of canvassers recesses as provided
351		-	under s. 7.51 (1) (b) because an inspector is ill or other-
352		-	wise incapacitated, the municipal clerk or the executive
353		-	director of the board of election commissioners shall
354		-	immediately appoint an individual to temporarily serve
355		-	as a member of the municipal board of canvassers.
356		-	SECTION 20. 12.13 (2) (b) 9. of the statutes is created
357		-	to read:
358		-	12.13 (2) (b) 9. Intentionally assist or cause the cast-
359		-	ing or counting of a vote or the receipt of a registration
360		-	that is invalid for any reason in addition to those specified
361		-	in subd. 3.
362		-	SECTION 21. 12.13 (2) (b) 10. of the statutes is created
363		-	to read:
364		-	12.13 (2) (b) 10. Intentionally assist or cause the
365		-	rejection of or failure to otherwise count a valid vote or
366		-	the rejection of a valid registration.
367		-	SECTION 22. 12.13 (2) (b) 11. of the statutes is created
368		-	to read:
369		-	12.13 (2) (b) 11. Intentionally fail to promptly report
370		-	a violation under this subsection to the commission and
371		-	to the district attorney for the county in which the viola-
372		-	tion occurred.
373		-	SECTION 23. 12.13 (3) (zp) of the statutes is created
374		-	to read:
375		-	12.13 (3) (zp) Assist in counting or tabulating votes
376		-	at an election unless the person is a resident of this state,
377		-	is an election official who is trained to the extent provided
378		-	by law, and has signed the official oath and returned it to
379		-	the municipal clerk with respect to that election.
380		-	SECTION 24. 12.13 (3m) of the statutes is created to
381		-	read:
382		-	12.13 (3m) ABSENTEE VOTING IN CERTAIN RESIDEN-
383		-	TIAL CARE FACILITIES AND RETIREMENT HOMES. (a) No
384		-	employee of a qualified retirement home, as defined in s.
385		-	6.875 (1) (at), or residential care facility, as defined in s.
386		-	6.875 (1) (bm), may coerce an occupant of the qualified
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388		-	or not apply for an absentee ballot or to cast or refrain
389		-	from casting a ballot or coerce an occupant to cast a ballot
390		-	for or against a particular candidate or ballot question.
391		-	(b) No employee of a qualified retirement home, as
392		-	defined in s. 6.875 (1) (at), or residential care facility, as
393		-	defined in s. 6.875 (1) (bm), may coerce an occupant of
394		-	the qualified retirement home or residential care facility
395		-	to register or not to register to vote.
396		-	SECTION 25. 12.60 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended
397		-	to read:
398		-	12.60 (1) (a) Whoever violates s. 12.09, 12.11, or
399		-	12.13 (1), (2) (b) 1. to 7. or, 9., 10., or 11., (3) (a), (e), (f),
400		-	(j), (k), (L), (m), (y) or, (z), or (zp), or (3m) is guilty of a
401		-	Class I felony.
	652	+	SECTION 18. 7.51 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
	653	+	7.51 (1) (b) The municipal board of canvassers may recess the canvass under
	654	+	par. (a) as the result of a natural disaster, if an inspector is ill or otherwise
	655	+	incapacitated, or if the physical condition of the canvass location is unsuitable for
	656	+	continuing the canvass. The board shall reconvene as soon as possible to complete
	657	+	the canvass of all ballots cast and received on or before election day and make the
	658	+	return statement.
	659	+	SECTION 19. 7.53 (2) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
	660	+	7.53 (2) (cm) If one or more temporary vacancies on the municipal board of
	661	+	canvassers reduces the number of members to less than 3, the municipal clerk shall
	662	+	appoint a member to fill each vacancy, except in cities of more than 500,000
	663	+	population. In cities of more than 500,000 population, the executive director of the
	664	+	board of election commissioners shall serve as a member of the board of canvassers
	665	+	to fill a temporary vacancy on that board. If the municipal board of canvassers
	666	+	recesses as provided under s. 7.51 (1) (b) because an inspector is ill or otherwise
	667	+	incapacitated, the municipal clerk or the executive director of the board of election
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	697	+	commissioners shall immediately appoint an individual to temporarily serve as a
	698	+	member of the municipal board of canvassers.
	699	+	SECTION 20. 12.13 (2) (b) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
	700	+	12.13 (2) (b) 9. Intentionally assist or cause the casting or counting of a vote
	701	+	or the receipt of a registration that is invalid for any reason in addition to those
	702	+	specified in subd. 3.
	703	+	SECTION 21. 12.13 (2) (b) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
	704	+	12.13 (2) (b) 10. Intentionally assist or cause the rejection of or failure to
	705	+	otherwise count a valid vote or the rejection of a valid registration.
	706	+	SECTION 22. 12.13 (2) (b) 11. of the statutes is created to read:
	707	+	12.13 (2) (b) 11. Intentionally fail to promptly report a violation under this
	708	+	subsection to the commission and to the district attorney for the county in which the
	709	+	violation occurred.
	710	+	SECTION 23. 12.13 (3) (zp) of the statutes is created to read:
	711	+	12.13 (3) (zp) Assist in counting or tabulating votes at an election unless the
	712	+	person is a resident of this state, is an election official who is trained to the extent
	713	+	provided by law, and has signed the official oath and returned it to the municipal
	714	+	clerk with respect to that election.
	715	+	SECTION 24. 12.13 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
	716	+	12.13 (3m) ABSENTEE VOTING IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES AND
	717	+	RETIREMENT HOMES. (a) No employee of a qualified retirement home, as defined in
	718	+	s. 6.875 (1) (at), or residential care facility, as defined in s. 6.875 (1) (bm), may coerce
	719	+	an occupant of the qualified retirement home or residential care facility to apply for
	720	+	or not apply for an absentee ballot or to cast or refrain from casting a ballot or coerce
	721	+	an occupant to cast a ballot for or against a particular candidate or ballot question.
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	749	+	(b) No employee of a qualified retirement home, as defined in s. 6.875 (1) (at),
	750	+	or residential care facility, as defined in s. 6.875 (1) (bm), may coerce an occupant of
	751	+	the qualified retirement home or residential care facility to register or not to register
	752	+	to vote.
	753	+	SECTION 25. 12.60 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
	754	+	12.60 (1) (a) Whoever violates s. 12.09, 12.11, or 12.13 (1), (2) (b) 1. to 7. or, 9.,
	755	+	10., or 11., (3) (a), (e), (f), (j), (k), (L), (m), (y) or, (z), or (zp), or (3m) is guilty of a Class
	756	+	I felony.
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