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15.90 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, recounts of votes cast
2on an electronic voting system shall be conducted in the manner prescribed in s. 9.01.
3Except as provided in sub. (2) and s. 9.01 (1) (b) 8s., if the ballots are distributed to
4the electors, the board of canvassers shall recount the ballots with automatic
5tabulating equipment. The board of canvassers shall test the automatic tabulating
6equipment to be used prior to the recount as provided in s. 5.84, and then the official
7ballots or the record of the votes cast shall be recounted on the automatic tabulating
8equipment. In addition, the board of canvassers shall check the ballots for the
9presence or absence of the initials and other distinguishing marks, shall examine the
10ballots marked "Rejected", "Defective" and "Objected to" to determine the propriety
11of such labels, and shall compare the "Duplicate Overvoted Ballots" and "Duplicate
12Damaged Ballots" with their respective originals to determine the correctness of the
13duplicates. If electronic voting machines are used, the board of canvassers shall
14perform the recount using the permanent paper record of the votes cast by each
15elector, as generated by the machines.

SB300,3,718 6.29 (2) (am) The board shall provide to each municipal clerk a list prepared
19for use at each municipal clerk's office showing the name and address of each person
20whose name appears on the list provided by the department of corrections under s.
21301.03 (20) (20m) as ineligible to vote on the date of the election, whose address is
22located in the municipality, and whose name does not appear on the registration list
23for that municipality. Prior to permitting an elector to register to vote under this
24subsection, the municipal clerk shall review the list. If the name of an elector who

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1wishes to register to vote appears on the list, the municipal clerk shall inform the
2elector that the elector is ineligible to register to vote. If the elector maintains that
3he or she is eligible to vote in the election, the municipal clerk shall permit the elector
4to register to vote but shall mark the elector's registration form as "ineligible to vote
5per Department of Corrections." If the elector wishes to vote, the municipal clerk
6shall challenge the elector's ballot in the same manner as provided for inspectors who
7challenge ballots under s. 6.79 (2) (dm).

SB300,4,1510 6.33 (1) The board shall prescribe the format, size, and shape of registration
11forms. All forms shall be printed on cards and each item of information shall be of
12uniform font size, as prescribed by the board. The municipal clerk shall supply
13sufficient form forms to meet voter registration needs. The forms shall be designed
14to obtain from each applicant information as to name; date; residence location;
15citizenship; date of birth; age; the number of a valid operator's license issued to the
16elector under ch. 343 or the last 4 digits of the elector's social security account
17number; whether the applicant has resided within the ward or election district for
18at least 10 days; whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony for which he
19or she has not been pardoned, and if so, whether the applicant is incarcerated, or on
20parole, probation, or extended supervision; whether the applicant is disqualified on
21any other ground from voting; and whether the applicant is currently registered to
22vote at any other location. The form shall include a space for the applicant's
23signature and the signature of any corroborating elector. The form shall include a

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1space to enter the name of any special registration deputy under s. 6.26 or 6.55 (6)
2or inspector, municipal clerk, or deputy clerk under s. 6.55 (2) who obtains the form
3and a space for the deputy, inspector, clerk, or deputy clerk to sign his or her name,
4affirming that the deputy, inspector, clerk, or deputy clerk has accepted the form.
5The form shall include a space for entry of the ward and aldermanic district, if any,
6where the elector resides and any other information required to determine the offices
7and referenda for which the elector is certified to vote. The form shall also include
8a space where the clerk may record an indication of whether the form is received by
9mail, a space where the clerk may record an indication of the type of identifying
10document submitted by the elector as proof of residence under s. 6.34, whenever
11required, and a space where the clerk, for any applicant who possesses a valid voting
12identification card issued to the person under s. 6.47 (3), may record the
13identification serial number appearing on the voting identification card. Each
14county clerk shall obtain sufficient registration forms for completion by an elector
15who desires to register to vote at the office of the county clerk under s. 6.28 (4).

SB300,5,918 6.36 (1) (a) The board shall compile and maintain electronically an official
19registration list. The list shall contain the name and address of each registered
20elector in the state, the date of birth of the elector, the ward and aldermanic district
21of the elector, if any, and, for each elector, a unique registration identification number
22assigned by the board, the number of a valid operator's license issued to the elector
23under ch. 343, if any, or the last 4 digits of the elector's social security account
24number, if any, any identification serial number issued to the elector under s. 6.47

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1(3), the date of any election in which the elector votes, an indication of whether the
2elector is a military elector, as defined in sub. (2) (c), who has so certified under s.
36.865 (3m), an indication of whether the elector is an overseas elector, as defined in
4s. 6.24 (1), any information relating to the elector that appears on the current list
5transmitted to the board by the department of corrections under s. 301.03 (20) (20m),
6an indication of any accommodation required under s. 5.25 (4) (a) to permit voting
7by the elector, an indication of the method by which the elector's registration form
8was received, and such other information as may be determined by the board to
9facilitate administration of elector registration requirements.

SB300,6,312 6.55 (2) (cs) The board shall provide to each municipal clerk a list prepared for
13use at each polling place showing the name and address of each person whose name
14appears on the list provided by the department of corrections under s. 301.03 (20)
15(20m) as ineligible to vote on the date of the election, whose address is located in the
16area served by that polling place, and whose name does not appear on the poll list
17for that polling place. Prior to permitting an elector to register to vote under this
18subsection or s. 6.86 (3) (a) 2., the inspectors or special registration deputies shall
19review the list. If the name of an elector who wishes to register to vote appears on
20the list, the inspectors or special registration deputies shall inform the elector or the
21elector's agent that the elector is ineligible to register to vote. If the elector or the
22elector's agent maintains that the elector is eligible to vote in the election, the
23inspectors or special registration deputies shall permit the elector to register but

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1shall mark the elector's registration form as "ineligible to vote per Department of
2Corrections." If the elector wishes to vote, the inspectors shall require the elector to
3vote by ballot and shall challenge the ballot as provided in s. 6.79 (2) (dm).

SB300,6,126 6.79 (2) (d) The If the poll list indicates that proof of residence under s. 6.34 is
7required, the officials shall require the elector to provide proof of residence. If proof
8of residence is provided, the officials shall verify that the name and address on the
9identification document submitted as proof of residence provided is the same as the
10name and address shown on the registration list. If proof of residence is required and
11not provided, the officials shall offer the opportunity for the elector to vote under s.
126.97.

SB300,6,2115 6.79 (2) (dm) If the poll list indicates that the elector is ineligible to vote because
16the elector's name appears on the current list provided by the department of
17corrections under s. 301.03 (20) (20m), the inspectors shall inform the elector of this
18fact. If the elector maintains that he or she is eligible to vote in the election, the
19inspectors shall provide the elector with a ballot and, after the elector casts his or her
20vote, shall challenge the ballot as provided in s. 6.92 and treat the ballot in the
21manner provided in s. 6.95.

SB300,8,113 6.875 (6) (b) The municipal clerk or executive director of the board of election
4commissioners shall issue a supply of absentee ballots to the deputies sufficient to
5provide for the number of valid applications for an absentee ballot received by the
6clerk, and a reasonable additional number of ballots. The deputies may exercise the
7authority granted to the chief inspector under s. 7.41 to regulate the conduct of
8observers for. For purposes of the application of s. 7.41, the home or facility shall be
9treated as a polling place. The municipal clerk or executive director shall keep a
10careful record of all ballots issued to the deputies and shall require the deputies to
11return every ballot issued to them.

SB300,9,73 7.51 (1) Canvass procedure. Immediately after the polls close the inspectors
4except any inspector appointed under s. 7.30 (1) (b) shall proceed to canvass publicly
5all votes received at the polling place. In any municipality where an electronic voting
6system is used, the municipal governing body or board of election commissioners may
7provide or authorize the municipal clerk or executive director of the board of election

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1commissioners to provide for the adjournment of the canvass to one or more central
2counting locations for specified polling places in the manner prescribed in subch. III
3of ch. 5. No central counting location may be used to count votes at a polling place
4where an electronic voting system is not employed. The canvass, whether conducted
5at the polling place or at a central counting location, shall continue without
6adjournment until the canvass is completed and the return statement is made or, in
7municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52, until the canvass
8of all ballots cast is completed and the return statement for those ballots are is made.
9The inspectors shall not permit access to the name of any elector who has obtained
10a confidential listing under s. 6.47 (2) during the canvass, except as authorized in s.
116.47 (8).

SB300,10,2114 7.53 (2) (a) 3. If the clerk is a candidate at an election being canvassed, the clerk
15may perform his or her duties on the board of canvassers only if the clerk does not
16have an opponent whose name appears on the ballot, or in the case of a recount, if
17the office the clerk is seeking is not a subject of the recount. If the clerk is a candidate
18at the election being canvassed and has an opponent whose name appears on the
19ballot or if the office the clerk is seeking is a subject of a recount, the mayor, president
20of or board chairperson of the municipality shall designate another qualified elector
21of the municipality to serve in lieu of the elector for that election.

SB300,12,93 16.964 (12) (k) By December 31, 2011, the office, in collaboration with the
4departments of corrections and health and family services, shall submit a report to
5the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate
6standing committees under section s. 13.172 (3), regarding savings that have been
7generated through the implementation of the grant program. The report shall also
8include recommendations regarding how the grant program should be structured in
9the future.

SB300,12,1411 19.01 (4) (g) Official oaths and bonds of all elected or appointed village officers
12shall be filed in the office of the village clerk for the village in which the officers officer
13serves, except that oaths and bonds of village clerks shall be filed in the office of the
14village treasurer.

SB300,13,416 19.82 (2) "Meeting" means the convening of members of a governmental body
17for the purpose of exercising the responsibilities, authority, power or duties
18delegated to or vested in the body. If one-half or more of the members of a
19governmental body are present, the meeting is rebuttably presumed to be for the
20purpose of exercising the responsibilities, authority, power or duties delegated to or
21vested in the body. The term does not include any social or chance gathering or
22conference which is not intended to avoid this subchapter, any gathering of the

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1members of a town board for the purpose specified in s. 60.50 (6), any gathering of
2the commissioners of a town sanitary district for the purpose specified in s. 60.77 (5)
3(k), or any gathering of the members of a drainage board created under s. 88.16, 1991
4stats., or under s. 88.17, for a purpose specified in s. 88.065 (5) (a).