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ELAW: Registration at Offices of County Clerk and County Election Commissioners NZ:rv 1 WLC: 0169/1 04/19/2005 AN ACT to amend 6.28 (1) and 6.33 (1); and to create 6.28 (4) of the statutes; 2 relating to: conducting registration at offices of the county clerk and the county 3 election commissioners. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This draft was prepared for the joint legislative council’s special committee on election law review. Under current law, registration may be conducted at a number of different locations, including the municipal clerks office, the city board of election commissioners, and the office of the register of deeds. This draft authorizes registration to be conducted at the offices of the county clerk and the county election commissioners. The draft has an effective date of January 1, 2006. 4 SECTION 1. 6.28 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 5 6.28 (1) REGISTRATION LOCATIONS; DEADLINE. Except as authorized in ss. 6.29, 6.55 (2), 6 and 6.86 (3) (a) 2., registration in person for any election shall close at 5 p.m. on the 2nd 7 Wednesday preceding the election. Registrations made by mail under s. 6.30 (4) must be 8 delivered to the office of the municipal clerk or postmarked no later than the 2nd Wednesday 9 preceding the election. An application for registration in person or by mail may be accepted 10 for placement on the registration list after the specified deadline, if the municipal clerk 11 determines that the registration list can be revised to incorporate the registration in time for 12 the election. All applications for registration corrections and additions may be made 13 throughout the year at the office of the city board of election commissioners, at the office of 14 the municipal clerk, at the offices of the county clerk, [at the office of any register of deeds 15 or at other locations provided by the board of election commissioners or the common council 04/19/2005 −2− WLC: 0169/1 1 in cities over 500,000 population or by either or both the municipal clerk, or the common 2 council, village or town board in all other municipalities and may also be made during the 3 school year at any high school by qualified persons under sub. (2) (a). Other registration 4 locations may include but are not limited to fire houses, police stations, public libraries, 5 institutions of higher education, supermarkets, community centers, plants and factories, 6 banks, savings and loan associations and savings banks. Special registration deputies shall 7 be appointed for all locations.] An elector who wishes to obtain a confidential listing under 8 s. 6.47 (2) shall register at the office of the municipal clerk of the municipality where the 9 elector resides. COMMENT: A different draft eliminates registration at high schools and at the register of deeds office. Language is bracketed here to call attention to that possible change. 10 SECTION 2. 6.28 (4) of the statutes is created to read: 11 6.28 (4) AT THE OFFICES OF THE COUNTY CLERK. Any person shall be given an opportunity 12 to register to vote at the office of the county clerk for the county in which the person’s residence 13 is located. An applicant may fill out the required registration form under s. 6.33. Upon receipt 14 of a completed form, the clerk shall forward the form within 5 days to the appropriate 15 municipal clerk, or to the board of election commissioners in cities over 500,000 population. 16 The clerk shall forward the form immediately whenever registration closes within 5 days of 17 receipt. NOTE: This SECTION authorizes registration to be conducted at the offices of the county clerk and at the offices of the county election commissioners. Although the language does not specifically mention the county election commissioners, s. 7.21, stats., grants the county election commissioners all of the powers and duties of the county clerk. 18 SECTION 3. 6.33 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: 04/19/2005 −3− WLC: 0169/1 1 6.33 (1) The municipal clerk shall supply sufficient registration forms as prescribed by 2 the board printed on loose−leaf sheets or cards to obtain from each applicant information as 3 to name, date, residence location, citizenship, age, whether the applicant has resided within 4 the ward or election district for at least 10 days, whether the applicant has lost his or her right 5 to vote, and whether the applicant is currently registered to vote at any other location, and shall 6 provide a space for the applicant’s signature. The forms shall also include a space where the 7 clerk may record an indication of whether the form is received by mail and a space for the 8 identification serial number of any elector who is issued such a number under s. 6.47 (3). 9 [Each register of deeds shall obtain sufficient registration forms at the expense of the unit of 10 government by which he or she is employed for completion by any elector who desires to 11 register to vote at the office of the register of deeds under s. 6.28 (3).]. Each county clerk shall 12 obtain sufficient registration forms for completion by an elector who desires to register to vote 13 at the office of the register of deeds under s. 6.28 (4). NOTE: This SECTION requires each county clerk to obtain registration forms to allow any elector to register to vote. COMMENT: 1. Does the draft need to specify who bears the cost of obtaining the registration forms? 2. A different draft eliminates registration at the offices of the register of deeds. The bracketed language would be deleted by that draft. 14 15 SECTION 4.0Effective date. This act takes effect on January 1, 2006. (END)