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#
& Main Sponsor
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Status
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Subject
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Next
Step for Citizens
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Comments
– for & against
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SB-612 Joint legislative
council |
Now 2005 Wis
Act 451,
effective July 1, 2006
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Omnibus election law bill
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loss of recount transparency: This act mandates that all machine-readable
ballots be recounted by machine.
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AB
627 ASA2 Pocan- Freese |
Signed into law January 4, 2006. Becomes
2005 Wis
Act 92
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Voting machines - mandates paper trail,
security rules
|
Evaluate draft security recommendations, and
watch rules process
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SB 4
SSA1 Kanavas |
Signed into law January 4, 2006, becomes 2005
Wis
Act 100
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allows county boards to redistrict in reduce
numbers
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run for county board |
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AB 64
Freese |
Signed into law April 14, 2006. Becomes
2005 Wis
Act 333
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uniform polling place hours ( 7 am to 8 pm)
even for towns and villages
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AB 61
Kerkman |
Signed into law, becomes 2005 Wis
Act 27
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clerk may register voters even if clerk is not
a resident
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SB
341 Roessler
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Now 2005 Wis
Act 278
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expansion of confidential registration for
abuse victims
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AJR
36 Stone |
Passed Assembly & Senate
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Amend constitution to require gov't issued
photo ID to be able to vote
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To take effect, it needs to pass another
session, then be passed by voters
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#
& Main Sponsor
|
Status
|
Subject
|
Next
Step for Citizens
|
Comments
– for & against
|
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AB
542 Doyle History |
Public hearing
9/1/05
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Comprehensive package
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League
WV supports
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SB1
Ellis History |
4/25/06
Sent to Committee on Rules for scheduling
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Revamp state ethics and elections boards
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AB-1059 Freese/Travis History |
Sent to Joint Committee on Finance
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Financing for SB-1
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SB
468 Coggs History |
Introduced 12/07/05
|
Earlier
deadlines for registration & absentee; allows absentee central
count
|
Tell
sponsors that early deadline for registration means more same-day
registration
|
|
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SB
355 = AB808
Decker / Cullen History
History |
Public
Hearing 1/25/06
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ID
must be presented to vote, no photo.
Poll workers must check felon list; absentee voting in
residential care facilities; changes corroboration
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AJR
36 Stone
History
|
Passed
by Assembly & Senate.
Tabled sub
amendment excepting 8 classes 3/7/06
|
Amend constitution to require photo ID to vote
|
To
take effect, it needs to pass another legislative session, then
passed by voters
|
League
of W V against
|
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AB
782 / SB 396 Jeskewitz History |
21 cosponsors
Public
Hearing 1/25/06
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Ends election day registration. Would
require WI to conform to NVRA.
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Fiscal note - DOT costs: $629,000 per year; Startup
$128,000
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#
& Main Sponsor
|
Status
|
Subject
|
Next
Step for Citizens
|
Comments
– for & against
|
|
SB-100 Kanavas History
|
referred to committee 3/05
|
special registration deputies
must get ID from registrants
|
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AB
689 Pocan
History
|
Public hearing 10/13/05
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Instant runoff voting
|
|
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AB
888 Wood
History
|
Public
Hearing 1/25/06
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Allow registration at county clerks
|
|
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SB
419 Darling
History
|
Public
hearing Assembly committee 5/18/06
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Absentee ballots must be sent only to residence
|
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|
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AB
377 Davis
History
|
Passed
by Assembly 6/14/05. 377-SSA1
sub passed by senate 2/28; passed by Assembly 3/9
|
Allows military ballots to be late
|
Read Election
Law Journal, 2005 page 105, Mazur
|
Inserted into SB-612, which passed
|
|
AB
865 Parisi
History
|
Public
Hearing 1/25/06
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Allow felons to vote when released from prison
|
Talk to your neighbors
|
|
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AB-196 Freese History
|
Public hearing 5/26/05
|
Write-in candidates must declare
before election
|
|
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SB 171
Lasee
History
|
Vetoed by Doyle 1/6/06
|
Limits school referendums to
scheduled elections
|
|
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|
AB
603 = SB
576 Musser/A. Lasee
|
Public
hearing 2/8/06. Sub
amendment 2 offered 4/19/06
|
Election of tech college boards
|
|
|
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SB 419
Darling
History
|
Passed by Senate 3/7/06
27-6
|
Absentee
ballot can only be mailed to the residence of an absent elector.
|
|
|
|
SB-564
Kanavas History
|
Public
hearing 5/18/06 by Assembly committee
|
Limits
# of ballots to be printed to 150% of
turnout for recent similar election; SA-1 limits it to
Milwaukee
|
SA-2 (Carpenter) changes limit to 200%
|
|
|
AB-707
Kreibich History
|
Laid on table by Assembly 1/26/06
|
Changes
in registration by abuse victims
|
|
|
|
AJR-22
Black
History
|
Public Hearing 5/25/05.
Deleted from JLC list of potential study items |
Directs
Leg Council to study citizens commission for redistricting
|
Contact your legislator now to put on list of
study items
|
League
WV
Wisconsin
Democracy Campaign
|
|
AJR-41
Kessler
History
|
Public Hearing 5/25/05
|
Amend
constitution for better redistricting of Assembly and Senate
|
|
League
WV supports
|
|
AJR- 76
Lothian
History
|
Introduced 2/14/2006
|
Amend
constitution to require elected officials to be residents beginning
with nomination papers
|
|
Recently
elected assemblyman used a vacant lot as residence
|
|
SB-634
Reynolds History
|
Public
Hearing 3/1/06
|
verify
registrants are citizens; challenge ballots not on citizen list
|
|
There is no list of who is a citizen
|
|
SB-635
Reynolds History
|
Public
Hearing 3/1/06
|
Observer’s
clothes and handling materials; challenges;
|
|
|
|
AB-1150
Travis/Freese
History
|
Referred to committee 3/27/06
|
Recall
petition requirements
|
This was folded into
SB-612,which passed
|
|
|
SJR-77 Coggs History |
4/21/06 referred to Senate committee
|
Calls for renewal of the Federal Voting Rights Act
|
|
League of Women Voters WI supports |
|
AB-513 Parisi
History |
Public Hearing Sept 1, 2005 |
Closes state offices on Nov election day |
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