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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 24

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Relating to: the method of recounting votes cast with automatic tabulating equipment.

Court Elections — Ballots Elections — Contested elections Elections — Officials Elections — Registration Voting machine

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, with a limited exception, a board of canvassers must use automatic

tabulating equipment to conduct a recount of ballots that are in machine-readable

form. However, a candidate, or an elector if the recount is for a referendum question,

may petition the circuit court for an order requiring ballots in machine-readable

form to be recounted by hand or by another method approved by the court. To obtain

such an order, the candidate or elector must show by clear and convincing evidence

that due to an irregularity, defect, or mistake committed during the voting or

canvassing process the results of a recount using automatic tabulating equipment

will produce incorrect results and there is a substantial probability that recounting

the ballots by hand or by another method will produce a more correct result and

change the outcome of the election.

This bill permits the board of canvassers conducting a recount to determine to

conduct the recount of a specific election by hand unless a court orders the recount

to be conducted by another method.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Bernier (R) , Kahl (D) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Marklein (R) , Petryk (R) , Ripp (R) , Schraa (R) , Sinicki (D) , T. Larson (R) , Thiesfeldt (R)

4 cosponsors

Grothman (R) , Gudex (R) , Petrowski (R) , Wright (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Mar 26, 2013 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Mar 26, 2013 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 7, 2014 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Bernier, LeMahieu, Ripp, Sinicki, Petryk, Kleefisch, T. Larson, Knodl, Berceau, Schraa, Kahl and Marklein; cosponsored by Senators Gudex, Petrowski and Grothman

  2. Feb 15, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Mar 6, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Thiesfeldt

  4. Mar 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Mar 26, 2013 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  6. Mar 26, 2013 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  7. Mar 26, 2013 · Assembly

    Referred to Committee on Rules

  8. Feb 13, 2014 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-18-2014 by Committee on Rules

  9. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  10. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  11. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  14. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Representative Wright added as a coauthor

  16. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  17. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  19. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  20. Mar 7, 2014 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  21. Mar 7, 2014 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-11-2014 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  22. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Read a second time

  23. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  25. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  26. Mar 11, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Mar 12, 2014 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  28. Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2014

  29. Mar 26, 2014 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2014

  30. Apr 2, 2014 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2014. 2013 Wisconsin Act 176

  31. Apr 2, 2014 · Assembly

    Published 4-3-2014