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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 79

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Relating to: allowing municipal clerks to register voters on election day.

Elections — Registration Municipality — Officers

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, election inspectors may register electors to vote at a polling

place on election day. In addition, a municipality may provide, by adopting a

resolution, that an inspector's registration duties may be performed by special

registration deputies appointed by the municipal clerk or board of election

commissioners.

Under this bill, an inspector's registration duties may be performed by the

municipal clerk, if the clerk is not a candidate listed on the ballot, or by special

registration deputies appointed by the municipal clerk or board of election

commissioners, without the municipality first adopting a resolution to allow the

procedure.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Berceau (D) , Bernier (R) , Born (R) , Doyle (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Kahl (D) , Kleefisch (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Ripp (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Weatherston (R) , Zamarripa (D)

2 cosponsors

Gudex (R) , Marklein (R)

Full history

  1. Mar 5, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Bernier, Berceau, Zamarripa, Kleefisch, Doyle, E. Brooks, Kahl, Skowronski, Weatherston, Ripp, Edming, Ballweg, Born, Ohnstad, Spreitzer, Tittl and Steffen; cosponsored by Senators Gudex and Marklein

  2. Mar 5, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections

  3. Apr 20, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Thiesfeldt

  4. Apr 21, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1