Removal of deceased individuals from the official voter registration list and providing a penalty. (FE)

1. Seek and obtain the most recent records of all deaths of residents of Wisconsin.

2. Compare the death records with the official voter registration list maintained by the commission.

3. Upon making that comparison, for each voter whose first and last name, address, and date of birth are found on a death record, remove the elector from the registration list and maintain a record of the commission's action.

Additionally, for each elector who currently appears on the registration list as ineligible because he or she is deceased, the Elections Commission must remove the elector from the registration list and maintain a record of the commission's action.

Finally, under current law, criminal penalties are provided for election officials who commit certain specified kinds of election fraud. Otherwise, the willful neglect or refusal of an election official to perform a duty prescribed under the election laws is punishable by disqualification to act as an election official for five years. Under the bill, a member of the Elections Commission or its staff who willfully neglects or refuses to perform any of the duties prescribed in the bill is guilty of a Class I felony.

A Class I felony is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 or imprisonment of up to three years and six months, or both.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report.