Among its positive practices, Wisconsin does not appear to allow private parties to make mass challenges to other voters’ eligibility, although it does allow individualized challenges supported by an affidavit.253 For such challenges, the burden of proof is on the challenger to prove the person’s ineligibility beyond a reasonable doubt.254 Wisconsin also notifies voters when their eligibility is r. [...] The voter file is open to public inspection and can be downloaded immediately in an electronic format after payment is received.271 However, the cost of the complete file is exceptionally expensive; it can cost up to $12,500.272 Table 43: Data Accessibilty Indicator of Accessibility Complete File Publicly Available 0 Who Can Request File 20 Cost 0 Timeline 20 Format 20 Total 60/100 = 60% 271 Wisc. [...] Examples included WI SB 943, which would have required leg- islative oversight of the Wisconsin Elections Board,275 and another, WI SB 273 Wisconsin Elections Commission, “Standard Data Elements in a Voter Data File Request,” available at . [...] WI AB 93 would require the Wisconsin Elections Commission to use infor- mation from the Department of Transportation to identify alleged non-cit- izens who are on the voting rolls.277 DMV data are notoriously inaccurate when used for this purpose because an individual flagged as a non-citizen on the DMV rolls may have become naturalized before registering to vote. [...] This means that anyone who has failed to vote in recent elections will not appear on the registration rolls and thus will not receive voting-related information from elections officials in the future and will have to re-register in order to continue voting, even if nothing has changed concerning their residence or eligibility.280 Similar bills were defeated in the 2022 legislative session.281 276.
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