City of Milwaukee - File #: 220797

• File #: 220797
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/20/2022
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 10/11/2022
• Effective date: 10/29/2022
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to the protection of poll workers.
• Sponsors: ALD. ZAMARRIPA, ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC
• Indexes: ELECTIONS, SAFETY MEASURES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/28/2022	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
10/19/2022	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/11/2022	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	10:0
10/3/2022	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Appearing: Sponsor - Ald. Zamarripa Ms. Caire Woodall - Vogg Ms. Corine Rosen - Power to the Polls WI Ald. Murphy asked for the legality of this ordinance before voting on passage.	Pass	5:0
9/30/2022	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/30/2022	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/20/2022	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
220797
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. ZAMARRIPA AND DIMITRIJEVIC
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the protection of poll workers.
Sections
105-139 cr
Analysis
This ordinance prohibits the following at polling places:

1. Violent, abusive, indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud or otherwise disorderly conduct which is likely to cause or provoke a civil disturbance.
2. Sending a telecommunication message that contains any violent, abusive, indecent or profane language, or image, or any other message intended to harass, annoy or offend, which is likely to cause or provoke a civil disturbance.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 105-139 of the code is created to read:

105-139. Protection of Election Officials. 1. FINDINGS. The common council finds election officials are bullied and threatened, and polling places are disrupted by behaviors that undermine free and fair elections.
2. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this section:
a. “Election official” means an individual who is charged with any duties related to the conduct of an election.
b. “Polling place” means any facility where votes are cast in a primary or general election under the provisions of this chapter, including any hall, passageway, sidewalk or approach providing immediate access to the facility where votes are cast.
c. “Polling times” means the hours of operation of a polling place, including any time an election official is preparing to open a polling place to voters, or processing votes and supporting documents after the polling place is closed to voters.
d. "Telecommunication device" means any instrument, equipment, machine or other device that facilitates telecommunication, including but not limited to, a computer, computer network, computer chip, computer circuit, scanner, telephone, cellular telephone, pager, personal communications device, radio, transponder, receiver, modem or dev...