5.40 Use of voting machines or systems.

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(1)Except as permitted in sub.

(3)or as required in subs.

(4)to

(6), the governing body or board of election commissioners of every municipality with a population of 10,000 or more before July 1, 1995, or of 7,500 or more thereafter shall require the use of voting machines or electronic voting systems in every ward in the municipality at every election. Any other governing body or board of election commissioners may adopt and purchase voting machines or electronic voting systems for use in any ward in the municipality at any election.

(2)Only voting machines complying with s. 5.37 or electronic voting systems approved under s. 5.91 may be used in an election in this state.

(3)Notwithstanding sub.

(1), any municipality may elect to utilize paper ballots and voting booths instead of voting machines or an electronic voting system:

(a)For any territory which is included in a portion of a congressional district, legislative district, county supervisory district, school district, technical college district, sewerage district or sanitary district contained within the municipality for so long as the number of electors residing in the territory does not exceed 100.

(b)Whenever the municipality is precluded under s. 7.23

(2)from clearing the recorders on a sufficient number of voting machines to serve the electors at the election.

(c)Whenever such action is authorized under s. 7.15

(6).

(d)Whenever the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners reassigns an elector to a polling place other than the one serving the elector’s residence under s. 5.25

(b).