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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 937 |
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| 5 | 5 | | January 19, 2024 - Introduced by Senators SMITH, SPREITZER, AGARD, CARPENTER, |
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| 6 | 6 | | L. JOHNSON, ROYS, TAYLOR and WIRCH, cosponsored by Representatives |
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| 7 | 7 | | SNODGRASS, SHELTON, J. ANDERSON, BARE, CONLEY, CONSIDINE, EMERSON, |
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| 8 | 8 | | JACOBSON, JOERS, MADISON, MOORE OMOKUNDE, NEUBAUER, OHNSTAD, |
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| 9 | 9 | | ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SINICKI, STUBBS, SUBECK, ANDRACA and |
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| 10 | 10 | | DRAKE. Referred to Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer |
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| 11 | 11 | | Protection. |
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| 12 | 12 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to amend 6.86 (1) (b) of the statutes; relating to: expanding the period |
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| 14 | 14 | | for voting by in person absentee ballot. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 16 | 16 | | Under current law, an individual voting at an election by absentee ballot may |
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| 17 | 17 | | apply for an absentee ballot in person at the municipal clerk's office or at an alternate |
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| 18 | 18 | | absentee ballot site. An absentee ballot application made in person may be made no |
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| 19 | 19 | | earlier than 14 days preceding the election and no later than the Sunday preceding |
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| 20 | 20 | | the election. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Under this bill, an absentee ballot application made in person may be made no |
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| 22 | 22 | | later than the Sunday preceding the election. |
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| 23 | 23 | | For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 24 | 24 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 25 | 25 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 26 | 26 | | enact as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. 6.86 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 6.86 (1) (b) Except as provided in this section, if application is made by mail, |
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| 29 | 29 | | the application shall be received no later than 5 p.m. on the 5th day immediately |
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| 30 | 30 | | preceding the election. If application is made in person, the application shall be |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 - 2 -2023 - 2024 Legislature LRB-5625/1 |
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| 37 | 37 | | JK:emw&cjs |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 937 |
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| 39 | 39 | | made no earlier than 14 days preceding the election and no later than the Sunday |
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| 40 | 40 | | preceding the election. No application may be received on a legal holiday. A |
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| 41 | 41 | | municipality shall specify the hours in the notice under s. 10.01 (2) (e). The |
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| 42 | 42 | | municipal clerk or an election official shall witness the certificate for any in-person |
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| 43 | 43 | | absentee ballot cast. Except as provided in par. (c), if the elector is making written |
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| 44 | 44 | | application for an absentee ballot at the partisan primary, the general election, the |
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| 45 | 45 | | presidential preference primary, or a special election for national office, and the |
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| 46 | 46 | | application indicates that the elector is a military elector, as defined in s. 6.34 (1), the |
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| 47 | 47 | | application shall be received by the municipal clerk no later than 5 p.m. on election |
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| 48 | 48 | | day. If the application indicates that the reason for requesting an absentee ballot is |
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| 49 | 49 | | that the elector is a sequestered juror, the application shall be received no later than |
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| 50 | 50 | | 5 p.m. on election day. If the application is received after 5 p.m. on the Friday |
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| 51 | 51 | | immediately preceding the election, the municipal clerk or the clerk's agent shall |
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| 52 | 52 | | immediately take the ballot to the court in which the elector is serving as a juror and |
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| 53 | 53 | | deposit it with the judge. The judge shall recess court, as soon as convenient, and |
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| 54 | 54 | | give the elector the ballot. The judge shall then witness the voting procedure as |
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| 55 | 55 | | provided in s. 6.87 and shall deliver the ballot to the clerk or agent of the clerk who |
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| 56 | 56 | | shall deliver it to the polling place or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are |
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| 57 | 57 | | canvassed under s. 7.52, to the municipal clerk as required in s. 6.88. If application |
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| 58 | 58 | | is made under sub. (2) or (2m), the application may be received no later than 5 p.m. |
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| 59 | 59 | | on the Friday immediately preceding the election. |
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