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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 511
October 9, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
Smith
,
Carpenter
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
L. Johnson
,
Keyeski
,
Larson
,
Ratcliff
,
Wall
and
Wirch
, cosponsored by Representatives
Snodgrass
,
Krug
,
Andraca
,
Arney
,
Clancy
,
Emerson
,
Joers
,
Johnson
,
Madison
,
McCarville
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Neubauer
,
Ortiz-Velez
,
Roe
,
Stroud
,
Stubbs
,
Udell
,
Sinicki
,
Miresse
and
Palmeri
. Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development.
SB511,1,2
1
An Act
to amend
6.87 (9) of the statutes;
relating to:
returning an absentee
2
ballot with an incomplete certificate or with no certificate.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a municipal clerk may return to the voter an absentee ballot with an improperly completed certificate or with no certificate whenever time permits the voter to correct the defect and return the absentee ballot to the polling place before 8 p.m. on election day. Under this bill, the municipal clerk must return such an absentee ballot to the voter under those circumstances.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB511,1
3
Section
1
.
6.87 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB511,2,2
4
6.87
(9)
If a municipal clerk receives an absentee ballot with an improperly
5
completed certificate or with no certificate, the clerk
may
shall
return the ballot to
6
the elector, inside the sealed envelope when an envelope is received, together with a
1
new envelope if necessary, whenever time permits the elector to correct the defect
2
and return the ballot within the period authorized under sub. (6).
SB511,2,3
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