CHAPTER 6
THE ELECTORS
WHO MAY VOTE
6.02 Qualifications, general.
6.03 Disqualification of electors.
6.05 Election day age determines elector's rights.
6.15 New residents; presidential voting.
6.22 Absentee voting for military electors.
6.24 Federal overseas voting.
6.25 Write-in absentee ballot.
REGISTRATION
6.27 Where elector registration required.
6.275 Registration and voting statistics.
6.28 Where and when to register.
6.29 Late registration in person.
6.32 Verification of mail registrations.
6.325 Disqualification of electors.
6.35 Filing registration forms.
6.36 Official registration list.
6.40 Transferring registration.
6.45 Access to registration list.
6.46 Poll lists; copying.
6.48 Challenging registration.
6.50 Revision of registration list.
6.54 Failure to register; rights.
6.55 Polling place registration; voting by certification.
6.56 Verification of voters not appearing on list.
6.57 Registration list for school and special elections.
VOTING
6.76 Time off for voting.
6.80 Mechanics of voting.
VOTING ABSENTEE
6.85 Absent elector; definition.
6.86 Application for absentee ballot.
6.865 Federal postcard request form.
6.87 Absent voting procedure.
6.875 Absentee voting in nursing and retirement homes and certain community-based residential facilities.
6.88 Voting and recording the absentee ballot.
6.89 Absent electors list public.
CHALLENGING ELECTORS
6.92 Inspector making challenge.
6.925 Elector making challenge in person.
6.93 Challenging the absent elector.
6.935 Challenge based on incompetency.
6.94 Challenged elector oath.
6.95 Voting procedure for challenged electors.
Ch. 6 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See definitions in s.
5.02.
WHO MAY VOTE
6.02
6.02
Qualifications, general. 6.02(1)
(1) Every U.S. citizen age 18 or older who has resided in an election district or ward for 10 days before any election where the citizen offers to vote is an eligible elector.
6.02(2)
(2) Any U.S. citizen age 18 or older who moves within this state later than 10 days before an election shall vote at his or her previous ward or election district if the person is otherwise qualified. If the elector can comply with the 10-day residence requirement at the new address and is otherwise qualified, he or she may vote in the new ward or election district.
6.02 Annotation
An eligible elector and a qualified elector are identical. Ch. 6 applies to annexation referendum elector qualifications under 66.021 (6). Washington v. Altoona, 73 W (2d) 250, 243 NW (2d) 404.
6.02 Annotation
Durational residence requirements. Clifford, 1973 WLR 914.
6.03
6.03
Disqualification of electors. 6.03(1)
(1) The following persons shall not be allowed to vote in any election and any attempt to vote shall be rejected:
6.03(1)(a)
(a) Any person who is incapable of understanding the objective of the elective process or under guardianship pursuant to the order of a court under
ch. 880, except that when a person is under limited guardianship, the court may determine that the person is competent to exercise the right to vote;
