6.22 Absentee voting for military electors.
6.221 Counting of absentee ballots for certain military electors; September primary and general election.
6.24 Federal overseas voting.
6.25 Write-in absentee ballot.
SUBCHAPTER II
REGISTRATION
6.26 Special registration deputies.
6.27 Elector registration required.
6.275 Registration and voting statistics.
6.276 Federal absentee voting statistics.
6.28 Where and when to register.
6.29 Late registration in person.
6.32 Verification of certain registrations.
6.325 Disqualification of electors.
6.33 Registration forms; manner of completing.
6.34 Proof of residence required.
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.
6.47 Confidentiality of information relating to victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking.
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 special elections.
SUBCHAPTER III
VOTING
6.76 Time off for voting.
6.80 Mechanics of voting.
SUBCHAPTER IV
VOTING ABSENTEE
6.85 Absent elector; definition.
6.855 Alternate absentee ballot site.
6.86 Methods for obtaining an absentee ballot.
6.865 Federal absentee ballot requests.
6.869 Uniform instructions.
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.
SUBCHAPTER V
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.
6.96 Voting procedure for electors voting pursuant to federal court order.
6.97 Voting procedure for individuals not providing required identification.
Ch. 6 Note
NOTE: 2005 Wis. Act 451, which made major revisions to the election laws, including to Chapter 6, contains an extensive prefatory note explaining the changes.
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 s. 66.021 (6). Washington v. Altoona,
73 Wis. 2d 250,
243 N.W.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 who is under guardianship, unless the court has determined that the person is competent to exercise the right to vote;
6.03 Note
NOTE: Par. (a) is shown as affected by 2 acts of the 2005 Wisconsin legislature and as merged by the revisor under s. 13.93 (2) (c).
6.03(1)(b)
(b) Any person convicted of treason, felony or bribery, unless the person's right to vote is restored through a pardon or under
s. 304.078 (3).
6.03(2)
(2) No person shall be allowed to vote in any election in which the person has made or become interested, directly or indirectly, in any bet or wager depending upon the result of the election.
6.03(3)
(3) No person may be denied the right to register to vote or the right to vote by reason that the person is alleged to be incapable of understanding the objective of the elective process unless the person has been adjudicated incompetent in this state. If a determination of incompetency of the person has already been made, or if a determination of limited incompetency has been made that does not include a specific finding that the subject is competent to exercise the right to vote, and a guardian has been appointed as a result of any such determination, then no determination of incapacity of understanding the objective of the elective process is required unless the guardianship is terminated or modified under
s. 54.64.
6.03 Annotation
Disenfranchisement of felons does not deny them equal protection. Richardson v. Ramirez,
418 U.S. 24.
6.05
6.05
Election day age determines elector's rights. Any person who will be 18 years old on or before election day is entitled to vote if the person complies with this chapter.
6.06
6.06
Information for uniformed service members. The board is the agency designated by this state under
42 USC 1973ff-1 to provide information regarding voter registration and absentee balloting procedures to absent members of the uniformed services and overseas voters with respect to elections for national office.
6.06 History
History: 2003 a. 265.
6.06 Annotation
Voter residency and absentee voting is discussed. 60 Atty. Gen. 214.
6.06 Annotation
Voting residency of family members of military personnel stationed in Wisconsin is discussed. 61 Atty. Gen. 269.
6.06 Annotation
Upon marriage to a Wisconsin serviceman, a nonresident wife may take the Wisconsin voting residence of her husband. 61 Atty. Gen. 365.
6.10
6.10
Elector residence. Residence as a qualification for voting shall be governed by the following standards:
6.10(1)
(1) The residence of a person is the place where the person's habitation is fixed, without any present intent to move, and to which, when absent, the person intends to return.
6.10(2)
(2) When a married person's family resides at one place and that person's business is conducted at another place, the former place establishes the residence. If the family place is temporary or for transient purposes, it is not the residence.
