SB771,3,24
6.86
(1) (b) Except as provided in this section, if application is made by mail,
5the application shall be received no later than 5 p.m. on the 5th day immediately
6preceding the election. If application is made in person, the application shall be
7made no earlier than the opening of business on the 3rd Monday preceding the
1election and no later than 7 p.m. on the Friday preceding the election. No application
2may be received on a legal holiday. An application made in person may only be
3received Monday to Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. each day
, except
4that the municipal clerk may choose to accept applications made in person between
5the hours of 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. on any weekend day between the 3rd Monday
6preceding the election and the Monday immediately preceding the election. A
7municipality shall specify the hours in the notice under s. 10.01 (2) (e). The
8municipal clerk or an election official shall witness the certificate for any in-person
9absentee ballot cast. Except as provided in par. (c), if the elector is making written
10application for an absentee ballot at the partisan primary, the general election, the
11presidential preference primary, or a special election for national office, and the
12application indicates that the elector is a military elector, as defined in s. 6.34 (1), the
13application shall be received by the municipal clerk no later than 5 p.m. on election
14day. If the application indicates that the reason for requesting an absentee ballot is
15that the elector is a sequestered juror, the application shall be received no later than
165 p.m. on election day. If the application is received after 5 p.m. on the Friday
17immediately preceding the election, the municipal clerk or the clerk's agent shall
18immediately take the ballot to the court in which the elector is serving as a juror and
19deposit it with the judge. The judge shall recess court, as soon as convenient, and
20give the elector the ballot. The judge shall then witness the voting procedure as
21provided in s. 6.87 and shall deliver the ballot to the clerk or agent of the clerk who
22shall deliver it to the polling place or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are
23canvassed under s. 7.52, to the municipal clerk as required in s. 6.88. If application
1is made under sub. (2) or (2m), the application may be received no later than 5 p.m.
2on the Friday immediately preceding the election.