LRB-5923/1
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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
March 26, 2020 - Introduced by Senators Larson, Smith and Carpenter,
cosponsored by Representative Brostoff. Referred to Committee on
Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues.
SB922,1,2 1An Act to amend 6.86 (1) (b) of the statutes; relating to: extending the deadline
2for applying for an absentee ballot in-person.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law provides that a municipality may allow voters to make an
in-person application for an absentee ballot no later than the Sunday preceding the
election. Under the bill, a municipality must allow in-person applications on the
Sunday preceding any election that is held no later than 90 days after the governor
declares a state of emergency.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB922,1 3Section 1. 6.86 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB922,2,224 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 14 days preceding the election and no later than the Sunday
8preceding the election. A municipality shall allow applications in person on the

1Sunday preceding any election that is held no later than 90 days after the day on
2which the governor issues an executive order declaring a state of emergency under
3s. 323.10.
No application may be received on a legal holiday. A municipality shall
4specify the hours in the notice under s. 10.01 (2) (e). The municipal clerk or an
5election official shall witness the certificate for any in-person absentee ballot cast.
6Except as provided in par. (c), if the elector is making written application for an
7absentee ballot at the partisan primary, the general election, the presidential
8preference primary, or a special election for national office, and the application
9indicates that the elector is a military elector, as defined in s. 6.34 (1), the application
10shall be received by the municipal clerk no later than 5 p.m. on election day. If the
11application indicates that the reason for requesting an absentee ballot is that the
12elector is a sequestered juror, the application shall be received no later than 5 p.m.
13on election day. If the application is received after 5 p.m. on the Friday immediately
14preceding the election, the municipal clerk or the clerk's agent shall immediately
15take the ballot to the court in which the elector is serving as a juror and deposit it
16with the judge. The judge shall recess court, as soon as convenient, and give the
17elector the ballot. The judge shall then witness the voting procedure as provided in
18s. 6.87 and shall deliver the ballot to the clerk or agent of the clerk who shall deliver
19it to the polling place or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed
20under s. 7.52, to the municipal clerk as required in s. 6.88. If application is made
21under sub. (2) or (2m), the application may be received no later than 5 p.m. on the
22Friday immediately preceding the election.
SB922,2,2323 (End)
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