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WI AB537

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

10/15/2025

Primary Sponsor

Lee Snodgrass

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Changes municipal clerk's authority from discretionary ("may") to mandatory ("shall") when returning defective absentee ballots to voters for correction
  • Applies to absentee ballots received with improperly completed certificates or missing certificates entirely
  • Requires the ballot be returned inside the sealed envelope when an envelope is received, along with a new envelope if necessary
  • Correction opportunity only applies when time permits the voter to fix the defect and return the ballot before 8 p.m. on election day
  • Amends Wisconsin Statutes section 6.87(9)

Legislative Description

Returning an absentee ballot with an incomplete certificate or with no certificate.

Last Action

Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

2/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Campaigns and Elections10/15/2025

Full Bill Text

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