WI AB617

Moves the deadline for mail-in absentee ballot applications from 5 days to 7 days before an election, and requires municipal clerks to return absentee ballots with defective or missing certificates to voters for correction when time permits

Eliminates the option for municipalities to use central counting locations for tabulating electronic ballots, requiring all votes to be canvassed at individual polling places

Requires municipal clerks to report ballot counting progress to county clerks hourly starting at 10 p.m. on election night, with statements showing total ballots cast, canvassed, and remaining to be counted

Mandates text message notifications to voters who provide mobile phone numbers when their absentee ballot application and completed ballot are received, with phone numbers kept confidential

Requires circuit courts to notify the Elections Commission by email within 3 days of any determination that a person is incompetent and ineligible to vote, with the commission then marking the voter inactive and notifying the voter and municipal clerk