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WI SB511

Bill

Status

Introduced

10/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jeff Smith

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Municipal clerks would be required to return absentee ballots with improperly completed or missing certificates to voters, changing current law which makes this discretionary ("may" to "shall")

  • Applies when there is sufficient time for the voter to correct the defect and return the ballot before the 8 p.m. election day deadline

  • Clerk must return the ballot inside its sealed envelope along with a new envelope if necessary

  • Amends Wisconsin Statutes section 6.87(9)

  • Introduced October 9, 2025 and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

Legislative Description

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

Last Action

Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

2/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development10/9/2025

Full Bill Text

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