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WI SB511
Bill
Status
10/9/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jeff Smith
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AI Summary
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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")
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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
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Clerk must return the ballot inside its sealed envelope along with a new envelope if necessary
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Amends Wisconsin Statutes section 6.87(9)
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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