Wisconsin AB617: An Act to repeal 5.85 (5), 5.86, 6.79 (2) (d) and 7.03 (1) (c); to amend 5.05 (12), 5.84 (1), 5.84 (2), 5.85 (1), 5.87 (1), 5.91 (17), 6.18 (form), 6.33 (1), 6.87 (3) (d), 6.87 (9), 7.37 (12), 7.51 (1), 10.01 (2) (e), 12.60 (1) (a) and 54.25 (2) (c) 1. g.; to create 5.057, 6.855 (3m), 6.86 (1) (as) and 7.15 (16) of the statutes; Relating to: applying for and returning absentee ballots; use of central counting locations; election night reporting; court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote; preelection tests of electronic voting equipment, and providing a penalty. (FE)

What the bill says

To amend 5.05 (12), 25.84 (1), 5.84 (2), 5.85 (1), 5.87 (1), 5.91 (17), 6.18 (form), 6.33 (1), 6.87 (3) (d), 36.87 (9), 7.37 (12), 7.51 (1), 10.01 (2) (e), 12.60 (1) (a) and 54.25 (2) (c) 1. g.; to 4create 5.057, 6.855 (3m), 6.86 (1) (as) and 7.15 (16) of the statutes; relating 5 use of central counting 6locations; election night reporting; court determinations of incompetency and 7ineligibility to vote; preelection tests of electronic voting equipment, and 8providing a penalty…

From the introduced text, November 4, 2025:

to amend 5.05 (12), 25.84 (1), 5.84 (2), 5.85 (1), 5.87 (1), 5.91 (17), 6.18 (form), 6.33 (1), 6.87 (3) (d), 36.87 (9), 7.37 (12), 7.51 (1), 10.01 (2) (e), 12.60 (1) (a) and 54.25 (2) (c) 1. g.; to 4create 5.057, 6.855 (3m), 6.86 (1) (as) and 7.15 (16) of the statutes; relating 5 use of central counting 6locations; election night reporting; court determinations of incompetency and 7ineligibility to vote; preelection tests of electronic voting equipment, and 8providing a penalty. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Location of alternate absentee ballot sites Current law authorizes municipalities to establish one or more alternate absentee ballot sites to which voters may return absentee ballots for an election and and at which they may apply for and vote an in-person absentee ballot. An alternate site must be located as near as practicable to the office of the municipal clerk or board of election commissioners and may not be designated in such a way as to afford an advantage to any political party. Under the bill, an alternate absentee ballot site must be in a building or facility constituting a fixed location. Absentee ballot certificate defects Under current law, a municipal clerk may return to the voter an absentee ballot with an improperly completed certificate or with no certificate whenever time permits the …