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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
September 28, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives Bodden, Michalski, C.
Anderson, Andraca, Behnke, Brooks, Conley, Considine, Duchow, Edming,
Gundrum, Joers, Krug, Maxey, Rettinger, Schmidt, Subeck, Ortiz-Velez
and Jacobson, cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Spreitzer, Knodl,
Ballweg, Felzkowski and James. Referred to Committee on Campaigns and
Elections.
AB441,1,2
1An Act to amend 7.15 (1) (cm) of the statutes;
relating to: timeline for sending
2or transmitting presidential preference primary absentee ballots.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law requires a municipal clerk to send an absentee ballot for each
partisan primary, presidential preference primary, and general election to all
electors requesting the ballot, including military and overseas electors, no later than
the 47th day before the partisan primary, presidential preference primary, or general
election or, if the request is not made before that day, within one business day after
the request is received. For all other primaries and elections, the municipal clerk
must send or transmit the absentee ballot no later than the 21st day before the
primary or election or, if the request is not made before that day, within one business
day after the request is received.
Under this bill, a municipal clerk must send or transmit an absentee ballot for
the presidential preference primary to electors other than military and overseas
electors no later than the 21st day before the presidential preference primary. The
bill does not alter the 47-day deadline for municipal clerks to send or transmit
absentee ballots to military electors and overseas electors for the presidential
preference primary.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB441,1
1Section
1. 7.15 (1) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB441,2,162
7.15
(1) (cm) Prepare official absentee ballots for delivery to electors requesting
3them, and except as provided in this paragraph, send an official absentee ballot to
4each elector who has requested a ballot by mail, and to each military elector, as
5defined in s. 6.34 (1), and overseas elector who has requested a ballot by mail,
6electronic mail, or facsimile transmission, no later than the 47th day before each
7partisan primary and general election and no later than the 21st day before each
8other primary and election if the request is made before that day; otherwise, the
9municipal clerk shall send or transmit an official absentee ballot within one business
10day of the time the elector's request for such a ballot is received. The clerk shall send
11or transmit an absentee ballot for the presidential preference primary to each
12military elector and overseas elector who has requested that ballot no later than the
1347th day before the presidential preference primary if the request is made before that
14day, or, if the request is not made before that day, within one business day of the time
15the request is received. For purposes of this paragraph, “business day" means any
16day from Monday to Friday, not including a legal holiday under s. 995.20.
