6.925   Elector making challenge in person.

6.93   Challenging the absent elector.

6.935   Challenge based on incompetency.

6.94   Challenged elector oath.

6.95   Voting procedure for challenged electors.

6.96   Voting procedure for electors voting pursuant to federal court order.

6.965   Voting procedure for electors presenting citation or notice in lieu of license or receipt.

6.97   Voting procedure for individuals not providing required proof of identification or residence.

Ch. 6 Note NOTE: 2005 Wis. Act 451, which made major revisions to the election laws, including to this chapter, contains an extensive prefatory note explaining the changes.

Ch. 6 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See definitions in s. 5.02.

subch. I of ch. 6 SUBCHAPTER I

WHO MAY VOTE

6.02 6.02 Qualifications, general.

6.02(1) (1) Every U.S. citizen age 18 or older who has resided in an election district or ward for 28 consecutive days before any election where the citizen offers to vote is an eligible elector.

6.02(2) (2) Any U.S. citizen age 18 or older who moves within this state later than 28 days before an election shall vote at his or her previous ward or election district if the person is otherwise qualified. If the elector can comply with the 28-day residence requirement at the new address and is otherwise qualified, he or she may vote in the new ward or election district.

6.02 History History: 1971 c. 304 s. 29 (2); 1971 c. 336 s. 37; 1975 c. 85 ss. 5, 66 (3); 1977 c. 394; 1991 a. 316; 2011 a. 23.

6.02 Annotation An eligible elector and a qualified elector are identical. This chapter applies to annexation referendum elector qualifications under s. 66.021 (6) [now s. 66.0217 (10)]. Town of Washington v. City of Altoona, 73 Wis. 2d 250, 243 N.W.2d 404 (1976).

6.02 Annotation Constitutional Law—Equal Protection—Penalty on the Right to Travel—Durational Residence Requirements. Clifford. 1973 WLR 914.

6.03 6.03 Disqualification of electors.

6.03(1) (1) The following persons shall not be allowed to vote in any election and any attempt to vote shall be rejected:

6.03(1)(a) (a) Any person who is incapable of understanding the objective of the elective process or who is under guardianship, unless the court has determined that the person is competent to exercise the right to vote.

6.03(1)(b) (b) Any person convicted of treason, felony or bribery, unless the person’s right to vote is restored through a pardon or under s. 304.078 (3).

6.03(2) (2) No person shall be allowed to vote in any election in which the person has made or become interested, directly or indirectly, in any bet or wager depending upon the result of the election.

6.03(3) (3) No person may be denied the right to register to vote or the right to vote by reason that the person is alleged to be incapable of understanding the objective of the elective process unless the person has been adjudicated incompetent in this state. If a determination of incompetency of the person has already been made, or if a determination of limited incompetency has been made that does not include a specific finding that the subject is competent to exercise the right to vote, and a guardian has been appointed as a result of any such determination, then no determination of incapacity of understanding the objective of the elective process is required unless the guardianship is terminated or modified under s. 54.64.

6.03 History History: 1973 c. 284; 1977 c. 26, 394; 1979 c. 110; 1991 a. 316; 2003 a. 121; 2005 a. 149, 387; 2007 a. 97; 2015 a. 197 s. 51.

6.03 Annotation Disenfranchisement of felons does not deny them equal protection. Richardson v. Ramirez, 418 U.S. 24, 94 S. Ct. 2655, 41 L. Ed. 2d 551 (1974).

6.05 6.05 Election day age determines elector’s rights. Any person who will be 18 years old on or before election day is entitled to vote if the person complies with this chapter.

6.05 History History: 1971 c. 336 s. 37; 1981 c. 390 s. 252; 1991 a. 316.