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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1)(a) Any individual who qualifies as a military elector under s. 6.22(1)(b) and who transmits an application for an official absentee ballot for any election, including a primary election, no later than the latest time specified for the elector in s. 6.86(1)(b) may, in lieu of the official ballot, cast a federal write-in absentee ballot prescribed under 42 USC 1973ff-2 for any candidate for an office listed on the official ballot or for all of the candidates of any recognized political party for the offices listed on the official ballot at that election if the federal write-in absentee ballot is received by the appropriate municipal clerk no later than the applicable time prescribed in s. 6.87(6).
(b) Any individual who qualifies as an overseas elector , regardless of whether the elector qualifies as a resident of this state under s. 6.10, and who transmits an application for an official absentee ballot for an election , including a primary election, no later than the latest time specified for an elector in s. 6.86(1)(b) may, in lieu of the official ballot, cast a federal write-in absentee ballot prescribed under 42 USC 1973ff-2 for any candidate or for all candidates of any recognized political party listed on the official ballot at that election, if the federal write-in absentee ballot is received by the appropriate municipal clerk no later than the applicable time prescribed in s. 6.87(6).
(c) A completed and signed federal write-in absentee ballot submitted by a qualified elector under par. (a) serves as an application for an absentee ballot and need not be accompanied by a separate application.
(4) A write-in absentee ballot issued under sub. (1) is valid only if the elector submitting the ballot does not submit an official ballot within the time prescribed in s. 6.87(6) and, if the elector is an overseas elector, the elector resides outside the United States.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wisconsin Statutes Elections (Ch. 5 to 12) § 6.25. Write-in absentee ballot - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/elections-ch-5-to-12/wi-st-6-25/
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