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The policies governing voter participation are enacted and enforced primarily at the land level. These policies, which include voter identification requirements, early voting provisions, online voter registration systems, and more than, dictate the conditions under which American citizens bandage their ballots in their respective states.

This commodity includes the following data about voting policies in Wisconsin:

Voter registration details, including deadlines and eligibility requirements.
In-person voting details, including identification requirements, poll times, and early on voting provisions.
Absentee/mail-in voting deadlines and rules.
Details near convicted felons' voting rights.
Contact information ballot agencies.
Summaries of noteworthy policy-related events.

See Election administration in Wisconsin for more than boosted information nigh election administration in the state, including voter list maintenance policies, provisional ballot rules, and post-election auditing practices.

Voter registration

The table beneath displays voter registration information specific to Wisconsin'southward 2022 primary election.

Voter registration in Wisconsin
Registration URL	Link
Registration status URL	Link
Registration update URL	Link
In-person registration deadline	August 5, 2022
Mail registration deadline	July 20, 2022
Mail postmark or receipt deadline	Postmarked
Online registration deadline	July 20, 2022
Same-day registration	Yes
Early voting same-solar day registration	No

Eligibility and registration details

To annals to vote in Wisconsin, 1 must exist a citizen of the United States and a resident of Wisconsin for at least 28 days prior to the ballot. A voter must be at least 18 years of historic period.^[one] ^[2]

One tin can register by mailing a form to the local municipal clerk. An individual tin can too register in person at the municipal clerk's office. If registering by post, the application must be postmarked no after than 20 days before the election. In-person registration must exist completed by 5 p.m. on the Fri before Election Day. Same-24-hour interval voter registration is also bachelor, as long every bit the registrant provides proof of residency at the polls.^[1]

In-person voting

The table beneath displays in-person voting information specific to Wisconsin's 2022 primary election.

In-person voting in Wisconsin
All voters required to show ID	Yeah
ID types	Hover or tap hither to see valid forms of voter ID A Wisconsin DOT-issued commuter license, fifty-fifty if driving privileges are revoked or suspended; A Wisconsin DOT-issued identification bill of fare; A Armed services ID card issued past the U.S. Uniformed Services (including retired and dependent uniformed service IDs); A U.S. passport book or menu; A document of naturalization (that was issued no earlier than 2 years before the engagement of the election); An identification card issued by a federally recognized Indian tribe in Wisconsin (can exist expired or unexpired); A driver license receipt issued by Wisconsin DOT (valid for 45 days from date issued); An identification card receipt issued past Wisconsin DOT (valid for 45 days from date issued); A Wisconsin DMV ID Petition Process Photo Receipt (valid for 180 days from appointment issued); A Veteran Diplomacy ID card (must be unexpired or have no expiration date); A photo identification carte issued by a Wisconsin accredited university or higher, or technical college.
ID source URL	Link
Early voting start date	July 26, 2022
Early voting stop date	August 7, 2022
Weekend voting?	N/A
Early voting source URL	N/A
Election Day poll times	7 a.m. to eight p.m.

Poll times

Run into also: Country poll opening and closing times

In Wisconsin, all polls are open from 7 a.m. to viii p.1000. Key Fourth dimension. An individual who is in line at the fourth dimension polls shut must be immune to vote.^[3]

Voter identification

See also: Voter identification laws by land

Wisconsin requires voters to present photo identification while voting.^[4]

The following list of accustomed ID was electric current as of Nov 2019. Click here for the Wisconsin Secretary of State'southward page on accepted ID to ensure y'all take the almost current information.

Wisconsin Department of Transportation-issued driver license, even if driving privileges are revoked or suspended
Wisconsin Department of Transportation-issued identification menu
Military ID card issued by the U.Due south. Uniformed Services (including retired and dependent uniformed service IDs)
U.S. passport book or card
Certificate of naturalization (that was issued no earlier than two years earlier the date of the election)
Identification card issued past a federally recognized Indian tribe in Wisconsin (can be expired or unexpired)
Driver's license receipt issued by Wisconsin Department of Transportation (valid for 45 days from date issued)
Identification carte receipt issued past Wisconsin Department of Transportation (valid for 45 days from date issued)
Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles ID Petition Procedure Photo Receipt (valid for 180 days from date issued)
Veteran Affairs ID menu (must be unexpired or accept no expiration date)
Photograph identification card issued past a Wisconsin accredited academy or college, or technical higher that contains the card was issued and the signature of the educatee. The expiration date tin can be no later than ii years after the date of issuance. The voter must likewise provide a separate certificate proving enrollment (tuition fee receipt, enrollment verification letter of the alphabet, or class schedule).

The following voters do not need to provide photo ID:^[4]

Confidential electors
Agile armed services and permanent overseas voters who vote by absentee ballot
Indefinitely confined voters who vote by absentee ballot
Voters in special intendance facilities who vote by absentee ballot

Voters can obtain a free Wisconsin Country ID Card at a Wisconsin Partition of Motor Vehicles office. Voters demand the following to use for an ID:^[5]

Proof of name and date of nascency (birth certificate)
Proof of identity (Social Security Card, Medicaid/Medicare Card, etc.)
Proof of Wisconsin residency (utility bill, regime mail, lease, etc.)
Proof of U.S. citizenship (U.S. Birth certificate or citizenship paperwork)
Social Security Number

Voters who do not have all or any of the materials listed above tin can still obtain an ID. Phone call the voter ID hotline for assistance at (844) 588-1069.^[five]

Early on voting

Encounter also: Early voting

Wisconsin permits early on voting. Learn more than by visiting this website.

Absentee/mail-in voting

See as well: Absentee/mail-in voting

The table beneath displays absentee voting data specific to Wisconsin'due south 2022 primary election.

Absentee voting in Wisconsin
Are there limits on who tin can request a ballot?	North/A
Postal service request deadline	Baronial 4, 2022
Request postmark or receipt borderline	Received
Mail service render deadline	Baronial nine, 2022
Return postmark or receipt deadline	Received
Notary/witness requirements	Due north/A

All voters are eligible to vote absentee in Wisconsin. There are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee.^[6]

To vote absentee, an application must exist received by the municipal clerk no afterward than 5 p.yard. on the Th earlier Election Twenty-four hour period. If mailed through the U.S. Postal service, a returned absentee ballot "must be postmarked no later than Ballot Twenty-four hour period and received by the municipal clerk no later than 4 p.chiliad. on the Friday afterward the election." For other means of delivery, the completed ballot must be "delivered to the municipal clerk no afterwards than 8 p.m. on Election Day."^{[half dozen]}

Bedevilled felons' voting rights

See also: Voting rights for convicted felons

In Wisconsin, individuals convicted of a felony automatically regain their right to vote upon completion of their entire judgement, including incarceration and parole or probation, or if they receive a pardon.^[7]

Voting rights for convicted felons vary from state to land. In the majority of states, convicted felons cannot vote while they are incarcerated but may regain the right to vote upon release from prison or at some indicate thereafter.^[eight] ^[9]

Ballot administration cost database

The Wisconsin Elections Commission maintains a database on ballot assistants costs in the land. That database is accessible here.

Election agencies

Seal of the U.S. Election Help Committee

See also: State election agencies

Individuals seeking boosted information about voting provisions in Wisconsin can contact the following state and federal agencies.

Wisconsin Regime Accountability Board

212 Eastward Washington Avenue, tertiary Floor

Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7984

Telephone: 608-261-2028

Email: gab@wisconsin.gov

U.S. Ballot Help Commission

1335 East Westward Highway, Suite 4300

Argent Leap, Maryland 20910

Telephone: 866-747-1471

Noteworthy events

2022

On June 28, 2021, ii Wisconsin voters filed suit in Waukesha Canton Excursion Courtroom, challenging the legality of guidance past the Wisconsin Elections Commission that allowed for the utilize of absentee/mail-in ballot drop. On January thirteen, 2022, the circuit court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and invalidated the guidance. The Wisconsin Elections Commission appealed, and the intermediate appellate court stayed the circuit courtroom'south order through the February 15, 2022, chief election. The plaintiffs petitioned the Wisconsin Supreme Court to vacate the stay. On January 28, 2022, the high courtroom declined to vacate the appellate court's stay. On February 2, 2022, the Wisconsin Elections Committee petitioned the state supreme courtroom to extend the appellate court's stay through the Apr 5, 2022, election and resolution of the instance on the merits. On February 11, 2022, the Wisconsin Supreme Courtroom issued a 4-3 ruling that allowed the circuit court's ban on absentee/mail-in ballot drop-boxes to take consequence in the April 5, 2022, election.Cite fault: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. also many

The court bulk – comprising Justices Annette Ziegler, Rebecca Bradley, Patience Drake Roggensack, and Brian Hagedorn – said, "The record before us, including the timetable for making the necessary administrative changes every bit outlined by the court of appeals, indicates that the Commission tin can comply with the circuit court's social club so as to amend concerns virtually voter defoliation and election assistants before the Apr 5, 2022, election commences. The demand for additional relief in the form of an extended stay has non been established."Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many

Justice Ann Walsh Bradley dissented: "In one case again, a majority of this court makes it more than difficult to vote. With apparent disregard for the defoliation it is causing, the majority provides next to no find to municipal clerks, changing procedures at the eleventh hour and applying different procedures from those that applied to the primary in the very same election cycle." Justices Rebecca Frank Dallet and Jill J. Karofsky joined Bradley's dissent.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. besides many

2020

Federal appeals court reverses in role and affirms in party district court ruling on early on voting, voter ID laws

On June 29, 2020, a three-judge console of the United states of america Courtroom of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a district court decision that had establish that adjustments made to the number of days and hours for in-person absentee voting, the state's durational residency requirement, and the prohibition against sending absentee ballots via e-mail violated the United states Constitution and/or Voting Rights Human activity. The appeals court affirmed the district courtroom'south decision that had invalidated a law disallowing the use of expired student IDs for voting purposes. Judge Frank Easterbrook penned the court'due south stance, which was joined by Judges Michael Kanne and Diane Sykes.^[10]

2019

Federal guess blocks changes to early voting, voter ID laws

On January 17, 2019, Judge James Peterson blocked changes to Wisconsin's early on voting law signed into police force in December 2018 by outgoing Gov. Scott Walker (R). The law in question restricted early on voting to a fourteen-twenty-four hour period period preceding an election, ending on the Sunday before the election. The police force also disallowed the use of expired student IDs and temporary IDs more than threescore days old as identification for voting purposes. Peterson blocked the enactment of similar changes in 2016. As of January 21, 2019, full consideration of the case was pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.^[11]

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External links

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Footnotes

↑ ^one.0 ^one.one Wisconsin Elections Comission, "Voter Registration," accessed Oct eight, 2019
↑ Wisconsin Elections Commission, "UPDATED: 7th Excursion Court of Appeals Ruling in 1 Wisconsin Institute Case," June thirty, 2020
↑ MyVote Wisconsin, "2020 Voting Deadlines," accessed October 17, 2019
↑ ^4.0 ^iv.1 My Vote Wisconsin, "Photograph ID Required," accessed October 6, 2019
↑ ^five.0 ^5.1 Wisconsin Department of Transportation, "Wisconsin ID card for voting purposes - petition process," accessed October 6, 2019
↑ ^half-dozen.0 ^6.1 Government Accountability Board - State of Wisconsin, "Absentee voting," accessed December 17, 2013
↑ Wisconsin Elections Committee, "EX-FELONS AND INCARCERATED VOTERS," accessed Oct 21, 2019
↑ National Conference of Land Legislatures, "Felon Voting Rights," accessed July fifteen, 2014
↑ American Ceremonious Liberties Union, "State Criminal Re-enfranchisement Laws," accessed September thirteen, 2019
↑ United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, "Luft v. Evers," June 29, 2020
↑ Governing, "Early on-Voting Restrictions Passed in Wisconsin Lame-Duck Session Blocked by Approximate," Jan 18, 2019

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