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Wis. Stat. § 12.03 (2026)
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12.03(1)(1) No election official may engage in electioneering on election day. No municipal clerk or employee of the clerk may engage in electioneering in the clerk’s office or at the alternate site under s. 6.855 during the hours that ballots may be cast at those locations.
12.03(2)(a)1.1. No person may engage in electioneering during polling hours on election day at a polling place.
12.03(2)(a)2.2. No person may engage in electioneering in the municipal clerk’s office or at an alternate site under s. 6.855 during the hours that absentee ballots may be cast.
12.03(2)(b)1.1. No person may engage in electioneering during polling hours on any public property on election day within 100 feet of an entrance to a building containing a polling place.
12.03(2)(b)2.2. No person may engage in electioneering during the hours that absentee ballots may be cast on any public property within 100 feet of an entrance to a building containing the municipal clerk’s office or an alternate site under s. 6.855.
12.03(2)(b)3.3. No person may engage in electioneering within 100 feet of an entrance to or within a qualified retirement home or residential care facility while special voting deputies are present at the home or facility under s. 6.875 (6).
12.03(2)(d)(d) This subsection does not apply to the placement of any material on the bumper of a motor vehicle that is parked or operated at a place and time where electioneering is prohibited under this subsection.
12.03(3)(3) A municipal clerk, election inspector or law enforcement officer may remove posters or other advertising which is placed in violation of this section.
12.03(4)(4) In this section, “electioneering” means any activity which is intended to influence voting at an election.
12.03 HistoryHistory: 1973 c. 334; 1977 c. 427; 1979 c. 89; 1983 a. 484; 1993 a. 173; 2005 a. 451; 2011 a. 23; 2013 a. 159.
12.03 AnnotationViolators may not be deprived of the right to vote, although penalties may follow. Discussing constitutional issues. 61 Atty. Gen. 441.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1985–2023 · leading case: Calchera v. Procarione, 805 F. Supp. 716 (E.D. Wis. 1992).
Calchera v. Procarione, 805 F. Supp. 716 (E.D. Wis. 1992). “However, because of the proximity of plaintiffs’ homes to the Southport School, an agent of defendants ordered the signs removed, and threatened to cite plaintiffs for electioneering within 500 yards of an official polling place in violation of Section 12.03. Defendants’ agent…”
Sauk Cnty. v. Gumz, 2003 WI App 165 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003). “In response to a request to state the facts supporting the County's determination that a cellular phone is inadequate to protect the County's interests underlying SCO § 12.03(2)(hj, the County stated: "[t]here are areas in Sauk County which do not provide consistent and clear…”
Minnesota Voters All. v. Mansky, 585 U.S. 1 (2018). “I agree with the Court that "[c]asting a vote is a weighty civic act" and that "State[s] may reasonably take steps to ensure that partisan discord not follow the voter up to the voting booth," including by "prohibit[ing] certain apparel [in polling places] because of the message…”
Planned Parenthood of Wis., Inc. v. Kaul, 384 F. Supp. 3d 982 (W.D. Wis. 2019). “Code MED § 12.03 (effective February 1, 1974)). 3 Similarly, the challenged statutes were enacted in 1985, 1995, and in 2011.”
Patterson v. Barnhart, 428 F. Supp. 2d 869 (E.D. Wis. 2006). “1, §§ 12.03 & 12.04), but plaintiff and his doctor never alleged hallucinations or delusions.”
Schultz v. City of Cumberland, 536 N.W.2d 192 (Wis. Ct. App. 1995). “(c) Any person, partnership or corporation who violates any of the provisions of the subsection shall be subject to penalty as prescribed in Section 25.”
May v. Heckler, 607 F. Supp. 667 (W.D. Wis. 1985). “In this case, the relevant listed impairment is defined in Appendix 1, Section 12.03: *676 12.03 Functional psychotic disorders (mood disorders, schizophrenias, paranoid states).”
Meatheney v. Arts Performing Ctr. LLC (E.D. Wis. 2022). “, MOORE’S FEDERAL PRACTICE §12.03(1), p. 12-36.1 (3d ed. 2005)). The Court concluded that “[i]f the Legislature clearly states that a threshold limitation on a statute’s scope shall count as jurisdictional, then courts and litigants will be duly instructed and will not be left…”
Cady, Christopher v. Kijakazi, Kilolo (W.D. Wis. 2023). “1, § 12.03. Applying these criteria, Dr. Nehrer noted that plaintiff had: (1) delusions and hallucinations and grossly disordered behavior or catatonia; and (2) under paragraph C, a medically documented history of his disorder for over a period of at least two years, with…”
— Wis. Stat. § 12.03(1) — 1 case
Meatheney v. Arts Performing Ctr. LLC (E.D. Wis. 2022). “, MOORE’S FEDERAL PRACTICE §12.03(1), p. 12-36.1 (3d ed. 2005)). The Court concluded that “[i]f the Legislature clearly states that a threshold limitation on a statute’s scope shall count as jurisdictional, then courts and litigants will be duly instructed and will not be left…”
— Wis. Stat. § 12.03(2) — 2 cases
Calchera v. Procarione, 805 F. Supp. 716 (E.D. Wis. 1992). “However, because of the proximity of plaintiffs’ homes to the Southport School, an agent of defendants ordered the signs removed, and threatened to cite plaintiffs for electioneering within 500 yards of an official polling place in violation of Section 12.03. Defendants’ agent…”
Sauk Cnty. v. Gumz, 2003 WI App 165 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003). “In response to a request to state the facts supporting the County's determination that a cellular phone is inadequate to protect the County's interests underlying SCO § 12.03(2)(hj, the County stated: "[t]here are areas in Sauk County which do not provide consistent and clear…”
— Wis. Stat. § 12.03(2)(Z) — 1 case
Sauk Cnty. v. Gumz, 2003 WI App 165 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003). “In response to a request to state the facts supporting the County's determination that a cellular phone is inadequate to protect the County's interests underlying SCO § 12.03(2)(hj, the County stated: "[t]here are areas in Sauk County which do not provide consistent and clear…”
— Wis. Stat. § 12.03(2)(a) — 1 case
Sauk Cnty. v. Gumz, 2003 WI App 165 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003). “In response to a request to state the facts supporting the County's determination that a cellular phone is inadequate to protect the County's interests underlying SCO § 12.03(2)(hj, the County stated: "[t]here are areas in Sauk County which do not provide consistent and clear…”
— Wis. Stat. § 12.03(2)(c) — 1 case
Sauk Cnty. v. Gumz, 2003 WI App 165 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003). “In response to a request to state the facts supporting the County's determination that a cellular phone is inadequate to protect the County's interests underlying SCO § 12.03(2)(hj, the County stated: "[t]here are areas in Sauk County which do not provide consistent and clear…”
— Wis. Stat. § 12.03(2)(e) — 1 case
Sauk Cnty. v. Gumz, 2003 WI App 165 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003). “In response to a request to state the facts supporting the County's determination that a cellular phone is inadequate to protect the County's interests underlying SCO § 12.03(2)(hj, the County stated: "[t]here are areas in Sauk County which do not provide consistent and clear…”
— Wis. Stat. § 12.03(2)(f) — 1 case
Sauk Cnty. v. Gumz, 2003 WI App 165 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003). “In response to a request to state the facts supporting the County's determination that a cellular phone is inadequate to protect the County's interests underlying SCO § 12.03(2)(hj, the County stated: "[t]here are areas in Sauk County which do not provide consistent and clear…”
— Wis. Stat. § 12.03(2)(h) — 1 case
Sauk Cnty. v. Gumz, 2003 WI App 165 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003). “In response to a request to state the facts supporting the County's determination that a cellular phone is inadequate to protect the County's interests underlying SCO § 12.03(2)(hj, the County stated: "[t]here are areas in Sauk County which do not provide consistent and clear…”
— Wis. Stat. § 12.03(2)(m) — 1 case
Sauk Cnty. v. Gumz, 2003 WI App 165 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003). “In response to a request to state the facts supporting the County's determination that a cellular phone is inadequate to protect the County's interests underlying SCO § 12.03(2)(hj, the County stated: "[t]here are areas in Sauk County which do not provide consistent and clear…”
— Wis. Stat. § 12.03(4) — 1 case
Calchera v. Procarione, 805 F. Supp. 716 (E.D. Wis. 1992). “However, because of the proximity of plaintiffs’ homes to the Southport School, an agent of defendants ordered the signs removed, and threatened to cite plaintiffs for electioneering within 500 yards of an official polling place in violation of Section 12.03. Defendants’ agent…”
— Wis. Stat. § 12.03(7) — 1 case
Schultz v. City of Cumberland, 536 N.W.2d 192 (Wis. Ct. App. 1995). “(c) Any person, partnership or corporation who violates any of the provisions of the subsection shall be subject to penalty as prescribed in Section 25.”
— Wis. Stat. § 12.03(B) — 1 case
May v. Heckler, 607 F. Supp. 667 (W.D. Wis. 1985). “In this case, the relevant listed impairment is defined in Appendix 1, Section 12.03: *676 12.03 Functional psychotic disorders (mood disorders, schizophrenias, paranoid states).”
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