Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 12.09 (2026)
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12.09(1)(1) No person may personally or through an agent make use of or threaten to make use of force, violence, or restraint in order to induce or compel any person to vote or refrain from voting at an election.
12.09(2)(2) No person may personally or through an agent, by abduction, duress, or any fraudulent device or contrivance, impede or prevent the free exercise of the franchise at an election.
12.09(3)(3) No person may personally or through an agent, by any act compel, induce, or prevail upon an elector either to vote or refrain from voting at any election for or against a particular candidate or referendum.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1938–2025 · leading case: Solowicz v. Forward Geneva Nat'l, LLC, 2010 WI 20 (Wis. 2010).
Solowicz v. Forward Geneva Nat'l, LLC, 2010 WI 20 (Wis. 2010). “" Article XII, § 12.09. ¶ 95 Section 12.12 concludes: Discrepancies Between This Declaration and Documents Subsequently Recorded.”
State v. Devitt, 262 N.W.2d 73 (Wis. 1978). “The State concedes that the statement was not required by sec. 12.09, Stats. 1971. This statute is part of the Corrupt Practice Act and was applicable at the time the filing took place.”
State ex rel. Orvis v. Evans, 282 N.W. 14 (Wis. 1938). “1935, and failed to include his disbursements therefor in the financial statements which he was required to file by sec. 12.09, Stats., judgment should have been entered under sec.”
Benjamin M. Dykman v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Wisconsin (Wis. Ct. App. 2021). “We note that his briefing stretches our appellate rules beyond recognition by including (but not counting for purposes of the word limit) an argumentative sixteen-page discussion of the “issues presented for review” in his eighty-two-page opening brief. See WIS. STAT.”
Jay Stone v. Wisconsin Elections Comm'n (Wis. Ct. App. 2025). “§ 12.09(2) and violated WIS. STAT. 5 No. 2024AP1782 § 5.”
— Wis. Stat. § 12.09(2) — 1 case
Jay Stone v. Wisconsin Elections Comm'n (Wis. Ct. App. 2025). “§ 12.09(2) and violated WIS. STAT. 5 No. 2024AP1782 § 5.”
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