Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 6.03 (2026)
Disqualification of electors
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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 HistoryHistory: 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 AnnotationDisenfranchisement 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).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1972–2024 · leading case: Town of Rhine v. Bizzell, 2008 WI 76 (Wis. 2008).
Town of Rhine v. Bizzell, 2008 WI 76 (Wis. 2008). “" Mandelker, supra, § 6.03, at 6-6. However, standards must be sufficiently specific in order to allow for judicial review.”
United Food & Com. Workers Union, Local 1473 v. Hormel Foods Corp., 2016 WI 13 (Wis. 2016). “Leader, Wages and Hours: Law & Practice § 6.03[7], at 6-30 (2015). 11 No. 2014AP1880 ¶35 We need not decide this issue.”
Lessard v. Schmidt, 349 F. Supp. 1078 (E.D. Wis. 1972). “Wis.Stat. Ann. §§ 6.03(1), 12.59; Wis.Const.”
AllEnergy Corp. v. Trempealeau Cnty. Env't & Land Use Comm., 2017 WI 52 (Wis. 2017). “Mandelker & Michael Allan Wolf, Land Use Law § 6.03, at 6-6 (5th ed. 2003) (one set of quotations omitted); see, e.”
United States v. Kimberly Prude, 489 F.3d 873 (7th Cir. 2007). “See Wis. Stat. § 6.03 . She was convicted of voter fraud and sentenced by the district court *875 to twenty-four months’ imprisonment.”
Logan v. United States, 552 U.S. 23 (2007). “See Wis. Stat. §6.03 (l)(b) (Supp. 2006); Wis.”
State v. Thomas, 2004 WI App 115 (Wis. Ct. App. 2004). “Ill, § 2(4)(a); Wis. Stat. § 6.03 (l)(b). These restrictions do not apply to a misdemeanant.”
State v. Mendoza, 596 N.W.2d 736 (Wis. 1999). “§ 6.03(1)(b) provides that persons convicted of treason, felony, or bribery cannot be electors unless their civil rights are restored.”
State v. Mendoza, 584 N.W.2d 174 (Wis. Ct. App. 1998). “01, Stats, (prospective jurors must be electors of the state); § 6.03(l)(b), STATS, (persons convicted of treason, felony, or bribery cannot be electors unless their civil rights are restored); § 304.”
Moran v. Wis. Dep't of Just., 932 N.W.2d 430 (Wis. Ct. App. 2019). “¶39 Beyond the fact that Wisconsin and Virginia law clearly distinguish between a pardon and the restoration of rights, the fundamental nature of those acts is quite different.”
Town of Lafayette v. City of Chippewa Falls, 235 N.W.2d 435 (Wis. 1975). “3 Under sec. 6.03, Stats. 1971, 4 *618 persons who are “under guardianship, non compos mentis, or insane” are disqualified from voting.”
Tadisch v. Tadisch (In Re Tadisch), 220 B.R. 371 (Bankr. E.D. Wis. 1998). “, Collier Family Law and *375 Practice and Bankruptcy Guide, § 6.03[2] (1997); In re Sampson, 997 F.2d 717 (10th Cir.”
— Wis. Stat. § 6.03(1) — 1 case
Lessard v. Schmidt, 349 F. Supp. 1078 (E.D. Wis. 1972). “Wis.Stat. Ann. §§ 6.03(1), 12.59; Wis.Const.”
— Wis. Stat. § 6.03(1)(b) — 3 cases
State v. Mendoza, 596 N.W.2d 736 (Wis. 1999). “§ 6.03(1)(b) provides that persons convicted of treason, felony, or bribery cannot be electors unless their civil rights are restored.”
Moran v. Wis. Dep't of Just., 932 N.W.2d 430 (Wis. Ct. App. 2019). “¶39 Beyond the fact that Wisconsin and Virginia law clearly distinguish between a pardon and the restoration of rights, the fundamental nature of those acts is quite different.”
State v. Thomas, 2004 WI App 115 (Wis. Ct. App. 2004). “Ill, § 2(4)(a); Wis. Stat. § 6.03 (l)(b). These restrictions do not apply to a misdemeanant.”
— Wis. Stat. § 6.03(l)(b) — 1 case
State v. Mendoza, 584 N.W.2d 174 (Wis. Ct. App. 1998). “01, Stats, (prospective jurors must be electors of the state); § 6.03(l)(b), STATS, (persons convicted of treason, felony, or bribery cannot be electors unless their civil rights are restored); § 304.”
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