SB 361 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: authorizing electors to vote in the primary of more than one political party. (FE)

SB 361 removes a restriction that previously prevented voters from selecting candidates from multiple political parties in the same primary election. The bill amends voting machine rules to allow electors to vote for candidates across different parties during primaries, while still enabling voters to choose candidates within a single party. This change directly affects all voters participating in partisan primaries across the state. The policy shift would permit cross-party voting in primaries without requiring voters to choose only one party's ballot.
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Introduced Jun 27, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Jun 27, 2025
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Introduced by Senators Carpenter, Spreitzer, Keyeski and Wall; cosponsored by Representatives Ortiz-Velez, Snodgrass, Bare, Cruz, Joers, Miresse, Sinicki and Udell
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