Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday that they say would increase the efficiency of the Wisconsin elections process.
Rep. Jeff Smith, D-Eau Claire, and Sen. Spencer Coggs, D-Milwaukee, chairs of the Election Committees in the Assembly and Senate, said in a statement that they introduced the Wisconsin Voter Protection Act as part of their commitment to protecting voter rights.
The bill would make federally required changes to give military voters increased access to absentee ballot applications and ballots.
It would also create a system to allow residents to sign up for automatic registration and would allow municipalities to create satellite voting locations for absentee voting.
The WVPA also aims to ease burdens on election workers and extend restrictions on voter intimidation and suppression.
""The Wisconsin Voter Protection Act provides a series of common sense reforms that will increase ballot access for voters while protecting the safety of the ballot box,"" Coggs said in the statement.
