{"id":7236,"date":"2023-11-21T05:03:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T06:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=7236"},"modified":"2023-11-21T06:57:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T06:57:29","slug":"wisconsin-lawmakers-successfully-refer-three-ballot-measures-to-amend-the-state-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=7236","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Lawmakers Successfully Refer Three Ballot Measures to Amend the State Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/wisconsin-lawmakers-successfully-refer-three-ballot-measures-to-amend-the-state-constitution\/admin\/2023\/11\/21\/\">https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/wisconsin-lawmakers-successfully-refer-three-ballot-measures-to-amend-the-state-constitution\/admin\/2023\/11\/21\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<h5>by\u00a0<span class=\"tnt-byline\">Mercedes Yanora<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As of Nov. 14, three ballot measures have been certified for Wisconsin\u2019s statewide ballot in 2024, including three new certifications Ballotpedia tracked from Nov. 8-14. All three measures are legislatively referred constitutional amendments on the ballot, two April 2 and one Nov. 5.<\/p>\n<p>The three ballot measures are:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Wisconsin_Election_Officials_Amendment_(April_2024)\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Wisconsin Election Officials Amendment (April 2024)<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A \u201cyes\u201d vote\u00a0supports\u00a0this amendment to provide that only election officials designated by law may administer elections.<\/li>\n<li>A \u201cno\u201d vote\u00a0opposes\u00a0this amendment to provide that only election officials designated by law may administer elections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Wisconsin_Prohibition_on_Non-Governmental_Funding_of_Elections_Amendment_(April_2024)\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Wisconsin Prohibition on Non-Governmental Funding of Elections Amendment (April 2024)<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A \u201cyes\u201d vote\u00a0supports\u00a0this amendment to\u00a0prohibit any level of government in the state from applying or accepting non-governmental funds or equipment for election administration.<\/li>\n<li>A \u201cno\u201d vote\u00a0opposes\u00a0this amendment to prohibit any level of government in the state from applying or accepting non-governmental funds or equipment for election administration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Wisconsin_Citizenship_Voting_Requirement_Amendment_(2024)\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Wisconsin Citizenship Voting Requirement Amendment (2024)<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A \u201cyes\u201d vote\u00a0supports\u00a0this amendment to\u00a0add language to the Wisconsin Constitution that only U.S. citizens who are 18 years old or older can vote in federal, state, local, or school elections.<\/li>\n<li>A \u201cno\u201d vote\u00a0opposes\u00a0this amendment to add language to the Wisconsin Constitution that only U.S. citizens who are 18 years old or older can vote in federal, state, local, or school elections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A total of 36 measures appeared on the statewide ballot in Wisconsin from 1985 to 2022. Of the 36 measures, voters approved 27 (75%) and defeated nine (25%). From 1985 through 2022, the number of measures on the yearly ballot ranged from zero to seven.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ballotpedia%27s_Tuesday_Count_for_2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/E9Wm3-the-tuesday-count-certified-statewide-ballot-measures-by-month-for-2024-compared-to-past-election-cycles-1024x694-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As of Nov. 14, 41 statewide measures have been certified for the ballot in eight states for elections in 2023. That\u2019s 10 more measures than the average number certified at this point in other odd-numbered years from 2011 to 2021. The number certified \u2014 41 \u2014 is also the highest number of any of those years. Texas has certified the most ballot measures with 14, while 42 states have certified the fewest ballot measures with zero.<\/p>\n<p>For 2024, 55 statewide measures have been certified in 24 states. That\u2019s five more measures than the average number certified at this point from 2010 to 2022.\u00a0California has certified the most ballot measures with 12, while 26 states have certified the fewest ballot measures with zero.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<p><em>Mercedes Yanors is a contributor to Ballotpedia. This article appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/wisconsin\/article_3df79cc8-4ac9-55d1-b52b-4519eb0a9c2d.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">The Center Square<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/wisconsin-lawmakers-successfully-refer-three-ballot-measures-to-amend-the-state-constitution\/admin\/2023\/11\/21\/\">Wisconsin Lawmakers Successfully Refer Three Ballot Measures to Amend the State Constitution<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\">The Wisconsin Daily Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/wisconsin-lawmakers-successfully-refer-three-ballot-measures-to-amend-the-state-constitution\/admin\/2023\/11\/21\/ by\u00a0Mercedes Yanora \u00a0 As of Nov. 14, three ballot&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wi-daily-star"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7236"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7239,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7236\/revisions\/7239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}