Wisconsin International Nuclear Weapons Reduction Negotiations Advisory Question (September 1982)
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| Topic Military-related advisory questions and Nuclear weapons and missiles policy |
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Origin |
Wisconsin International Nuclear Weapons Reduction Negotiations Advisory Question was on the ballot as a legislatively referred advisory question in Wisconsin on September 14, 1982. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported ordering the state to advise the president and Congress that the people of Wisconsin supported efforts to negotiate a mutual nuclear weapons moratorium and reduction with the Soviet Union and other nations. |
A "no" vote opposed ordering the state to advise the president and Congress that the people of Wisconsin supported efforts to negotiate a mutual nuclear weapons moratorium and reduction with the Soviet Union and other nations. |
Wisconsin was the first state to pass a statewide ballot measure calling for a moratorium on nuclear weapons during the Cold War.[1]
Election results
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641,514 | 75.78% | ||
| No | 205,018 | 24.22% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for International Nuclear Weapons Reduction Negotiations Advisory Question was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Secretary of State of Wisconsin inform the President and the Congress of the United States that it is the desire of the people of Wisconsin to have the government of the United States work vigorously to negotiate a mutual nuclear weapons moratorium and reduction, with appropriate verification, with the Soviet Union and other nations? | ” |
Path to the ballot
In 1981, the Wisconsin State Legislature passed a joint resolution placing the advisory question on the ballot for September 14, 1982.[2]
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