Wisconsin Prohibition Enforcement Repeal Advisory, Question 3 (April 1929)

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The Wisconsin Prohibition Enforcement Repeal Advisory, also known as the Severson Act Repeal Advisory was a Wisconsin referendum / advisory question on the April 2, 1929 ballot in Wisconsin, where it was approved.

• This was the first of two questions from a legislative revision asking whether the Severson Act, which enforced prohibition, should be repealed or modified to allow for the manufacturing and sale of beer of with an alcohol content of less than 2.75%. This was a follow up to a 1926 advisory seeing for the amendment of the Volstead Act, the federal act enforcing prohibition.

Election results

Question 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		350,337	64.08%
No		196,402	35.92%

Official results via: The Wisconsin Blue Book 1929

Text of measure

The language that appeared on the ballot:

"Shall the state prohibition enforcement act, generally known as the Severson Act, be repealed?"

Path to the ballot

• Legislative Approval: SJR 14 & JR 16 (1929)

See also

Suggest a link

• 1929 ballot measures
• Wisconsin 1929 ballot measures
• List of Wisconsin ballot measures
• Wisconsin Prohibition Enforcement Modification Advisory, Question 4 (April 1929)

External links

• The Wisconsin Blue Book 1929
• "Sample Official Referendum Ballot in The Milwaukee Sentinel, April 1, 1929
• Election Notice in The Milwaukee Journal, March 19, 1929