Wisconsin Sheriff Term Limits Amendment, Question 2 (April 1961)

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The Wisconsin Sheriff Term Limits Amendment was a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment on the April 4, 1961 ballot in Wisconsin, where it was defeated.

• This amendment sought to modify Article VI, Section 2 of the Wisconsin Constitution to remove term limit for successive terms of sheriffs.

Election results

Question 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		388,238	57.80%
Yes		283,495	42.20%

Official results via: The Wisconsin Blue Book 1962

Text of measure

The language that appeared on the ballot:

"Shall section 4 of article VI of the constitution be amended to permit the sheriff to serve any number of consecutive terms?"

Path to the ballot

• First Legislative Approval: AJR 31 & JR 48 (1959)
• Second Legislative Approval: AJR 7 & JR 9 (1961)

See also

Suggest a link

• 1961 ballot measures
• Wisconsin 1961 ballot measures
• List of Wisconsin ballot measures

External links

• The Wisconsin Blue Book 1962
• "Facsimile Ballot Notice of Judicial, School Superintendent and Referenda Election, Dane County, April 4, 1961," The Capital Times, March 27, 1961