Wisconsin Sunday Blue Law Repeal Referendum, Question 1 (April 1932)

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The Wisconsin Sunday Blue Law Repeal Referendum was a Wisconsin referendum / advisory question on the April 5, 1932 ballot in Wisconsin, where it was Approved.

• This referendum sought the people's opinion regarding repealing the "Sunday Blue Law."

• The "Sunday Blue Law" was a law protecting Sunday as a day of rest.

Election results

Question 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		396,436	59.33%
No		271,786	40.67%

Official results via: The Wisconsin Blue Book 1933

Text of measure

The language that appeared on the ballot:

"Shall sections 351.46 to 351.49 of the Wisconsin Statutes, popularly known as the "Sunday blue law," be repealed?"

Path to the ballot

• Legislative Approval: AJR 116 & JR 114 (1931)

See also

Suggest a link

• 1932 ballot measures
• Wisconsin 1932 ballot measures
• List of Wisconsin ballot measures

External links

• The Wisconsin Blue Book 1933
• Sample ballot in The Milwaukee Sentinel, April 4, 1932
• ["Wisconsin's Sunday laws to be Topic of Many Sermon's Here," The Milwaukee Journal, April 2