List of Wisconsin ballot measures

This page provides a list of ballot measures that have appeared on the statewide ballot in Wisconsin.

List of ballot measures by year

Measures are listed in reverse-chronological order, with the most recent and upcoming elections appearing first. Tables include brief summaries, relevant topics, and the election results for each measure.

2025

See also: Wisconsin 2025 ballot measures

April 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Voter ID policy	Add a voter photo ID requirement to the Wisconsin Constitution	a	1,437,317 (63%)	851,851 (37%)

2024

See also: Wisconsin 2024 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Citizenship Voting Requirement Amendment	Citizenship voting requirements	Prohibit the state and local governments from allowing noncitizens to vote	a	2,272,446 (71%)	950,445 (29%)

August 13

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State legislative authority	Prohibit the legislature from delegating its power to appropriate money	d	521,538 (43%)	704,260 (57%)
LRCA	Question 2	State executive powers and duties; State legislative authority	Require legislative approval before the governor can expend federal money appropriated to the state	d	521,639 (42%)	706,637 (58%)

April 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Election administration and governance	Prohibit any level of government in the state from applying or accepting non-governmental funds or equipment for election administration	a	638,555 (54%)	534,612 (46%)
LRCA	Question 2	Election administration and governance	Provide that only election officials designated by law may administer elections	a	685,806 (59%)	483,900 (41%)

2023

See also: Wisconsin 2023 ballot measures

April 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Bail policy; Criminal trials	Authorize the state legislature to define serious harm in relation to the conditions a judge imposes on an accused person released before conviction	a	1,163,303 (67%)	584,624 (33%)
LRCA	Question 2	Bail policy; Criminal trials	Authorize judges to impose cash bail on an accused person of a violent crime based on circumstances, like the need to protect the community from serious harm and the probability the accused will not appear in court	a	1,186,025 (68%)	569,286 (32%)
LRAQ	Question 3	Public assistance programs	Advise the state legislature to require able-bodied childless adults to look for work in order to receive tax-payer funded welfare benefits	a	1,417,035 (80%)	363,941 (20%)

2020

See also: Wisconsin 2020 ballot measures

April 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Criminal trials; Crime victims' rights	Add Marsy's Law to Wisconsin Constitution	a	1,107,067 (75%)	371,013 (25%)

2018

See also: Wisconsin 2018 ballot measures

April 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive official measures	Eliminates the elected position of state treasurer	d	361,963 (38%)	584,323 (62%)

2015

See also: Wisconsin 2015 ballot measures

April 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State judiciary	Provides for the election of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice by a majority of the justices serving on the court	a	433,533 (53%)	384,503 (47%)

2014

See also: Wisconsin 2014 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Transportation taxes and fees; Restricted-use funds	Creates a transportation fund for transportation revenues	a	1,733,101 (80%)	434,806 (20%)

2008

See also: Wisconsin 2008 ballot measures

April 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive powers and duties	Remove the governor’s partial veto power to create a new sentence by combining parts of two or more sentences in an appropriation bill	a	575,582 (71%)	239,613 (29%)

2006

See also: Wisconsin 2006 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Family-related policy; LGBTQ issues	Provide that only marriage between a man and a woman will be recognized as valid	a	1,264,310 (59%)	862,924 (41%)
LRAQ	Question 2	Death penalty	Enact the death penalty in first-degree intentional homicide convictions supported by DNA evidence	a	1,166,571 (56%)	934,508 (44%)

2005

See also: Wisconsin 2005 ballot measures

April 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Local government officials and elections	Provide that certain county officials be elected to four-year terms	a	534,742 (75%)	177,037 (25%)

2003

See also: Wisconsin 2003 ballot measures

April 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Right to hunt and fish; Constitutional rights	Provide for a state constitutional right to hunt, fish, trap, and take game	a	668,459 (82%)	146,182 (18%)

2000

See also: Wisconsin 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Residency voting requirements	Extend the right to vote in federal elections to the children of U.S. citizens living abroad who formerly resided in Wisconsin.	a	1,293,458 (62%)	792,975 (38%)

1999

See also: Wisconsin 1999 ballot measures

April 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Gambling policy; Property; Taxes	Require that gambling proceeds be used for property tax relief for residents	a	648,903 (86%)	105,976 (14%)

1998

See also: Wisconsin 1998 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Local government officials and elections	Extend sheriffs' terms from two to four years, allow sheriffs to hold non-partisan office, and require vacancies to be filled by gubernatorial appointments until a successor is elected	a	1,161,942 (74%)	412,508 (26%)
LRCA	Question 2	Firearms policy; Constitutional rights	Guarantee the right to keep and bear arms	a	1,205,873 (74%)	425,052 (26%)

1996

See also: Wisconsin 1996 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State legislative elections	Prohibit people convicted of a misdemeanor involving a violation of public trust or a felony from holding public office	a	1,292,934 (70%)	543,516 (30%)

1995

See also: Wisconsin 1995 ballot measures

April 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Gambling policy	Permit the state to create a lottery whose proceeds would be dedicated to athletic facilities	d	348,818 (36%)	618,377 (64%)
LRCA	Question 2	Constitutional wording changes	Remove masculine gender pronouns	d	412,032 (45%)	498,801 (55%)
LRCA	Question 3	State judiciary	Permit a judge to hold a nonjudicial public office after vacating a judicial office during that term	d	390,744 (44%)	503,239 (56%)

1993

See also: Wisconsin 1993 ballot measures

April 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Gambling policy	Allow gambling casinos on excursion vessels	d	465,432 (44%)	604,289 (56%)
LRAQ	Question 2	Gambling policy	Restrict gambling casinos	a	646,827 (61%)	416,722 (39%)
LRAQ	Question 3	Gambling policy	Allow video poker and other forms of video gambling	d	358,045 (34%)	702,864 (66%)
LRAQ	Question 4	Gambling policy	Continue to allow pari-mutuel on-track betting	a	548,580 (52%)	507,403 (48%)
LRAQ	Question 5	Gambling policy	Allow the state-operated lottery to continue	a	773,306 (73%)	287,585 (27%)
LRCA	Question 6	Crime victims' rights	Ensure that the guaranteed privileges and protections of crime victims are protected	a	861,405 (84%)	163,087 (16%)
LRCA	Question 7	Gambling policy	Clarify that all forms of gambling other than bingo, raffles, pari-mutuel ontrack betting and the current state-run lottery are prohibited	a	623,987 (59%)	435,180 (41%)

1992

See also: Wisconsin 1992 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Property; Taxes	Lower residential and agricultural property taxes by issuing income tax credits	d	675,876 (31%)	1,536,975 (69%)

April 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Transportation	Allow the state to fund railroad improvements using state money and bonds	a	640,592 (58%)	457,690 (42%)
LRCA	Question 2	State legislatures measures	Require any legislative pay raises to take effect at the start of a new term after a general election and to apply to all members of the legislature	a	736,832 (68%)	348,645 (32%)

1991

See also: Wisconsin 1991 ballot measures

April 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Public assistance programs; Housing	Permit the state to acquire, improve, and build housing for people of low and moderate income	d	295,823 (42%)	402,921 (58%)

1990

See also: Wisconsin 1990 ballot measures

April 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive powers and duties	Prohibit the governor from using the partial veto to form new words by removing individual letters from words in appropriation bills	a	387,068 (61%)	252,481 (39%)

1989

See also: Wisconsin 1989 ballot measures

April 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Taxes	Allow the state to provide property and sales tax relief through tax credits and refunds	d	405,765 (50%)	406,863 (50%)

1987

See also: Wisconsin 1987 ballot measures

April 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Gambling policy	Permit pari-mutuel on-track betting but prohibit the state from owning, operating, or leasing land for any such enterprise or location	a	580,089 (52%)	529,729 (48%)
LRCA	Question 2	Gambling policy	Permit the creation of a state lottery	a	739,181 (65%)	391,942 (35%)

1986

See also: Wisconsin 1986 ballot measures

April 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Residency voting requirements; Voting rights for persons with criminal convictions; Constitutional rights; Absentee and mail voting; Voter registration; Constitutional wording changes	Guarantee the right of a secret ballot, specify that all U.S. citizens or residents of Wisconsin election districts over 18 are qualified electors, and enumerate that the legislature can enact laws about residency, voter registration, absentee voting, the exclusion of felons from voting, the extension of suffrage to additional classes of people	a	401,911 (83%)	83,183 (17%)
LRCA	Question 2	State legislative elections; State judicial selection; State executive elections	Remove and revise elections procedure provisions	a	404,273 (83%)	82,512 (17%)
LRCA	Question 3	Constitutional wording changes; American Indian issues	Remove constitutional language about voting information for "persons residing upon Indian lands"	a	381,339 (79%)	102,090 (21%)
LRCA	Question 4	Constitutional wording changes	Changing the constitutional phrase "serve these rights" back to "secure these rights" to match the Declaration of Independence	a	419,699 (87%)	65,418 (13%)

1983

See also: Wisconsin 1983 ballot measures

April 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Nuclear energy	Allow the construction of a radioactive waste disposal site in the state	d	78,327 (11%)	628,414 (89%)

1982

See also: Wisconsin 1982 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Constitutional wording changes	Replace pronouns with gender neutral language	a	771,267 (62%)	479,053 (38%)
LRCA	Question 2	Redistricting policy; Constitutional wording changes	Update a provision to reflect federal constitutional law about redistricting and military personal	a	834,188 (72%)	321,331 (28%)
LRCA	Question 3	Constitutional wording changes; State legislatures measures	Remove references to an 1881 amendment about election dates and terms of office for state legislators	a	919,349 (79%)	238,884 (21%)
LRCA	Question 4	Constitutional wording changes; State legislatures measures	Clarify that legislative voting should be done by roll call vote	a	977,438 (83%)	193,679 (17%)
LRCA	Question 5	Public education governance; Constitutional wording changes	Remove a reference to the 1902 election and superintendent of public instruction's term	a	934,236 (81%)	215,961 (19%)
LRCA	Question 6	Constitutional wording changes; Military service policy	Remove references to using money collected for draft exemptions for school funds	a	887,488 (75%)	295,693 (25%)
LRCA	Question 7	Constitutional wording changes; Statehood	Remove provisions about Wisconsin's 1848 transition from territory to statehood	a	926,875 (81%)	223,213 (19%)
LRCA	Question 8	Constitutional wording changes; State judiciary	Remove transitional provisions from a 1977 court reorganization amendment	a	882,091 (79%)	237,698 (21%)
LRCA	Question 9	State judiciary; Constitutional wording changes	Specify the effective date of terms of office for supreme court justices	a	960,540 (83%)	190,366 (17%)

September 14

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	International Nuclear Weapons Reduction Negotiations Advisory Question	Military-related advisory questions; Nuclear weapons and missiles policy	Order 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	a	641,514 (76%)	205,018 (24%)

April 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Law enforcement officers and departments	Hold counties responsible for the acts of the county sheriff	a	316,156 (59%)	219,752 (41%)

1981

See also: Wisconsin 1981 ballot measures

April 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Primary election systems; Recall process	Require primary elections if there is more than one political party nomination for partisan office and more than two candidates for a nonpartisan office in a recall election	a	366,635 (59%)	259,820 (41%)
LRCA	Question 2	Bond issues	Allow sewage districts and counties to issue bonds of up to 50 years in length	a	386,792 (61%)	250,866 (39%)
LRCA	Question 3	Bail policy; Criminal trials	Authorize judges to consider certain circumstances when imposing and setting cash bail	a	505,092 (73%)	185,405 (27%)
LRCA	Question 4	Constitutional wording changes; Business regulations	Remove a provision about a special act of the legislature creating corporations	a	418,997 (69%)	186,898 (31%)
LRCA	Question 5	State legislative vote requirements; Banking policy	Remove a provision requiring a two-thirds majority to pass banking laws	a	336,142 (54%)	290,035 (46%)

1980

See also: Wisconsin 1980 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Residency voting requirements	Allow non-resident property owners in public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts to vote at district meetings	a	1,210,452 (77%)	355,024 (23%)

1979

See also: Wisconsin 1979 ballot measures

April 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive official measures	Define that a vacancy in the office of Governor should be filled by the Lieutenant Governor, followed by the Secretary of State	a	538,959 (74%)	187,440 (26%)
LRCA	Question 2	State legislatures measures; State executive official measures	Provide that the state legislature must approve governor-appointed successors to vacancies in the Lieutenant Governor	a	540,186 (75%)	181,497 (25%)
LRCA	Question 3	State legislatures measures	Eliminate the Lieutenant Governor's role as presiding officer of the Wisconsin State Senate	a	372,734 (53%)	327,008 (47%)
LRCA	Question 4	State executive elections; Constitutional wording changes; State legislative elections	Clarify wording about constitutional officers' four-year terms	a	533,620 (76%)	164,768 (24%)

1978

See also: Wisconsin 1978 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Residency voting requirements	Permit all bona fide residents of Wisconsin regardless of length of residency to vote for president and vice president	a	782,181 (65%)	424,386 (35%)
LRSS	Question 2	Residency voting requirements	Permit all U.S. citizens who live overseas to vote in federal elections in Wisconsin if it was their last state of residency	a	658,289 (56%)	524,029 (44%)

April 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Administration of government	Allow more than one system of town government	d	179,011 (32%)	383,395 (68%)

1977

See also: Wisconsin 1977 ballot measures

April 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Gambling policy	Allow the legislature to authorize charitable raffle games	a	483,518 (62%)	300,473 (38%)
LRCA	Question 2	State judiciary	Unify the state court system under the administration of the state Supreme Court	a	490,437 (69%)	215,939 (31%)
LRCA	Question 3	State judiciary	Create an appellate court	a	455,350 (67%)	229,316 (33%)
LRCA	Question 4	State judiciary	Create a disciplinary system for judges and justices in Wisconsin under the authority of the state Supreme Court	a	565,087 (79%)	151,418 (21%)
LRCA	Question 5	State judiciary; Age limits for officials	Empower the state legislature to set a retirement age for supreme court justices or court of record judges to any age 70 or above	a	506,207 (67%)	244,170 (33%)

1976

See also: Wisconsin 1976 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Residency voting requirements	Allow new state residents to vote 10 days after being in the state	a	1,017,887 (61%)	660,875 (39%)
LRCA	Question 2	Transportation; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Broaden the authority under which state funds may be appropriated to improving transportation facilities	d	722,658 (44%)	935,152 (56%)

April 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Allow for an increase in municipal debt level from 5 percent to 10 percent of the state equalized valuation of the taxable property in that area	d	328,097 (31%)	715,420 (69%)

1975

See also: Wisconsin 1975 ballot measures

April 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Allow for certain debt to be excluded from municipal debt limits	d	310,434 (48%)	337,925 (52%)
LRCA	Question 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Transportation	Broaden the authority under which state funds can be appropriated to improving transportation facilities		342,132 (50%)	342,308 (50%)
LRCA	Question 3	Housing; Veterans policy; Bond issues	Allow the state to use funds from general obligation bonds for veterans' housing loans	a	385,915 (56%)	300,232 (44%)
LRCA	Question 4	Dueling bans; Voting rights for persons with criminal convictions	Repeal a provision that barred people from voting or holding public office if they had been found guilty of dueling	a	395,616 (58%)	282,726 (42%)

1974

See also: Wisconsin 1974 ballot measures

April 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Public employee retirement funds	Allow the legislature to increase the benefits of people already retired under the public retirement system	a	396,051 (56%)	315,545 (44%)
LRCA	Question 2	State legislative vote requirements; State legislatures measures; State judiciary	Allow the legislature to remove judges with a two-thirds vote	a	493,496 (72%)	193,867 (28%)
LRCA	Question 3	Property; Taxes	Allow the legislature to define agricultural and undeveloped land with separate taxation levels from regular property	a	353,377 (51%)	340,518 (49%)

1973

See also: Wisconsin 1973 ballot measures

April 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Gambling policy	Allow the legislature to legalize bingo games operated by certain charitable organizations	a	645,544 (62%)	391,499 (38%)
LRCA	Question 2	Sex and gender issues; Constitutional rights	Prohibit the denial or abridgment of rights and protections under the law on the basis of sex	d	447,240 (46%)	520,936 (54%)

1972

See also: Wisconsin 1972 ballot measures

April 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Administration of government	Create more than one type of county government	a	571,285 (53%)	515,255 (47%)
LRCA	Question 2	Local government officials and elections	Allow counties with 500,000 people or fewer to choose whether to have an elected coroner or use a medical examiner and permit two or more counties to jointly implement a medical examiner system	a	795,497 (71%)	323,930 (29%)
LRCA	Question 3	Religion in public schools; Public education governance; Religion-related policy; Property	Permit the use of public school buildings by civic, religious, or charitable organizations after hours	a	871,707 (75%)	298,016 (25%)
LRCA	Question 4	Religion in public schools; Religion-related policy	Authorize the legislature to allow public schools to release students during school hours to receive religious instruction elsewhere	a	595,075 (50%)	585,511 (50%)

1969

See also: Wisconsin 1969 ballot measures

April 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Administration of government	Create an exemption to the requirement for uniformity of county government and give county executives veto power	a	326,445 (50%)	321,851 (50%)
LRCA	Question 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Allow the state to contract public debt under certain conditions	a	411,062 (61%)	258,366 (39%)
LRAQ	Question 3	Education; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Make the state responsible for the control and funding of vocational education programs	d	292,560 (42%)	409,789 (58%)
LRAQ	Question 4	Bond issues; Water	Issue bonds to help with municipal water pollution control	a	446,763 (64%)	246,968 (36%)
LRAQ	Question 5	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Bond issues	Issue bonds to help buy and develop land for recreational purposes	a	361,630 (53%)	322,882 (47%)

1968

See also: Wisconsin 1968 ballot measures

April 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State judiciary	Set a uniform retirement date for judges and justices	a	734,046 (77%)	215,455 (23%)
LRCA	Question 2	State judiciary	Allow judges with at least eight years of service on the supreme or circuit court to be temporarily appointed to the circuit court	a	678,249 (73%)	245,807 (27%)
LRCA	Question 3	Forestry and timber	Appropriate funds for forestry purposes from sources other than property tax	a	652,705 (69%)	286,512 (31%)
LRCA	Question 4	State legislatures measures; Administration of government	Allow the legislature to meet in regular session more often than once every two years	a	670,757 (71%)	267,997 (29%)

1967

See also: Wisconsin 1967 ballot measures

April 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive elections	Set a four year term of office for the governor and lieutenant governor	a	534,368 (63%)	310,478 (37%)
LRCA	Question 2	State executive elections	Set a four year term of office for the secretary of state	a	520,326 (63%)	311,974 (37%)
LRCA	Question 3	State executive elections	Set a four year term for the office of state treasurer	a	514,280 (62%)	314,873 (38%)
LRCA	Question 4	State executive elections	Set a four year term of office for the attorney general	a	515,962 (62%)	311,603 (38%)
LRCA	Question 5	State executive elections	Establish that the governor and lieutenant governor are to be elected jointly	a	507,339 (62%)	312,267 (38%)
LRCA	Question 6	Local official term limits	Remove a provision that restricted sheriffs to two consecutive terms of office	a	508,242 (61%)	324,544 (39%)
LRCA	Question 7	School choice policy	Permit the legislature to provide transportation to students of private schools	a	494,236 (57%)	377,107 (43%)
LRCA	Question 8	Salaries of government officials	Permit the legislature to equalize judicial salaries	a	489,989 (60%)	328,292 (40%)

1966

See also: Wisconsin 1966 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Residency voting requirements	Allow new state residents to vote six months after being in the state	a	582,389 (69%)	256,246 (31%)

April 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State legislatures measures; Military service policy	Allow legislators to retain office while on short-term active duty in the reserves or during an emergency declared by the Governor	a	362,935 (66%)	189,641 (34%)
LRCA	Question 2	State judiciary	Abolish the position of Justice of Peace and authorize the establishment of inferior courts	a	321,434 (60%)	216,341 (40%)
LRCA	Question 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Create an exemption for special district public utilities from local government debt limits	a	307,502 (61%)	199,919 (39%)

1965

See also: Wisconsin 1965 ballot measures

April 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Gambling policy	Allow Wisconsin citizens to participate in free promotional lotteries	a	454,390 (70%)	194,327 (30%)
LRCA	Question 2	Local government officials and elections	Abolish the positions of county coroner and county surveyor in counties with a population of 500,000 or more	a	380,059 (64%)	215,169 (36%)

1964

See also: Wisconsin 1964 ballot measures

April 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Taxes	Allow for an increase in property tax to fund forestry projects	d	440,978 (45%)	536,724 (55%)
LRCA	Question 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Adjust the basis for valuation of property in local debt limit calculations	d	336,994 (37%)	572,276 (63%)
LRCA	Question 3	Elections and campaigns	Allow multiple related items to be included in a single proposition when submitting proposed constitutional amendments to voters	d	317,676 (35%)	582,045 (65%)
LRAQ	Question 4	Transportation; Taxes	Increase the tax on gasoline by 1¢ per gallon to fund highway construction	d	150,769 (14%)	889,364 (86%)

1963

See also: Wisconsin 1963 ballot measures

April 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State judiciary	Allow for judicial salary increases during the term of office	d	216,205 (39%)	335,774 (61%)
LRCA	Question 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Clarify the wording on the calculation of local debt limit and give an increased limit for school bonds	a	291,926 (56%)	231,702 (44%)
LRCA	Question 3	Redistricting policy	State that redistricting will be done at the second legislative session after the federal census rather than the first	d	232,851 (46%)	277,014 (54%)

1962

See also: Wisconsin 1962 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Redistricting policy; Constitutional wording changes	Remove the exclusion of certain Native Americans from redistricting calculations	a	631,296 (71%)	259,557 (29%)
LRCA	Question 2	County and municipal governance	Create the position of a county executive with a four year term in counties with 500,000 people or more	a	527,075 (61%)	331,393 (39%)
LRCA	Question 2a	County and municipal governance	Provide veto power to county executives in counties with 500,000 people or more	a	524,240 (62%)	319,378 (38%)
LRSS	Question 3	Absentee and mail voting; Residency voting requirements	Give former Wisconsin residents the right to vote by absentee ballot in presidential elections for up to 24 months after moving out of state	a	627,279 (73%)	229,375 (27%)

1961

See also: Wisconsin 1961 ballot measures

April 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Set a debt limit at 10 percent of equalized property value for integrated aid school districts	a	409,963 (65%)	224,783 (35%)
LRCA	Question 2	Law enforcement officers and departments; Local official term limits	Remove the limit for successive terms of sheriffs	d	283,495 (42%)	388,238 (58%)
LRCA	Question 3	Government continuity policy	Grant the legislature power to keep the government functioning in case of enemy attack	a	498,869 (79%)	132,728 (21%)
LRCA	Question 4	Salaries of government officials	Allow for an increase in compensation for public officers other than members of the legislature whose terms are four years or more	d	297,066 (49%)	307,575 (51%)
LRCA	Question 5	Eminent domain policy	Remove the need for a jury verdict of necessity for municipal eminent domain and instead grant the power to the legislature to dictate by law	a	348,406 (57%)	259,566 (43%)
LRCA	Question 6	Taxes; Property	Separate private and personal property from other merchant property for tax purposes	a	381,881 (63%)	220,434 (37%)

1960

See also: Wisconsin 1960 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Set the debt limit for counties with a population of 500,000 or greater based on state equalized property value and not the locally assessed property value	a	686,104 (56%)	529,467 (44%)

April 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Transportation	Permit the state to provide funds for port facility improvement	a	472,177 (51%)	451,045 (49%)

1957

See also: Wisconsin 1957 ballot measures

April 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Time standards	Set a statewide daylight saving time	a	578,661 (55%)	480,656 (45%)

1956

See also: Wisconsin 1956 ballot measures

April 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Public school teachers and staff; Public employee retirement funds	Allow increases in teacher retirement benefits when approved by a three-fourths vote by the legislature	a	365,560 (59%)	255,284 (41%)
LRCA	Question 2	County and municipal governance; Property	Allow for municipal acquisition of land for public purposes	a	376,692 (66%)	193,544 (34%)
LRCA	Question 3	Local official term limits; Law enforcement officers and departments	Remove limits for consecutive terms for sheriffs	d	269,722 (45%)	328,603 (55%)
LRCA	Question 4	Elections and campaigns; Ethics rules and commissions; Transportation	Permit the giving of free transportation passes and communications to employees of railroads and other public utilities who are candidates for or hold public office to the same extent as the other employees as long as they are not in the performance of official duties	d	188,715 (33%)	380,207 (67%)

1955

See also: Wisconsin 1955 ballot measures

April 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	State that debt limits for school bonds are based on equalized property value	a	320,376 (58%)	228,641 (42%)
LRCA	Question 2	State judiciary	Set new qualifications and a retirement age for justices	a	381,214 (68%)	177,929 (32%)

1954

See also: Wisconsin 1954 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Residency voting requirements	Allow people who have resided in Wisconsin for less than one year to vote for president and vice president	a	550,056 (57%)	414,680 (43%)
LRAQ	Question 2	Telecommunications infrastructure	Establish a state-owned, tax-supported statewide TV station	d	308,385 (31%)	697,262 (69%)

1953

See also: Wisconsin 1953 ballot measures

April 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Redistricting policy	Provide that the legislature should determine the senate districts based on area and population and the assembly districts based on population		433,043 (52%)	406,133 (48%)
LRCA	Question 2	State judiciary; Elections and campaigns	Provide that elected judges hold full terms of office	a	386,972 (53%)	345,094 (47%)

1952

See also: Wisconsin 1952 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Redistricting policy	Establish senate and assembly districts based on area in addition to population	d	689,615 (48%)	753,092 (52%)

1951

See also: Wisconsin 1951 ballot measures

April 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	County and municipal governance; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Set a debt limit for cities for issuing bonds for school purposes at 8 percent of taxable property value	a	313,739 (62%)	191,897 (38%)
LRCA	Question 2	Property; Taxes	Allow for local and state taxation of federal lands when permitted by federal law	a	305,612 (62%)	186,284 (38%)
LRAQ	Question 3	State executive official measures; Elections and campaigns	Increase state executive officials' terms of office from two to four years	d	210,821 (39%)	328,613 (61%)

1949

See also: Wisconsin 1949 ballot measures

April 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Veterans policy	Allow the state to appropriate money to improve veterans' housing	a	311,576 (52%)	290,736 (48%)
LRCA	Question 2	Property; Taxes	Repeal the prohibition on the state taxation of federal lands	d	245,412 (45%)	297,237 (55%)

1948

See also: Wisconsin 1948 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Eminent domain policy	Allow municipalities to take private property for public use without a jury establishing necessity	d	210,086 (21%)	807,318 (79%)
LRAQ	Question 2	Taxes; Veterans policy	Establish a 3 percent retail sales tax to raise up to $200 million for WWII veteran bonuses	d	258,497 (24%)	825,990 (76%)

1947

See also: Wisconsin 1947 ballot measures

April 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Time standards	Authorize daylight saving time	d	313,091 (45%)	379,740 (55%)

1946

See also: Wisconsin 1946 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive official measures	Remove a provision that designates the Secretary of State as state auditor and authorize the legislature to perform auditing of state accounts through legislation	a	480,938 (61%)	308,072 (39%)
LRCA	Question 2	School choice policy	Authorize the legislature to provide children with transportation to any private, parochial, or other school	d	437,817 (45%)	545,475 (55%)

April 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Local official term limits; Law enforcement officers and departments	Remove limits on successive terms for sheriffs	d	121,144 (42%)	170,131 (58%)

1945

See also: Wisconsin 1945 ballot measures

April 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State judiciary	Abolish the office of the Justice of the Peace in first class cities	a	160,965 (59%)	113,408 (41%)
LRCA	Question 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Transportation	Appropriate state funds for airports and aeronautical programs	a	187,111 (65%)	101,169 (35%)

1944

See also: Wisconsin 1944 ballot measures

April 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Education; Taxes	Levy a two-tenths of a cent per dollar property tax to aid high schools	d	131,004 (24%)	410,315 (76%)

1940

See also: Wisconsin 1940 ballot measures

April 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Public school teachers and staff	Repeal a statue known as the teacher tenure law	a	403,782 (52%)	372,524 (48%)
LRCA	Question 2	County and municipal governance; Taxes; Property	Allow cities, villages, and towns to collect and return property tax with methods like installment payments	a	330,971 (71%)	134,808 (29%)

1936

See also: Wisconsin 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Transportation; Ethics rules and commissions	Exclude notaries public and certain railroad and public utility employees from a ban on public officials receiving free passes and other privileges	a	365,971 (50%)	361,799 (50%)

1934

See also: Wisconsin 1934 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Women's suffrage; Sex and gender issues	States that women have the right to vote and can hold office	a	411,088 (71%)	166,745 (29%)

April 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Public employee retirement funds	Create a state pension system	a	531,915 (77%)	154,729 (23%)

1932

See also: Wisconsin 1932 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive official measures; Salaries of government officials	Repeal a provision so the governor's salary is established by law	a	452,605 (62%)	275,175 (38%)
LRCA	Question 2	Salaries of government officials; State executive official measures	Repeal a provision so the lieutenant governor's salary is established by law	a	427,768 (62%)	267,120 (38%)
LRCA	Question 3	Constitutional wording changes; Impeachment rules	Fix a verbal error related to impeachments	a	436,113 (66%)	221,563 (34%)
LRCA	Question 4	Utility policy; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Allow municipalities to finance public utilities by mortgage	a	401,194 (59%)	279,631 (41%)

April 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Sunday regulations	Repeal a law designating Sunday as a day of rest	a	396,436 (59%)	271,786 (41%)

1931

See also: Wisconsin 1931 ballot measures

April 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Transportation; County and municipal governance	Have automobile licenses issued by counties	d	183,716 (33%)	368,674 (67%)

1930

See also: Wisconsin 1930 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive powers and duties	Allow the governor to veto individual items in appropriation bills without vetoing the entire bill	a	252,655 (62%)	153,703 (38%)

1929

See also: Wisconsin 1929 ballot measures

April 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Salaries of government officials	Repeal the constitutional setting of the legislature salary to allow it to be set by law instead	a	237,250 (53%)	212,846 (47%)
LRCA	Question 2	Local official term limits; Law enforcement officers and departments	Set a limit of two successive terms for sheriffs	a	259,881 (55%)	210,964 (45%)
LRAQ	Question 3	Alcohol laws	Repeal the prohibition enforcement act known as the Severson Act	a	350,337 (64%)	196,402 (36%)
LRAQ	Question 4	Alcohol laws	Allow for the manufacturing, sale, and possession of beer of with an alcohol content of less than 2.75 percent	a	321,688 (62%)	200,545 (38%)

1927

See also: Wisconsin 1927 ballot measures

April 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Salaries of government officials	Set legislators' pay at $1,000 per session	d	151,786 (43%)	199,260 (57%)
LRCA	Question 2	Forestry and timber; Property; Taxes; Mineral resources	Allow the legislature to classify forests and minerals for taxation purposes	a	179,217 (56%)	141,888 (44%)

1926

See also: Wisconsin 1926 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Recall process	Allow for the recall of elected officials	a	205,868 (51%)	201,125 (49%)
LRCA	Question 2	State executive official measures; Salaries of government officials	Allow the legislature to set the salary of the governor by law	a	202,156 (52%)	188,302 (48%)
LRAQ	Question 3	Alcohol laws	Allow for the manufacturing and sale of beer with less than 2.75 percent alcohol content	a	349,443 (66%)	177,602 (34%)

1924

See also: Wisconsin 1924 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	County and municipal governance	Provide cities and counties the ability to create local laws under the constraints of the state constitution and law	a	299,792 (61%)	190,165 (39%)
LRCA	Question 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Parks, land, and natural area conservation	Appropriate state funding for the creation and preservation of state forests	a	336,360 (66%)	173,563 (34%)
LRCA	Question 3	State judiciary	Allow for the legislature to provide additional circuit court judges to counties with more than 85,000 people	a	240,207 (51%)	226,562 (49%)

April 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Salaries of government officials; State legislatures measures	Set legislators' annual pay at $750	d	189,635 (43%)	250,236 (57%)

1922

See also: Wisconsin 1922 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Law enforcement officers and departments	Allow sheriffs to have unlimited successive terms	d	161,832 (44%)	207,585 (56%)
LRCA	Question 2	Civil and criminal trials	Allow the legislature to provide that a valid verdict in civil cases be based on a specific number of votes not less than five-sixths	d	171,433 (52%)	156,759 (48%)
LRCA	Question 3	Utility policy	Allow for municipalities to take on debt up to 5 percent of the value of taxable property to fund public utilities	d	105,346 (32%)	219,693 (68%)

1920

See also: Wisconsin 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Alcohol laws	Enforce prohibition	a	419,309 (68%)	199,876 (32%)

April 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Salaries of government officials; State legislatures measures	Allow the pay of legislators to be set by law	d	128,904 (49%)	135,072 (51%)
LRCA	Question 2	State judiciary; State legislatures measures	Allow the legislature to decide the size and number of circuit courts	d	116,117 (49%)	119,752 (51%)

1919

See also: Wisconsin 1919 ballot measures

September 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Veterans policy	Provide a bonus to veterans of World War I through a property and income tax increase	a	165,762 (74%)	57,324 (26%)

1914

See also: Wisconsin 1914 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Ballot measure process; State legislative vote requirements	Require a three-fifths (60%) vote in a single legislative session for the legislature to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot	d	71,734 (31%)	160,761 (69%)
LRCA	Question 10	Salaries of government officials; State legislatures measures	change legislative pay to $600 per year and allow for 2 cents a mile travel compensation	d	68,907 (30%)	157,202 (70%)
LRCA	Question 2	Initiative and referendum process	Establish an initiative and referendum process in Wisconsin	d	84,934 (36%)	148,536 (64%)
LRCA	Question 3	Public assistance programs; Insurance policy	Create a state annuity insurance system	d	59,909 (26%)	170,338 (74%)
LRCA	Question 4	County and municipal governance	Create the right of city and village home rule	d	86,020 (38%)	141,472 (62%)
LRCA	Question 5	State judiciary	Allow the legislature to decrease the number of judiciary circuits and increase the number of judges	d	63,311 (29%)	154,827 (71%)
LRCA	Question 6	Recall process	Create the right to recall elected officials other than judges	d	81,628 (36%)	144,386 (64%)
LRCA	Question 7	County and municipal governance; Eminent domain policy	Define the property that can be taken by municipal corporations for public purposes	d	61,122 (28%)	154,945 (72%)
LRCA	Question 8	Ballot measure process; Initiative and referendum process	Allow citizens to petition the legislature for constitutional amendments	d	68,435 (31%)	150,215 (69%)
LRCA	Question 9	Public assistance programs; Insurance policy	Allow for the creation of a state insurance system	d	58,490 (26%)	165,966 (74%)

1912

See also: Wisconsin 1912 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	County and municipal governance; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Extend the time cities and counties must repay debt for land from 20 to 50 years	a	46,420 (57%)	35,022 (43%)
LRCA	Question 2	Public land policy	Allow the state and cities to acquire land for public purposes	a	48,425 (59%)	33,885 (41%)
LRCA	Question 3	State judiciary	Allow the legislature to determine the pay periods of judges on the supreme and circuit courts	a	44,861 (56%)	34,886 (44%)
LRSS	Question 4	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provide for women's suffrage in state statute	d	135,736 (37%)	227,054 (63%)

1910

See also: Wisconsin 1910 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State legislatures measures; Salaries of government officials	Set legislators' annual pay at $1000	d	44,217 (37%)	76,310 (63%)
LRCA	Question 2	Census policy; Redistricting policy; Administration of government	Require redistricting only after the federal census and remove the requirement for a state census	a	54,784 (51%)	52,664 (49%)
LRCA	Question 3	Energy	Provide funding for the preservation and development of state water power and forests		62,406 (58%)	45,874 (42%)

1908

See also: Wisconsin 1908 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Transportation	Allow the state to fund public highway construction and improvement	a	116,407 (71%)	46,762 (29%)
LRCA	Question 2	Taxes	Authorize a graduated income tax system	a	85,677 (69%)	37,719 (31%)
LRCA	Question 3	Administration of government; State executive official measures	Increase the time the governor has to approve or veto a legislative bill from three to six days	a	85,955 (76%)	27,171 (24%)
LRCA	Question 4	Citizenship voting requirements	End the practice of allowing noncitizens with a declared intention of becoming citizens to vote in Wisconsin	a	85,838 (70%)	36,773 (30%)

1906

See also: Wisconsin 1906 ballot measures

April 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Election administration and governance	Allow pocket ballot and coupon voting systems	d	45,958 (29%)	111,139 (71%)

1904

See also: Wisconsin 1904 ballot measures

November 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Elections and campaigns	Provide for party nominations by direct vote	a	130,366 (62%)	80,102 (38%)

1903

See also: Wisconsin 1903 ballot measures

April 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State judiciary	Create a supreme court with seven justices and 10-year terms	a	51,377 (56%)	39,857 (44%)

1902

See also: Wisconsin 1902 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Banking policy	Authorize the legislature to enact general banking laws with a two-thirds vote and repeal referendum requirements	a	64,836 (59%)	44,620 (41%)
LRCA	Question 2	Education; State executive official measures	Provide for a nonpartisan state superintendent with four year terms and pay fixed by law	a	71,550 (55%)	57,411 (45%)
LRCA	Question 3	Ethics rules and commissions	Prohibit public officials from receiving free passes and other privileges	a	67,781 (62%)	40,697 (38%)

1898

See also: Wisconsin 1898 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Banking policy	Approve revised banking laws passed by the legislature	d	86,872 (48%)	92,607 (52%)

1897

See also: Wisconsin 1897 ballot measures

April 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State judiciary	Allow the legislature to create additional circuit court judge positions in counties with over 100,000 people	a	45,823 (52%)	41,513 (48%)

1896

See also: Wisconsin 1896 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Education; Salaries of government officials; State executive official measures	Remove the salary limit for the state superintendent of education	d	38,752 (41%)	56,506 (59%)

1892

See also: Wisconsin 1892 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	County and municipal governance	Require that the incorporation of any city, town, or village be set by general law only	a	15,718 (64%)	9,015 (36%)

1889

See also: Wisconsin 1889 ballot measures

April 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State judiciary	Provide for the state supreme court to be made up of five justices	a	125,759 (90%)	14,712 (10%)

1888

See also: Wisconsin 1888 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive elections; Public education governance	Provide for a state superintendent of education elected by the public with qualifications and salary designated by law	d	12,967 (41%)	18,342 (59%)

1886

See also: Wisconsin 1886 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Women's suffrage; Sex and gender issues	Provides for women's suffrage in elections relating to school matters		43,581 (53%)	38,998 (47%)

1882

See also: Wisconsin 1882 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Residency voting requirements	Require 30 days of residency for local voter registration	a	36,223 (87%)	5,347 (13%)
LRCA	Question 2	State judiciary; Administration of government; County and municipal governance; Elections and campaigns	Provide for non-judicial county officer vacancies to be filled by appointment, define the political year and and provide for biennial elections, and provide for full term elections of the Clerk of Court	a	60,091 (88%)	8,089 (12%)

1881

See also: Wisconsin 1881 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Administration of government; State legislatures measures; Salaries of government officials	Provide for biennial sessions, two-year assembly terms, four-year senate terms, and $500 yearly salary for the legislature	a	53,532 (79%)	13,936 (21%)

1877

See also: Wisconsin 1877 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State judiciary	Provide for a Supreme Court composed of one chief and four associate justices	a	79,140 (83%)	16,763 (17%)
LRCA	Question 2	County and municipal governance; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Require that all payment requests to the state be made within six years	a	33,046 (91%)	3,371 (9%)

1876

See also: Wisconsin 1876 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Banking policy	Incorporate savings banks	a	4,029 (57%)	3,069 (43%)

1874

See also: Wisconsin 1874 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Limit the debt of counties, cities, towns, villages, and other municipalities to 5 percent of taxable property value	a	66,061 (98%)	1,509 (2%)

1872

See also: Wisconsin 1872 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State judiciary	Increase the Supreme Court composition to include one chief and four associate justices	d	16,272 (35%)	29,755 (65%)

1871

See also: Wisconsin 1871 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Administration of government; State legislatures measures	Prohibit special legislation on nine subjects	a	54,087 (94%)	3,675 (6%)

1870

See also: Wisconsin 1870 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Constitutional rights; State judiciary	Remove the grand jury system	a	48,894 (72%)	18,606 (28%)

1869

See also: Wisconsin 1869 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Salaries of government officials; State executive official measures	Increase the salaries of the governor and lieutenant governor to $5000 and $1000, respectively	a	47,353 (53%)	41,764 (47%)

1868

See also: Wisconsin 1868 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Administration of government; Banking policy	Abolish the office of bank comptroller and transfer the duties to the secretary of state	a	15,499 (89%)	1,948 (11%)

1867

See also: Wisconsin 1867 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State legislatures measures; Salaries of government officials	Change the pay of legislators to $350 per year	a	58,363 (71%)	24,418 (29%)
LRSS	Question 2	Banking policy	Modify the general banking law in regard to circulation of its money and interest on loans	a	45,796 (79%)	11,842 (21%)

1866

See also: Wisconsin 1866 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Banking policy	Modify the general banking law in regard to taxing shareholders	a	49,714 (72%)	19,151 (28%)
LRCCQ	Question 2	State constitutional conventions	Approve holding a convention to revise the Wisconsin constitution	d	22,431 (42%)	30,862 (58%)

1865

See also: Wisconsin 1865 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Race and ethnicity issues; Race and suffrage	Provide suffrage to African American men over the age of 21	d	46,588 (46%)	55,591 (54%)

1862

See also: Wisconsin 1862 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive official measures; Salaries of government officials	Raise the salary of the governor to $2,500 per year	d	14,519 (31%)	32,612 (69%)
LRSS	Question 2	Banking policy	Set a maximum interest rate of seven percent	a	46,269 (86%)	7,794 (14%)

1861

See also: Wisconsin 1861 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Banking policy	Modify the general banking law in regard to the circulation of bank notes	a	57,646 (96%)	2,515 (4%)

1858

See also: Wisconsin 1858 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Banking policy	Modify general banking law in regard to the redemption of bank notes	a	27,267 (91%)	2,837 (9%)

1857

See also: Wisconsin 1857 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Race and suffrage; Race and ethnicity issues	Provide suffrage to African American men over the age of 21	d	28,235 (41%)	41,345 (59%)

1854

See also: Wisconsin 1854 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State legislatures measures	Set two year terms for members of the assembly	d	6,549 (36%)	11,580 (64%)
LRCA	Question 2	State legislatures measures	Set four year terms for members of the senate	d	6,348 (35%)	11,885 (65%)
LRCA	Question 3	Administration of government; State legislatures measures	Set biennial legislative sessions	d	6,752 (37%)	11,589 (63%)

1853

See also: Wisconsin 1853 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Alcohol laws	Create a liquor ban	a	27,519 (53%)	24,109 (47%)

1852

See also: Wisconsin 1852 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Banking policy	Create the Wisconsin general banking law	a	32,826 (79%)	8,711 (21%)

1851

See also: Wisconsin 1851 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Banking policy	Create a state banking system	a	31,289 (77%)	9,126 (23%)

1849

See also: Wisconsin 1849 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Race and ethnicity issues; Race and suffrage	Extend equal suffrage to men over the age of 21 regardless of skin color	a	5,265 (56%)	4,075 (44%)

1848

See also: Wisconsin 1848 ballot measures

March 13

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Question 1	State constitution ratification	Ratify the Wisconsin Constitution of 1848	a	16,799 (72%)	6,384 (28%)

1847

See also: Wisconsin 1847 ballot measures

April 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Question 1	State constitution ratification	Ratify the Wisconsin Constitution of 1846	d	14,119 (41%)	20,231 (59%)
CCRCA	Question 2	Race and ethnicity issues; Race and suffrage	Grant all male citizens of African descent the right to vote and hold elected office	d	7,664 (34%)	14,615 (66%)

1846

See also: Wisconsin 1846 ballot measures

April 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Administration of government; Statehood	Form the state government	a	12,334 (83%)	2,487 (17%)

See also

• Wisconsin Historical Ballot Measures Factbook
• 2025 ballot measures