Wisconsin Question 1, Local Debt Limit for School Districts Amendment (April 1961)

Wisconsin Question 1
Election date April 4, 1961
Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Wisconsin Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Wisconsin on April 4, 1961. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to set a debt limit at 10 percent of equalized property value for integrated aid school districts.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to set a debt limit at 10 percent of equalized property value for integrated aid school districts.

Election results

Wisconsin Question 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		409,963	64.59%
No		224,783	35.41%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:

“

Shall section 3 of article XI of the constitution be amended so that the limitation on the indebtedness of school districts entitled to the highest level of state aid shall not exceed ten per centum of the value of the property as equalized for state purposes?

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Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Wisconsin Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during two legislative sessions for the Wisconsin State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Wisconsin State Assembly and 17 votes in the Wisconsin State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1961 Measures

• 1961 Measures
• State and local government budgets on the ballot
• spending on the ballot
• and finance on the ballot
• 1961 legislative sessions

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