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Wisconsin Question 3, Free Passes for Public Officials Amendment (1902)
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| Topic Ethics rules and commissions |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Wisconsin Question 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Wisconsin on November 4, 1902. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to prohibit public officials from receiving free passes and other privileges. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to prohibit public officials from receiving free passes and other privileges. |
Election results
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Wisconsin Question 3 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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67,781 | 62.48% | ||
| No | 40,697 | 37.52% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 3 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Amendment to Article XIII, of the Constitution be adopted? | ” |
Constitutional changes
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No person, association, co-partnership or corporation, shall promise, off, or give for any purpose, to any political, to any political committee, or any member or employee thereof, to any candidate for, or incumbent of any office or position under the constitution or laws, or under any ordinance of any town or municipality of this state, or to any person at the request or for the advantage of all, or any of them, any free pass or frank, or any privilege withheld from any person, for the traveling accommodation or transportation of any person or property, or the transmission of any message or communication. No political committee, and no member or employee thereof, no candidate for, and no incumbent of any office or position under the constitution or laws, or under any ordinance of any town or municipality of this state, shall ask for or accept, from any person, association, co-partnership or corporation, or use, in any manner or for any purposes, any free pass or frank, or any privilege withheld for any person for the traveling accommodation or transportation of any person or property, or the transmission of any message or communication. Any violation of any of the above provisions shall be bribery and be punished as provided by law, and if any officer or any member of the legislature be found guilty thereof, his office shall become vacant. No person within the purview of this act shall be privileged from testifying in relation to anything therein prohibited and no person having so testified shall be liable to any prosecution or punishment or any offense concerning which he was required to give his testimony or produce any documentary evidence. The railroad commissioner and his deputy in the discharge of duty are excepted from the provisions of this amendment.[1]
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
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
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