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Wisconsin Question 4, Legislative Roll Call Vote Amendment (1982)
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| Topic Constitutional wording changes and State legislatures measures |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to clarify that legislative voting should be done by roll call vote. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to clarify that legislative voting should be done by roll call vote. |
Election results
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Wisconsin Question 4 |
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977,438 | 83.46% | ||
| No | 193,679 | 16.54% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 4 was as follows:
| “ | Election of legislative officers. Shall section 30 of article IV of the constitution be amended to clarify that all elections made by the legislature must be by roll call vote, and to remove a contradictory requirement? | ” |
Constitutional changes
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[Article IV] Section 30. In all All elections to be made by the legislature the members thereof shall be by roll call vote viva voce, and their votes shall be entered on in the journal journals.[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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