Wisconsin Question 8, Judicial Salary Change Amendment (April 1967)
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| Topic Salaries of government officials |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Wisconsin Question 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Wisconsin on April 4, 1967. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to permit the legislature to equalize judicial salaries. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to permit the legislature to equalize judicial salaries. |
Election results
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Wisconsin Question 8 |
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489,989 | 59.88% | ||
| No | 328,292 | 40.12% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 8 was as follows:
| “ | Shall article IV. section 26 of the constitution be amended to authorize the legislature to lower or raise judicial salaries so that all supreme court justices get the same salary and so that all circuit court judges get the same state salary? | ” |
Constitutional changes
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(Article IV) Section 26. The legislature shall never grant any extra compensation to any public officer, agent, servant or contractor, after the services shall have been rendered or the contract entered into; nor shall the compensation of any public officer be increased or diminished during his term of office except that when any increase or decrease provided by the legislature in the compensation of the justice of the supreme court, or judges of the circuit court shall become effective as to any such justice or judge, it shall be effective from such date as to each of such justices or judges. This section shall not apply to increased benefits for teachers under a teachers" retirement system when such increased benefits are provided by a legislative act passed on a call o( yeas and nays by a three-fourths vote of all the members elected to both houses of the legislature.[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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