Wisconsin Question 9, Terms of Office for Supreme Court Justices Amendment (1982)
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| Topic Constitutional wording changes and State judiciary |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Wisconsin Question 9 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Wisconsin on November 2, 1982. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to specify the effective date of terms of office for justices of the supreme court serving on August 1, 1978. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to specify the effective date of terms of office for justices of the supreme court serving on August 1, 1978. |
Election results
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Wisconsin Question 9 |
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960,540 | 83.46% | ||
| No | 190,366 | 16.54% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 9 was as follows:
| “ | Adjustment of terms of office for justices of the supreme court. Shall subsection (4) of section 16 of article XIV of the constitution be amended to make specific the effective date of the provision concerning the terms of office for justices of the supreme court? | ” |
Constitutional changes
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[Article XIV] Section 16 (4) The terms of office of justices of the supreme court serving on the effective date August 1, 1978, shall expire on the July 31 next preceding the first Monday in January on which such terms would otherwise have expired, but such advancement of the date of term expiration shall not impair any retirement rights vested in any such justice if the term had expired on the first Monday in January.[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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