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Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Question 1	Ratify the Wisconsin Constitution of 1846		14,119 (41%)	20,231 (59%)
CCRCA	Question 2	Grant all male citizens of African descent the right to vote and hold elected office		7,664 (34%)	14,615 (66%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1847 ballot measures and Wisconsin1847 ballot measures

Wisconsin1848

March 13, 1848

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Question 1	Ratify the Wisconsin Constitution of 1848	a	16,799 (72%)	6,384 (28%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1848 ballot measures and Wisconsin1848 ballot measures

Wisconsin1849

November 6, 1849

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Extend equal suffrage to men over the age of 21 regardless of skin color	a	5,265 (56%)	4,075 (44%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1849 ballot measures and Wisconsin1849 ballot measures

Wisconsin1851

November 2, 1851

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Create a state banking system	a	31,289 (77%)	9,126 (23%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1851 ballot measures and Wisconsin1851 ballot measures

Wisconsin1852

November 2, 1852

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Create the Wisconsin general banking law	a	32,826 (79%)	8,711 (21%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1852 ballot measures and Wisconsin1852 ballot measures

Wisconsin1853

November 8, 1853

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Create a liquor ban	a	27,519 (53%)	24,109 (47%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1853 ballot measures and Wisconsin1853 ballot measures

Wisconsin1854

November 7, 1854

Type	Title	Description	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Set two year terms for members of the assembly	6,549 (36%)	11,580 (64%)
LRCA	Question 2	Set four year terms for members of the senate	6,348 (35%)	11,885 (65%)
LRCA	Question 3	Set biennial legislative sessions	6,752 (37%)	11,589 (63%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1854 ballot measures and Wisconsin1854 ballot measures

Wisconsin1857

November 3, 1857

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Provide suffrage to African American men over the age of 21		28,235 (41%)	41,345 (59%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1857 ballot measures and Wisconsin1857 ballot measures

Wisconsin1858

November 2, 1858

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Modify general banking law in regard to the redemption of bank notes	a	27,267 (91%)	2,837 (9%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1858 ballot measures and Wisconsin1858 ballot measures

Wisconsin1861

November 5, 1861

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Modify the general banking law in regard to the circulation of bank notes	a	57,646 (96%)	2,515 (4%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1861 ballot measures and Wisconsin1861 ballot measures

Wisconsin1862

November 4, 1862

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Raise the salary of the governor to $2,500 per year		14,519 (31%)	32,612 (69%)
LRSS	Question 2	Set a maximum interest rate of seven percent	a	46,269 (86%)	7,794 (14%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1862 ballot measures and Wisconsin1862 ballot measures

Wisconsin1865

November 7, 1865

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Provide suffrage to African American men over the age of 21		46,588 (46%)	55,591 (54%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1865 ballot measures and Wisconsin1865 ballot measures

Wisconsin1866

November 6, 1866

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Modify the general banking law in regard to taxing shareholders	a	49,714 (72%)	19,151 (28%)
LRCCQ	Question 2	Approve holding a convention to revise the Wisconsin constitution		22,431 (42%)	30,862 (58%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1866 ballot measures and Wisconsin1866 ballot measures

Wisconsin1867

November 5, 1867

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Change the pay of legislators to $350 per year	a	58,363 (71%)	24,418 (29%)
LRSS	Question 2	Modify the general banking law in regard to circulation of its money and interest on loans	a	45,796 (79%)	11,842 (21%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1867 ballot measures and Wisconsin1867 ballot measures

Wisconsin1868

November 3, 1868

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Abolish the office of bank comptroller and transfer the duties to the secretary of state	a	15,499 (89%)	1,948 (11%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1868 ballot measures and Wisconsin1868 ballot measures

Wisconsin1869

November 2, 1869

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Increase the salaries of the governor and lieutenant governor to $5000 and $1000, respectively	a	47,353 (53%)	41,764 (47%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1869 ballot measures and Wisconsin1869 ballot measures

Wisconsin1870

November 8, 1870

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Remove the grand jury system	a	48,894 (72%)	18,606 (28%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1870 ballot measures and Wisconsin1870 ballot measures

Wisconsin1871

November 7, 1871

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Prohibit special legislation on nine subjects	a	54,087 (94%)	3,675 (6%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1871 ballot measures and Wisconsin1871 ballot measures

Wisconsin1872

November 5, 1872

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Increase the Supreme Court composition to include one chief and four associate justices		16,272 (35%)	29,755 (65%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1872 ballot measures and Wisconsin1872 ballot measures

Wisconsin1874

November 3, 1874

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Limit the debt of counties, cities, towns, villages, and other municipalities to 5 percent of taxable property value	a	66,061 (98%)	1,509 (2%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1874 ballot measures and Wisconsin1874 ballot measures

Wisconsin1876

November 7, 1876

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Incorporate savings banks	a	4,029 (57%)	3,069 (43%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1876 ballot measures and Wisconsin1876 ballot measures

Wisconsin1877

November 6, 1877

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Provide for a Supreme Court composed of one chief and four associate justices	a	79,140 (83%)	16,763 (17%)
LRCA	Question 2	Require that all payment requests to the state be made within six years	a	33,046 (91%)	3,371 (9%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1877 ballot measures and Wisconsin1877 ballot measures

Wisconsin1881

November 8, 1881

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Provide for biennial sessions, two-year assembly terms, four-year senate terms, and $500 yearly salary for the legislature	a	53,532 (79%)	13,936 (21%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1881 ballot measures and Wisconsin1881 ballot measures

Wisconsin1882

November 7, 1882

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Require 30 days of residency for local voter registration	a	36,223 (87%)	5,347 (13%)
LRCA	Question 2	Provide for non-judicial county officer vacancies to be filled by appointment, define the political year and and provide for biennial elections, and provide for full term elections of the Clerk of Court	a	60,091 (88%)	8,089 (12%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1882 ballot measures and Wisconsin1882 ballot measures

Wisconsin1886

November 2, 1886

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Provides for women's suffrage in elections relating to school matters		43,581 (53%)	38,998 (47%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1886 ballot measures and Wisconsin1886 ballot measures

Wisconsin1888

November 6, 1888

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Provide for a state superintendent of education elected by the public with qualifications and salary designated by law		12,967 (41%)	18,342 (59%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1888 ballot measures and Wisconsin1888 ballot measures

Wisconsin1889

April 2, 1889

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Provide for the state supreme court to be made up of five justices	a	125,759 (90%)	14,712 (10%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1889 ballot measures and Wisconsin1889 ballot measures

Wisconsin1892

November 8, 1892

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Require that the incorporation of any city, town, or village be set by general law only	a	15,718 (64%)	9,015 (36%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1892 ballot measures and Wisconsin1892 ballot measures

Wisconsin1896

November 3, 1896

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Remove the salary limit for the state superintendent of education		38,752 (41%)	56,506 (59%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1896 ballot measures and Wisconsin1896 ballot measures

Wisconsin1897

April 6, 1897

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Allow the legislature to create additional circuit court judge positions in counties with over 100,000 people	a	45,823 (52%)	41,513 (48%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1897 ballot measures and Wisconsin1897 ballot measures

Wisconsin1898

November 8, 1898

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Approve revised banking laws passed by the legislature		86,872 (48%)	92,607 (52%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1898 ballot measures and Wisconsin1898 ballot measures

Wisconsin1902

November 4, 1902

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Authorize the legislature to enact general banking laws with a two-thirds vote and repeal referendum requirements	a	64,836 (59%)	44,620 (41%)
LRCA	Question 2	Provide for a nonpartisan state superintendent with four year terms and pay fixed by law	a	71,550 (55%)	57,411 (45%)
LRCA	Question 3	Prohibit public officials from receiving free passes and other privileges	a	67,781 (62%)	40,697 (38%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1902 ballot measures and Wisconsin1902 ballot measures

Wisconsin1903

April 7, 1903

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Create a supreme court with seven justices and 10-year terms	a	51,377 (56%)	39,857 (44%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1903 ballot measures and Wisconsin1903 ballot measures

Wisconsin1904

November 1, 1904

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Provide for party nominations by direct vote	a	130,366 (62%)	80,102 (38%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1904 ballot measures and Wisconsin1904 ballot measures

Wisconsin1906

April 3, 1906

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Allow pocket ballot and coupon voting systems		45,958 (29%)	111,139 (71%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1906 ballot measures and Wisconsin1906 ballot measures

Wisconsin1908

November 3, 1908

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Allow the state to fund public highway construction and improvement	a	116,407 (71%)	46,762 (29%)
LRCA	Question 2	Authorize a graduated income tax system	a	85,677 (69%)	37,719 (31%)
LRCA	Question 3	Increase the time the governor has to approve or veto a legislative bill from three to six days	a	85,955 (76%)	27,171 (24%)
LRCA	Question 4	End the practice of allowing noncitizens with a declared intention of becoming citizens to vote in Wisconsin	a	85,838 (70%)	36,773 (30%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1908 ballot measures and Wisconsin1908 ballot measures

Wisconsin1910

November 8, 1910

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Set legislators' annual pay at $1000		44,217 (37%)	76,310 (63%)
LRCA	Question 2	Require redistricting only after the federal census and remove the requirement for a state census	a	54,784 (51%)	52,664 (49%)
LRCA	Question 3	Provide funding for the preservation and development of state water power and forests		62,406 (58%)	45,874 (42%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1910 ballot measures and Wisconsin1910 ballot measures

Wisconsin1912

November 5, 1912

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Extend the time cities and counties must repay debt for land from 20 to 50 years	a	46,420 (57%)	35,022 (43%)
LRCA	Question 2	Allow the state and cities to acquire land for public purposes	a	48,425 (59%)	33,885 (41%)
LRCA	Question 3	Allow the legislature to determine the pay periods of judges on the supreme and circuit courts	a	44,861 (56%)	34,886 (44%)
LRSS	Question 4	Provide for women's suffrage in state statute		135,736 (37%)	227,054 (63%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1912 ballot measures and Wisconsin1912 ballot measures

Wisconsin1914

November 3, 1914

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 10	Legislature; Salaries	change legislative pay to $600 per year and allow for 2 cents a mile travel compensation	68,907 (30%)	157,202 (70%)
LRCA	Question 1	Ballot measures; Legislature	Require a three-fifths (60%) vote in a single legislative session for the legislature to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot	71,734 (31%)	160,761 (69%)
LRCA	Question 2	Initiative process	Establish an initiative and referendum process in Wisconsin	84,934 (36%)	148,536 (64%)
LRCA	Question 3	Public assistance; Insurance	Create a state annuity insurance system	59,909 (26%)	170,338 (74%)
LRCA	Question 4	Local government	Create the right of city and village home rule	86,020 (38%)	141,472 (62%)
LRCA	Question 5	Judiciary	Allow the legislature to decrease the number of judiciary circuits and increase the number of judges	63,311 (29%)	154,827 (71%)
LRCA	Question 6	Recall	Create the right to recall elected officials other than judges	81,628 (36%)	144,386 (64%)
LRCA	Question 7	Local government; Eminent domain	Define the property that can be taken by municipal corporations for public purposes	61,122 (28%)	154,945 (72%)
LRCA	Question 8	Initiative process; Ballot measures	Allow citizens to petition the legislature for constitutional amendments	68,435 (31%)	150,215 (69%)
LRCA	Question 9	Public assistance; Insurance	Allow for the creation of a state insurance system	58,490 (26%)	165,966 (74%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1914 ballot measures and Wisconsin1914 ballot measures

Wisconsin1919

September 2, 1919

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Provide a bonus to veterans of World War I through a property and income tax increase	a	165,762 (74%)	57,324 (26%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1919 ballot measures and Wisconsin1919 ballot measures

Wisconsin1920

April 6, 1920

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Allow the pay of legislators to be set by law		128,904 (49%)	135,072 (51%)
LRCA	Question 2	Allow the legislature to decide the size and number of circuit courts		116,117 (49%)	119,752 (51%)

November 2, 1920

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Enforce prohibition	a	419,309 (68%)	199,876 (32%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1920 ballot measures and Wisconsin1920 ballot measures

Wisconsin1922

November 7, 1922

Type	Title	Description	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Allow sheriffs to have unlimited successive terms	161,832 (44%)	207,585 (56%)
LRCA	Question 2	Allow the legislature to provide that a valid verdict in civil cases be based on a specific number of votes not less than five-sixths	171,433 (52%)	156,759 (48%)
LRCA	Question 3	Allow for municipalities to take on debt up to 5 percent of the value of taxable property to fund public utilities	105,346 (32%)	219,693 (68%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1922 ballot measures and Wisconsin1922 ballot measures

Wisconsin1924

April 1, 1924

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Set legislators' annual pay at $750		189,635 (43%)	250,236 (57%)

November 4, 1924

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Provide cities and counties the ability to create local laws under the constraints of the state constitution and law	a	299,792 (61%)	190,165 (39%)
LRCA	Question 2	Appropriate state funding for the creation and preservation of state forests	a	336,360 (66%)	173,563 (34%)
LRCA	Question 3	Allow for the legislature to provide additional circuit court judges to counties with more than 85,000 people	a	240,207 (51%)	226,562 (49%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1924 ballot measures and Wisconsin1924 ballot measures

Wisconsin1926

November 2, 1926

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Allow for the recall of elected officials	a	205,868 (51%)	201,125 (49%)
LRCA	Question 2	Allow the legislature to set the salary of the governor by law	a	202,156 (52%)	188,302 (48%)
LRAQ	Question 3	Allow for the manufacturing and sale of beer with less than 2.75 percent alcohol content	a	349,443 (66%)	177,602 (34%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1926 ballot measures and Wisconsin1926 ballot measures

Wisconsin1927

April 5, 1927

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Set legislators' pay at $1,000 per session		151,786 (43%)	199,260 (57%)
LRCA	Question 2	Allow the legislature to classify forests and minerals for taxation purposes	a	179,217 (56%)	141,888 (44%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1927 ballot measures and Wisconsin1927 ballot measures

Wisconsin1929

April 2, 1929

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Repeal the constitutional setting of the legislature salary to allow it to be set by law instead	a	237,250 (53%)	212,846 (47%)
LRCA	Question 2	Set a limit of two successive terms for sheriffs	a	259,881 (55%)	210,964 (45%)
LRAQ	Question 3	Repeal the prohibition enforcement act known as the Severson Act	a	350,337 (64%)	196,402 (36%)
LRAQ	Question 4	Allow for the manufacturing, sale, and possession of beer of with an alcohol content of less than 2.75 percent	a	321,688 (62%)	200,545 (38%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1929 ballot measures and Wisconsin1929 ballot measures

Wisconsin1930

November 4, 1930

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Allow the governor to veto individual items in appropriation bills without vetoing the entire bill	a	252,655 (62%)	153,703 (38%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1930 ballot measures and Wisconsin1930 ballot measures

Wisconsin1931

April 7, 1931

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Have automobile licenses issued by counties		183,716 (33%)	368,674 (67%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1931 ballot measures and Wisconsin1931 ballot measures

Wisconsin1932

April 5, 1932

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Sunday	Repeal a law designating Sunday as a day of rest	a	396,436 (59%)	271,786 (41%)

November 8, 1932

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Salaries; Executive officials	Repeal a provision so the governor's salary is established by law	a	452,605 (62%)	275,175 (38%)
LRCA	Question 2	Salaries; Executive officials	Repeal a provision so the lieutenant governor's salary is established by law	a	427,768 (62%)	267,120 (38%)
LRCA	Question 3	Impeachment; Constitutional wording	Fix a verbal error related to impeachments	a	436,113 (66%)	221,563 (34%)
LRCA	Question 4	Utilities; Budgets	Allow municipalities to finance public utilities by mortgage	a	401,194 (59%)	279,631 (41%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1932 ballot measures and Wisconsin1932 ballot measures

Wisconsin1934

April 3, 1934

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Public retirement funds	Create a state pension system	a	531,915 (77%)	154,729 (23%)

November 6, 1934

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Sex and gender; Suffrage	States that women have the right to vote and can hold office	a	411,088 (71%)	166,745 (29%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1934 ballot measures and Wisconsin1934 ballot measures

Wisconsin1936

November 3, 1936

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Transportation; Ethics	Exclude notaries public and certain railroad and public utility employees from a ban on public officials receiving free passes and other privileges	a	365,971 (50%)	361,799 (50%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1936 ballot measures and Wisconsin1936 ballot measures

Wisconsin1940

April 2, 1940

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Teachers	Repeal a statue known as the teacher tenure law	a	403,782 (52%)	372,524 (48%)
LRCA	Question 2	Taxes; Property; Local government	Allow cities, villages, and towns to collect and return property tax with methods like installment payments	a	330,971 (71%)	134,808 (29%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1940 ballot measures and Wisconsin1940 ballot measures

Wisconsin1944

April 4, 1944

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Education; Taxes	Levy a two-tenths of a cent per dollar property tax to aid high schools		131,004 (24%)	410,315 (76%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1944 ballot measures and Wisconsin1944 ballot measures

Wisconsin1945

April 3, 1945

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Judiciary	Abolish the office of the Justice of the Peace in first class cities	a	160,965 (59%)	113,408 (41%)
LRCA	Question 2	Budgets; Transportation	Appropriate state funds for airports and aeronautical programs	a	187,111 (65%)	101,169 (35%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1945 ballot measures and Wisconsin1945 ballot measures

Wisconsin1946

April 2, 1946

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Term limits; Law enforcement	Remove limits on successive terms for sheriffs		121,144 (42%)	170,131 (58%)

November 5, 1946

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Executive officials	Remove a provision that designates the Secretary of State as state auditor and authorize the legislature to perform auditing of state accounts through legislation	a	480,938 (61%)	308,072 (39%)
LRCA	Question 2	School choice	Authorize the legislature to provide children with transportation to any private, parochial, or other school		437,817 (45%)	545,475 (55%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1946 ballot measures and Wisconsin1946 ballot measures

Wisconsin1947

April 1, 1947

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Time	Authorize daylight saving time		313,091 (45%)	379,740 (55%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1947 ballot measures and Wisconsin1947 ballot measures

Wisconsin1948

November 2, 1948

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Eminent domain	Allow municipalities to take private property for public use without a jury establishing necessity		210,086 (21%)	807,318 (79%)
LRAQ	Question 2	Taxes; Veterans	Establish a 3 percent retail sales tax to raise up to $200 million for WWII veteran bonuses		258,497 (24%)	825,990 (76%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1948 ballot measures and Wisconsin1948 ballot measures

Wisconsin1949

April 5, 1949

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Budgets; Veterans	Allow the state to appropriate money to improve veterans' housing	a	311,576 (52%)	290,736 (48%)
LRCA	Question 2	Taxes; Property	Repeal the prohibition on the state taxation of federal lands		245,412 (45%)	297,237 (55%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1949 ballot measures and Wisconsin1949 ballot measures

Wisconsin1951

April 3, 1951

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Budgets; Local government	Set a debt limit for cities for issuing bonds for school purposes at 8 percent of taxable property value	a	313,739 (62%)	191,897 (38%)
LRCA	Question 2	Taxes; Property	Allow for local and state taxation of federal lands when permitted by federal law	a	305,612 (62%)	186,284 (38%)
LRAQ	Question 3	Executive officials; Elections	Increase state executive officials' terms of office from two to four years		210,821 (39%)	328,613 (61%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1951 ballot measures and Wisconsin1951 ballot measures

Wisconsin1952

November 4, 1952

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Redistricting	Establish senate and assembly districts based on area in addition to population		689,615 (48%)	753,092 (52%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1952 ballot measures and Wisconsin1952 ballot measures

Wisconsin1953

April 7, 1953

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Redistricting	Provide that the legislature should determine the senate districts based on area and population and the assembly districts based on population		433,043 (52%)	406,133 (48%)
LRCA	Question 2	Judiciary; Elections	Provide that elected judges hold full terms of office	a	386,972 (53%)	345,094 (47%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1953 ballot measures and Wisconsin1953 ballot measures

Wisconsin1954

November 2, 1954

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Residency requirements	Allow people who have resided in Wisconsin for less than one year to vote for president and vice president	a	550,056 (57%)	414,680 (43%)
LRAQ	Question 2	Telecommunications	Establish a state-owned, tax-supported statewide TV station		308,385 (31%)	697,262 (69%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1954 ballot measures and Wisconsin1954 ballot measures

Wisconsin1955

April 5, 1955

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Budgets	State that debt limits for school bonds are based on equalized property value	a	320,376 (58%)	228,641 (42%)
LRCA	Question 2	Judiciary	Set new qualifications and a retirement age for justices	a	381,214 (68%)	177,929 (32%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1955 ballot measures and Wisconsin1955 ballot measures

Wisconsin1956

April 3, 1956

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Teachers; Public retirement funds	Allow increases in teacher retirement benefits when approved by a three-fourths vote by the legislature	a	365,560 (59%)	255,284 (41%)
LRCA	Question 2	Property; Local government	Allow for municipal acquisition of land for public purposes	a	376,692 (66%)	193,544 (34%)
LRCA	Question 3	Term limits; Law enforcement	Remove limits for consecutive terms for sheriffs		269,722 (45%)	328,603 (55%)
LRCA	Question 4	Transportation; Ethics; Elections	Permit the giving of free transportation passes and communications to employees of railroads and other public utilities who are candidates for or hold public office to the same extent as the other employees as long as they are not in the performance of official duties		188,715 (33%)	380,207 (67%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1956 ballot measures and Wisconsin1956 ballot measures

Wisconsin1957

April 2, 1957

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Time	Set a statewide daylight saving time	a	578,661 (55%)	480,656 (45%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1957 ballot measures and Wisconsin1957 ballot measures

Wisconsin1960

April 5, 1960

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Transportation	Permit the state to provide funds for port facility improvement	a	472,177 (51%)	451,045 (49%)

November 8, 1960

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Budgets	Set the debt limit for counties with a population of 500,000 or greater based on state equalized property value and not the locally assessed property value	a	686,104 (56%)	529,467 (44%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1960 ballot measures and Wisconsin1960 ballot measures

Wisconsin1961

April 4, 1961

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Budgets	Set a debt limit at 10 percent of equalized property value for integrated aid school districts	a	409,963 (65%)	224,783 (35%)
LRCA	Question 2	Term limits; Law enforcement	Remove the limit for successive terms of sheriffs		283,495 (42%)	388,238 (58%)
LRCA	Question 3	Government continuity	Grant the legislature power to keep the government functioning in case of enemy attack	a	498,869 (79%)	132,728 (21%)
LRCA	Question 4	Salaries	Allow for an increase in compensation for public officers other than members of the legislature whose terms are four years or more		297,066 (49%)	307,575 (51%)
LRCA	Question 5	Eminent domain	Remove the need for a jury verdict of necessity for municipal eminent domain and instead grant the power to the legislature to dictate by law	a	348,406 (57%)	259,566 (43%)
LRCA	Question 6	Taxes; Property	Separate private and personal property from other merchant property for tax purposes	a	381,881 (63%)	220,434 (37%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1961 ballot measures and Wisconsin1961 ballot measures

Wisconsin1962

November 6, 1962

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Constitutional wording; Redistricting	Remove the exclusion of certain Native Americans from redistricting calculations	a	631,296 (71%)	259,557 (29%)
LRCA	Question 2a	Local government	Provide veto power to county executives in counties with 500,000 people or more	a	524,240 (62%)	319,378 (38%)
LRCA	Question 2	Local government	Create the position of a county executive with a four year term in counties with 500,000 people or more	a	527,075 (61%)	331,393 (39%)
LRSS	Question 3	Absentee voting; Residency requirements	Give former Wisconsin residents the right to vote by absentee ballot in presidential elections for up to 24 months after moving out of state	a	627,279 (73%)	229,375 (27%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1962 ballot measures and Wisconsin1962 ballot measures

Wisconsin1963

April 2, 1963

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Judiciary	Allow for judicial salary increases during the term of office		216,205 (39%)	335,774 (61%)
LRCA	Question 2	Budgets	Clarify the wording on the calculation of local debt limit and give an increased limit for school bonds	a	291,926 (56%)	231,702 (44%)
LRCA	Question 3	Redistricting	State that redistricting will be done at the second legislative session after the federal census rather than the first		232,851 (46%)	277,014 (54%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1963 ballot measures and Wisconsin1963 ballot measures

Wisconsin1964

April 7, 1964

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Property taxes; Parks	Allow for an increase in property tax to fund forestry projects	440,978 (45%)	536,724 (55%)
LRCA	Question 2	Budgets	Adjust the basis for valuation of property in local debt limit calculations	336,994 (37%)	572,276 (63%)
LRCA	Question 3	Elections	Allow multiple related items to be included in a single proposition when submitting proposed constitutional amendments to voters	317,676 (35%)	582,045 (65%)
LRAQ	Question 4	Taxes; Transportation	Increase the tax on gasoline by 1¢ per gallon to fund highway construction	150,769 (14%)	889,364 (86%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1964 ballot measures and Wisconsin1964 ballot measures

Wisconsin1965

April 6, 1965

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Gambling	Allow Wisconsin citizens to participate in free promotional lotteries	a	454,390 (70%)	194,327 (30%)
LRCA	Question 2	Local government	Abolish the positions of county coroner and county surveyor in counties with a population of 500,000 or more	a	380,059 (64%)	215,169 (36%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1965 ballot measures and Wisconsin1965 ballot measures

Wisconsin1966

April 5, 1966

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Military service; Legislature	Allow legislators to retain office while on short-term active duty in the reserves or during an emergency declared by the Governor	a	362,935 (66%)	189,641 (34%)
LRCA	Question 2	Judiciary	Abolish the position of Justice of Peace and authorize the establishment of inferior courts	a	321,434 (60%)	216,341 (40%)
LRCA	Question 3	Budgets	Create an exemption for special district public utilities from local government debt limits	a	307,502 (61%)	199,919 (39%)

November 8, 1966

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Residency requirements	Allow new state residents to vote six months after being in the state	a	582,389 (69%)	256,246 (31%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1966 ballot measures and Wisconsin1966 ballot measures

Wisconsin1967

April 4, 1967

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive	Set a four year term of office for the governor and lieutenant governor	a	534,368 (63%)	310,478 (37%)
LRCA	Question 2	State executive	Set a four year term of office for the secretary of state	a	520,326 (63%)	311,974 (37%)
LRCA	Question 3	State executive	Set a four year term for the office of state treasurer	a	514,280 (62%)	314,873 (38%)
LRCA	Question 4	State executive	Set a four year term of office for the attorney general	a	515,962 (62%)	311,603 (38%)
LRCA	Question 5	State executive	Establish that the governor and lieutenant governor are to be elected jointly	a	507,339 (62%)	312,267 (38%)
LRCA	Question 6	Term limits	Remove a provision that restricted sheriffs to two consecutive terms of office	a	508,242 (61%)	324,544 (39%)
LRCA	Question 7	School choice	Permit the legislature to provide transportation to students of private schools	a	494,236 (57%)	377,107 (43%)
LRCA	Question 8	Salaries	Permit the legislature to equalize judicial salaries	a	489,989 (60%)	328,292 (40%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1967 ballot measures and Wisconsin1967 ballot measures

Wisconsin1968

April 2, 1968

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Judiciary	Set a uniform retirement date for judges and justices	a	734,046 (77%)	215,455 (23%)
LRCA	Question 2	Judiciary	Allow judges with at least eight years of service on the supreme or circuit court to be temporarily appointed to the circuit court	a	678,249 (73%)	245,807 (27%)
LRCA	Question 3	Forestry	Appropriate funds for forestry purposes from sources other than property tax	a	652,705 (69%)	286,512 (31%)
LRCA	Question 4	Administration; Legislature	Allow the legislature to meet in regular session more often than once every two years	a	670,757 (71%)	267,997 (29%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1968 ballot measures and Wisconsin1968 ballot measures

Wisconsin1969

April 1, 1969

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Administration	Create an exemption to the requirement for uniformity of county government and give county executives veto power	a	326,445 (50%)	321,851 (50%)
LRCA	Question 2	Budgets	Allow the state to contract public debt under certain conditions	a	411,062 (61%)	258,366 (39%)
LRAQ	Question 3	Education; Budgets	Make the state responsible for the control and funding of vocational education programs		292,560 (42%)	409,789 (58%)
LRAQ	Question 4	Water; Bonds	Issue bonds to help with municipal water pollution control	a	446,763 (64%)	246,968 (36%)
LRAQ	Question 5	Parks; Bonds	Issue bonds to help buy and develop land for recreational purposes	a	361,630 (53%)	322,882 (47%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1969 ballot measures and Wisconsin1969 ballot measures

Wisconsin1972

April 4, 1972

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Administration	Create more than one type of county government	a	571,285 (53%)	515,255 (47%)
LRCA	Question 2	Local government	Allow counties with 500,000 people or fewer to choose whether to have an elected coroner or use a medical examiner and permit two or more counties to jointly implement a medical examiner system	a	795,497 (71%)	323,930 (29%)
LRCA	Question 3	Public education governance; Property; Religion; Religion in schools	Permit the use of public school buildings by civic, religious, or charitable organizations after hours	a	871,707 (75%)	298,016 (25%)
LRCA	Question 4	Religion; Religion in schools	Authorize the legislature to allow public schools to release students during school hours to receive religious instruction elsewhere	a	595,075 (50%)	585,511 (50%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1972 ballot measures and Wisconsin1972 ballot measures

Wisconsin1973

April 3, 1973

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Gambling	Allow the legislature to legalize bingo games operated by certain charitable organizations	a	645,544 (62%)	391,499 (38%)
LRCA	Question 2	Sex and gender; Constitutional rights	Prohibit the denial or abridgment of rights and protections under the law on the basis of sex		447,240 (46%)	520,936 (54%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1973 ballot measures and Wisconsin1973 ballot measures

Wisconsin1974

April 2, 1974

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Public retirement funds	Allow the legislature to increase the benefits of people already retired under the public retirement system	a	396,051 (56%)	315,545 (44%)
LRCA	Question 2	Judiciary; Legislature; Legislature	Allow the legislature to remove judges with a two-thirds vote	a	493,496 (72%)	193,867 (28%)
LRCA	Question 3	Taxes; Property	Allow the legislature to define agricultural and undeveloped land with separate taxation levels from regular property	a	353,377 (51%)	340,518 (49%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1974 ballot measures and Wisconsin1974 ballot measures

Wisconsin1975

April 1, 1975

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Budgets	Allow for certain debt to be excluded from municipal debt limits		310,434 (48%)	337,925 (52%)
LRCA	Question 2	Budgets; Transportation	Broaden the authority under which state funds can be appropriated to improving transportation facilities		342,132 (50%)	342,308 (50%)
LRCA	Question 3	Housing; Veterans; Bonds	Allow the state to use funds from general obligation bonds for veterans' housing loans	a	385,915 (56%)	300,232 (44%)
LRCA	Question 4	Dueling; Suffrage	Repeal a provision that barred people from voting or holding public office if they had been found guilty of dueling	a	395,616 (58%)	282,726 (42%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1975 ballot measures and Wisconsin1975 ballot measures

Wisconsin1976

April 6, 1976

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Budgets	Allow for an increase in municipal debt level from 5 percent to 10 percent of the state equalized valuation of the taxable property in that area		328,097 (31%)	715,420 (69%)

November 2, 1976

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Residency requirements	Allow new state residents to vote 10 days after being in the state	a	1,017,887 (61%)	660,875 (39%)
LRCA	Question 2	Budgets; Transportation	Broaden the authority under which state funds may be appropriated to improving transportation facilities		722,658 (44%)	935,152 (56%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1976 ballot measures and Wisconsin1976 ballot measures

Wisconsin1977

April 5, 1977

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Gambling	Allow the legislature to authorize charitable raffle games	a	483,518 (62%)	300,473 (38%)
LRCA	Question 2	Judiciary	Unify the state court system under the administration of the state Supreme Court	a	490,437 (69%)	215,939 (31%)
LRCA	Question 3	Judiciary	Create an appellate court	a	455,350 (67%)	229,316 (33%)
LRCA	Question 4	Judiciary	Create a disciplinary system for judges and justices in Wisconsin under the authority of the state Supreme Court	a	565,087 (79%)	151,418 (21%)
LRCA	Question 5	Age limits; Term limits; Judiciary	Empower the state legislature to set a retirement age for supreme court justices or court of record judges to any age 70 or above	a	506,207 (67%)	244,170 (33%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1977 ballot measures and Wisconsin1977 ballot measures

Wisconsin1978

April 4, 1978

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Administration	Allow more than one system of town government		179,011 (32%)	383,395 (68%)

November 7, 1978

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Residency requirements	Permit all bona fide residents of Wisconsin regardless of length of residency to vote for president and vice president	a	782,181 (65%)	424,386 (35%)
LRSS	Question 2	Residency requirements	Permit all U.S. citizens who live overseas to vote in federal elections in Wisconsin if it was their last state of residency	a	658,289 (56%)	524,029 (44%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1978 ballot measures and Wisconsin1978 ballot measures

Wisconsin1979

April 3, 1979

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Executive officials	Define that a vacancy in the office of Governor should be filled by the Lieutenant Governor, followed by the Secretary of State	a	538,959 (74%)	187,440 (26%)
LRCA	Question 2	Legislature; Executive officials	Provide that the state legislature must approve governor-appointed successors to vacancies in the Lieutenant Governor	a	540,186 (75%)	181,497 (25%)
LRCA	Question 3	Legislature	Eliminate the Lieutenant Governor's role as presiding officer of the Wisconsin State Senate	a	372,734 (53%)	327,008 (47%)
LRCA	Question 4	State executive; Legislature; Constitutional wording	Clarify wording about constitutional officers' four-year terms	a	533,620 (76%)	164,768 (24%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1979 ballot measures and Wisconsin1979 ballot measures

Wisconsin1980

November 4, 1980

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Residency requirements	Allow non-resident property owners in public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts to vote at district meetings	a	1,210,452 (77%)	355,024 (23%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1980 ballot measures and Wisconsin1980 ballot measures

Wisconsin1981

April 7, 1981

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Primary elections; Recall	Require primary elections if there is more than one political party nomination for partisan office and more than two candidates for a nonpartisan office in a recall election	a	366,635 (59%)	259,820 (41%)
LRCA	Question 2	Bonds	Allow sewage districts and counties to issue bonds of up to 50 years in length	a	386,792 (61%)	250,866 (39%)
LRCA	Question 3	Bail; Criminal trials	Authorize judges to consider certain circumstances when imposing and setting cash bail	a	505,092 (73%)	185,405 (27%)
LRCA	Question 4	Constitutional wording; Business	Remove a provision about a special act of the legislature creating corporations	a	418,997 (69%)	186,898 (31%)
LRCA	Question 5	Legislature; Banking	Remove a provision requiring a two-thirds majority to pass banking laws	a	336,142 (54%)	290,035 (46%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1981 ballot measures and Wisconsin1981 ballot measures

Wisconsin1982

April 6, 1982

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Law enforcement	Hold counties responsible for the acts of the county sheriff	a	316,156 (59%)	219,752 (41%)

September 14, 1982

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	International Nuclear Weapons Reduction Negotiations Advisory Question	Military-related; Nuclear weapons and missiles	Order the state to advise the president and Congress that the people of Wisconsin supported efforts to negotiate a mutual nuclear weapons moratorium and reduction with the Soviet Union	a	641,514 (76%)	205,018 (24%)

November 2, 1982

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Constitutional wording	Replace pronouns with gender neutral language	a	771,267 (62%)	479,053 (38%)
LRCA	Question 2	Constitutional wording; Redistricting	Update a provision to reflect federal constitutional law about redistricting and military personal	a	834,188 (72%)	321,331 (28%)
LRCA	Question 3	Constitutional wording; Legislature	Remove references to an 1881 amendment about election dates and terms of office for state legislators	a	919,349 (79%)	238,884 (21%)
LRCA	Question 4	Constitutional wording; Legislature	Clarify that legislative voting should be done by roll call vote	a	977,438 (83%)	193,679 (17%)
LRCA	Question 5	Constitutional wording; Public education governance	Remove a reference to the 1902 election and superintendent of public instruction's term	a	934,236 (81%)	215,961 (19%)
LRCA	Question 6	Military service; Constitutional wording	Remove references to using money collected for draft exemptions for school funds	a	887,488 (75%)	295,693 (25%)
LRCA	Question 7	Constitutional wording; Statehood	Remove provisions about Wisconsin's 1848 transition from territory to statehood	a	926,875 (81%)	223,213 (19%)
LRCA	Question 8	Constitutional wording; Judiciary	Remove transitional provisions from a 1977 court reorganization amendment	a	882,091 (79%)	237,698 (21%)
LRCA	Question 9	Constitutional wording; Judiciary	Specify the effective date of terms of office for supreme court justices	a	960,540 (83%)	190,366 (17%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1982 ballot measures and Wisconsin1982 ballot measures

Wisconsin1983

April 5, 1983

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Nuclear energy	Allow the construction of a radioactive waste disposal site in the state		78,327 (11%)	628,414 (89%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1983 ballot measures and Wisconsin1983 ballot measures

Wisconsin1986

April 1, 1986

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Absentee voting; Constitutional rights; Constitutional wording; Residency requirements; Voter registration; Suffrage	Guarantee the right of a secret ballot, specify that all U.S. citizens or residents of Wisconsin election districts over 18 are qualified electors, and enumerate that the legislature can enact laws about residency, voter registration, absentee voting, the exclusion of felons from voting, the extension of suffrage to additional classes of people	a	401,911 (83%)	83,183 (17%)
LRCA	Question 2	Judiciary; State executive; Legislature	Remove and revise elections procedure provisions	a	404,273 (83%)	82,512 (17%)
LRCA	Question 3	Constitutional wording; American Indian issues	Remove constitutional language about voting information for "persons residing upon Indian lands"	a	381,339 (79%)	102,090 (21%)
LRCA	Question 4	Constitutional wording	Changing the constitutional phrase "serve these rights" back to "secure these rights" to match the Declaration of Independence	a	419,699 (87%)	65,418 (13%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1986 ballot measures and Wisconsin1986 ballot measures

Wisconsin1987

April 7, 1987

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Gambling	Permit pari-mutuel on-track betting but prohibit the state from owning, operating, or leasing land for any such enterprise or location	a	580,089 (52%)	529,729 (48%)
LRCA	Question 2	Gambling	Permit the creation of a state lottery	a	739,181 (65%)	391,942 (35%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1987 ballot measures and Wisconsin1987 ballot measures

Wisconsin1989

April 4, 1989

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Taxes	Allow the state to provide property and sales tax relief through tax credits and refunds		405,765 (50%)	406,863 (50%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1989 ballot measures and Wisconsin1989 ballot measures

Wisconsin1990

April 3, 1990

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive	Prohibit the governor from using the partial veto to form new words by removing individual letters from words in appropriation bills	a	387,068 (61%)	252,481 (39%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1990 ballot measures and Wisconsin1990 ballot measures

Wisconsin1991

April 2, 1991

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Public assistance; Housing	Permit the state to acquire, improve, and build housing for people of low and moderate income		295,823 (42%)	402,921 (58%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1991 ballot measures and Wisconsin1991 ballot measures

Wisconsin1992

April 7, 1992

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Transportation	Allow the state to fund railroad improvements using state money and bonds	a	640,592 (58%)	457,690 (42%)
LRCA	Question 2	Legislature	Require any legislative pay raises to take effect at the start of a new term after a general election and to apply to all members of the legislature	a	736,832 (68%)	348,645 (32%)

November 3, 1992

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Taxes; Property	Lower residential and agricultural property taxes by issuing income tax credits		675,876 (31%)	1,536,975 (69%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1992 ballot measures and Wisconsin1992 ballot measures

Wisconsin1993

April 6, 1993

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Gambling	Allow gambling casinos on excursion vessels		465,432 (44%)	604,289 (56%)
LRAQ	Question 2	Gambling	Restrict gambling casinos	a	646,827 (61%)	416,722 (39%)
LRAQ	Question 3	Gambling	Allow video poker and other forms of video gambling		358,045 (34%)	702,864 (66%)
LRAQ	Question 4	Gambling	Continue to allow pari-mutuel on-track betting	a	548,580 (52%)	507,403 (48%)
LRAQ	Question 5	Gambling	Allow the state-operated lottery to continue	a	773,306 (73%)	287,585 (27%)
LRCA	Question 6	Crime victims	Ensure that the guaranteed privileges and protections of crime victims are protected	a	861,405 (84%)	163,087 (16%)
LRCA	Question 7	Gambling	Clarify that all forms of gambling other than bingo, raffles, pari-mutuel ontrack betting and the current state-run lottery are prohibited	a	623,987 (59%)	435,180 (41%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1993 ballot measures and Wisconsin1993 ballot measures

Wisconsin1995

April 4, 1995

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Gambling	Permit the state to create a lottery whose proceeds would be dedicated to athletic facilities	348,818 (36%)	618,377 (64%)
LRCA	Question 2	Constitutional wording	Remove masculine gender pronouns	412,032 (45%)	498,801 (55%)
LRCA	Question 3	Judiciary	Permit a judge to hold a nonjudicial public office after vacating a judicial office during that term	390,744 (44%)	503,239 (56%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1995 ballot measures and Wisconsin1995 ballot measures

Wisconsin1996

November 5, 1996

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Legislature	Prohibit people convicted of a misdemeanor involving a violation of public trust or a felony from holding public office	a	1,292,934 (70%)	543,516 (30%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1996 ballot measures and Wisconsin1996 ballot measures

Wisconsin1998

November 3, 1998

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Local government	Extend sheriffs' terms from two to four years, allow sheriffs to hold non-partisan office, and require vacancies to be filled by gubernatorial appointments until a successor is elected	a	1,161,942 (74%)	412,508 (26%)
LRCA	Question 2	Constitutional rights; Firearms	Guarantee the right to keep and bear arms	a	1,205,873 (74%)	425,052 (26%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1998 ballot measures and Wisconsin1998 ballot measures

Wisconsin1999

April 6, 1999

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Gambling; Taxes; Property	Require that gambling proceeds be used for property tax relief for residents	a	648,903 (86%)	105,976 (14%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin1999 ballot measures and Wisconsin1999 ballot measures

Wisconsin2000

November 7, 2000

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRSS	Question 1	Residency requirements	Extend the right to vote in federal elections to the children of U.S. citizens living abroad who formerly resided in Wisconsin.	a	1,293,458 (62%)	792,975 (38%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin2000 ballot measures and Wisconsin2000 ballot measures

Wisconsin2003

April 1, 2003

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Constitutional rights; Right to hunt and fish	Provide for a state constitutional right to hunt, fish, trap, and take game	a	668,459 (82%)	146,182 (18%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin2003 ballot measures and Wisconsin2003 ballot measures

Wisconsin2005

April 5, 2005

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Local government	Provide that certain county officials be elected to four-year terms	a	534,742 (75%)	177,037 (25%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin2005 ballot measures and Wisconsin2005 ballot measures

Wisconsin2006

November 7, 2006

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	LGBTQ; Family	Provide that only marriage between a man and a woman will be recognized as valid	a	1,264,310 (59%)	862,924 (41%)
LRAQ	Question 2	Death penalty	Enact the death penalty in first-degree intentional homicide convictions supported by DNA evidence	a	1,166,571 (56%)	934,508 (44%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin2006 ballot measures and Wisconsin2006 ballot measures

Wisconsin2007

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin2007 ballot measures and Wisconsin2007 ballot measures

Wisconsin2008

April 1, 2008

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	State executive	Remove the governor’s partial veto power to create a new sentence by combining parts of two or more sentences in an appropriation bill	a	575,582 (71%)	239,613 (29%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin2008 ballot measures and Wisconsin2008 ballot measures

Wisconsin2014

November 4:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Gov't Finances	Creates a transportation fund for funding state transportation systems	a

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin2014 ballot measures and Wisconsin2014 ballot measures

Wisconsin2015

April 7:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	Judiciary	Selection methods of chief justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court	a

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin2015 ballot measures and Wisconsin2015 ballot measures

Wisconsin2018

April 3, 2018:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Question 1	State Exec	Eliminate the position of state treasurer	d

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin2018 ballot measures and Wisconsin2018 ballot measures

Wisconsin2020

April 7:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Marsy's Law Amendment	Law	Adds Marsy's Law to Wisconsin Constitution	a

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin2020 ballot measures and Wisconsin2020 ballot measures

Wisconsin2023

April 4:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Bail; Criminal trials	Authorize the state legislature to define serious harm in relation to the conditions a judge imposes on an accused person released before conviction	a	1,163,303 (67%)	584,624 (33%)
LRCA	Question 2	Bail; Criminal trials	Authorize judges to impose cash bail on an accused person of a violent crime based on circumstances, like the need to protect the community from serious harm and the probability the accused will not appear in court	a	1,186,025 (68%)	569,286 (32%)
LRAQ	Question 3	Public assistance	Advise the state legislature to require able-bodied childless adults to look for work in order to receive tax-payer funded welfare benefits	a	1,417,035 (80%)	363,941 (20%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin2023 ballot measures and Wisconsin2023 ballot measures

Wisconsin2024

April 2:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Election administration	Prohibit any level of government in the state from applying or accepting non-governmental funds or equipment for election administration	a	638,555 (54%)	534,612 (46%)
LRCA	Question 2	Election administration	Provide that only election officials designated by law may administer elections	a	685,806 (59%)	483,900 (41%)

August 13:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Legislature	Prohibit the legislature from delegating its power to appropriate money		521,538 (43%)	704,260 (57%)
LRCA	Question 2	State executive; Legislature	Require legislative approval before the governor can expend federal money appropriated to the state		521,639 (42%)	706,637 (58%)

November 5:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Citizenship Voting Requirement Amendment	Citizenship voting	Prohibit the state and local governments from allowing noncitizens to vote	a	2,272,446 (71%)	950,445 (29%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin2024 ballot measures and Wisconsin2024 ballot measures

Wisconsin2025

April 1:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Question 1	Voter ID	Add a voter photo ID requirement to the Wisconsin Constitution	a	1,437,317 (63%)	851,851 (37%)

See also: Wisconsin Wisconsin2025 ballot measures and Wisconsin2025 ballot measures

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+*[[Wisconsin 2026 ballot measures|2026]]
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+*[[Wisconsin 2025 ballot measures|2025]]
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+*[[Wisconsin 2024 ballot measures|2024]]
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+*[[Wisconsin 2023 ballot measures|2023]]
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+*[[Wisconsin 2022 ballot measures|2022]]
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+*[[Wisconsin 2021 ballot measures|2021]]
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+*[[Wisconsin 2020 ballot measures|2020]]
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