The two constitutional amendments to impede the Democratic governor were opposed by nearly 6 in 10 voters in the state.
A resident casts their ballot in the state's primary election at a polling location on April 2, 2024, in Green Bay, Wisconsin.In a primary election held in the state on Tuesday, two constitutional ballot questions in Wisconsin seeking to restrict the powers of the governor were quashed by voters, with many likely viewing them as attempted power grabs by legislative Republicans to impede Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’s work in the executive branch.
To successfully enact a constitutional amendment in the state, the legislature has to pass a measure in two separate but concurrent sessions, after which voters in the state must also approve it. Republicans did so regarding Evers’s powers as governor, pushing forward two measures that would restrict the legislature from granting any governor in the future the ability to have discretion over federal funds, as well as denying the governor from using legislative-granted powers that already exist.
The defeat of the two measures marks just the second time since 1996 that amendments proposed by the legislature weren’t backed by voters.
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