Wisconsin voters have approved an amendment that prohibits the private funding of elections in the state. The amendment also mandates that only designated election officials can perform tasks related to primaries, elections, and referendums.
Wisconsin voters approved an amendment on Tuesday night, banning the private funding of elections in the swing state .
The amendment directs that “donations and grants may not be applied for, accepted, expended, or used in…connection with the conduct of any primary, election, or referendum,” according to the question phrasing that the Wisconsin State LegislatureWisconsinites also voted in favor of a second part to the amendment on ballot question two, mandating “that only election officials designated by law may perform tasks in the conduct of primaries, elections, and referendums.” That question passed with 58.6 percent of suppor
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