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The questions were written and backed by the Republican-controlled state legislature, in which Evers and the legislature have been at odds with one another since he took office in 2018. The ballot measures were initiated due to the influx ofrelief funds, which were allocated to the state without much further direction. Evers spent much of the funds on many small business initiatives, local government recovery grants, emergency health supplies, and paying healthcare providers.
Republicans argued that state legislators should maintain authority over spending federal funds in the state. They also argued the measures, if passed, would apply to both future governors whether they were Republican or Democratic. Democrats in recent weeks, however, waged a campaign urging Wisconsinites to reject the ballot measures. Wisconsin Democrats created a ‘Vote No’Democrats used this as a line of attack against the measures, arguing that due to the legislature’s absence, there would be no one to allocate funds for disasters or emergencies. Democrats pointed to Wisconsin lawmakers’ absence during the COVID-19 pandemic as a reason the governor should be in charge of distributing federal funds.
“Republican politicians in Madison pushed these amendments because they recognized their grip on power was waning with new, fair maps, and they were desperate to cement their extreme agenda into Wisconsin’s Constitution. Tonight, Wisconsin voters defeated an attempt by MAGA politicians to bend our Constitution,” Wikler continued.
Despite both presidential candidates being long set in stone, turnout for the primary was high with 26% of those who were of voting age in the state casting a ballot on Tuesday. According to the, that marked the highest turn out for a primary election in the state in 60 years. One of the Democratic strongholds of the state, Dane County, had 45% turnout.
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