Governor Tony Evers revives popular plan to enable voters to repeal state laws and create legislation
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is reviving his plan to let voters repeal and create state laws without legislative involvement, this time through the state budget. Governor Evers told reporters on January 3 that the state budget he plans to unveil next month will include a mandate that legislators take up a constitutional amendment allowing voters to petition for ballot proposals to repeal state statutes and create new ones. The popular Democratic governor crafted a similar proposal in 2022 for voters to repeal the state’s 1849 abortion ban, but Republicans killed the plan. Wisconsin is one of 24 states that...
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