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Wisconsin was admitted to the United States on May 29, 1848. Although it has been amended over a hundred times, the original constitution ratified in 1848 is still in use. This makes the Wisconsin Constitution the oldest U.S. state constitution outside New England; only Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont use older constitutions.
Since 1989, most of the secretary of state's duties have gradually been reassigned to other state agencies or outright eliminated. 1989 Wisconsin Act 338 transferred lobbying regulation to the Ethics Board, now known as the Ethics Commission. [25] 1991 Wisconsin Act 39 transferred publication of the session laws to the Legislative Reference Bureau.
March 13, 1848: Wisconsin Territory voters ratified the 2nd Constitution of Wisconsin. March 15, 1848: Mass protests in Pest forced the Austrian Empire to accept Hungarian claims of self-determination in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. March 18, 1848: Hundreds were killed in a protest in Berlin associated with the German revolutions of 1848 ...
One would clarify that only U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in Wisconsin, rather than "every U.S. citizen" 18 and older, which is how the state constitution is currently written. That proposal ...
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin voters approved a state constitution change requiring someone to be a citizen to vote in elections. The ballot measure had 75% approval with more than 95% of the ...
Wisconsin Elections Commission was a December 2023 decision of the Wisconsin Supreme Court which struck down the state Senate and Assembly district maps of the Wisconsin Legislature. The decision held that the Constitution of Wisconsin —in sections 4 and 5 of Article IV—requires "legislative districts [to] be composed of physically ...
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state’s heavily gerrymandered state legislative maps are unconstitutional and ordered lawmakers to draw new maps ahead of the 2024 elections.
Wisconsin Referendum 1 of 2006 was a referendum on an amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution that would invalidate same-sex marriages or any substantially similar legal status. The referendum was approved by 59% of voters during the general elections in November 2006. [ 3 ]