Gov. Tony Evers announced he’d try again to allow citizen-led referendums in Wisconsin by including the change in his ...

Introducing citizen initiative referendums to Wisconsin would allow residents to pursue new policies outside of the Legislature and to repeal unpopular laws. Evers highlighted access to ...

Past attempts — including as far back as 1914 — to establish citizen-led initiatives in Wisconsin failed. No new states have enacted it since 1992.

Wisconsin would join only a handful of states with voter ID requirements in their constitutions if voters approve an April 1 ...

Democratic Governor Tony Evers told reporters he plans to include a provision in his next budget requiring the state legislature to establish a citizen initiative referendum process that would allow ...

Constitutional amendments must pass two consecutive legislative sessions and a statewide referendum to take effect ... according to data from the University of Wisconsin Law School’s State Democracy ...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is calling on ... Evers also cited other issues that could be legislated through an initiative or referendum process, including protecting abortion rights, expanding ...

Gov. Tony Evers plans to push for a constitutional amendment enabling citizens to enact laws through statewide referendums.

Interestingly, no new states have established a citizen initiative process since ... rejected establishing the idea in Wisconsin. In 1914, a referendum question asked whether citizens should ...