The Brief
- A referendum will ask voters to replace one word in the Wisconsin Constitution
- Right now the state constitution says “Every United States citizen age 18 or older” can vote. If you approve the amendment, “every” would be changed to “only a.”
- Those opposed worry it could lead to having to prove citizenship to vote; supporters say there are cases of noncitizens attempting to vote.
MILWAUKEE – It’s a single word in the Wisconsin Constitution: “every”. Soon, you’ll decide whether to replace it.
Right now the state constitution says “Every United States citizen age 18 or older” can vote. If you approve the amendment, “every” would be changed to “only a.”
Here’s what you will see at the end of your ballot, a statewide referendum:
“Shall section 1 of article III of the constitution, which deals with suffrage, be amended to provide that only a United States citizen age 18 or older who resides in an election district may vote in an election for national, state, or local office or at a statewide or local referendum?”…