Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AJR101 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 101
5	5	January 2, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives BODDEN, GREEN, GOEBEN, ALLEN,
6	6	BEHNKE, BRANDTJEN, DITTRICH, EDMING, GUNDRUM, GUSTAFSON, MAGNAFICI,
7	7	MELOTIK, MURPHY, RETTINGER, TITTL, VANDERMEER, CALLAHAN, SCHRAA, ROZAR
8	8	and MAXEY, cosponsored by Senators STROEBEL, NASS, BALLWEG, TOMCZYK and
9	9	WANGGAARD. Referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections.
10	10	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
11	11	To create section 7 of article III and section 8 of article III of the constitution;
12	12	relating to: prohibiting ranked-choice voting in Wisconsin elections and
13	13	prohibiting voting for candidates of more than one political party in primaries
14	14	for partisan office (first consideration).
15	15	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
16	16	This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2023 legislature on first
17	17	consideration, prohibits the use of ranked-choice voting in Wisconsin elections and
18	18	prohibits voting for candidates of more than one political party in partisan primaries
19	19	held in the state.
20	20	RANKED-CHOICE VOTING
21	21	Ranked-choice voting is a voting method in which voters at an election are
22	22	permitted to indicate and order their preferences for all candidates whose names
23	23	appear on the ballot for the same office, rather than being required to vote for a single
24	24	candidate for that office. Typically, under ranked-choice voting, tabulation of the
25	25	votes then occurs in rounds, with each round dropping the candidate with the least
26	26	support until a single candidate garners a majority of the ranked votes cast.
27	27	Under the constitutional amendment, any election in Wisconsin utilizing
28	28	ranked-choice voting is invalid, and no individual may assume public office on the
29	29	basis of such an election.
30	30	MULTIPLE-PARTY PARTISAN PRIMARY VOTING
31	31	The constitutional amendment additionally prohibits the use of a voting
32	32	method in Wisconsin partisan primaries, including recall and special primaries for
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40	40	partisan office, in which voters may cast votes for candidates of more than one
41	41	political party or in which more than one candidate for each elective partisan office
42	42	from each political party may advance from the primary to the final election. Under
43	43	the constitutional amendment, any primary for a partisan office utilizing such a
44	44	voting method is invalid.
45	45	A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures,
46	46	and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.
47	47	Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That:
48	48	SECTION 1. Section 7 of article III of the constitution is created to read:
49	49	[Article III] Section 7. No election conducted in this state may use a voting
50	50	method in which electors may cast ballots ranking multiple candidates for the same
51	51	elective office in order of preference and in which those ballots are then tabulated in
52	52	rounds eliminating each candidate until a single candidate reaches a majority of the
53	53	ranked votes cast. Any election in this state utilizing such a voting method is invalid,
54	54	and no individual may assume public office on the basis of such an election.
55	55	SECTION 2. Section 8 of article III of the constitution is created to read:
56	56	[Article III] Section 8. No primary for a partisan office conducted in this state
57	57	may use a voting method in which electors may cast votes for candidates of more than
58	58	one political party, and no more than one candidate for each elective partisan office
59	59	from each political party may advance from a partisan primary to the final election.
60	60	Any primary for a partisan office utilizing such a voting method is invalid.
61	61	SECTION 3. Numbering of new provisions. If another constitutional
62	62	amendment ratified by the people creates the number of any provision created in this
63	63	joint resolution, the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall determine the
64	64	sequencing and the numbering of the provisions whose numbers conflict.
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87	87	Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the
88	88	legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for three
89	89	months previous to the time of holding such election.
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