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Wisconsin voters limit veto powers, reject worship-closure amendment

FOX6 News Milwaukee explains a split referendum result that also adds constitutional restrictions on affirmative action.

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Wisconsin election results: Constitutional amendment referendums

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0:08Voters approve limits preventing governors from using the partial veto to increase or create taxes and fees.
1:17Voters reject a constitutional amendment prohibiting the closure of places of worship during emergencies.
2:24Calvi explains the approved amendment restricting discrimination and preferential treatment in public employment, contracts and education.

A "yes" vote carried two Wisconsin constitutional amendments, but voters rejected the third: a proposal to prohibit closing places of worship during emergencies. FOX6 News Milwaukee's Jason Calvi separates the questions and their consequences in a short election breakdown with anchor Hayley Spitler.

The closest result concerned the governor's partial veto. Voters approved a restriction preventing governors from using that power to increase or create taxes and fees. It is a specific limit on what the veto pen can do, rather than an end to the power itself.

The worship proposal went the other way. Voters declined to add the proposed prohibition on emergency closures to the state constitution.

The remaining amendment passed with a wider margin. Calvi explains that it bars state and local governments from discriminating or granting preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, contracting and education. His explanation connects the ballot's broad language about governmental discrimination to affirmative action.

The report drew about 23,000 views in nine hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for a regular video. In the comments, ballot wording is a recurring subject, particularly whether the phrasing made the consequences of a yes or no vote clear.

Spitler closes by noting that Wisconsin's election also included dozens of school district referendums, separate from the statewide constitutional questions Calvi has just unpacked.

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