Section 1. Political year; elections

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Political year; elections

The political year for this state shall commence on the first Monday of January in each year, and the general election shall be held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday of November in even-numbered years.

Summary: Modernize constitutional text.

Election Date: April 1, 1986

Votes For Ratification: 404273

Votes Against Ratification: 82512

Percent for Ratification: 83%

Percent Against Ratification: 17%

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Amendment Source: 1985 JR 14

Effective Date Source: Wisconsin, State Elections Board, state canvasses, 1970-1998, 2000-2012, Box 5

Political year; elections

The political year for the state of Wisconsin shall commence on the first Monday in January in each year, and the general elections shall be holden on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November. The first general election for all state and county officers, except judicial officers, after the adoption of this amendment, shall be holden in the year A.D. 1884, and thereafter the general election shall be held biennially. All state, county or other officers, elected at the general election in the year 1881, and whose term of office would otherwise expire on the first Monday of January in the year 1884, shall hold and continue in such offices respectively, until the first Monday in January in the year 1885.

Summary: Political year, biennial elections.

Election Date: November 7, 1882

Votes For Ratification: 60091

Votes Against Ratification: 8089

Percent for Ratification: 88%

Percent Against Ratification: 12%

Notes: Volume 5 of the Wisconsin Board of State Canvassers Election Return Statements is missing at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archive; however, the governor issued a proclamation announcing the certification of the election on December 9, 1882, so the amendment was effective no later than that date. https://access-newspaperarchive-com.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/us/wisconsin/madison/madison-wisconsin-state-journal/1882/12-11/

Amendment Source: 1882 JR 3

Effective Date Source: WI Bd. State Canvassers, 1848-1978, Vol. 5, 43-44

Political year; elections

The political year for the State of Wisconsin shall commence on the first Monday in January in each year, and the general election shall be holden on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November in each year.

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