Section 5. Circuit Courts

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Circuit Courts

Summary: SECTION REPEALED AND REPLACED

Election Date: April 5, 1977

Votes For Ratification: 455350

Votes Against Ratification: 229316

Percent for Ratification: 67%

Percent Against Ratification: 33%

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Amendment Source: 1977 JR 7

Effective Date Source: 1977 JR 7

Circuit Courts

The State shall be divided into five judicial circuits, to be composed as follows: The first circuit shall comprise the counties of Racine, Walworth, Rock, and Green; the second circuit, the counties of Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson, and Dane; the third circuit, the counties of Washington, Dodge, Columbia, Marquette, Sauk, and Portage; the fourth circuit, the counties of Brown, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Winnebago, and Calumet; and the fifth circuit shall comprise the counties of Iowa, La Fayette, Grant, Crawford, and Saint Croix; and the county of Richland shall be attached to Iowa, the county of Chippewa to the county of Crawford, and the county of La Pointe to the county of Saint Croix, for judicial purposes, until otherwise provided by the legislature.

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