Type A Notice - State Notice of Referendum - November 3, 2026
Village of Whitefish Bay · Milwaukee County · meeting of Nov 3, 2026 · Notices
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TYPE A NOTICE
OF
REFERENDUM ELECTION
November 3, 2026
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at an election to be held in
the several towns, villages, cities, wards, and election districts of
the State of Wisconsin, on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, the
following questions will be submitted to a vote of the people
pursuant to law:
QUESTION 1: “Partial veto. Shall section 10 (1) (c) of article V
of the constitution be amended to prohibit the governor, in
exercising his or her partial veto authority, from creating or
increasing or authorizing the creation or increase of any tax or
fee?”
QUESTION 2: “Freedom to gather in places of worship
during an emergency. Shall section 18 of article I of the
constitution, which deals with religious liberty, be amended to
prohibit the state or a political subdivision of the state from
ordering the closure of, or forbidding gatherings in, places of
worship in response to a state of emergency, including a public
health emergency?”
QUESTION 3: “Governmental entity discrimination
prohibited. Shall section 27 of article I of the constitution be
created to prohibit governmental entities in the state from
discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any
individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or
national origin in public employment, public education, public
contracting, or public administration?”
This referendum ballot is a result of 2025 Senate Joint Resolution
116, 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 10, and 2025 Assembly Joint
Resolution 102. The text of the joint resolutions can be found at
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/joint_resol
ution and
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/joint_resol
ution.
A copy also can be obtained from the office of the county clerk, or
the Legislative Documents Room at 1 East Main Street, Madison,
Wisconsin.
DONE in the County of Milwaukee,
this 6th day of October, 2026.
MILWAUKEE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
Tim Posnanski Dawn Martin Helmut Fritz
Milwaukee County Clerk
George L. Christenson
Source: Village of Whitefish Bay website. First collected Oct 16, 2026.