Question 1 · Legislatively referred constitutional amendment (2025 Senate Joint Resolution 116, second consideration; first consideration 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 112, which became 2023 Enrolled Joint Resolution 16)
Partial veto.
The amendment would add a new limit to the governor's power to veto parts of a spending bill: a partial veto could not create or raise a tax or fee, or authorize one to be created or raised. The limit would reach vetoes that would let local governments, such as school districts, raise their own taxes or fees, not only state taxes.
Passes with: a majority of the electors voting on the question (Wis. Const. art. XII, sec. 1: the amendment becomes part of the constitution if the people approve and ratify it by a majority of the electors voting thereon).
Official ballot summary (the state’s text)
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?”
No primarily formed committees found in state records.
Sources: Kenosha County Clerk, Notice of Referendum Election, November 3, 2026 (Type C notice: joint resolutions, amendment texts, ballot questions and explanatory statements; PDF created Aug. 24, 2026); Full text.
Question 2 · Legislatively referred constitutional amendment (2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 10, second consideration; first consideration 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 54, which became 2023 Enrolled Joint Resolution 11)
Freedom to gather in places of worship during an emergency.
The amendment would add a clause to the religious-freedom section of the state constitution barring the state and local governments from closing places of worship, or forbidding gatherings in them, in response to a declared state of emergency, including a public health emergency. Under current law, officials may limit religious gatherings during an emergency if religious and comparable secular gatherings are treated alike; the amendment would bar such limits on places of worship even when other gatherings are closed.
Passes with: a majority of the electors voting on the question (Wis. Const. art. XII, sec. 1: the amendment becomes part of the constitution if the people approve and ratify it by a majority of the electors voting thereon).
Official ballot summary (the state’s text)
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?”
No primarily formed committees found in state records.
Sources: Kenosha County Clerk, Notice of Referendum Election, November 3, 2026 (Type C notice: joint resolutions, amendment texts, ballot questions and explanatory statements; PDF created Aug. 24, 2026); Full text.
Question 3 · Legislatively referred constitutional amendment (2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 102, second consideration; first consideration 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 109, which became 2023 Enrolled Joint Resolution 15)
Governmental entity discrimination prohibited.
The amendment would create a new section of the state constitution barring state and local government bodies, from state agencies, courts and the Legislature to the University of Wisconsin System, technical colleges and school districts, from discriminating against or giving preferential treatment to any person or group because of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, education, contracting or administration. It makes exceptions for steps needed to keep federal funding, for sex-based qualifications reasonably necessary to normal operations, and where it conflicts with federal law or the U.S. Constitution.
Passes with: a majority of the electors voting on the question (Wis. Const. art. XII, sec. 1: the amendment becomes part of the constitution if the people approve and ratify it by a majority of the electors voting thereon).
Official ballot summary (the state’s text)
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?”
No primarily formed committees found in state records.
Sources: Kenosha County Clerk, Notice of Referendum Election, November 3, 2026 (Type C notice: joint resolutions, amendment texts, ballot questions and explanatory statements; PDF created Aug. 24, 2026); Full text.
What is not here yet
- The Legislature's sites (docs.legis.wisconsin.gov, legis.wisconsin.gov) refused every connection from the workspace and WebFetch is barred by their robots rules, so the enrolled joint resolutions could not be opened or saved. Their addresses come from web search results; the enrolled numbers for AJR 10 (2025 Enrolled Joint Resolution 10) and AJR 102 (2025 Enrolled Joint Resolution 11) are from the titles of those search results, and the enrolled number of SJR 116 was not found. The official text used here is the resolutions' text as the Type C notice reprints it.
- The Elections Commission's own Type C notice and memo for the November 2026 referendum (https://elections.wi.gov/memo/type-c-notice-referendum-november-3-2026) could not be opened (browser check). The county copy is the same statewide notice as published by the Kenosha County Clerk; Portage County and the Village of Cottage Grove post the same notice (not saved).
- The Type C notice prints the explanatory statements without naming who wrote them; their author is not stated here.
- As printed, the explanatory statement for Question 3 refers in its 'yes' and 'no' paragraphs to 'Wis. Const. art. I, § 18', although the question and the amendment text create section 27 of article I. The official text is kept as printed.
- As printed, the Type C notice introduces the Question 2 amendment with 'Section 18 of article I of the constitution is created to read', although section 18 already exists and the question says it would be amended. Kept as printed.
- Court challenges: not yet checked in court records. Wisconsin Circuit Court Access and the appellate case system were not searched; web searches on Oct. 20, 2026 found no lawsuit over any of the three questions.
- Committees: the Ethics Commission's system was checked by ballot event and by committee type. Spending by groups that are not registered as referendum committees is not covered.
Gaps in the ballot records as of the date checked.