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Wisconsin voters reject ballot questions that would limit governor’s power to spend federal money (apnews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Pegajace@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters on Tuesday rejected Republican-authored ballot questions that would have limited the governor’s power to spend federal money that comes to the state for disaster relief or any other crisis, unless it’s already earmarked.

The constitutional amendments were placed on the ballot by the GOP-controlled Legislature.

Democrats, including Gov. Tony Evers, and a host of liberal groups and others organized against the amendments. They had argued adopting them would slow down the distribution of money when it needs to be spent quickly.

But Republican backers argued the measures would have added more oversight and serve as a check on the governor’s powers.

Republicans pushed the amendments after taking issue with Evers having the power to distribute billions of dollars in COVID-19 federal relief money without legislative approval.

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[–] oakey66@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank fucking god. Jfc. We passed some horseshit add on by republicans last time. I’m so glad we didn’t fall for it.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It may be perhaps the bias in the articles I read and the online circles I tend to spend time in, but it really seems like a significant number of the American people are sick of this shit in general and might finally be starting to push back.