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WI Ballot Measure - State Debt

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> United States > Wisconsin > Propositions > 1969 Propositions > 1969 Statewide Referendum: State Debt

Office

Initiative

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Type

Referendum

Filing Deadline

January 01, 1969 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

April 01, 1969 - 07:00am Central

Polls Close

April 01, 1969 - 08:00pm Central

Term Start

April 02, 1969 - 12:00pm

Term End

December 31, 9999 - 11:55pm

Turnout

16.94% Total Population

Contributor

Ashley

Last Modified

Ashley July 14, 2012 10:58pm

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Description

Ballot Question: "Shall section 7 of article VIII of the constitution be amended to permit the state to contract public debt, limited in amount, in order to acquire, construct, develop, extend, enlarge or improve land, waters, property, highways, buildings, equipment or facilities for public purposes, and eliminate reliance on the present method of financing such expenditures through leases with dummy building corporations? (Note: Adoption of this amendment would end the practice of borrowing through 'dummy' building corporations which, as of 12/1/67, had an outstanding indebtedness of $382,511,869. Beginning 1/1/71 borrowing through state public building corporations would be unconstitutional, and all bonds issued for the state building program would be backed by the full faith and credit of the state.)"