The governor of Wisconsin is asking lawmakers to give the people the right to put citizen initiatives on the ballot—and advocates are hopeful that the move could open the door to finally letting voters decide on marijuana legalization.
Gov. Tony Evers (D) signed an executive order last week to convene a special legislative session starting on October 4 for the purpose of passing a joint resolution that would start the process of amending the state Constitution to allow citizen initiatives and legislature-passed referendums on the ballot.
Evers stressed that he’s primarily taking this step now as an effort to protect reproductive rights, saying the reform would give voters a necessary tool to repeal antiquated state laws restricting abortion since the GOP-controlled legislature has yet to act since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
But the governor has also strongly advocated for cannabis legalization, and activists feel the constitutional amendment, if approved, could empower citizens to end marijuana prohibition on their own given the recalcitrance of the legislature on this issue as well.
The proposed joint resolution to “allow the direct input of Wisconsinites is in service of that which should be the driving principle for all Wisconsin officials
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