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Jeff Smith: “In the state of Wisconsin, voters actually cannot vote on a…”

Featuring: Jeff Smith, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 31

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Jeff Smith Show: 12-30-25

Published | Video Starts at 23:23

But one bill I'd like to just mention in quick mention here is that a bill that I have introduced session after session and will, and ready to reintroduce it again before we're done at this session, is what we call direct democracy. In the state of Wisconsin, voters actually cannot vote on a ballot referendum that becomes law like other states can. California being California's an example, you know, and they don't do it the right way because it's like you can end up with 50 things on the ballot done the right way. (23:23–23:36)

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Asserts that Wisconsin voters cannot vote on binding ballot referendums.

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