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John Leiber: “We actually had a constitutional referendum to get rid of…”

Featuring: John Leiber, Republican | Wisconsin Treasurer

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THE DIFFERENCE WITH WILL MARTIN / JOHN LEIBER

Published | Video Starts at 27:11

So I was, you know, I was familiar with that the office existed, and during my time there, the powers had been moved away from the state treasurer's office, and We actually had a constitutional referendum to get rid of the [state treasurer's] office, and that failed. It's like 60 some percent voted against getting rid of it. So that it all happened. So it was kind of on my radar. (27:11–27:17)

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Asserts that a referendum to eliminate the state treasurer's office failed.

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