Wisconsin voters reject two measures that would have decreased governor’s spending powers

Wisconsin voters rejected Republican-backed ballot measures that would have decreased the spending powers of Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) and future governors of the state.

The questions were written and backed by the Republican-controlled state legislature, in which Evers and the legislature have been at odds with one another since he took office in 2018. The ballot measures were initiated due to the influx of COVID-19 relief funds, which were allocated to the state without much further direction. Evers spent much of the funds on many small business initiatives, local government recovery grants, emergency health supplies, and paying healthcare providers.