Wisconsin Question 2 — Freedom to gather in places of worship during an emergency

What it does

Freedom to gather in places of worship during an emergency. Shall section 18 of article I of the constitution, which deals with religious liberty, be amended to prohibit the state or a political subdivision of the state from ordering the closure of, or forbidding gatherings in, places of worship in response to a state of emergency, including a public health emergency?

A YES vote means

A yes vote amends the constitution to bar the state and local governments from closing places of worship or forbidding gatherings in them in response to a state of emergency, including a public health emergency.

A NO vote means

A no vote leaves the constitution's religious-liberty section unchanged, with no specific ban on emergency closures of places of worship.

Needed to pass

A simple majority

Put on the ballot by

the Legislature

Official text: source

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