To publication time, none of the joint resolutions passed by the 2007 Legislature had approved a constitutional amendment on first consideration.
One question submitting an amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution for ratification was on the April 1, 2008, statewide election ballot. The number of votes cast for or against the question, shown below, was copied from the official canvass certified by the chairperson of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board on May 5, 2008. The amendment was ratified by a majority of the electors voting on the question.
Question 1 was placed on the ballot by 2007 Senate Jt.Res-5 (2007 Enrolled Jt.Res-26). The question concerned prohibiting partial vetoes from creating new sentences.
Question 1: "Partial veto. Shall section 10 (1) (c) of
article V of the constitution be amended to prohibit the governor, in exercising his or her partial veto authority, from creating a new sentence by combining parts of two or more sentences of the enrolled bill?" [2007 SJR-5] [JR-26]