Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers made international headlines after using his partial veto power to extend annual increases in per-pupil revenue limits for 400 years.
The governor’s office was granted the power in 1930, when Wisconsin’s constitution was amended to allow the executive to veto budget bills “in whole or in part.”
Here is a brief history of how the Wisconsin governors’ veto power has been used on state budget bills throughout the years.
Content adapted from Mike Nichols’ analysis, “Wisconsin needs an explicit constitutional amendment to rein in gubernatorial goofiness.”
