% >> Frederica: GOVERNOR TONY
% EVERS THIS WEEK CALLED FOR AN
% OCTOBER 4 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE
% LEGISLATURE, WHICH REPUBLICANS
% HAVE ALREADY SAID THEY WILL
% GAVEL IN AND IMMEDIATELY GAVEL
% OUT OF.
% THEY ARE TASKED TO TAKE UP
% STATEWIDE BALLOT INITIATIVES.
% THE PROCESS ALLOWS WISCONSIN
% CITIZENS TO CIRCUMVENT THE
% LEGISLATURE AND USE THE BALLOT
% BOX TO VOTE IN STATE LAW.
% IN A PRESS CONFERENCE, THE
% GOVERNOR SAID THIS WOULD ALLOW
% WISCONSIN VOTERS TO DIRECTLY
% TAKE UP ABORTION.%>> WISCONS
IN'S CURRENT LAWS DO
% NOT ALLOW VOTERS TO CHANGE STATE
% LAW BY REFERENDUM, AND VOTERS
% CANNOT INTRODUCE REFERENDA OR
% INITIATIVES TO BE VOTED ON BY
% THE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN.
% I'LL BE CALLING ON THE
% LEGISLATURE AND THE SPECIAL
% SESSION TO TAKE UP THE
% CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT
% WILL ENABLE THE PEOPLE OF
% WISCONSIN TO GO TO REFERENDUM
% AND REPEAL OUR 1849 ERA CRIMINAL
% ABORTION BAN TO ENSURE WOMEN
% ACROSS OUR STATE WILL GO BACK TO
% HAVING THE SAME RIGHTS NOW THAT
% THEY DID THE DAY BEFORE THE U.S.
% SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V.