More than $1.6B in school referendums on ballot as COVID-19 pandemic creates economic uncertainty
The passage rates of referendums have historically tended to track with the strength of the economy, said Anne Chapman, a senior researcher for Wisconsin Policy Forum.
At the height of the Great Recession in 2009, voters approved 45% of school referendum questions, down from 60% in 2006, Chapman said.
Notes and links on Madison’s planned 2020 tax and spending increase referendum.
