Opinion No. Oag 10-80, (1980)

ANTHONY S. EARL, Secretary Department of Natural Resources

You ask two questions relating to voting rights at the annual meeting of public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts, under ch. 33, Stats. Specifically, you ask whether sec. 33.30(3)(d), Stats., which allows nonresident property owners to vote on approval of certain proposed projects, is consistent with constitutional provisions relating to suffrage. In the event that there are constitutional deficiencies in the current statute, you then ask whether such rights can be properly afforded under Wis. Const. art. III, sec. 1.

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