Want to get more involved? Contact these committees |
Did You Get a Voter Registration Form in the Mail?
This month, the non-partisan and non-profit Voter Participation Center (VPC) and the Center for Voter Information (CVI) have mailed approximately 187,333 voter registration applications to eligible Wisconsin citizens to encourage voter participation. The letters begin "According to our review of publicly available records, someone at this address might not be registered to vote. . ."
The mailings can be confusing and upsetting for people who are already registered to vote. The voter registration forms they include in the mailing are legitimate, but they are sometimes wrong in implying a person isn't registered when they actually are. If you know someone who has received the mailing, please advise them that they can confirm or update their registration directly at Wisconsin's online voter registration website: myvote.wi.gov.
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LWVMC Spring Appeal
Twice a year (Spring and End-of-Year), the League of Women Voters appeals to its membership for donations to help sustain the organization. Why do we need financial donations from members when we pay dues? The answer is that individual membership is currently $75, with $13 staying here at LWVMC. We send $32 to LWV US and $30 to LWV Wisconsin.This amount ($13 per member) does not pay for our budgeted operating and program expenses.
Our goal is to raise $10,000 from the 2024 Spring appeal. You recently received the Spring Appeal letter from Nancy Maloney, LWVMC President. If you have misplaced the letter or don’t remember receiving it, please find an electronic version here.
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Technology and software (Club Express, QuickBooks) costs
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Paper, postage, mailing and printing costs
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Rent, utilities, and salary for part-time administrative staff.
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Posters, flyers, bookmarks, buttons, and other voter registration and GOTV materials
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VOTE411.org
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Tablets and hotspots for voter registration events
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Meeting and outreach materials for Advocacy committees
We are 25% of the way toward our $10,000 goal for the Spring Appeal. Please give what you can that is aligned with your personal budget and the worth you put on the grassroots work of the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County.
You can donate by check made payable to League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County and mailed to the league office at 6737 West Washington Avenue, Suite 2218, West Allis, WI 53214. Or you can donate by credit card at www.lwvmilwaukee.org
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Special Elections this Summer
The Governor has called special elections in both State Senate District 4 and Congressional District 8 (does not include Milwaukee County). The winner of this State Senate District 4 special election will complete the remaining term of State Senator Lena Taylor.
Find your district here.
Key Dates:
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Let’s give a big shout-out to the 2024 Silent Auction Chair Elizabeth Harris-Hodge and her team for the successful first-ever silent auction held in conjunction with the 2024 Annual Meeting on Thursday, May 23, at Alioto’s Restaurant. The Silent Auction team members included Patricia McFarland, Ken Bernoska, Peg Schrader, Wonza Canada, Brandelyn Hodge-Wembley, Lorna Grade, Mary Sussman, Nikita Werner, Barbara Rasmussen, Maddie Mason, and Candice Owley.
The Silent Auction netted over $1200 for the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County. Congratulations to Liz and her team!! Here is how Elizabeth describes this coming together:
An African Proverb says It takes a village to raise a child. Using that thought, it takes committed individuals with a great heart to have a successful LWVMC Silent Auction. I appreciate my team stepping up in real time to assist, divide and organize the workload and demonstrate thoughtfulness, initiative, and organizational acumen. Thank you, team, for having my back!
From: 2024 Silent Auction Chair Elizabeth Harris-Hodge
(Carole A Montgomery, Elizabeth Harris-Hodge)
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VOTE411 Usage and Candidate Participation
The League’s VOTE411 voter guide is an online tool for voters. LWVMC invites candidates running for local races to participate in the voter guide by answering important League questions to their constituents.
The VOTE411 Team invited 342 candidates in 190 races to participate in online voter guides for the February primary and the April elections. Thirty-one (31) of 52 primary candidates (59.6%) participated in the February primary election online voter guide. One hundred thirty-three (133) of 326 candidates (40.8%) participated in the April election online voter guide. Ninety-eight (98) of 179 candidates (54.7%) responded to the League’s questions in contested races and 30 of 147 candidates (20.4%) in uncontested races.
A special shout-out goes to Anita Gulotta-Connelly and the team of League members who contacted the community about using VOTE411 as an election resource and to candidates for participating.Regarding usage, there were just over 8,000 users in Spring 2023 and almost 9,000 users in Spring 2024, which is a significant jump!! Regarding candidate participation, participation in the February primary exceeded that in 2023. Candidate participation in the April election closely followed participation rates in the previous year. |
LWVMC Value Proposition
The League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County now has a Value Proposition about who we are and the issues that our donors and others care about. We extend a huge thank you to LWVMC member and volunteer Mary Rode. Mary wrote the content and then worked with Maddie Mason on the layout and design. The result is a professionally created document that we can be very proud to have for our marketing and fund development. You can access the Value Proposition here.
The value proposition is a one-page, two-sided document explaining our mission, history, and impact. We will use it as supplemental information in our grant applications. It will also be used to inform and influence our supporters and donors and the public at large.
You can use the value proposition to explain our work and why you are a member and volunteer to your friends and colleagues as you expand our efforts to identify and cultivate prospective supporters and donors. Please feel free to print it out and make copies to share with others in your network!! |
Next Steps For Fair Maps Coalition
Following the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision in the Clarke v. Wisconsin Election Commission case that the 2021 legislative voting district maps were unconstitutional, and the passage and signing of Governor Evers’s maps, Wisconsin has fair maps for the 2024 election!
Now it's on to the next phase: promoting a fair, transparent, nonpartisan redistricting process to ensure an end to gerrymandering. If you'd like to be involved, contact the Fair Maps Team Leaders listed below:
North Shore Fair Maps (Milwaukee, Washington, & Ozaukee Counties)
Debbie Patel: deborah.j.patel@gmail.com
Cheryl Maranto: cmaranto4860@gmail.com
Waukesha County
Vicki Aro-Schackmuth: varoschackmuth@gmail.com
Keep up with developments by signing up for the WI Fair Maps Coalition newsletter here. |  | League Cafe will meet on Friday, May 31 at the MPL East Branch at 10 a.m.
Milwaukee Public Library East Branch Community Room https://www.mpl.org/hours_locations/east.php
2320 N Cramer St, Milwaukee, WI 53211
Everyone is invited to attend. Come one and all!
Normally we meet on the 4th Friday of the month but we are meeting one week later to avoid the Memorial Day weekend. This meeting will be a general discussion meeting. When we have a general discussion meeting we talk about anything and everything of interest to the group. It is also an opportunity for newer members to come and learn more about our League. Also, at this meeting, we will choose our book selection for our June meeting. If you have a title in mind, please feel free to bring it up on the 31st. |  | |
Prepare yourself to help people register to vote!
Learn how to register people to vote using MyVote.wi.gov. Learn what is acceptable photo ID for voting in Wisconsin and how to acquire it. Registration required.
Thursday June 27 | 5:30pm - 7:00pm | Location to be announced.
Questions regarding this announcement? Please email e.aelion@lwvmilwaukee.org
Register here: My Vote Training Sign Up | Accessing Members-Only Website Portal
The LWVMC website has information and resources that are available only to LWVMC members. To access the membership directory or members-only resources and volunteer opportunities, click on the button below. Contact Mary Ellen Spicuzza at me.spicuzza@lwvmilwaukee.org with any questions. | Support Local Democracy. Support Your League.
Your support is critical to help our nonpartisan grassroots organization reach voters play a critical role in democracy. It would not be possible to empower voters and defend democracy without your support.
Thank you! LWVMC
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