On Tuesday, September 24th, please join us to “Kick off,” our new program year. Our hardworking Leaders will report on what’s coming up and let you know how you can get involved!

This year we will meet at Dead Bird Brewing on Dr. William Finlayson St. (5th) and West Walnut. Admission is $20 per person. Includes appetizers and support for our League work. There will be a raffle and a cash bar. Beer, wine-based cocktails, mocktails, ciders and craft sodas are served.

Please come and mingle with your fellow members and also feel free to bring guests who may be interested in our League!

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MyVote Online Voter Registration Training -

Two Ways!

We offer in-person training for the MyVote Online Voter Registration Training and now have a website tutorial, too!

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 September 12 |  3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

No Studios, 1037 W McKinley Ave

Questions regarding this announcement? Please email  e.aelion@lwvmilwaukee.org 

Register here: My Vote Training Sign Up

The High School Voter Education and Registration Team is looking to expand our group of Outreach Coodinators.  Coordinators work with school personnel to set up and run registrations in high schools.  This includes working with school personnel to set dates and times, training student helpers, providing information to volunteers, gathering materials, attending the registrations, and taking registrations to election clerks, if necessary.  We provide much support - volunteers, training slides, publicity and registration materials, checklists, and a team of coordinators ready to answer any questions.

This is an exciting election season. School personnel have been contacting us asking for registrations and we want to provide them. Being an Outreach Coordinator is a great opportunity to get to know the hard-working dedicated staff members and the enthusiastic students - and to help usher these students into participating in the democratic process. Please consider this opportunity - coordinating in one or several schools. Any questions? Contact Judy Winn at j.winn@.lwvmilwaukee.org.

National Voter Registration Day

September 17, 2024

First celebrated in 2012, National Voter Registration Day is a nonpartisan holiday that’s helped more than 5 million Americans register to vote! With the help of thousands of organizations and volunteers working together across the country, the holiday serves as a pre-election celebration to ensure every eligible voter is registered to vote. The League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County is a proud partner of National Voter Registration Day. We hope you will join the celebration!

Here’s how YOU can celebrate National Voter Registration Day:

• Register to vote or check your registration online using  myvote.wi.org

• Spread the word: Once you make sure you’re registered to vote, reach out to your friends and family to ensure they are registered to vote and/or post to social, asking your network to join you in getting #VoteReady. Be sure to use #NationalVoterRegistrationDay and #VoteReady in all of your social media posts.

• Support one of the National Voter Registration Day events in our community. We have nine events planned for NVRD.

  • Registration events at Carroll University, two events at Mt. Mary, MATC Downtown Campus, and MATC at Walkers Square.

  • MPL libraries: Central, Good Hope, Mitchell Street and New Berlin Public Library.

Coffee for a Strong Democracy

Our biggest fundraiser of the year is here!!!  You’ve been hearing about changes to Coffee for Our Cause for some time now, and we are excited about our new partnership with Jenny Ulbricht, founder and owner of East View Coffee Company. Jenny works with women-owned coffee bean producers in Columbia and Brazil, where women have traditionally supplied a majority of the labor, but are rarely the owners. East View uses smart packaging and carbon-neutral shipping to ensure love for coffee doesn’t come at the expense of our planet.

Each 12 oz. bag of coffee is $17.50, and is available in either whole bean or ground. Descriptions of the four coffee blends are on the website. 

November 2024 Constitutional Amendment

This November, voters will have another harmful, divisive constitutional amendment on their ballot. We will show up and vote no and keep Wisconsin moving forward.The measure would amend the Wisconsin Constitution to say that "Only a United States citizen age 18 or older who is a resident" may vote in a national, state, or local office or statewide or local ballot measure election. Currently, the constitution states that "Every United States citizen age 18 or older who is a resident of an election district" is a qualified voter.

Our voting rights are literally on the ballot with this amendment. The change from "every" to "only" is a downgrade to all of our voting rights. The language changes our constitutionally-protected voting rights from a guarantee for all citizens to a limitation that could be used to erode our voting rights.

In fact lawmakers have already discussed this being a step on the path to further limit our right to vote. Including by implementing a proof of citizenship requirements despite knowing that  1 in 10 US Citizens don't have the documents to prove their citizenship.

Via The Brennan Center: Convenience matters when it comes to consistent participation in American elections. Even if a citizen is certain that a passport or birth certificate is in a safety deposit box at the bank, voters are busy; an additional trip to the bank would surely prevent some voters from registering to vote if such documents were required. (We consider a document to be readily available if respondents “could quickly find it if [they] had to show it tomorrow.”)

READ MORE ON BALLOTPEDIA

The League is gearing up to stand amongst our partners and voters to take down this bad constitutional amendment. We won’t let the legislature erode our voting rights. Follow LWVWI on Facebook and read our biweekly updates to stay informed on future resources and programs.

Vote No: November 5 Constitutional Amendment

The Constitutional Amendment on the November 5 ballot is harmful and can diminish our voting rights. Join the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin on Tuesday, September 17 at 7 pm for this virtual program to learn why you should vote no to this constitutional amendment. Learn what's at stake. This constitutional amendment aims to divide us.

Let's come together and vote no!

Fall Voter Guide Available on VOTE411.org

The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin has published its Voter Guide with candidate information for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives (District 4), State Senate (District 6), State Assembly (District 18), District Attorney for Milwaukee County, and the proposed Constitutional Amendment.   

Go to VOTE411.org and enter your address to see your personalized ballot with information about the candidates for the above offices.

Candidate information for the offices of the U.S. President and Vice President as well as local races will be available later in September. 

With limited opportunities to learn about the candidates in person, online voter guides are especially important for voters making their plans to vote.    

Voters deserve to hear directly from all candidates running for office in their communities. You can find details on VOTE411.org for what you can do when candidates don’t answer the League’s questions. Together we can hold candidates accountable for providing us with the information we voters need.

The League of Women Voters, along with their co-sponsors, Muskego Way Forward, UMOS’ Raices Youth Group, Safe & Sound, Boys and Girls Club, Cristo Rey High School Admission Office, La Causa, Via, VoteRiders and Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin are working on the second Future Voter’s Fest Scheduled for September 25 from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. at La Plazita parklet (16th & Forest Home Ave).

In the interest of appealing to youth to better understand the voting process and, by extension, their families, this event will provide hands-on, engaging activities to provide youth with the idea that voting is a key responsibility in supporting our democracy. 

If you want a fun and informative place for children to learn about voting, you should put this on your calendar. 

No Studios Debate Watch Party

No Studios is hosting a Debate Watch Party on September 10th. This is a nonpartisan community event open to the public. Seating is limited. LWVMC is providing voter registration and election information at the event. More information at Eventbrite.

ROOTS AND LEGACY: JESUS SALAS. Screening & Panel Discussion

The public is invited to a special event celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and our vibrant Latino community. Milwaukee PBS is present its new documentary ROOTS AND LEGACY: JESUS SALAS by producer Patricia Gomez.  A panel discussion follows.