FUTURE VOTERS!

The 2024 Future Voters event was held 9/25/24 with many families participating. Along with providing voter registration and information about voting, we gave away school supplies to children and engaged in fun games and activities for the entire family. Of equal importance was the collaboration with community partners who participated in the following ways:

• Safe & Sound offered a ballot box exercise;

• VoteRiders had a large poster board and asked all participants to write on the board why it's important to vote;

• Muskego Way Forward offered an interactive quiz regarding local government;

• Wisconsin Interfaith Voter Education Campaign hosted a selfie station;

• LWVMC/Comité organized the paper bags art project and a spin wheel with various questions;

• Cristo Rey had a spin-the-wheel civics trivia assisted by two student ambassadors.

Kudos to Eloisa Gomez, Diane Steigerwald, Maria Avila and Maddie Mason for organizing and coordinating this event! They keep us focused on the importance of introducing young people to the idea of democracy.

November 2024 Constitutional Amendment 

This November, voters will have another harmful, divisive constitutional amendment on our ballots. We will show up and vote NO and keep Wisconsin moving forward.

Our voting rights are literally on the ballot with this amendment. The change from "every" to "only" is a language change that can alter our constitutionally protected voting rights from a guarantee for all citizens to a limitation that could be used to erode our voting rights. Lawmakers have already discussed implementing a proof of citizenship requirement despite knowing that 1 in 10 US Citizens don't have documentation to prove their citizenship.

From 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 with our partners and voters to take down this 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.

HERE IS HOW TO GET THEM:

We have these signs:

- VOTE NO (Brand new!)

- VOTE/VOTA (Vote on one side and Vota on the other)

- Swing State

Yard signs (18" x 24") are available on a first-come first-served basis. We also have metal stands.

We have two bumper magnets:

If you'd like any of these items, please complete THIS FORM. We will contact you.

Prepare yourself to help people register to vote using MyVote.wi.gov. 

Now at your convenience!

A video tutorial has been posted and is now available on our website. To access this tutorial, go to our website lwvmilwaukee.org, click on voting, then click on voting resources. The written presentation is also available on this page. You may want to download the presentation and print it for further reference. 

You can access this tutorial using this link: MyVote Online Voter Registration Tutorial 

Once you have completed this training, you are eligible to volunteer for voter registration events. Each team also has team training. Reach out to voterservices@lwvmilwaukee.org to get connected with the team you are interested in.

Coffee For a Strong Democracy

Our biggest fundraiser of the year is here! Our new partner is East View Coffee Company, founded and owned by Jenny Ulbricht.

The sale started on September 1 and continues until December 10. The sales team has been busy, and we have sold over 230 12 oz. bags of coffee toward our goal to sell 900 bags. Now we need everyone’s help. Here is what you can do: 

Fall Voter Guide Available on VOTE411.org

We have published our Voter Guide with candidate information for the upcoming election on November 5, 2024. Go to VOTE411.org and enter your address to see your personalized ballot with information about the candidates running for office. We can compare each of the candidates’ answers to the League’s questions. 

With the 2024 presidential election underway, the LWV US is asking all candidates for our nation’s highest office to respond to voters’ questions. See which candidates have responded. If they haven’t done so:

1. Click their candidate profile;
2. Find their social media profiles under their pictures on the left-hand side of the page;
3. Tag them in a post asking that they respond to VOTE411’s voter guide.

Join in-person or virtually on Friday, October 18th at 4pm CT to hear leading election experts discuss the latest tactics aimed at subverting the 2024 election outcome and how election officials, policymakers, and civic organizations are working to safeguard democracy.

Co-hosted by the Elections Research Center and the State Democracy Research Initiative as part of the Election Matters 2024 series, please register for the online option to receive the live-stream link and participate in the discussion virtually.

LEARN MORE & REGISTER: GO.WISC.EDU/XK4YBE