Make a Voting Plan

First time and seasoned voters all need a plan before casting their ballot.  Make a plan and get prepared to go to the polls.

1.  Check your registration and/or register to vote

2.   Learn about your early voting options.

3.   Explore your day-of voting options.

4.   Research candidates:  Learn where candidates running for office stand on the issues, and about the ballot measures on your ballot. 

VOTE411.org provides details on who and what will be on your ballot – including statements directly from the candidates on some of today’s most pressing issues. From local elections to national contests, take time to explore all the candidates on your ballot and hear from the candidates in their own words.  To learn where candidates stand on the issues important to you, watch or attend candidate debates and forums in your community, and explore the information provided on VOTE411.org.  

* * * New Challenge Match * * *

We have just secured a challenge match for coffee sales!!!  For every bag of coffee sold over 100 bags during the month of October, the match will mean a $5 donation to the Coffee Sale. The challenge match was put together by a generous group of LWVMC members. Thank you! Purchase coffee online on the League website (or copy and paste this web address: BIT.LY/46ZHWNK) 

Donor Advised Fund Day.  (DAF Day)

Today, October 10, 2024 is the very first “Donor-Advised Fund Day” 

We take this opportunity to say thank you to our members who contribute to the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County with gifts from their Donor Advised Funds. Being a 501(c)(3) public charity qualifies LWVMC to receive support from Donor Advised Funds.   

The donor-advised fund (DAF) is becoming an increasingly popular way to make a charitable gift. If you have a Donor Advised Fund, please consider the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County when making decisions on your charitable giving. Note: LWVMC has its own EIN, 39-6096750 -- separate from the state and national LWVs.

City of Milwaukee Drop Boxes

November 5, 2024 General Election Drop Box Schedule

Drop boxes will be operational by 10:30am on Monday, October 14, 2024 through Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 2024 until 6:00pm.

Drop Box Information Center

On July 5, 2024, the Wisconsin Supreme Court overruled its prior decision, in part, in Teigen v. WEC and held that secure drop boxes were permitted under state law as a valid method of mail ballot return. As a result, the City of Milwaukee Election Commission is reactivating its mail ballot drop box program.

A ballot drop box provides a secure and convenient means for voters to return their mail ballot.

The City of Milwaukee utilizes secure specialized heavy-duty steel ballot drop boxes that are permanently anchored in place. Specially trained election officials operate the drop boxes to ensure they are properly secured, emptied, and locked. All ballot drop boxes in the City of Milwaukee are under 24-hour surveillance. Voters are typically able to deliver their mail ballots 24 hours a day to any drop box in the city from the time they receive them in the mail, up to a predetermined time before polls close on Election Day. Details about specific start times and final retrievals can be found posted on the drop box or on the Milwaukee Election Commission’s website.

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.

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