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Read MoreThe League of Women Voters of Wisconsin opposes SB 295, the voter registration bill being considered in the state Senate. Although the legislation offers some benefits, such as electronic voter registration, the benefits are more than offset by new restrictions. Contact your state Senator today and let them know you oppose SB 295.
Under SB 295 online registration would be available only to those who have a current and valid Wisconsin driver’s license or ID card. This does not help thousands of people who are qualified to vote in Wisconsin but don't have one of these two types of ID, including many seniors, students, minorities and low-income people.
The proposal would make it virtually impossible for groups like the League of Women Voters to conduct voter registration drives.
League members who are deputized to register voters sign up thousands of citizens every year in Wisconsin. They do so at senior centers, farmers markets, community fairs, high schools and colleges – and not just before an election. The League's volunteers reach citizens where they are, register them and answer their questions about when and where to vote. It would be a terrible mistake to shut down this important form of positive civic engagement.
The bill could have a full Senate vote as early as Tuesday, February 9.
CALL TO ACTION: Phone or email your state Senator today and urge him/her to oppose SB 295, which would make it harder for people to register to vote in Wisconsin.
For contact information for your legislators, click here and enter your address in the box to the left of the Wisconsin map under the heading Find My Legislators.
In the Senate:
SB 295 - Although this legislation offers some benefits, such as electronic voter registration (but available only for people in the DMV database), the benefits are more than offset by new restrictions.
CALL TO ACTION: Contact your State Senator and let them know you oppose SB 295.
On the Assembly floor:
AB 210 would permit local municipalities to put to referendum a 0.5% sales tax to help pay for local roads and highways, but not for public transit. This would make it very difficult for local communities to pass a Regional Transit Authority, which would also require a referendum to allow a sales tax.
CALL TO ACTION: Tell your Assembly representative to oppose AB 210.
AB 563 would allow drainage districts to be exempt from regulations protecting our lakes, streams and wetlands.
CALL TO ACTION: Tell your Assembly representative to oppose AB 563.
AB 582 and AB 600 - These bills would severely undercut shoreland zoning laws and protections for fragile wetlands which the League has supported over the years.
CALL TO ACTION: Tell your Assembly representative to oppose AB 582 and AB 600.
Click here to find contact information for your legislators
AB 481 would restrict the ability of school districts to take referenda to the public, extremely important in times of tight state funding. This should be a matter of local control.
AB 459 would require public school boards to designate school restrooms and changing rooms for the exclusive use of either "males" or "females." Aside from the obvious difficulties in enforcement and the likely litigation that would follow, this should be a matter for local school boards.
AB 751 would change the funding mechanism for voucher students in a way that would decrease state revenue for public school districts in which those students reside. This would seriously exacerbate the budget cuts already forced upon school districts by state budget decisions.
CALL TO ACTION: Tell your Assembly representative you oppose AB 481, AB 459 and AB 751.
The League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties is a nonpartisan political organization whose main objective is to promote political responsibility through the informed and active participation of all citizens in government at all levels, especially locally. Making Democracy Work!
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