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Wisconsin is still in need of people like you to serve as paid poll workers for the 2022 elections! Being a poll works means you help people practice their freedom to vote and ensure as many people as possible can cast their ballot. You are making sure the voices of your community are heard!
Be a poll worker—sign up through December.
Read MorePlease call your senators repeatedly and urge them to support the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Senator Ron Johnson (202) 224-5323, Senator Tammy Baldwin (202) 224-5653.
And go to myvote.wi.gov to make sure you are registered to vote, or to update your registration.
Be sure to read this post for additional information about our efforts!
Read MoreFor more information see Wisconsin’s first Civic Health report. Civic Health Month is a nationwide initiative, learn more about how you can get involved here.
Read MoreBenjamin DePasquale, junior at Lawrence University has created a new podcast:
The Gerrymandered State
• Episode 1: The History of Gerrymandering in Wisconsin features Matt Rothschild, Exec Director at the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.
• Episode 2: The Ramifications of Gerrymandering in Wisconsin - Ben talks with Outagamie County Board Supervisor Jerry Iverson, and Board Chair Jeff Nooyan.
• Episode 3: What Citizens Can Do Penny Bernard Schaber, 8th CD Fair Maps Team Leader and retired State Legislator, and Carlene Bechen, Organizing Director for the Fair Maps Coalition.
The People's Maps Commission Portal is still open to submit maps through July 31st. Make sure your community of interest is represented.
Read MoreYou’re Invited: Wisconsin Mapmaking Week of Action July 11-17, The Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition is hosting a Map Making Week of Action next week, from July 11 to 17. July marks your last chance to submit maps and written comments to the People’s Maps Commission (PMC) before the portal closes. Right now, there is no better way to have your voice heard in the redistricting process than to submit a community map of your own!
Read MoreMemorial Medical Center and the Ashland, Bayfield, and Iron county health departments are working together to conduct each organization’s community health-needs assessment. Every three years, hospitals are required to conduct a needs assessment and every five years counties are required to complete one. The survey completion deadline is July 12.
The survey is available online at: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6398420/Community-Health-Survey
Paper copies of the survey may be requested by contacting Abby Miller at 715-685-5182 or ammiller@ashlandmmc.com We encourage all to participate in this survey and provide valuable feedback on the health needs in our community!
Read MoreBiennial Budget Testimonies. Budget Comments will be accepted until Noon on April 30th.
What do you want the Joint Finance Committee to know about how money is being spent in Wisconsin? Do you feel we need more help with our roads and internet access? It's not too late to write personal testimonies and submit by the deadline of noon 4/30. It is not too late to put together a single issue short online comment or email.
Submit your comments online on the Joint Finance Committee Budget Public Comment Website
The general JFC email is : Budget.Comments@legis.wisconsin.gov
This article also has letters sent on behalf of the LWV-ABC which were crafted by our Economic Inequality Committee Co-Chairs, Linda Jorgenson and Jan Penn.
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Read MoreBeginning today, advocates of nonpartisan redistricting, including members of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, the Fair Maps Coalition Grassroots Team, and others, will begin a campaign of email messages to state legislators demanding a nonpartisan, non-gerrymandered mapping process in 2021. Please join us so that legislators hear from their constituents from all over the state!
Contact your legislators today by customizing this email template to express your concerns about the impacts of partisan gerrymandering.
Read MoreThe 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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