The League of Women Voters of Ashland & Bayfield Counties (LWV/ABC)
We are a nonpartisan political organization whose main objective is to promote political responsibility through the informed and active participation of all in government at all levels, especially locally.
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We urge LWV/ABC members and friends to sign on as private citizens to the letter.
This must be completed by the evening of April 22 in order for the letter to be delivered to the Canadian Ministers on April 24, the 70th Anniversary of Enbridge Line 5’s operation. Simply go to:
https://communitiesunitedbywater.org/communities-united-by-water/tell-canadian-ministers-no
Further details are also presented at this link. Note copies being sent to US officials.
Join us! The Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WCC) and Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host an open house in each county the week of April 3 to connect with the public, answer questions about resource management, and discuss local issues of importance. The WCC will also hold elections for two of the five delegate seats in each county. April 3rd: Bayfield and Sawyer counties. April 5th: Ashland and Iron counties. Consider standing for delegate!
THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 6:00 TO 7:30 PM, Candidates: Joe Oskvarek & Tara Tervort
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Ashland School Board Forum, March 7th, 2023 held at the School Board District office in Ashland. Host: Kate Miller, Moderator: Allison Lutterman. Click Read more to view the video…
This program, aired on January 10, 2023, was based on a recent publication of Wisconsin Green Fire, a non-partisan organization whose mission is to advance science-informed analysis and policy solutions to address Wisconsin's greatest conservation challenges. Click Read More to view the video.
Read about the experience of Mary Wichita of Mason, WI, canvassing with Native Vote. You can have a similar great experience.
Today is Poll Worker Recruitment Day, a day of action in honor of the people who make our democracy run smoothly.
In 2022, we're already seeing the need for more poll workers. We're proud to partner with Power the Polls, because our democracy depends on ordinary people who make sure every person's vote is counted.
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Enbridge Line 5 is a 645-mile-long pipeline between Superior, WI and Sarnia, Ontario. It crosses over 400 ecologically sensitive wetlands and waterways in the Great Lakes watershed, which supplies the drinking water for 48 million people. Enbridge has promoted its pipeline as a reliable, safe, and affordable method of delivering energy.
These pipelines impact an incredibly large swath of Wisconsin waterways and drinking water supply. With that in mind, what is Enbridge not sharing with you?
A compilation of Enbridge's environmental transgressions summarized by P.K. Hammel, Attorney from Antigo, WI.
For those of you who couldn’t attend Click Here to view the video of the annual meeting.
With the upcoming spring election, voters are confused by two constitutional amendments presented by the legislature. These are constitutional amendments and voters need to know the consequences if these amendments are passed. In this post you will find information on these amendments and where the League stands on these amendments. Simply put, we are encouraging voters to vote no! Click Read more to learn why!
This spring, all eyes are on Wisconsin as voters decide who will fill an empty seat on our state Supreme Court. The stakes could not be higher as we can expect the justices to hear cases about voting rights, abortion access and the purity of our water within the next term.
But dark money, or campaign funding from undisclosed donors, complicates this role. Leading up to the primary, big-dollar, out-of-state interest groups are already working overtime to politicize our judges and purchase influence, attempting to block out the voice of Wisconsin voters…
Jennifer Dorow, Dan Kelly, Everett Mitchell and Janet Protasiewicz are facing each other in the Feb. 21 primary to run in the 2023 spring general election for state Supreme Court justice.
Read the article in PBS Wisconsin online By ZAC SCHULTZ, January 4, 2023
Read more from Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Wisconsin_Supreme_Court_elections,_2023
In June of 2022, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case Moore v. Harper, which considers the "independent state legislature” theory or ISLT. Adoption of the independent state legislature theory by the US Supreme Court would be detrimental to all Americans. It would prevent state courts from ruling on actions of the state legislature that govern federal elections, essentially giving state legislatures unchecked authority to set the rules for federal elections, including redistricting maps…
Coming Events
Annual Meeting, Monday, May 13, at the United Presbyterian Congregational Church, Lower Level. We'll begin with social time at 5:30pm.
Book Discussion Percival Everett’s Novel “James” Monday, June 10, 6 p.m. Doors open 5:30 with refreshments, Vaughn Library, 502 Main St. West , Ashland, 2nd Floor, Meeting Room.
The perspective on the events in “Huckleberry Finn” are flipped to the first-person narrative in the voice of Jim, the enslaved runaway. Come even if you haven’t read it yet. All are welcome!
Your local library may have a copy of the book you can borrow.