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Deeply Flawed and Unsupportable Republican Redistricting Plan

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Deeply Flawed and Unsupportable Republican Redistricting Plan

On Thursday evening, September 14th, less than 48 hours after unveiling a massive, comprehensive overhaul plan for redistricting of Wisconsin’s state legislative districts, majority Assembly Republicans passed their legislation – Assembly Bill 415. The bill was drafted entirely in secret, with no consultation or input from Democrats or public interest groups who have long advocated for redistricting reform.

What you need to know to be a student voter in Wisconsin

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What you need to know to be a student voter in Wisconsin

Students can look up their school on the lists Common Cause Wisconsin and Campus Vote Project have compiled to see if the current student ID at their particular public, private, technical and community campuses in the state is an acceptable form of ID for voting.

Vos and Redistricting Reform in Wisconsin

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Vos and Redistricting Reform in Wisconsin

Vos's sudden embrace of nonpartisan redistricting reform legislation just doesn't pass the smell test.

Common Cause Wisconsin Strongly Supports Retaining Meagan Wolfe as Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator

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Common Cause Wisconsin Strongly Supports Retaining Meagan Wolfe as Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator

Testimony of Jay Heck, Executive Director, Common Cause Wisconsin for the August 29th Wisconsin Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections And Consumer Protection regarding support of retaining Meagan Wolfe as Administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission

Defending Student Voting Rights

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Defending Student Voting Rights

The amicus brief supports the rights of students to cast their votes from their campus addresses in La Crosse County

Encouraging Legal Challenge to Gerrymandered WI Maps

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Encouraging Legal Challenge to Gerrymandered WI Maps

Common Cause Wisconsin Encouraged by Strong Legal Challenge to Long Standing Hyper Partisan Gerrymandered State Legislative Voting Maps

The Future of Free and Fair Elections in Wisconsin

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The Future of Free and Fair Elections in Wisconsin

For the moment, at least, Wolfe continues in her role as administrator. As we draw ever closer to the beginning of the critical 2024 elections in Wisconsin it becomes increasingly important for the WEC to have Wolfes’s firm, steady, able and experienced leadership at the helm.

Clearer Rules Governing Election Observation Needed

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Clearer Rules Governing Election Observation Needed

Earlier this year, the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) unanimously decided that clearer administrative rules overseeing the election observer system in the state were desirable and necessary to help alleviate further misunderstanding and to promote greater public confidence in the election process in future elections. CCWI is participating in this effort.

Bipartisan Support for Strengthening State Elections

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Bipartisan Support for Strengthening State Elections

Our democracy and representative state government can exist only if our election system is free, fair and accessible to all Wisconsinites who are eligible to vote.

Wisconsin After the Most Significant Election of 2023

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Wisconsin After the Most Significant Election of 2023

The national hype for this contest for ideological control of the State Supreme Court was justified and not over the top. It was by any measure, monumentally significant.

Robert Spindell Unfit to Serve

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Robert Spindell Unfit to Serve

Sen. LeMahieu Must Rescind the Appointment of Robert Spindell as a Wisconsin Elections Commissioner for His Vicious Anti-Voter Statements and Actions

Common Cause Releases 2022 “Democracy Scorecard” Showing Growing Support in Congress for Democracy Reform

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Common Cause Releases 2022 “Democracy Scorecard” Showing Growing Support in Congress for Democracy Reform

MADISON, WI — As constituents evaluate the performance of their members of Congress, Common Cause released its 2022 “Democracy Scorecard,” a tracking resource with the positions of all members of Congress on campaign finance reform, ethics and transparency, and voting rights legislation. The fourth biennial scorecard is produced to help constituents hold their leaders in the 117th Congress accountable for passing common-sense legislation that preserves and strengthens our democracy.

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