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CC/WI Urges UW Regents to Adopt Uniform Student Photo IDs Compliant with Voter ID Law for All Institutions

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CC/WI Urges UW Regents to Adopt Uniform Student Photo IDs Compliant with Voter ID Law for All Institutions

The State Governing Board of Common Cause in Wisconsin, the state's largest non-partisan political reform advocacy organization with 7,000 members and supporters, sent a letter to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents urging adoption of uniform student photo IDs compliant with the state's voter ID law.

The Battle Against Partisan Gerrymandering in Wisconsin Progresses This Summer

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The Battle Against Partisan Gerrymandering in Wisconsin Progresses This Summer

State legislators are hearing from their constituents, including many CC/WI Members, calling for an end to partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin. Keep applying pressure on your state legislators. It's working!

“Iowa Model” Redistricting Reform Legislation Publicly Presented

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“Iowa Model” Redistricting Reform Legislation Publicly Presented

The "Iowa Model" redistricting measure has been introduced, with bi-partisan support, in the Wisconsin Legislature and will be formally rolled out by the lead sponsors on Tuesday, July 16 at 10:30 AM in the Assembly Parlor of the State Capitol.

Washington Post: To unlock the youth vote in 2020, Democrats wage legal fights against GOP-backed voting restrictions

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Washington Post: To unlock the youth vote in 2020, Democrats wage legal fights against GOP-backed voting restrictions

Activists lost a battle in 2015 over Wisconsin’s voter ID law, for instance, but Common Cause Wisconsin filed a lawsuit in April arguing that the same law discriminates against college students. The measure requires student IDs to include a signature, an issuance date and an expiration date no more than two years after the issuance date — features that are not always included on cards issued by universities.

“Iowa Model” Anti Gerrymandering Legislation Not Affected by Terrible Supreme Court Decision

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“Iowa Model” Anti Gerrymandering Legislation Not Affected by Terrible Supreme Court Decision

Last Thursday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to not inject itself, or other federal courts into the question of whether or not hyper-partisan redistricting could deny voters equal protection under the law was deeply disturbing, disappointing and disgusting – but not surprising.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice-Elect Hagedorn’s “Gratitude” to Republican Party Underscores Necessity for Stronger Recusal Rules

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice-Elect Hagedorn’s “Gratitude” to Republican Party Underscores Necessity for Stronger Recusal Rules

Hagedorn says he will be impartial when he is sworn in as a justice later this Summer. But in the absence of stronger recusal rules for Wisconsin judges, will he really be impartial, objective, and beholden only to the law and not his supporters?

Common Cause Wisconsin, Fair Elections Center & Others Challenge Wisconsin’s Requirements for Student IDs Used as Voter ID

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Common Cause Wisconsin, Fair Elections Center & Others Challenge Wisconsin’s Requirements for Student IDs Used as Voter ID

WISCONSIN – Today, Fair Elections Center and Pines Bach LLP filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, on behalf of Common Cause in Wisconsin and individual plaintiff Ben Quintero, challenging Wisconsin’s unnecessary requirements for student IDs to qualify as voter ID.

Voters Needed to Save Democracy

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Voters Needed to Save Democracy

There are some elections which prove to be more important than others in the operation of our democracy. One such election is this November. This importance will require voters truly concerned about the health of our nation's democracy to put the current state of hyper-partisanship, and too often single issue voting, aside and do some broader candidate analysis.

Janesville Gazette: Geography as destiny: As Paul Ryan exits, will it be more of the same?

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Janesville Gazette: Geography as destiny: As Paul Ryan exits, will it be more of the same?

Some voters in the 1st Congressional District weren’t born the last time a Democrat won the seat.

They might have to wait a while longer.

Republican Rep. Paul Ryan is retiring after 20 years in office.

He leaves a legacy of strong Republican support and a district whose boundaries have shifted to exclude Democrats and include more Republicans.

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