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Have the Candidates Running for the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly in Your Area Pledged to End Partisan Gerrymandering and Support Nonpartisan Redistricting Reform?

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Have the Candidates Running for the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly in Your Area Pledged to End Partisan Gerrymandering and Support Nonpartisan Redistricting Reform?

Let’s find out which candidates of all political parties for the Wisconsin Legislature are willing to stand up and pledge support for it and for the voters of our state.

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Executive Director, Common Cause Wisconsin
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608-512-9363

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Regional Communications Strategist (Midwest)
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Overwhelming Opposition to Flawed Redistricting Reform Bill at Public Hearing

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Overwhelming Opposition to Flawed Redistricting Reform Bill at Public Hearing

Opponents, including CC/WI Director Jay Heck’s lead-off testimony, cited "trust" issues and a flawed bill and process and a lack of bipartisan and citizen input. The hearing room was filled to capacity, with dozens testifying and not a single "citizen" spoke in full support of SB 488/AB 415.

50 State Report: Wisconsin Earns Failing Grade for Redistricting from Common Cause

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50 State Report: Wisconsin Earns Failing Grade for Redistricting from Common Cause

MADISON, WI — Today, Common Cause, the leading anti-gerrymandering group, published a report grading the redistricting process in all 50 states from the view of the community. The comprehensive report evaluates public access, outreach, and education in each state based on an analysis of more than 120 detailed surveys and more than 60 interviews.  

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.

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.

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.

Misguided State Supreme Court Ruling for “Least Change” Voting Maps Creates Urgent Need for Redistricting Reform

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Misguided State Supreme Court Ruling for “Least Change” Voting Maps Creates Urgent Need for Redistricting Reform

What can be done to counter the disgust and dismay that most Wisconsinites feel right now about what the gerrymandered Republican majority in the Wisconsin Legislature and now, the conservative activists on the Wisconsin Supreme Court have done to defy the will of the people and extend and cement into place their rigged voting maps for another ten years? The answer is clear and simple. We must redouble our effort and determination to change the current corrupt status quo.

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