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Wisconsin Election Protection
We work with Election Protection Coalition partners to safeguard elections in Wisconsin and help voters cast their ballot without confusion, obstruction, or intimidation.
Election Protection
Every eligible voter deserves a say in the policies that impact their daily lives. That is why Common Cause mobilizes volunteers nationwide to help voters cast their ballot.
The right to vote and have our voices heard is fundamental to our democracy. In defense of this right, Common Cause co-leads the Election Protection Coalition to help Americans across the country navigate the voting process and cast their ballot without obstruction, confusion, or intimidation. Our election protection efforts include:
- Deploying thousands of on-the-ground volunteers at polling places
- Recruiting a team of legal experts to staff the 866-OUR-VOTE hotline
- Monitoring social media for harmful election disinformation
These election protection efforts are a crucial line of defense for voters against suppression tactics, confusing laws, outdated infrastructure, and more. Above all, we inform voters of their rights, help elections officials handle problems in real time, and notify attorneys when the situation warrants legal intervention.
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Liberals criticize Madison officials’ stance on absentee voting
"Voting is a constitutional right. Once a state permits absentee voting, every voter who lawfully casts an absentee ballot has the right to have their ballot counted. Full stop," the groups wrote.
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Wisconsin Congressman sponsors sweeping election reform legislation
Congressman Bryan Steil’s MEGA Act has a laundry list of goals. It would require photo ID to vote, require states to verify citizenship during voter registration, require strong voter list maintenance, require mail-in ballots to be received by the close of polls on Election Day (with exceptions for military members overseas), and require states to use auditable paper ballots. It would also ban ballot harvesting, ban ranked choice voting and ban universal vote by mail.
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Wisconsin election officials skeptical of proposed early-voting mandate for municipalities
“It’s only going to create more opportunities for voting,” said Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause Wisconsin. “That for us is always the key. It should be funded for more than one year.”
Erin Grunze
Program Manager Wisconsin
Common Cause Wisconsin