Campaign
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.
Voting & Fair Representation: Protecting Your Voice
We all deserve a say in choosing leaders who will fight for us in the halls of power. The right to vote must be secure, fair, and open to all.
Our votes are how we decide the future for our families, our communities, and our country. But too often, politicians pass unfair voting rules that drown out the voices of everyday people or rig legislative maps so we don’t get a real choice.
That’s why Common Cause protects your voice at the ballot box, in Congress, in state legislatures, in the courts, and beyond.
We have passed hundreds of commonsense solutions that give every American a say in our future – including vote-by-mail, online voter registration, early voting, and independent redistricting – and blocked voter suppression policies like strict voter ID and purges of registered voters.
What We’re Doing
Campaign
Create a Nonpartisan Redistricting Process
Wisconsin voters deserve fair representation for a democracy that better reflects our communities. We're working to end gerrymandering by removing politicians from the redistricting process.
Petition
Tell Congress: REJECT the anti-voter SAVE Act
Every eligible American deserves the freedom to vote without jumping through impossible hoops.
But the SAVE Act would scare newly naturalized citizens out of voting and make it harder for millions of eligible voters to cast a ballot – especially seniors, women, students, veterans, and rural voters.
REJECT the anti-voter SAVE Act and protect our right to vote.
form
Protect Voter Privacy
Before Common Cause takes the next step to protect voters’ private information, we need to hear directly from members like you.
form
Tell Us Why Vote-By-Mail Matters to You
Vote-by-mail is essential for millions of Americans who might not otherwise be able to participate in our democracy. As threats to mail voting continue nationwide, we’re gathering real stories from voters who depend on it and the barriers they may face trying to vote in person. Your answers will help us understand how vote-by-mail supports your ability to participate — and what challenges you would face without it. A member of our team may contact...
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Updates
Blog Post
Meet Bianca Shaw, the new CCWI State Director
Hello to the Common Cause Wisconsin community from Bianca Shaw.
Blog Post
A Tumultuous and Chaotic Political Year in Wisconsin Ending with Hope and Optimism for 2026 and Beyond, and My Departure from Common Cause
Wisconsin Voters Step Up to Demand Better Politics and Governance
Position Statement
Protecting Elections through Advocacy
Jay Heck's Written Testimony for Today's Assembly Hearing
Related Resources
Guide
The SAVE Act Myth vs. Fact
Guide
Explainer: Trump’s Executive Order Attacking Voting Rights
By: Dan Vicuna
Guide
Explainer: Trump Administration’s Proposal to Task USPS with Census Enumeration
The United States Postal Service is a highly trusted, independent agency that provides a critical service to the public. Tasking the USPS with conducting the census will lead to increased costs, overburdened postal workers, and service delays.
Press
News Clip
Editorial | City’s argument in uncounted ballots case troubling
A coalition of voting rights groups, including the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, Common Cause Wisconsin, the ACLU of Wisconsin, the All in Wisconsin Fund and the group All Voting is Local proclaimed: "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."
News Clip
Steil joins House GOP in pushing proof-of-citizenship voting act
House Republicans rushed to approve legislation on Wednesday that would impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements ahead of the midterm elections, a long shot Trump administration priority that faces sharp blowback in the Senate.
News Clip
Wisconsin voting groups call Madison absentee ballot defense ‘dangerous’
Six Wisconsin voting groups are now joining the Democracy Defense Project and Gov. Tony Evers in objecting to Madison and former clerk's legal argument that absentee voting is not a constitutional right.
Erin Grunze
Program Manager Wisconsin
Common Cause Wisconsin
Jay Heck
Former Executive Director (1996-2025)
Common Cause Wisconsin
Bianca Shaw
State Director, Wisconsin
Common Cause Wisconsin