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Transparency & Disclosure
Voters across the political spectrum support strong disclosure laws. Wisconsinites deserve to know who is trying to influence our government and elections with secret money.
Ethics & Accountability
Public officials should act in all of our interest, not to line their own pockets. Common Cause is fighting to ensure that all of our leaders are held to high ethical standards.
From city councils to the U.S. Congress and the Supreme Court, the people making decisions that affect our lives and our families need to be held to the highest ethical standards. Common Cause works to ensure that those empowered to act on everyone’s behalf disclose their personal finances, uphold the rule of law, and cannot turn their public service into a personal profit scheme.
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Background and History of Judicial Recusal in Wisconsin
The landscape began to shift about a decade ago when outside special interest groups, for the first time, began to pour millions of dollars into the election of two State Supreme Court Justices.
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Actions You Can Take NOW to Defend Democracy and Advance Reform
We can rise up, fight back, organize and mobilize through action and engagement.
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The Cure for the Ills of Democracy is Indeed More Democracy
Common Cause Wisconsin updates and actions for Summer 2025
Opinion
The fight for the survival of democracy will be won at the ballot box
The cure for the ills of democracy in Wisconsin and nationally is voting.
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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."
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Wisconsin Elections Commission steps in to challenge Madison’s argument on absentee voting
A rare court filing adds to the growing condemnation of the city’s defense against a lawsuit seeking monetary damages for votes that weren’t counted in 2024.
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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.