July 27, 2020 Update from LWVLA
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August 11, 2020 Partisan Primary
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It's time to put your "Everyone Vote" signs out.
Thanks for helping to Get Out the Vote!
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"Election Inspectors are the gatekeepers of Democracy. They are vital to efficient and honest elections. Election Inspectors proudly conduct elections with accuracy, integrity, and dignity."
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The City of La Crosse City Clerk's Office needs more than 100 Election Inspectors (sometimes called "poll workers") to work at the polls every election. You can join this team of caring individuals who help ensure this basic right of citizenship: to vote in a fair, free election.
Extensive safety measures are in place for Election Day, and the Election Inspector Interest Form on the city's website has been updated.
If you are interested in being a poll worker, please fill out the Interest Form, located at the bottom of the page
here
as soon as possible and email it to
[email protected]
.
Please share this information if you know someone who would be qualified and interested in contributing to this important work.
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Help Promote "Vote from Home"
As many of us turn to absentee voting for the upcoming elections, we can promote safe voting by sharing our absentee voting stories. Above is
Morgan Grunow,
the Communications Manager for the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, showing a few different ways to #VoteFromHome.
This week, the LWVWI is introducing a #VoteFromHome campaign on social media and would love your participation. Here's how:
- Take a photo of yourself with your absentee ballot envelope (please do not take a photo of the actual ballot form or allow your mailing address to be seen in its entirety).
- Post it to Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, and tell us why you are choosing to #VoteFromHome.
- Use these hashtags: #VoteFromHome, #VoteByMail, #WisconsinVotes.
- Pass it on! Tag your friends, and encourage them to request an absentee ballot and share their stories too!
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Find information for your municipal clerk
here
and check with them for times and locations.
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WPR to Broadcast August 11 Primary Debates
For the next three weeks, Ezra Wall, host of WPR's
Newsmakers,
will moderate live debates on WPR featuring the candidates for the 3rd District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and for the 32nd District of the Wisconsin State Senate. Times and broadcast locations are shown below.
July 24
The 32nd District of the Wisconsin State Senate
Democratic candidates:
Brad Pfaff, Jayne Swiggum, and Paul Michael Weber.
The winner will face Dan Kapanke in November.
July 31
10 AM, 90.3 (WHLA)
August 1 (rebroadcast)
5 AM and 6 PM, 88.9 (WLSU)
The 3rd District of the U.S. House of Representatives
Republican candidates:
Jesse Ebben and Derrick Van Orden.
August 6
10 AM, 90.3 (WHLA)
August 7 (rebroadcast)
5 AM and 6 PM, 88.9 (WLSU)
The 3rd District of the U.S. House of Representatives
Democratic candidates:
Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, and Mark Neumann.
For additional WPR broadcast options, go
here.
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In Memory Of
Ben Belzer
All of Jane Klekamp’s and Keith Belzer’s fellow League members join them in their family’s grief at the loss of their son Ben.
Ben Belzer grew up in La Crosse, graduating from Logan High School. He received his degree with double majors from UW Madison, and at the time of his death worked for Governor Tony Evers.
Governor Evers expressed his condolences stating: “Kathy and I and my team are stunned by the loss of Ben...Ben was simply incomparable. He was remarkably talented and, even at 25, thoughtful and mature beyond his years. He was exceptionally bright and inquisitive, and he had a thirst for knowledge and understanding of our state and our world. He brought out the best of us with his wit, never shying away from a laugh even in the most frustrating of times. Ben was always optimistic about how we could be part of making this world a better place. He brought an unrelenting joy and drive to his job and the work we do each day, and it resonated with every person we met, everywhere we went.
Months ago, as we asked folks to limit their interactions to a circle of five people or less during this pandemic, and someone asked who was among my five people—Ben was. I am grateful and humbled that I had the great fortune of spending as much time with Ben as I did. I talk frequently of our Wisconsin values of kindness, respect, empathy, and compassion—Ben was truly the embodiment of these qualities. Through the most challenging of times since joining our team and especially these past few months, Ben came to work in earnest service of the people of Wisconsin and he did it with unmatched enthusiasm, grace, and humility. I could never have asked for a better partner in serving the people of our state.
“We are devastated by Ben’s death, and our thoughts and prayers are with Ben’s family and friends as we all mourn the loss of an exceptional young man who was taken from us far, far too soon.”
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Virtual Events of Interest
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As many of us continue to shelter in place, we miss the opportunity we had as League members to gather for learning and discussion about issues that represent the principles and policy priorities that drew us to become members of the LWV. To ease that loss, we are adding this section to our News Updates with links to online broadcasts recommended by our members that reflect our values and deepen our knowledge about our priorities. Please feel free to send us your recommendations.
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PBS Trailblazers: A Century of Extraordinary Women
PBS has launched a slate of multiplatform content this summer to honor those who fought for women's suffrage in the U.S. PBS is also commemorating the feminist movement throughout the 20th century and the stories of modern women who continue to transform modern history. Visit
here
to stream more than a dozen PBS productions about trailblazing women from the past century.
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Voices of Uprising: The Long Path toward Racial Justice
This UWL panel is a collaborative effort between the Division of Diversity & Inclusion and the Ethnic and Racial Studies Department.
Panelists include
Dr. Richard Breaux, Antoiwana Williams, and Darrell King, Jr.
Watch the recording of the panel
here
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On Being
In Conversation with Resmaa Menakem and Robin DiAngelo
In Conversation with M
inneapolis-based trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem in the weeks after George Floyd’s killing has become one of our most popular episodes and has touched listeners and galvanized personal searching. So we said yes when Resmaa proposed that he join On Being again, this time together with Robin DiAngelo, the author of White Fragility. Hearing the two of them together is electric — the deepest of dives into the calling of our lifetimes.
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The League of Women Voters of the L aCrosse Area
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