tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88130116119665017782024-03-18T11:10:25.439-05:00Common Cause WisconsinA non-partisan, non-profit citizen's lobby affiliated with national Common Cause. We focus on campaign finance, ethics and lobby reform, open meetings law and other issues concerning the promotion and maintenance of "clean," open, responsive and accountable government.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger832125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-28227930987872002182024-03-11T08:45:00.006-05:002024-03-12T12:46:25.200-05:00Two Constitutional Amendment Questions On April 2nd Spring Election BallotFor release: Monday - March 11, 2024Image: No Photo by Morgan Bryan on UnsplashBoth Measures Could Adversely Affect ElectionsOn the April 2nd Spring Election ballot in Wisconsin, in addition to contests for local offices, judgeships, school board members and other positions, the Wisconsin Legislature had directed that there were also be two constitutional amendments passed by the Republican EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-80362895498646505642024-03-06T08:41:00.004-06:002024-03-06T08:59:50.684-06:00Your Vote Powers Our FutureFor release: Wednesday - March 6, 2024Image: Voting is your Voice, Power, RightVisit MyVote.wi.gov for official voting informationThe 2024 Spring General Election is fast approaching - Tuesday, April 2nd! And there are things you can take care of now to prepare for Election Day or to cast your absentee ballot in advance. Be ready for April 2nd by reviewing and sharing the information below. EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-27307939583436397132024-02-28T08:03:00.000-06:002024-02-28T08:03:06.268-06:00Fair Price for Fair MapsFor release: Wednesday - February 28, 2024Image: Tim CullenWisconsin Taxpayers to Pay Just $64,000 for Fair Voting Maps After Doling Out More Than $3 Million for Unfair, Partisan Gerrymandered Maps Over last 13 YearsOn Monday, consultants hired by the Wisconsin Supreme Court submitted bills totaling about $128,000 for advice and analysis of state legislative voting maps submitted to EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-6368566172000263622024-02-20T08:40:00.001-06:002024-02-20T08:40:21.135-06:00The Polls are Open for the Spring PrimaryFor release: Tuesday - February 20, 2024Image: Vote Here sign outside of polling place / Photo: E GrunzeCheck to see if you have an Election Today!School board, alderperson, mayor, judges, town board or city council, county board members - these are elected positions that could be on your ballot today. However, because there is not a statewide contest in the spring primary, not all voters have a EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-1090769150668305342024-02-19T12:40:00.001-06:002024-02-19T12:40:38.397-06:00Wisconsin Has Fair Legislative Voting Maps!For release: Monday - February 19, 2024Image: Governor speaking at the Fair Maps bill signing / Channel 3000 photoGov. Evers Signs Transformative Redistricting Measure into LawMonday, February 19th is a federal holiday celebrated around the nation as President’s Day. Today, Wisconsinites also can begin celebrating new, far more fair and representative state legislative district voting maps that EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-88153678089845155392024-02-14T11:27:00.001-06:002024-02-14T11:49:56.938-06:00Wisconsin Legislature Passes Governor's State Legislative District Voting MapsFor release: Wednesday - February 14, 2024Image: Wisconsin Deserves Fair MapsEvers Has Said He Will Sign Maps Legislation into Law Effective for 2024 ElectionsFairer and more representative state legislative district voting maps are finally on the verge of becoming a reality in Wisconsin.The Wisconsin Legislature on Tuesday passed new and dramatically different state legislative voting maps to beEGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-25564971557493002842024-01-23T09:24:00.004-06:002024-01-26T16:53:07.929-06:00Urgent Call to Action: TODAY Reject 11th Hour Surprise Attack by State Senate GOP to Circumvent WI Supreme Court on Fair MapsFor release: Tuesday - January 23, 2024Image: People rally for Fair MapsAttempt to Pass Flawed Redistricting Legislation to Maintain Extreme Partisan Advantage in State Senate TodayNote: This is a variation of the statement issued by the Fair Maps Coalition of Wisconsin of which CC/WI is a member. The urgent need for an end to partisan gerrymandering and to implement fair and EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-16501975450384549242024-01-18T10:48:00.002-06:002024-01-18T10:48:25.640-06:00Your 2024 Election To-Do List in Ground Zero WisconsinFor release: Thursday - January 18, 2024Image: I have a Plan to Vote. Do You?What you can do now to be ready to vote in the 2024 electionIn every presidential election year in the 21st century, Wisconsin has been front and center as one of the most closely contested, pivotal “battle ground” states that play a major role in deciding who is elected President. 2024 is no exception and may be even EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-11098137039862521502024-01-09T12:10:00.003-06:002024-01-09T12:13:07.334-06:00Fairer Voting Maps Process Moving Rapidly Forward in 2024For release: Tuesday - January 9, 2024Image: Entrance to the Wisconsin Supreme Court Chamber. Photo E GrunzeWisconsin Supreme Court Decision to Overturn 2021-22 Redistricting ProcessIn what most Wisconsinites in the future will remember as a welcome holiday gift, the new, pro-democracy, pro-voter majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on December 22nd issued a decisive, landmark decision that EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-3045752026118666242023-12-31T08:56:00.003-06:002024-02-26T08:58:53.741-06:00In The News - December 2023
Common Cause Wisconsin’s Jay Heck accuses Solem of being Scrooge on potential new voting maps
December 26, 2023 - Rick Solem, WIZM News La Crosse
Voting maps go back to the drawing board
December 23, 2023 - Tim Kowols, Door County Daily News
Wisconsin GOP Assembly leader backs off threat to impeach Supreme Court judge over redistricting
December 22, 2023 - Charles Jay, Daily Kos
EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-32809958850587708842023-12-19T11:13:00.003-06:002023-12-19T11:13:37.283-06:00Fair Voting Maps, Voting Rights and Democracy Itself are At Stake in 2024For release: Tuesday - December 19, 2023Image: Photos of Janet Protasiewicz and Meagan Wolfe. A "Vote Here" sign outside of a polling location.Common Cause Wisconsin 2023 Year End ReviewAs we draw near to the end of an eventful and tumultuous 2023 in Wisconsin, it's worthwhile taking a moment to look back and review some of the significant events that occurred this year in the ongoing battle for EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-36819799095876146892023-11-30T14:58:00.002-06:002024-01-10T15:00:02.844-06:00In the News - November 2023
Rally Calls for Fair Maps in WI
November 22, 2023 - Wisconsin Breaking News
Advocates rally to protest Wisconsin’s ‘etch-a-sketch gerrymandered maps’
November 21, 2023 - Abigail Leavins, The Isthmus
Oral Arguments for Redistricting in the State Supreme Court Tuesday
November 17, 2023 - Greg Stensland, Between the Lines, WFDL fm radio
The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ugly politics, EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-30281972267131177012023-11-15T10:44:00.002-06:002023-11-15T10:44:18.103-06:00Wisconsin Fair Voting Maps Lawsuit Oral Arguments and Rallies Around the StateFor release: Wednesday - November 15, 2023 Image: Inside of the Wisconsin Supreme Court ChamberWisconsin Voters Day in Court Begins Tuesday, November 21stAfter more than a dozen years of pushback and struggle, the proponents of fair voting maps and ending partisan gerrymandering of state legislative districts in Wisconsin will finally get their day in court before the newly constitutedEGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-26253950567817775252023-10-31T14:54:00.002-05:002024-01-10T14:56:36.827-06:00In The News - October 2023
Redistricting Legislation and Constitutional Amendments
October 26, 2023 - Greg Stensland, Between the Lines, WFDL fm radio
Democrats, fair maps advocates assail Wisconsin Republicans’ nonpartisan redistricting bill
October 24, 2023 - Mary Bosch, The Daily Cardinal
Democrats and members of the public criticize Republicans’ ‘Iowa-style’ redistricting plan during first public hearing
EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-29320322763256675312023-10-25T08:19:00.005-05:002023-10-25T08:21:42.471-05:00Flawed, Partisan Redistricting Measure Gets a Public Hearing and Overwhelming Opposition at the Capitol Last WeekFor release: Wednesday - October 25, 2023 Image: Jay Heck sits behind legislators speaking on their redistricting bill. (Baylor Spears | Wisconsin Examiner)Fast Tracked Process, Shortcomings in the Bill and Lack of Bipartisan & Citizen Input Are All Cited as Major ProblemsAt the Capitol last Thursday October 19th in the first officially sanctioned legislative public hearing on EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-27228938865589781022023-10-17T08:09:00.003-05:002023-10-17T08:32:06.394-05:00Public Hearing on Flawed and Partisan Wisconsin Redistricting Bill This ThursdayFor release: Tuesday - October 17, 2023 Image: Photo Credit - Wisconsin Public Radio; CCWI Director Jay Heck, 2nd from right, speaking on 10/9/23Oppose the Pseudo “Iowa Model” Redistricting Reform Measure – Senate Bill 488This past Friday the 13th brought Wisconsin some sudden, surprising and interesting political news and activity. Republicans in the State Senate EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-67068756298532598802023-10-10T08:17:00.005-05:002023-10-10T08:21:18.138-05:00Common Cause Wisconsin Opposes AB 415 in Public Telling EventFor release: Wednesday - October 10, 2023Statement of Jay Heck -- Executive Director, Common Cause WisconsinFair Maps Coalition Public TellingTuesday, October 9, 2023The Problems with AB 415 and Why Common Cause Wisconsin Opposes this BillOn Thursday evening, September 14th, less than 48 hours after unveiling a massive, comprehensive overhaul plan for redistricting of Wisconsin’s state EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-82903559203868179272023-09-30T14:50:00.002-05:002024-01-10T14:52:18.169-06:00In The News - September 2023
Gerrymandering's influence in Wisconsin
September 29, 2023 - Interview with Jay Heck, The Wisconsin Independent
Legislation to protect election workers moves forward at Wisconsin Capitol
September 26, 2023 - Anya van Wagtendonk, Wisconsin Public Radio
Conversation with Jay Heck on Wisconsin's Democracy, Voting Rights, and Fair Maps
September 18, 2023 - Attorney Mark Thomsen, The EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-68864446317752157152023-09-22T08:27:00.000-05:002023-09-22T08:27:08.468-05:00Partisan Pseudo “Iowa Model” Redistricting Plan Rushed Through the Wisconsin Assembly on September 14th is Deeply Flawed and UnsupportableFor release: Friday - September 22, 2023 Image: Photo of the Wisconsin Assembly Chamber On Thursday evening, September 14th, less than 48 hours after unveiling a massive, comprehensive overhaul plan for redistricting of Wisconsin’s state legislative districts, majority Assembly Republicans passed their legislation – Assembly Bill 415. The bill was drafted entirely in EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-76813650486062755882023-09-19T11:31:00.005-05:002023-09-19T11:32:56.190-05:00Vital Information College and University Students in Wisconsin Need to Know to be Able to Vote!For release: Tuesday - September 19, 2023 Image: Get Ready to Vote Here's what you need to know to be a student voter in Wisconsin.Students attending one of Wisconsin’s many fine public or private colleges and universities are back on campus and NOW is an excellent time for students to do a “democracy check” to make sure they are ready to vote in Wisconsin.About a dozen years ago,EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-76734936067283092842023-09-13T16:50:00.001-05:002023-09-13T16:51:30.480-05:00Common Cause Wisconsin Statement on “Iowa Model” Redistricting Reform Measure Unveiled by Assembly Speaker Robin VosFor release: Wednesday - September 13, 2023 Image: Wisconsin Deserves Fair MapsThe Proposed Bill Lacks Nonpartisan SafeguardsAfter steadfastly opposing any and every attempt to reform the redistricting process in Wisconsin over at least the last 12 years, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is now attempting to ram through his version of reform legislation in less than two days? With EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-70209642019657434662023-08-31T14:45:00.004-05:002024-01-10T14:47:26.918-06:00In The News - August 2023
Republicans Target Wisconsin’s Election Chief for Removal, Fueled by Falsehoods
August 29, 2023 - Neil Vigdor, The New York Times
Election conspiracists testify at disputed confirmation hearing for WEC administrator
August 29, 2023 - Henry Redman, Wisconsin Examiner
WEC Administrator Reappointment Hearing
August 29, 2023 - Greg Stensland, Between the Lines, WFDL fm radio
Liberal EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-35052029696123361102023-08-29T09:08:00.003-05:002023-08-29T09:20:51.303-05:00Common Cause Wisconsin Strongly Supports Retaining Meagan Wolfe as Wisconsin Elections Commission AdministratorFor release: Tuesday - August 29, 2023Testimony of Jay Heck -- Executive Director, Common Cause WisconsinWisconsin Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections And Consumer ProtectionTuesday, August 29, 2023In Support of Retaining Meagan Wolfe as Administrator of the Wisconsin Elections CommissionSenators Knodl, Spreitzer, Feyen, Smith and Quinn,My name is Jay Heck and for the past 27 years I EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-52436861918816656912023-08-07T10:35:00.004-05:002023-08-07T10:54:36.021-05:00The Andrew Goodman Foundation and Common Cause Wisconsin Join As Amici To Defend Student Voting Rights In WisconsinFor release: Monday - August 7, 2023 Image: Students votingThe amicus brief supports the rights of students to cast their votes from their campus addresses in La Crosse CountyThe Andrew Goodman Foundation (AGF), a leading nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to enfranchise and educate young people in the electoral process, and Common Cause Wisconsin, the state’s largest EGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813011611966501778.post-7932539823922162752023-08-03T11:11:00.000-05:002023-08-03T11:11:47.716-05:00Common Cause Wisconsin Encouraged by Strong Legal Challenge to Long Standing Hyper Partisan Gerrymandered State Legislative Voting MapsFor release: Thursday - August 3, 2023 Image: Wisconsin Supreme Court Chambers. Photo: J HeckWisconsin Supreme Court is Being Asked to Provide Injunctive Relief to Millions of State Voters in Time for the Upcoming 2024 ElectionsOn Wednesday morning, August 2nd, a day after Milwaukee Judge Janet Protaseiwicz was sworn in as Wisconsin’s most recent Supreme Court Justice, a longEGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909626989812570408noreply@blogger.com0