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Founded in 1924, The League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area, is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization serving the Coulee Region. We welcome everyone 16 and over to join us.

Our mission:
Empower Voters. Defend Democracy.

Our vision:
A democracy where every person has the desire,
the right, the knowledge and the confidence to participate.

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Help the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin monitor the April 7th Election.

We are seeking volunteers to be trained as Election Observers and placed in polling places in specific areas around the state. We will do our best to assign you to a location near your home.

Click below for more information and
to sign up by March 16.

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Add your name as a supporter of the
Call for Civil Discourse.

Send an email to communications@lwvlacrosse.org
providing your name and municipality
as a supporter of the Call for Civil Discourse project.

Example:
"Add my name as a supporter of the Call for Civil Discourse.
Sally Citizen, La Crosse"

What's On the Ballot?

—WI SUPREME COURT JUDGE

—COURT OF APPEAL JUDGE

—LA CROSSE COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISORS

—BOARDS OF EDUCATION

—MUNICIPAL OFFICERS

—REFERENDUMS IN HOLMEN AND MELROSE-MINDORO

2026 Spring Election
Tuesday, April 7

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CANDIDATE & ISSUE INFORMATION

Important Dates
March 18

Last Day for Online Registration
March 24
First Day of Early Voting
Last Day to Request an Absentee Ballot
March 24
Last Day to Mail Your Absentee Ballot
March 30

The SAVE America Act is progressing to the Senate for a vote.

The League of Women Voters asks us to call our senators urging them to vote NO.

Senator Tammy Baldwin
202-224-5653

Senator Ron Johnson
202-224-5323

The SAVE America Act (H.R.22/S. 128) was passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, February 11.

This bill applies to federal elections and requires

—citizens to acquire Documentary Proof of U.S. Citizenship (DOPC) such as a birth certificates or passports to provide proof of their eligibility to vote,

—citizens to register to vote with these documents in person,

—women and other citizens whose names have been changed to provide additional documentation such as marriage certificates and divorce decrees,

—citizens to repeat this process in person each time they move or change their name.

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Non-citizen voting is already illegal and confirmed to be rare.

If the SAVE America Act passes,
we're looking at a complicated and costly process
of gathering documents to exercise our fundamental right to vote.

This bill doesn't fix problems with fraud. It creates obstacles to vote.

Obstacles raised by the SAVE Act

Documentation must be presented in person, creating problems with transportation, time off from work, cost, and access to government offices.
Online and mail-in registration will no longer be allowed.
Voter registration drives will be eliminated.
All IDs—Real, military, student, or tribal—will not be acceptable for voter registration.
Millions of voters do not have access to the required documents.

Citizen voters likely to be impacted:

Married women and other personswhose names have changed
Elderly voters
Young voters
Voters with disabilities
Rural voters
Low-income voters
Military voters
Indigenous voters
Persons lacking a birth certificate

Constitutional concerns:

Poll taxes were fees for voter registration used to disenfranchise African American voters in the Jim Crow South. By making voting too expensive, these "taxes" severely reduced voter turnout. They were abolished for federal elections by the 24th Amendment in 1964 and declared unconstitutional for all elections in 1966.

Possible costs of the SAVE Act
for married women in Wisconsin:

$165 Passport
$ 20 Duplicate marriage license
$ 20 Duplicate divorce decree
$ 20. Duplicate birth certificate