Take Action

Four Things You Can Do . . .

1. HELP OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED, BUILD ELECTION CAMPAIGN INTEGRITY and END LEGAL BRIBERY

Join the national movement to help overturn the disastrous U.S. Supreme Court rulings in Citizens United v. FEC (2010) and related cases. Citizens United ruled that corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money to support (or trash) specific candidates. Twenty-three states are already on board for amending the U.S. Constitution to proclaim that corporations aren’t persons and money isn’t speech. The amendment will help us get the corrupting big money out of politics. Let’s bring Wisconsin on board!

>> Contact and tell your legislators to champion a resolution introduced in 2025 as SJR38 and AJR42. The joint resolution places a question on the nearest Fall statewide ballot to ask the people if Congress should propose an amendment to overturn Citizens United v. F.E.C. and related cases. Note, this resolution has been a part of the Campaign Integrity package of reforms.

>> Contact and tell your legislators to champion campaign finance reform bills that will promote campaign accountability, transparency, and integrity by, in part, banning corporations from donating to political parties, reducing by at least half the total amount of money individuals may contribute to candidates, and forcing dark money groups to fully disclose who their donors are. Read our statement on bills reintroduced in 2023 as the Campaign Integrity package.

>> Contact George Penn at Wisconsin United to Amend (WiUTA). WiUTA is the organization that has for the last 12 years worked with good government reform advocates in communities statewide to pass local resolutions in favor of this constitutional amendment as more than 180 communities in Wisconsin have already done. They are doing other things in addition to the resolutions and need champions like you to keep this movement growing. Read more about these local efforts here.

>> Sign and download the petition in support of a 28th Amendment.

2. BE AN INFORMED VOTER: KNOW WHERE CANDIDATES STAND ON ENDING GERRYMANDERING AND PROTECTING OUR FREEDOM TO VOTE

At candidate forums, town halls, and in Letters to the Editor, make sure candidates hear from you.

Here are questions you might want to ask them:

Will you champion reform legislation that creates a permanent, independent, and nonpartisan redistricting process for Wisconsin to ensure neither political party can gerrymander our voting district maps in the future?
What will you do to ensure that all voters -- including rural and urban voters and voters with disabilities -- are able to cast their ballots freely and accessibly?
Do you believe nonpartisan, independent state elections oversight is needed to administer fair and accurate elections in Wisconsin?
What will you do about the problem of big and dark money in our elections?

>> You can go to the LWVWI's voter guide (https://www.vote411.org/ballot) and find unbiased information on candidates and where they stand on various issues.

3. FIGHT TO UPROOT RACISM and "UNLOCK THE VOTE"

>> Contact your legislators to urge them to "Unlock the Vote" by championing 4 legislative proposals:

Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) -- 2023 Assembly Bill 605/Senate Bill 561. This bill seeks to protect voter’s rights through a system of AVR where driver's license or identification card applicants may choose to “opt out” and not have their information shared with the Elections Commission.
Facilitate Voter Registration for Those Who Have Voting Rights Restored Following a Felony Conviction – 2023 Assembly Bill 582/Senate Bill 622. Each year thousands of Wisconsinites rejoin society after being incarcerated. These citizens are expected to participate fully in our society after their release. An important part of this process is regaining the right to vote in our elections. This bill seeks to make the voting registration process easier for those who have had their right to vote restored. This bill requires that the DOC, in addition to the date the person becomes eligible to vote, provide a voter registration form, information about the eligibility to vote, a written explanation of how to vote, whether that be in-person or by mail, as well as information about the current election cycle.
End Prison Gerrymandering -- 2023 Assembly Bill 595. Prison gerrymandering is when inmates are counted, for purposes of the Census, as living in the community where the jail or prison is located (largely rural) – and not as a member of the community where they’re from (largely urban) -- distorting the population and representation of those districts. The voting power of everyone living outside of the prison-hosting communities is unfairly affected. This problem affects both rural and urban communities.
Establish Jail-based Voting -- 2023 Assembly Bill 597. We need a plan to register qualified electors who are detained in jail and to allow the electors to vote while detained.

4. FIGHT FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE

>> Contact your legislators to urge them to champion an Economic Bill of Rights for All Wisconsites, introduced in 2025 as Assembly Joint Resolution 33/ Senate Joint Resolution 33 by Rep. Francesca Hong and Senator Chris Larson. The resolution states that all Wisconsinites deserve the right to:

A job that provides dignity at work and pays a living wage;

Adequately funded public education and affordable, accessible child care;

A union, public or private, and collective bargaining;

Affordable, accessible, and comprehensive high-quality health care;

A clean, sustainable environment and healthy planet;

Decent, sustainable community infrastructures including safe, affordable housing, transportation, and broadband;

Equitable access to capital, investments, financial institutions, and retirement;

A fair, restorative, and equitable justice system;

Recreation and participation in community and civic life; and

Life, self-determination, and freedom from oppressions for all Wisconsinites regardless of documentation status.