October 22, 2024 News Update
Everyone Vote! Are You Ready? | Early Voting Starts Today!
October 22, 2024
Check it Out! | The City of La Crosse will have in-person absentee voting hours for the upcoming November 5th General Election starting Tuesday, October 22nd through Friday, November 1st as shown on the graphic above.
Remember your Photo ID. If you need to register to vote or update a voter registration, be sure to bring acceptable Proof of Residence.
You may also personally deliver your voted absentee ballot to one of the in-person absentee voting locations during voting hours – be sure it is properly signed (voter & witness) and sealed.
Any questions about the absentee ballot process, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 608-789-7510 or elections@cityoflacrosse.org. | Read * Think * Vote
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| | The League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area posts on several social media sites. Find us on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and most recently on TikTok. Check us out and let us know what you think. | The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin is now recruiting volunteers for our Post-Election Equipment Audit Observation Program.
The equipment audits happen in the weeks after election day and we may only get 24 hours notice, so flexibility is key for this volunteer opportunity.
We will find out what municipalities, reporting units and contests are chosen for post-election equipment audits on Wednesday November 6, 2024 during a special Wisconsin Elections Commission meeting.
We will provide training, a reporting form to document findings, and other support!
Questions? Contact LWVWI Voter Services Coordinator, Delany Zimmer at dzimmer@lwvwi.org or (608) 256-0827
| Leader Ethics with WisAct
October 30, 2024 12-2 pm, virtual | You can register HERE to attend this virtual training.
LeaderEthics is a proud partner with WisAct. | October Book Club
October 28, 2024 |  | A provocative manifesto for an interpretation of Islam that synthesizes liberal ideas and respect for the Islamic tradition. From furious reactions to the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, news from the Muslim world begs the question: is Islam incompatible with freedom? With an eye sympathetic to Western liberalism and Islamic theology, Mustafa Akyol traces the ideological and historical roots of political Islam. The years following Muhammad's passing in 632 AD saw an intellectual "war of ideas" rage between rationalist, flexible schools of Islam and the more dogmatic, rigid ones. The traditionalist school won out, fostering perceptions of Islam as antithetical to modernity. However, through his careful reexamination of the currents of Muslim thought, Akyol discovers a flourishing of liberalism in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire and the unique "Islamo-liberal synthesis" of present-day Turkey. Only by accepting a secular state, he powerfully asserts, can Islamic societies thrive. Persuasive and inspiring, Islam without Extremes offers a desperately needed intellectual basis for the reconcilability of Islam and religious, political, economic, and social freedoms.
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| November Lunch & Learn
November 13, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm |  | Project Proven is a program serving the La Crosse area that assists people who have been incarcerated to transition from prison or jail to community life. Project Proven is a service of Western Technical College and serves hundreds of people each year. Their goal is to reduce recidivism by assisting justice-involved people to transition to the community through career and educational opportunities.
Colin Walsh, Project Proven Manager at Western Technical College
Colin serves as the manager for Project Proven, a program at Western Technical College that assists justice-involved individuals with both their personal and professional goals. Colin coordinates jail programming at La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau, and Jackson County jails and works with individuals as they transition back into the community upon release. Prior to working at Western, Colin worked in the La Crosse County Jail for 11 years, so he brings a unique perspective to the program.
Dillon Mader, Instructor, Project Proven & Learner Support and Transition at Western Technical College
Dillon is an Instructor at Western Technical College who bridges correctional, campus, and community spaces. Dillon primarily serves currently and formerly incarcerated learners and other first-generation students, teaching courses in reading and writing, employment, and community resources, among others. In addition to his work at Western, Dillon serves on the La Crosse County Board.
| Ballot Drop Box
City of La Crosse, Wisconsin | The drop box says they will not check the box after 4 pm on election day. After 4 pm, only on election day, you must return your ballot to your polling place, before 8 pm.
| Constitutional Amendment
Vote No | This November, voters will have another harmful, divisive constitutional amendment on their ballot. We will show up and vote no and keep Wisconsin moving forward.
Our voting rights are literally on the ballot with this amendment. The change from "every" to "only" is a downgrade to all of our voting rights. The language changes our constitutionally protected voting rights from a guarantee for all citizens to a limitation that could be used to erode our voting rights.
In fact lawmakers have already discussed this being a step on the path to further limit our right to vote. Including by implementing a proof of citizenship requirements despite knowing that 1 in 10 US Citizens don't have the documents to prove their citizenship.
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The links above are to the school districts in our area that have referendum issues on the November 5 ballot. | | Thank you to Gundersen Health for honoring the 100 years of service to the local community by the League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area. We are proud to be a part of this service! | New Exhibit
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