March 3, 2026 News Update
Empower Voters, Defend Democracy
The League shall not support or oppose any political party or candidate. | Welcome to 2026! We've got a lot of work ahead.
This is an exciting year with three elections ahead! Mark your calendars and make a commitment to vote in every election this year. Your participation makes all the difference. Make sure your friends vote too!
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April 7 - Spring Election
August 11 - Partisan Primary
November 3 - General Election
| Know What's On Your Ballot
Information You Can Trust | An Informed Voter is a Powerful Voter
Looking for info on the candidates and issues? We got you covered! Check out VOTE411 to view your personalized voter guide and find all of the election-info you need. Wisconsin has four elections this year! VOTE411 has all the resources you need to find out what's on your ballot, learn about candidates, register to vote, and so much more! | AAUW International Women's Day
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 | Free parking will be available in Lot C-12 (by the Cleary Center) or on the campus streets (16th, 17th, or Farwell – around the ramp). For additional information about accessibility, please contact International Education and Engagement at international@uwlax.edu or 608-785-8016. A Zoom option is available on Facebook; see below.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM
The Bluffs Room
Student Union
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UWL) campus
521 East Avenue South
La Crosse, WI 54601
| La Crosse County Board Candidate Open House
March 14, 2026 | Our civic engagement coalition seeks to encourage voter interest and participation in the April 7th Spring Election when all La Crosse County Board seats will be on the ballot. We are hosting an informal Candidate Open House with 41 registered candidates invited.
Partners providing viewing online of the candidate introduction recordings:
League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area - lwvlacrosse.org
La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce - lacrossechamber.com
La Crosse Area Development Corporation - ladcolax.com
UWL-Department of Political Science and Public Administration
To see all the information on the event, including a County Supervisory Map of Districts, please visit lwvlacrosse.org/county | Legislative Breakfast - Members Only
March 21, 2026 8:30-10:30 AM |  | LWVLA members are invited to our 2026 Legislative Breakfast. Members are welcome to invite guests who may be interested in League membership.
We will again be hosting a cordial nonpartisan conversation with our state and national representatives, who are invited to share legislative updates on key issues. Panera Bread will provide a continental breakfast.
The morning includes a moderated Q&A which gives League members, as interested constituents, the opportunity to voice questions or suggestions. All of our La Crosse area delegation—Sens. Baldwin and Johnson, Rep. Van Orden, State Sen. Pfaff, State Reps. Billings, Doyle, and Johnson—have been invited. Reps. Doyle, Johnson, and Sen Pfaff will attend.
The conversation will begin at 8:30 a.m., so please arrive earlier to accommodate seating and breakfast service. If you have any difficulty with registration, please contact us at lwvlawi@gmail.com.
Reservations will close on Saturday, March 15. Be sure to log in as a member on the website in order to be able to register for the event.
| March Book Club
March 30, 2026 |  | Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it.
In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, preventable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year.
In Everything Is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry’s story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world—and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis.
~ Goodreads
For more information contact:
Maureen Kinney
kinneymaureen6@gmail.com
| April Book Club
April 27, 2026 | Veteran Wall Street Journal journalist Lee Hawkins, Jr. exhaustively examines his family's legacy of post-enslavement trauma in a memoir that is soulful, shocking, and spellbinding.
~ Goodreads
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Nominations Now Open
Would YOU Like to Serve on the Board?
| Thinkers, Do-ers, Innovators encouraged to apply!
No experience necessary.
Contact any member of the nominating committee by emailing
nominations@lwvlacrosse.org
Respond by March 8, please.
Nominees will be voted on at our Annual Meeting, May 13, 2026
League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area | Observer Corps and League Lens | Read news from local sources. Find the latest League Lens here. Our observer corps continues to provide important information about government in action. Our page can be found at the link below. Be more engaged in how our local communities work.
| April 7, 2026 Spring Election
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Both Interviews Available Now! | Interview with candidate Chris Taylor was held December 6, 2025.
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJeU1WjBUSU
Interview with candidate Maria Lazar was held February 4, 2026
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGD4t6HuDEA
| Miss the Winter Webinar
Environmental Effects of Data Centers?
Webinar Recording Available Now! | Make a Difference.
Let Your Voice Be Heard. |  | The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) has opened public comments on the proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom addition to the White House.
Before nationally significant places are permanently altered, the public deserves an opportunity to help shape the decision. The White House is a National Historic Landmark and National Park, owned by the American people and home to our presidents since 1800.
This review is also required under federal law. Major construction projects in Washington, D.C. must undergo review by the NCPC and the Commission of Fine Arts, comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, and receive congressional approval.
While expanded event space may be needed, additions must respect the historic scale and design of the White House. At 90,000 square feet, the proposed ballroom would exceed the size of the 55,000-square-foot Executive Residence. Additions to historic properties should be compatible in scale and subordinate to the original structure. Commissioners need to hear directly from the public. As Carol Quillen has said, the American people deserve “an opportunity to provide comment and shape the project.”
Written comments are due March 4 (Noon ET). The public may also register to speak at the virtual March 5 NCPC meeting.
Get started: https://ow.ly/LThl50YfoCJ | Be an Election Observer on April 7
Deadline to sign up is March 16, 2026 | Help the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin monitor Wisconsin's elections. We are seeking volunteers to be trained as Election Observers and placed in polling places in specific areas around the state. You don't need to be a League member to volunteer for this -- although we'd love to have you join us!
For the 2026 elections we are focusing the Election Observation Program on:
1. Ensuring there is no disenfranchisement
2. Monitoring the voter experience - including registration and showing ID
3. Monitoring the absentee ballot counting process
4. Tracking any problems that can be fixed in future elections
Visit VOTE411 for your personalized voter information! VOTE411
Want to vote by mail? Request your absentee ballot
Check out the 2026 Voter Education Ambassador Toolkit |  |  | | All links to other websites are provided for the public convenience only. LWVLA exercises no control of the information or opinions contained on such sites. Provision of these links on the LWVLA site does not indicate an endorsement of their contents by LWVLA . | Empower voters. Defend democracy.
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