2022 Annual Report

 

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Your continued support helps us in many ways This past year, we conducted candidate forums, implemented the Vote411 candidate guide, brought innovative programs, and maintained our website and community calendar to help you be informed of events and issues affecting our community.
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Thank you for your continued trust and support!

Robin Schmidt, President
League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area

 

Juneteenth Celebration

The discussion regarding Final-Five Voting in Wisconsin is growing. People are recognizing the problems associated with extreme political divisiveness and are seeking viable alternatives. At this informal gathering, you will learn more about how the Final-Five Voting process works and how you can become involved. You will also hear from community and legislative leaders about why they are supporting this bi-partisan effort to improve the electoral process.
Rep. Tony Kurtz (R) - lead sponsor for Final-Five Voting legislation in Wisconsin.
Rep. Steve Doyle (D) - sponsor for Final-Five Voting legislation in Wisconsin.
Lena and Rich Eng - Voters First Wisconsin
Hosted by:
Joe Heim - Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse.
Lee Rasch - Executive Director, LeaderEthics Wisconsin

 

If you don't receive updates from our national League, this is a letter which arrived in our mailboxes on Thursday, June 2. Please read and see if you would like to participate in this. Join us in this concern.

Our Nation

When will enough be enough? In my last League Update message, I shared the League’s statement in response to the white supremacist attack in Buffalo, NY. Just ten days after that horrific tragedy, another shooter killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX. And since then, we’ve seen mass shootings continue to rise across our nation.

I am devastated. All of America should be devastated. We grieve with the families of the 21 victims in Uvalde and every family in America who has been touched by gun violence. We also stand in solidary with our League members in Texas and encourage each one of you to embrace and share their statement.

We are all too familiar with Americans having to make statements like these and struggling through this never-ending cycle of condolences and inaction. Gun violence is preventable, and the time to act is long overdue. The US House of Representatives has already passed legislation that would transform gun safety laws in our country, and it now sits before the Senate. I urge you all to contact your senators to pass HR8 using our action alert. Through accountability, support, and unrelenting activism we can break this cycle. In these challenging times, it’s crucial to come together and amplify the voices of advocates in this work.

In League,

Deborah Ann Turner, MD, JD