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Wisconsin: Dear Senator Grothman, please oppose your own bill
http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=28ea86dd7c46f5cfdcf3e4a00&id=ce23ac66dc
Sen. Glenn Grothman is circulating drafts of three new election-related proposals in the state Capitol. One would severely restrict hours for early (in-person absentee) voting in your clerk's office. The legislation would allow local clerks to offer early voting for no more than 24 hours a week, during business hours, for a two-week period prior to an election.
Another proposal would reduce the information available to voters about campaign contributions. It would increase from $100 to $500 the level at which contributors have to disclose their primary place of employment. Voters deserve to know if a business or organization is contributing "anonymously" to campaigns through its employees.
The third proposal deals with voting in nursing homes and other residential facilities. The League is still researching this one, before taking a position. Like the early voting proposal, this legislation appears to allow only two observers, who are representatives of political parties, to monitor the voting.
Contact your State Senator and Assembly Representative and urge them to oppose legislation that restricts early voting or reduces the information available to voters about who is funding candidates. If you usually email your legislators, consider making a phone call to their office. Click here for contact information for your legislators.
Another proposal would reduce the information available to voters about campaign contributions. It would increase from $100 to $500 the level at which contributors have to disclose their primary place of employment. Voters deserve to know if a business or organization is contributing "anonymously" to campaigns through its employees.
The third proposal deals with voting in nursing homes and other residential facilities. The League is still researching this one, before taking a position. Like the early voting proposal, this legislation appears to allow only two observers, who are representatives of political parties, to monitor the voting.
Contact your State Senator and Assembly Representative and urge them to oppose legislation that restricts early voting or reduces the information available to voters about who is funding candidates. If you usually email your legislators, consider making a phone call to their office. Click here for contact information for your legislators.