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Founded in 1924, The League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area, is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization serving the Coulee Region. We welcome everyone 16 and over to join us.

Our mission:
Empower Voters. Defend Democracy.

Our vision:
A democracy where every person has the desire,
the right, the knowledge and the confidence to participate.

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The SAVE America Act is progressing to the Senate for a vote.

The League of Women Voters asks us to call our senators urging them to vote NO.

Senator Tammy Baldwin
202-224-5653

Senator Ron Johnson
202-224-5323

The SAVE America Act (H.R.22/S. 128) was passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, February 11.

This bill applies to federal elections and requires

—citizens to acquire Documentary Proof of U.S. Citizenship (DOPC) such as a birth certificates or passports to provide proof of their eligibility to vote,

—citizens to register to vote with these documents in person,

—women and other citizens whose names have been changed to provide additional documentation such as marriage certificates and divorce decrees,

—citizens to repeat this process in person each time they move or change their name.

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Non-citizen voting is already illegal and confirmed to be rare.

If the SAVE America Act passes,
we're looking at a complicated and costly process
of gathering documents to exercise our fundamental right to vote.

This bill doesn't fix problems with fraud. It creates obstacles to vote.

Obstacles raised by the SAVE Act

Documentation must be presented in person, creating problems with transportation, time off from work, cost, and access to government offices.
Online and mail-in registration will no longer be allowed.
Voter registration drives will be eliminated.
All IDs—Real, military, student, or tribal—will not be acceptable for voter registration.
Millions of voters do not have access to the required documents.

Citizen voters likely to be impacted:

Married women and other personswhose names have changed
Elderly voters
Young voters
Voters with disabilities
Rural voters
Low-income voters
Military voters
Indigenous voters
Persons lacking a birth certificate

Constitutional concerns:

Poll taxes were fees for voter registration used to disenfranchise African American voters in the Jim Crow South. By making voting too expensive, these "taxes" severely reduced voter turnout. They were abolished for federal elections by the 24th Amendment in 1964 and declared unconstitutional for all elections in 1966.

Possible costs of the SAVE Act
for married women in Wisconsin:

$165 Passport
$ 20 Duplicate marriage license
$ 20 Duplicate divorce decree
$ 20 Duplicate divorce decree
$ 20. Duplicate birth certificate

Unite & Rise 8.5
Actions to Defend Democracy

In May 2025, the LWVUS launched the Unite & Rise 8.5 initiative. Running from May 2025 to the November 2026 election, this campaign has one goal: to activate 8.5 million people to rise up and take action through civic engagement, not violence.

Backed by research from the Carr Ryan Center for Human Rights at Harvard Kennedy School, we believe that movements with strong civic engagement—and sustained nonviolent action—are the most effective path to lasting change. Across Wisconsin, local Leagues are leading the movement to protect our democracy.

UNITE & RISE: A CAMPAIGN TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY

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for acts of civic engagement
you can undertake
as a defender of our democracy.

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