Please join the LWV of Dane County for a discussion of four proposed amendments to the state constitution and why the League opposes them. A Zoom registration link will be posted soon.

Four amendments to the Wisconsin Constitution were passed by the Legislature in the last session. If passed again in the next session, which begins January 3, 2023, those amendments will go on the ballot at a time determined by the Legislature. This could be as early as the statewide primary for Supreme Court Justice. If a majority of voters approve the amendments, they will immediately become part of the Constitution.

The proposed amendments are opposed by the state League. Click below to read details about the amendments and the speakers for the Dane County League's forum.

 

 

On January 17th, the LWVLA will host a Zoom program to consider how to repair and strengthen public confidence in Wisconsin’s judiciary. Wisconsinites deserve free and equal access to justice and an impartial court system.

The LWV empowers voters and defends democracy through advocacy, education, and litigation, at the local, state, and national levels. Citizens deserve access to impartial and transparent courts. The 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court primary and election is an opportunity for citizens to voice their commitment to fair and independent courts. Money and weak recusal rules are undermining our courts.

Our speaker, Lisa Graves, created True North Research and is its Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief. Ms. Graves also serves as President of the Center for Media and Democracy. In March 2021 Ms. Graves submitted testimony to the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights “What's Wrong with the Supreme Court: The Big-Money Assault on Our Judiciary.”

 

For more information/to apply, follow this link.  Here 

Note: There will be no Book Club meeting in December. See special details for the January Book Club meeting below.

The January Book Club will again gather in the meeting room of RiverPlace Apartments, located at 1 RiverPlace Dr., La Crosse, which is adjacent to International Friendship Gardens. Participants should enter through the front entrance and press "18" on the entryway intercom. Parking is available in front of the building or in the International Friendship Gardens parking lot in back.

Since this meeting is indoors and therefore not subject to weather restrictions, there will be no back-up Zoom link. Although registration for this in-person meeting will not be required, participants are encouraged to register if they wish to receive an event reminder as well as any potential updates to meeting information.

Anyone interested in reading one of the available ILL copies of the book can contact Maureen after December 15 at: kinneymaureen6@gmail.com.