Education
Getting out the vote with La Crosse’s League of Women Voters
Marketing representatives from the League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area were in studio Thursday for La Crosse Talk. Jim Jorstad and Chris Haskell discussed their focus on using multimedia to encourage all voters, but particularly those under the age of 34, to show up at the polls this election cycle.
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The two spoke to the more than 67,000 new eligible voters for this election. Jorstad said he joined the League of Women Voters’ efforts to help them with videos showcasing younger individuals and why they value voting.
Haskell said the group’s efforts include showing the power of their vote, as well as getting into high schools to emphasize voting.
The League is using yard signs, billboards and more from donations to reach potential voters.
When asked how they promote voting in a neutral way, Jorstad and Haskell said they try to emphasize that voting is a way to ensure the issues people value are being addressed.
The League directs people wanting to know the fundamentals of voting to https://myvote.wi.gov.
The website can help you determine where to vote, if you are already registered to vote, what will be on your ballot, and in weeks leading up to the election, how to get an absentee ballot and where it is in the process once it is received.
walden
October 27, 2024 at 6:24 pm
The League is non-partisan? Consider the following:
The League lists its major donors on its state website. The donors are overwhelmingly far left to center left non-profits. I could not pick out a single conservative donor among the 50 or so listed.
The League is targeting 18-34 year olds to vote. The same group every Dem visiting La Crosse is seeking when they limit their visits to UWL. These age brackets, esp women, tend to vote Dem.
The League has come out against the Wisconsin amendment to conform voting requirments to the federal rules, that is, to exclude illegal aliens from voting in state elections. The League wants illegals to vote. Yet the League’s own corporate documents include the following: “The organization has two types of members: voting members, who are U.S. citizens at least 16 years of age who join the league…and associate members which include all other members…” So, the league protects itself from illegals voting in its organization, yet is willing to dilute the value of YOUR vote by allowing illegals to vote in state elections.
Non-partisan indeed.