Massive amounts of dark money, gerrymandered districts and other voting obstacles can all be overcome if everyone does one thing: vote! Or, in the words of former President Barack Obama: “Don’t boo. Vote!” Here are a few other ideas of how to fight back against rigged Wisconsin elections.
• Help spread factual information on photo ID and other voting requirements. VoteRiders offers services, including voter wallet cards, a Milwaukee-based voter hotline (414-882-8622) and resources to put on a voter clinic.
• Make sure people know there is no specific “voter ID” that exists as such; rather, voter identification is made through photo IDs such as drivers’ licenses and state IDs.
• Post on your social media streams and let friends or colleagues know when early voting starts. n Help friends and neighbors get registered to vote and get a free state ID card if they lack a Wisconsin drivers’ license or one of the other permissible forms of identification.
• Start the voting registration process in Wisconsin online at myvote.wi.gov.
• Share your voting story on social media, a blog post, via letters to the editor of your local newspapers and to your elected officials.
• Sign the American Civil Liberties Union’s petition to pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act.
• Learn more about getting a free Wisconsin ID card on the Wisconsin Department of Transportation website at wisconsindot.gov and the petition process (even if you don’t currently possess a birth certificate). You can also call the DOT’s voter hotline at 844-588-1069.
• Find out how badly Wisconsin does compared to other states from the Brennan Center for Justice at brennancenter.org, as well as additional information on preventing cyber-attacks or on Twitter under #ProtectTheVote.
