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		<title>At what price power?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucille Harvey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 06:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lucille Harvey, is the AAUW-Wausau President On January 21, 2022 concerned citizens from the Wausau area bravely weathered frigid temperatures to stand outside and raise their voices with “End Gerrymandering Now signs.” AAUW spoke in favor of valuing people’s right to have their legally cast votes counted and fair maps developed for our beloved state. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Senators need to pass the Freedom to Vote Act</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The For the People Act was the very first bill the Democratic-led Congress submitted after Joe Biden became President. It was passed in the House, but Senate Republicans pressed for “compromises.” The new Senate bill that came out of this is called the Freedom to Vote Act (FTVA). Despite the compromises, it includes much-needed, nation-wide [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Gerrymandering</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Svetlik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gerrymanderingger·ry·man·der·ing &#124; \ ˈjer-ē-ˌman-d(ə-)riŋ: the practice of dividing or arranging a territorial unit into election districts in a way that gives one political party an unfair advantage in elections. — Merriam-Webster Dictionary If you believe it is acceptable to cheat to win, you gerrymander. If you believe it is acceptable to teach the youth of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Reflecting on the importance of voting rights on this MLK Day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a national day of service. I would just like to say that every Election Day should be a day of service as well because the easiest way you can serve your country, state and municipality is to vote. I used to say that voting is the least you can [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>League of Women Voters lawsuit seeks to reactivate over 31,000 purged voters</title>
		<link>https://middlewisconsin.org/league-of-women-voters-lawsuit-seeks-to-reactivate-over-31000-purged-voters/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth Conniff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 06:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[December 23, 2021 &#8211; The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, represented by the Fair Elections Center, Law Forward and Stafford Rosenbaum, LLP, filed suit in federal court on Wednesday to reinstate 31,854 registered Wisconsin voters who were purged from the voter rolls in July 2021. The voters were not provided notice before they were [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Doing redistricting right</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 06:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin is the worst state in the nation for gerrymandered legislative districts. This is not just my opinion. It is the objective conclusion of the Electoral Integrity Project (EIP) at Harvard University. The EIP compares the integrity of elections all over the world. As reported in The Guardian, “the integrity of Wisconsin’s electoral boundaries earned a 23 [out of 100] [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wisconsin legislators fail to represent constituents yet again</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 05:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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	<a href="https://middlewisconsin.org/wisconsin-legislators-fail-to-represent-constituents-yet-again/"><img title="Wisconsin_flag" src="https://middlewisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Wisconsin_flag-300x225.jpg" alt="Wisconsin legislators fail to represent constituents yet again" width="300" height="225" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" /></a>
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	Public domain image There are three things that voters throughout Wisconsin, whether they live in a red district or a blue district, agree on: increasing the minimum wage, expanding access to Medicaid, and non-partisan redistricting. When non-binding referendums to expand Medicaid and raise the minimum wage appeared on the ballot, voters overwhelmingly showed their support for these [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Moving forward on voting</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2021 05:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“&#8230;Republican leadership is waging a coordinated and fundamentally unpatriotic war on our democracy right here in Wisconsin.”  &#8211; Governor Tony Evers speaking about Republican legislation to limit voting This week&#8217;s article continues our look at Governor Evers&#8217; proposed legislative agenda. Evers is proposing automatic voter registration and expanding early voting. Democratic legislators, and one Republican, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>PRESERVE WISCONSIN’S GAB</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rita Pachal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2015 07:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Photo ID Laws]]></category>
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	<a href="https://middlewisconsin.org/preserve-wisconsins-gab/"><img title="Voting Booths" src="https://middlewisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Voting-Booths-300x188.jpg" alt="Voters standing at voting booths" width="300" height="188" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" /></a>
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	PRESERVE WISCONSIN’S GAB By Rita Pachal As of this writing the governor and legislature are looking to overhaul the GAB or Government Accountability Board. This board governs our elections and the use of money in campaigns. It also investigates violations of the state ethics code. This board consists of six former judges and staff. It [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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