3 results for tag: Voting Rights


YOU NEED A PHOTO VOTER ID TO VOTE

YOU NEED A PHOTO VOTER ID TO VOTE by Virginia Kirsch You need a photo ID to vote in Wisconsin elections. The Government Accountability Board of Wisconsin has a very handy, user-friendly website to help you with this process as well as many other details concerning elections. At myvote.wi.gov you can register to vote, check your voter registration status, find your polling place, see what's on your ballot, request an absentee ballot (military and permanent overseas voters only), and check provisional ballot status. The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed the photo ID provisions of 2011 Wisconsin Act 23. A photo ID is now required to receive a ...

Your Freedom Matters

First they came for our voting freedoms and I did not speak out Because I didn’t vote   They came for my work place freedoms/ protections and wages I didn’t speak because I didn’t understand why it was so important   Then they came for freedom to learn all that is possible through a great public education, I didn’t realize public schools are the heart of equal opportunity for all communities   Quietly they attacked our state’s freedom to enjoy and protect our beautiful land and water Very few have noticed because it wasn’t in their back yard   They came for the freedom to pursue truth ...

FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF “SELMA-MONTGOMERY MARCH”

Rev. Janet Wolfe, a retired Presbyterian pastor in Marshfield, Wisconsin, commemorated the 50th anniversary of her participation in the Civil Rights movement. Fifty years ago, Rev. Wolfe was a student at U of Colorado in Boulder. She boarded a bus with 32 others and headed for Alabama. She attended the last day of the Selma-Montgomery March on March 25, 1965. Fortunately, she recorded her experiences and here is an excerpt: “After wading in a mixture of mud, rain, and old orange peels for 5 ½ hours, we began marching through the Negro section. The spectators were jubilant. There were many old people and mothers with small children. One ...