REMEMBER???
NOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR EFFORTS SUCCEED IN ACTUALLY RECALLING WALKER.
HOW???
We Really Need Volunteers This Week in the Recall Office!
This Monday through Friday, (March 12-16) we need to 10 to 20 volunteers to come in and type in data that we can use to make sure the Recall effort is a success when it actually takes place. Please call Kaeleen Ringberg and volunteer.
Think of it this way: If your fingers still move, you can truly help us. These names must be entered at the office. It will take very little time to learn how to do this.
We have a few thousand names and contact information to get in the data base - once we get them in, we will be able to deal with voter I.D. issues and get out the vote to recall Walker.
If you have a laptop and can bring in your own, that would help. There are two computers we can use in the office if you don't have a laptop. Call Kaeleen to let her know when you can come in. Her number is 715-209-6182.
Okay, I know this isn't as romantic as our heady two months when we collected signatures, but it is just as important. And the office atmosphere is just as friendly as it was before. So please plan for a few hours helping out at the office. You can arrange the hours that re convenient for you. 9 to 5 are the general times, but any time might work as well.
Office Manager Needed ! We are looking for an Office Manager who can manage the office being open - whether this is for a few days, a week, or longer. Please let Kaeleen know if you can do that next week to help make this a success. Her number, once again, is 715-209-6182.
Fundraiser April 13 at StageNorth, 6 to 8 p.m. Jauch, Bewley and Kreitlow in attendance. Liz Woodworth on music. $10 suggested donation for appetizers. Gourmet desserts for sale.
Be Prepared to Understand Voter/Registration!
Although an injunction against the new Voter I.D. Law has been issued, it is being contested, so we don't know the outcome. So here's what the Voter I.D. Law would require: Proof of Identify and Proof of Residence. Here's how it works:
The 5 major changes are:
1. You will need to have a Voter I.D. to vote in 2012. A driver's license or passport will count. Our local Dept. of Motor Vehicle's Office has changed its hours and will now be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 2501 Golf Course Rd. (just east of Sanborn Ave.) If you simply want to get a Voter I.D., instead of a driver's license, just ask, and it is free.
2. You will need to have lived in the district you are voting in 28 days before the election.
3. If you are registering for the first time in your district within 20 days of the election, you will need documentary proof of your residence (driver's license, ID card, recent utility bill, bank statement, lease, property tax bill, check or other document issued by the government, a College ID if paired with a tuition fee receipt, or an affidavit from a social service agency identifying a homeless voter.) Corroborators who can vouch for your residency are no longer allowed.
4. Election day registration is still allowed, but late registration ends on the Friday before the election.
5. Early voting is still allowed - in person until the end of Friday before the election. Requests for absentee ballots and deadline for mailing in have not changed.
Other facts:
The Voter I.D. Law has two steps for voting: Proof of residence and proof of identity.
Voters will not need to provide proof of residence if they register more than 20 days before an election at their current address - by mail, by Special Registration Deputies, or at a municipal clerk's office.
If you are voting absentee for the first time, you will need to mail in a photocopy of your proof of I.D. with the absentee ballot request form.
The day of the election, when you receive a ballot, you will have to have an acceptable form of I.D. - WI driver's license (event if driving privileges are revoked or suspended), or a WI I.D. Card issued by the DOT (Dept. of Transportation), or an U.S. Military I.D., or a Passport, or a Driving Receipt (issued by DOT), or an I.D. (issued by DOT), or a certificate of naturalization, or a Tribal ID, or a Wis. I.D. from a Wisconsin college or university.
For those who go to the DOT to get a Free Voter I.D., you must provide proof of your name and date of birth, your legal presence in U.S., Identity, Wisconsin residency. A full list of documents is available here.
For most applicants, this will require a birth certificate. In Wisconsin, the cost of obtaining a birth certificate is $20.
Exemptions: Photo IDs are not required of military and overseas voters, permanent absentee voters who have declared they are indefinitely confined because of physical disability or illness, and voters who reside in Care Facilities (nursing, community-based residential facilities, retirement homes, residential care retirement complexes, or adult family homes licensed and certified by the state. An authorized representative of the Care Facility must fill out the "Certification of Care Facility Authorized Representative" section of Absentee ballot certification.
If you go to the polls and forget your I.D., you may vote a "provisional ballot" which will be counted if you take your photo I.D. to the municipal clerk by 4 p.m. the Friday following the election.
Cheers everyone!
- Mary Rehwald, Editor
715-682-4662 715-209-4221 (cell)
