Action Alert
As of tomorrow, October 13, there are 21 days (3 weeks!) until the November Election. Make your plan to vote early and encourage your friends to do so, too. See action item #2 below. Wisconsin Early Voting starts October 20.
Good news
Indivisible Sauk Prairie is responsible for 2,000 Get Out the Vote postcards that will go in the mail next week. Great job, all who worked on this!
As of today, Immigration 101, raised $18,600 from individuals and businesses in Sauk County for the Community Immigration Law Center to provide legal representation for immigrants facing deportation. According to Grant Sovern, Administrative Director, that amount gives support to represent four families during their one or two-year process.
Look for our billboards! On highway12 (north and south) between SP and Baraboo. Electronic billboards in the Dells and Reedsburg later this month.
In a win for voters, a Kansas appeals court denied the state’s latest request to revive a GOP-backed law that would throw out mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if they were cast on time.
A pro-voting group sued ICE for failing to respond to FOIA requests regarding the agency's increased involvement in investigating allegations of voter fraud.
Virginia’s new Clean Slate law means that thousands of misdemeanor offenses will be automatically sealed to help residents move forward with employment or loan opportunities.
Hungary will impose a wealth tax next year, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said, fulfilling a election pledge to make the rich shoulder a larger share of public obligations.
According to a new KFF poll, Democratic voters are 25% more likely than Republican voters to say they are “more motivated than usual” to vote.
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately pull a slate of taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ads that have been running on national television for two weeks. [Yet two ads were run after the ruling.]
Ukraine took out more Russian data centers, one of which included a bot farm. Bot traffic in the US has since dropped precipitously.
Across the eight Senate races The Times and Siena polled, Democrats have a 30-point advantage with voters under the age of 30.
New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced it will direct $8.9 million to healthcare nonprofits so they can deliver gender-affirming care for patients under 18, after several major hospital systems caved to Trump and ended their trans youth programs.
Global life expectancy has rebounded to near pre-pandemic levels, per the World Health Organization.
A new study finds that salmon are thriving after the Klamath River dam removal project. The first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have wildly surpassed researchers’ expectations.
In a major defeat for dark money, a federal appeals court ruled that Arizona’s election transparency law, the Voters’ Right to Know Act, was constitutional, leaving it in effect for the midterm election.
According to Tom Bonier, a public opinion researcher, 23 days out from election day the most notable trend emerging from the early vote is large turnout increases among voters of color relative to the same point in time in both 2022 and 2024. In fact, in every state reporting thus far the white vote share is lower than '22/'24.
Things you can do right now
1. Volunteer to Canvas Voters in Sauk Prairie.
If you wish to canvas in SP, let Ellen know at eap313@gmail.com.
Dates are:
10/18, 10am and 1pm
10/24, 1:30 pm after the bridge rally
10/31, 10 am and 2pm
11/1, 10 am and 2 pm
We have people who can drive. We'd like to have two people go to doors each shift.
2. Make Your Plan for No Kings, October 17.
Here are some options:
NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY BARABOO Demonstration and Leaflet Event
10 am - Noon
Sidewalk in front of Campbell Park Swimming Pool, 320 South Blvd, Baraboo.
Indivisible Baraboo
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/1033720/
Indivisible Sauk Prairie
If you can't make an event, we also have a NO KINGS event you can do from your home, any time between now and the election. Text/email at least 10 people you know, urging them to vote early. Then, ask those people to text ten of their friends. in turn.
Look on Mobilize
Filter for an event that fits your schedule on Mobilize https://www.mobilize.us/
Visibility Brigade: Vote Early, Vote Blue
October 17
Learn more, and contact Michele 4gooses@gmail.com if you are interested in working on this. We could use another 2 - 4 people to work on this and someone to take a photo of us on the overpass bridge.
Filter for an event
Find something that fits your schedule on Mobilize.
3. Volunteer to be a Poll Observer for the Wisconsin Democratic Party
Poll Observers are the eyes and the ears of the Wisconsin Democratic voter protection team on the ground on Election Day, and are the last line of defense against instances of voter suppression and a crucial resource for voters.
Commit to being a trained poll observer for November! Deadline to submit the form is Sunday, October 18th!
4. Eat at Culver's Sauk City Tomorrow (10/13) 4pm-8pm
Support our Share Night. We are raising funds for the Betty Koehl/Dave Tremble Memorial Scholarship through Dollars for Scholars.
5. Volunteer at the Sauk Prairie Food Pantry
Events & Announcements
A Day of Power - No765Line United Against The Line
Tuesday, October 13, 10 am
Citizens from 10 Counties across Wisconsin will gather at the state capital to meet with legislators. Join us in having the conversations that could stand to impact the fate of the Maribell and BECI 765kV transmission lines. Participants can register to speak with legislators and/or register for a No765Line State of Campaign Address/Press conference at 4:30 pm (location to be disclosed via email).
Presentation by Ben Wikler
Tuesday, October 13, 4–5 pm
Old Feed Mill
114 Cramer st, Mazomanie
The former Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin (2019 - 2025) will discuss his recent book This Is The Plan - How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy, which debuted at #3 on the NYT nonfiction list. Sponsored by Mazo Muddlers. Books will be available to purchase.
Get Out The Vote Bridge Rally
October 24, 10 am - noon
Sauk bridge in Sauk City
Register:
Candidate Yard Signs
Ellen has them on her porch, including Crowley signs. Contact her at Eap313@gmail.com or 608-963-8451 for the address if you don't know it.
I have been so impressed with what this group has been doing. Thank you for supporting democracy and the rule of law!
Carol, for ISP
