Democratic Party of
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You’re invited: Angela Stroud Town Hall in Hayward

State Rep. Angela Stroud, who represents our neighboring 73rd District in the Wisconsin Assembly, will meet with the public from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Monday, August 18, at the Hayward Veterans Community Center, 10534 Main St. She will bring updates from Madison and answer questions about values, policy and priorities at the state Legislature. Everyone is invited to share ideas and concerns about Wisconsin’s future.

Back to School/Please donate supplies

It’s back-to-school time—a perfect time to donate supplies to area public schools. Please bring classroom supplies, such as pencils, notebooks, crayons, erasers, binders, rulers, calculators, or backpacks. Thank you for your generosity!

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Tell Your Senators to Oppose the SAVE Act

The House of Representatives passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act for the second time in April 2025. The SAVE Act would require citizenship documentation to register to vote even though voters in every state are already required to affirm or verify their citizenship status when registering. Editor’s Note: Not surprisingly, Tom Tiffany voted for this bill.

Now, the Senate must reject this bill to prevent it from becoming law.

It is already illegal for noncitizens to register and vote in federal or state elections. The bill’s requirement of a document to prove American citizenship to register to vote in federal elections is unnecessary and seeks to divide us. It also creates another barrier to voting.

Many communities of eligible voters would be unnecessarily burdened by the requirements of the SAVE Act. Among them are military voters who would be required to present documentation every time they re-register to vote when their family moves. Families who have been impacted by natural disasters may have lost necessary documentation and would be required to jump through hoops to replace these documents to register to vote while also going through the traumatic process of rebuilding their lives. Additionally, Americans who have changed their name, like married women, would also be required to secure updated documentation to register to vote.  

Americans do not need MORE obstacles to vote. The SAVE Act would create one more barrier to the voting process, as many eligible voters do not have easy access to the necessary documents. Compared to white US citizens, citizens of color are three times more likely to lack documents such as birth certificates, passports, naturalization certificates, or certificates of citizenship or face difficulties accessing them. For example, while approximately half of all American adults possess a passport, two-thirds of Black Americans do not.

Tell your Senators to oppose the SAVE Act. See the League of Women Voters website.