LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MILWAUKEE CO SUB LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN

VOTER SERVICES: IN TOTAL, ACROSS FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORT RESULTED IN 1,168 VOTER REGISTRATIONS. WE ASSISTED OVER 220 PEOPLE IN REQUESTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS. WE EDUCATED OVER 8,267 PEOPLE THROUGH FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT. ALL OF OUR EFFORTS ARE DIRECTED TO THOSE WHO ARE TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED AND DISENFRANCHISED. WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS WORK THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF NEARLY 700 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, WHO CONTRIBUTED OVER 1,956 HOURS TO OUR CAUSE. COMITE POR EL VOTO LATINX PARTNERED WITH OVER 25 COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZED 46 RESOURCE TABLES TO REACH OVER 2,729 INDIVIDUALS WITH THE LEAGUE'S BILINGUAL MATERIALS. COMITE POR EL VOTO LATINX PRODUCED BILINGUAL ELECTION RESOURCE GUIDES FOR FOUR ELECTIONS AND, ALONG WITH OTHER MATERIALS, TRANSLATED THESE GUIDES INTO SPANISH, WHICH WERE SHARED WITH APPROXIMATELY 50 ORGANIZATIONS OR COMMUNITY LEADERS. THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM HOSTED 49 EVENTS WITH 39 DIFFERENT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, RESULTING IN 184 VOTER REGISTRATIONS AND 1,446 CONVERSATIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS ABOUT VOTING. THREE COMMUNITY AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION TRAINING SESSIONS WERE HELD WITH APPROXIMATELY 72 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. THE HIGH SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION TEAM ASSISTED 403 STUDENTS WITH VOTER REGISTRATION AND MADE 44 VISITS TO AREA HIGH SCHOOLS. THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY JAIL (MCJ) AND COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION CENTER (CRC) VOTER REGISTRATION TEAM CONDUCTED 29 REGISTRATION EVENTS, HELPED REGISTER APPROXIMATELY 106 PEOPLE, REQUESTED 125 ABSENTEE BALLOTS, AND SPOKE WITH 216 INDIVIDUALS WHO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN VOTING. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OUTREACH TEAM HOSTED 19 VOTER REGISTRATION EVENTS AT THE CENTRAL AND BRANCH LIBRARIES, WHERE WE ASSISTED IN REGISTERING 63 INDIVIDUALS AND PROVIDED LITERATURE AND INFORMATION TO 487 PEOPLE. OUR TEAM ATTENDED THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES FOR NEWLY NATURALIZED CITIZENS AND HELD 30 VOTER REGISTRATION EVENTS, HELPING TO REGISTER 397 PEOPLE AND DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION TO 3,765 PEOPLE.

MEMBER EDUCATION- PROVIDED STAFF, OFFICE, CONFERENCE ROOMS WITH VIRTUAL CONNECTIVITY AND WI-FI, USE OF COPIER, AND SCANNER TO MEMBERS, COMMITTEES, LEADERS AND BOARD MEMBERS; PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR 400+ MEMBERS TO ATTEND STATE AND NATIONAL EVENTS; PROVIDED 400+ MEMBERS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THE LEAGUE'S MISSION THROUGH VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES; AND CONNECTED 400+ MEMBERS TO LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. HOSTED A KICKOFF SUPPER IN SEPTEMBER (ATTENDED BY 100 MEMBERS AND FRIENDS) AND AN ANNUAL MEETING IN MAY (ATTENDED BY 100 MEMBERS). SPONSORED VIRTUAL AND/OR IN-PERSON PUBLIC ISSUES FORUMS ATTENDED BY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. HOSTED LUNCH N LEARN FORUMS, LEAGUE CAFE BOOK CLUBS, AND GENERAL MEETINGS.