Empowering Citizens to Vote

The Voter ID Coalition was founded in 2014 by the NAACP Dane County Branch and the League of Women Voters of Dane County. The original mission of the Voter ID Coalition was to educate voters about the requirement to show an acceptable photo ID to cast a ballot. In recent years, the following activities have been undertaken by the Coalition:

• Supporting the Voter Helpline

• Providing bus passes or cab rides to the DMV that voters may need to get an ID to vote

• Providing local food pantries with flyers about upcoming elections

• Tabling at major community events

Member organizations include:

• League of Women Voters Dane County

• NAACP Dane County

• ACLU of Wisconsin

• ACLU People Power Madison

• African American Council of Churches in Madison

• All Voting Is Local

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. – Kappa Psi Omega Chapter

• Common Cause Wisconsin

• First Unitarian Society Social Justice Ministry

• Forward Community Investments

• Madison Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

• Madison Metropolitan Chapter Of The Links, Inc.

• Rotary Club of West Towne-Middleton

• South Central Federation of Labor

• Urban League of Greater Madison

• VoteRiders

• Wisconsin Faith Voices For Justice

• YWCA Madison

• 350 Madison

The activities of the Coalition are overseen by a steering committee, which meets in the months prior to an upcoming election. Any member of the Coalition or representatives from partner organizations are welcome to attend the steering committee meetings. To be added to the distribution list to get meeting anouncements, contact barb.feeney@lwvdanecounty.org.