Monday, October 3, 2016

Voter Registration Information
Voting is a right none of us can afford to lose.
Determining the location and schedule for early in-person voting is the responsibility of individual cities, villages and towns. Therefore, implementation of these new changes will vary. For example, in the cities of Madison, Milwaukee and Green Bay, early in-person voting is set to begin on September 26th; in Appleton and Oshkosh, early in-person voting is scheduled to start on October 17th

If you think there is even a slight chance you won't make it to the polls on November 8th, then vote with an early absentee ballot. You do not need a reason or excuse, like being out of town on Election Day, to vote by absentee ballot. Any Wisconsin voter who wishes to cast an absentee ballot may do so either 
in-person during the early voting period or by mail

Make sure NOW that you are registered to vote at your current address – go to MyVote.WI.gov, select "Register to vote," and enter your name and date of birth. 

The address on your ID does NOT have to be current. There is not a separate “Voter Photo ID card.” You can use any of the examples on this page as a Voter Photo ID. Note the expiration and issuance date requirements for acceptable IDs. The name on your photo ID does NOT have to exactly match the name you use to vote. Nicknames (e.g., “Susan” with ID for “Sue”) are OK! However, if you’ve legally changed your name, your new name must be on the ID you use to vote. If you forget to bring your photo ID on Election Day, you can ask the election worker for a provisional ballot. In order for your ballot to be counted, you must either return to the polling place before it closes at 8 p.m. with your ID, or bring your ID to your municipal clerk’s office by 4 p.m. the Friday after the election.

Wisconsin Drivers License 
Wisconsin I.D. Card free from local Dept. of Transportation
A non-expired receipt for a Wisconsin Drivers License or I.D. Card
Valid U.S. Passport
Non-expired Veterans I.D. Card
U.S. Military photo I.D. Card
Certificate of Naturalization issued within the last 2 years
Wisconsin College or University I.D. Card AND proof of current enrollment.

Many other municipalities across the state are still in the process of finalizing their early voting dates, times and locations. To get the latest information on dates, hours and locations for in-person absentee voting where you live in Wisconsin, contact your municipal clerk.  See attached list of clerks and their contact information.  PLEASE NOTE Some municipalities may have a TOWN OF and a VILLAGE or CITY of, such as Lancaster, Platteville, etc.

MUNICIPALITY
CLERK/WEBSITE
EMAIL
PHONE
AREA CODE (608)
VILLAGE OF BAGLEY
GRANT COUNTY
Amber Martin
BAGLEYFD@TDS.NET
996-2195
TOWN OF BEETOWN 
GRANT COUNTY
Sharon Bontreger
sdbon@tds.net
794-2527
TOWN OF BLOOMINGTON GRANT COUNTY
Jane Patterson
jpatters@tds.net
994-2807
732-2942
994-2090
VILLAGE OF BLOOMINGTON GRANT COUNTY
Mary Culligan
bloomingtonvillage@tds.net
994-3851
994-3111
VILLAGE OF BLUE RIVER
GRANT COUNTY
Valerie Bailey
vilblriv@mwt.net
537-2758
537-2759
CITY OF BOSCOBEL
GRANT COUNTY
Arlie Harris
aharris@wppienergy.org
375-5001
375-4750
MUNICIPALITY
CLERK/WEBSITE
EMAIL
PHONE
AREA CODE
(608)
TOWN OF BOSCOBEL
GRANT COUNTY              
Kathryn M. Boebel
bosctown@gmail.com
375-5718
VILLAGE OF CASSVILLE
GRANT COUNTY
Marlene Esser
CASSVLG@TDS.NET
725-5180
725-2192
TOWN OF CASSVILLE
GRANT COUNTY              
Elizabeth Wiest
elwiest2@gmail.com

TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK
GRANT COUNTY
Lavern Hrubes
CLERK.TOCR@CENTURYTEL.NET
943-8248
TOWN OF CLIFTON
GRANT COUNTY
Shelly M. Osterndorff
OSTERN@YOUSQ.NET
943-6492
CITY OF CUBA CITY
MULTIPLE COUNTIES
Jill M Hill
jhill@wppienergy.org
744-2152
744-8735
744-2151
VILLAGE OF DICKEYVILLE GRANT COUNTY              
Donna K Timmerman
villageoffice@tds.net
568-3333
568-3598
TOWN OF ELLENBORO
GRANT COUNTY
Karla K. Schwantes
PLATTEPI@CHORUS.NET
723-7796
723-5268
CITY OF FENNIMORE
GRANT COUNTY              
Margaret A. Sprague
CITYCLERK@FENNIMORE.COM
822-6119
822-6007
TOWN OF FENNIMORE
GRANT COUNTY
Rhonda Hubbard
clrktwnfennimore@gmail.com
822-6841
TOWN OF GLEN HAVEN
GRANT COUNTY
Lois Nemitz
NEMITZ6@PCII.NET
794-2622
TOWN OF HARRISON
GRANT COUNTY
Barb Brogley
TBROGLEY@CENTURYTEL.NET
778-4718
348-4849
TOWN OF HAZEL GREEN
GRANT COUNTY
Paul Hendricks
PCGOFISH@LAGRANT.NET
744-2590
VILLAGE OF HAZEL GREEN MULTIPLE COUNTIES
Sally Bauer

854-2953
854-2417
TOWN OF HICKORY GROVE GRANT COUNTY
Allen Wester
hgtown@tds.net
822-3432
TOWN OF JAMESTOWN
GRANT COUNTY
Kelly Droessler
jamestownclerk@gmail.com
568-3199
CITY OF LANCASTER
GRANT COUNTY
David A. Kurihara
DAVIDK@LANCASTERWISCONSIN.COM
723-7445
723-4789
TOWN OF NORTH LANCASTER GRANT COUNTY
Linda A. Schwab
SCHWABLINDA@TDS.NET
723-4914
TOWN OF SOUTH LANCASTER GRANT COUNTY 22056
Rita Zenz
BZENZ@CHORUS.NET
723-7302
723-7316
TOWN OF LIBERTY
GRANT COUNTY
Laura Richter
maier_21@yahoo.com
943-6994
TOWN OF LIMA
GRANT COUNTY
Sharlene Rudolph

348-5114
TOWN OF LITTLE GRANT
GRANT COUNTY
Elaine Mumm
littlegrant032@gmail.com
994-2272
994-3477
VILLAGE OF LIVINGSTON MULTIPLE COUNTIES
Christina Christianson
vilofliv@yousq.net
943-6800
TOWN OF MARION
GRANT COUNTY
Judith Boughton
jboughton@centurytel.net
485-3119
MUNICIPALITY
CLERK/WEBSITE
EMAIL
PHONE
AREA CODE
(608)
TOWN OF MILLVILLE
GRANT COUNTY
Dawn Wachter
WACHTER@CHORUS.NET
988-4260
VILLAGE OF MONTFORT MULTIPLE COUNTIES
Michelle Kazda
MONTFORT@CENTURYLINK.NET
943-6917
TOWN OF MOUNT HOPE
GRANT COUNTY
Lois Ellis
STEVELO@TDS.NET
988-4737
VILLAGE OF MOUNT HOPE GRANT COUNTY
Robert C. Keeney
KEENEY97@TDS.NET
988-4220
TOWN OF MOUNT IDA
GRANT COUNTY
Dan Mulrooney
mulrooney4@gmail.com
822-6359
TOWN OF MUSCODA
GRANT COUNTY              
Dan Bomkamp
db6615@gmail.com
739-3864
VILLAGE OF MUSCODA MULTIPLE COUNTIES
Cinda Johnson
cljohnson@wppienergy
739-3182
739-3183
TOWN OF PARIS
GRANT COUNTY
Marcella Loeffelholz
VINSAL67@TDS.NET
568-3096
TOWN OF PATCH GROVE
GRANT COUNTY
Peggy Guthrie
townofpatchgrove@gmail.com
996-2258
VILLAGE OF PATCH GROVE GRANT COUNTY
Kim Curtis
jkcurtis123@yahoo.com
994-2200
CITY OF PLATTEVILLE
GRANT COUNTY              
Jan Martin
MARTINJ@PLATTEVILLE.ORG    
348-9741
348-7812
TOWN OF PLATTEVILLE
GRANT COUNTY
James Lory
PLATTOWN@CENTURYTEL.NET
348-9826
TOWN OF POTOSI
GRANT COUNTY
Terri Langmeier
terri.langmeier@blackhillscorp.com
732-4046
VILLAGE OF POTOSI
GRANT COUNTY
Sheila Horner
potosiclerk@tds.net
763-2261
763-2537
TOWN OF SMELSER
GRANT COUNTY  22054
Kim A Kieler
TKKIELER@LAGRANT.NET
744-8732
VILLAGE OF TENNYSON
GRANT COUNTY
Lynn Yager
villageoftennyson@hotmail.com
763-2912
TOWN OF WATERLOO
GRANT COUNTY
Darlene Schauff s
farms@chorus.net
725-5624
TOWN OF WATTERSTOWN GRANT COUNTY
Darlene Larson
darlis5187@gmail.com
375-5187
TOWN OF WINGVILLE
GRANT COUNTY              
Marlys J. Helmich
WINGVILLETOWNSHIP@HOTMAIL.COM
943-8066
TOWN OF WOODMAN
GRANT COUNTY
Deborah Knowles
dak21@hotmail.com
533-2913
VILLAGE OF WOODMAN
GRANT COUNTY
Kelly Conley
VILLAGEOFWOODMAN@TDS.NET
533-2800
TOWN OF WYALUSING
GRANT COUNTY
Betty A. Cooley
cooleybe@tds.net
996-2547


Friday, September 30, 2016

A call to arms.....



...sort of.  A call for all who are able to participate in democracy, carry their weight and carry the day.  We are on the verge of toppling Travis Tranel and installing our own Jesse Bennett in the Capitol Building in Madison.  But it isn't going to magically happen by itself.

We need all who are able to, to help us maintain our winning momentum.  With less than forty days until the November 8th general election, it is going to take our combined effort to guarantee our victory over the incumbent.  A career politician, born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

A career politician who plans to cut even more money from our children's public schools so that our tax dollars can be sent to private voucher schools in Milwaukee, Waukesha and elsewhere.  With the profits (yes profits made from our tax dollars) from those schools going to their owners in Texas and elsewhere.

No matter where you live in Grant County, you are doubtless feeling the numerous and negative effects of the Scott Walker/Travis Tranel and Republican/Tea Party austerity cuts to our state and local budgets.

Cuts which don't reduce our state's spending or it's debt.  But only serve to allow our tax dollars to give breaks to multi-millionaires and billionaires.  Breaks we the hard working citizens, have to make up for.


Jesse Bennett will restore our school's funding without increasing taxes.  Restore funding to our roads, bridges and infrastructure without increasing taxes.  Restore faith in government by removing dark money and the influence of billionaires and corporations in our halls of government.  Restore Grant County for it's citizens by removing the big money incumbent, Travis Tranel.

But Jesse needs your help in order to make sure that it all can happen.  And the Democratic Party of Grant County needs you to help Jesse and other Democratic candidates as well. We need people power to break the stranglehold of the power of corporate money.

You can help by volunteering a little of your time at the Democratic Party's field office now open in Platteville.  Just stop in at 960 Washington street.  We are open Monday through Friday from 4 - 7 pm.  Or email us at demvictory@yahoo.com.  We are looking for people to help us with:

Sign up to volunteer for Jesse Bennett

General office staffing

Data entry

Phone banking, no asking for money just reminding folks to vote and locating sign locations.

Writing letters to the editors of local papers.

Dropping off campaign literature door to door.

Becoming trained to register voters in your area.

Giving votes rides to the polls on election day.

Our office is open now.  So stop in to say hi and volunteer or just to grab some t-shirts, bumper stickers and more.


We also have yard signs for all the candidates.  Russ Feingold and Hillary Clinton, Ron Kind and of course....

                                                       

Jesse is looking for folks to walk in the upcoming parades with him, your friends and neighbors.  To join in meet us at:



Lancaster on Saturday October 1st.  10 am on Elm Street by the library.

Map:  https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8499701,-90.7131782,17z

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1749362358661452/

Jamestown on Sunday October 2nd,   11:00 am at 3410 County Rd HHH

Map:  https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5881147,-90.5953993,17z

On Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1258362244187735/

Platteville Homecoming Parade on Saturday October 8th at 9 am.

Map:  https://www.google.com/maps/place/1+University+Plaza,+Platteville,+WI+53818/@42.7338148,-90.4871556,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87fd2508e4af4461:0x6e9c1a24251627d!8m2!3d42.7338109!4d-90.4849669

On Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/events/365703023819962/


If it is going to happen, it will happen because all of us made it happen.  Thank you.

Matthew Schauenburg, Chair
Democratic Party of Grant County

                                             



Thursday, September 29, 2016

Saturday, September 24, 2016

The future of your Social Security dollars and retirement plans.

"Crippling Social Security’s ability to function just when it’s needed most is the epitome of what Republican public policy has become.
It’s part of a familiar right-wing strategy to degrade the quality of government services, then use that degradation to argue for privatization."
Click on the link below for full story of the Tea/GOP plan for your Social Security dollars.