Voter Service is often the aspect of the League most visible to the public. Members assist voters with registration and voter ID questions at locations around the county. They formulate questions for local candidates, compile their answers, and publish them as Candidates' Answers, distributed with local newspapers and online. The League trains members to moderate candidate forums and provides moderators when requested to do so. LWVDC also conducts interviews of local candidates, which are broadcast on the city cable channel. On Election Day, League members serve as poll workers and election observers, and, in the City of Madison, work as election officials and volunteers at in-person absentee voting locations in libraries and other city offices. LWVDC and the NAACP Dane County branch are the lead organizations in the Dane County Voter ID Coalition.
In addition to our Voting Information page linked to the footer of each website page, we have an area of the website devoted to information for those assisting voters: training information, a calendar of tabling events, links to documentation and printed resources. This area, Voter Service Central, is also linked to the bottom of each website page.
Sue Fulks (Voter Service Director, Voter Service Steering Committee (VSSC) co-chair) and Beth Fultz (Voter Service Steering Committee (VSSC) co-chair) collaborate to lead LWVDC’s voter outreach and engagement efforts.
Voter Registration Coordinators
Apartment outreach, position vacant
Library liaisons, Kathy Fullin and Shirley Haidinger
Senior liaisons, Shirley Haidinger
St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry, Carole Blemker
High school voter outreach, Joan Provencher
UW–Madison, Beth Fultz and Sue Fulks
Madison (Area Technical) College, Kathy Fullin
Dane County Farmers' Market, Gail Bliss
Westside Community Farmers' Market, Marjorie Schuett
The Beacon, Gail Bliss
Epic Systems, Marjorie Schuett
Provisional voters, Kathy Fullin
Candidates' Answers questions, Kathy Fullin
Candidates' Answers and Vote411.org publication, Kathy Fullin and Brook Soltvedt
Candidate forum coordinator, Erin Grunze
Coordinator of Know Your Candidates television interviews of candidates, Shel Gross
If you are a member, you can use our member directory to find contact information for each coordinator, if it is not published on a project page. You may also contact our office for more information.
The LWVDC award for Outstanding Voter Service
The LWVDC award for Outstanding Voter Service is given at LWVDC’s January Lively Issues Luncheon and Public Forum. It was initiated in 2005, with the first awards given at the January 2006 LWVDC Lively Issues Luncheon and Public Forum. No awards were presented in 2010 or 2012. Please click this link to view past recipients.