In their last session, the Wisconsin Legislature voted to approve four amendments to the state constitution.  The amendments would change cash bail to make it harder for legal defendants to get out of jail, curb voter eligibility, limit the use of private money to help fund elections, and limit the Governor’s authority to allocate federal funds by making it subject to approval from the Legislature. 

If approved a second time in the upcoming 2023 legislative session, the amendments will go to the public for a final referendum vote — a vote that could be as soon as the spring election on April 4, 2023. The League of Women Voters of Dane County has come out in opposition to all four measures. Today on the show, three guests join us to talk about how the proposals would impact the community, in advance of an online seminar Monday night about the measures. 

Our guests are Dustin Brown, a senior attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School; Jerome Dillard, Executive Director and co-founder of  EXPO (Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing); and Sue Jennik, Program Director and Board member of the League of Women Voters Dane County who also heads up the Legislative Committee for the League of Women Voters Wisconsin.

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