FMC ACTIVISTS’ TOOLKIT

Please use the resources on this page to help in organizing and advocacy work. If you have ideas for resources that should be added, please contact Carlene at carlene@fairmapswi.com.

• Follow Up Email to Legislative Candidates:

  • On July 8, 2024, Jay Heck, Executive Director of Common Cause in Wisconsin and a member of the FMC Lead Team, emailed all candidates for the Wisconsin State Legislature asking them to pledge their support for independent, nonpartisan redistricting.

  • We encourage activists to follow up with the candidates in your district if their name(s) are not on the Common Cause list of candidates. This template can be used to send them an email: Sample follow-up email to candidates regarding support for independent, nonpartisan redistricting

• Links to 2024 Voting District Maps: 

• Use these links to find 2024 voting districts, demographic and partisan data, and more.

• Wisconsin State Legislature Voting District Map Webpage

• Dave’s Redistricting State Senate Voting District Map

• Dave’s Redistricting State Assembly Voting District Map

• LWV Podcast: This is What Democracy Sounds Like: Mapping Out Wisconsin’s Future

  • Host Carol Koby talks with Carlene Bechen about the new maps and what's next for the fair maps movement.

• FMC 2024 Brochure: Available in English, Spanish, and Hmong. Coming soon in Arabic, Urdu, and Braille.

• Order brochures here: https://bit.ly/FMC_2024BrochureRequest

• Download png for your personal use: 2024 FMC Brochure

• Social Media Graphics: Use these social media graphics to create posts.

• FMC 2024 Social Media Graphics

• Request a Speaker: The Fair Maps Coalition can provide a speaker for your town hall or forum.

• Speaker Request Form

• Voter Petition: Sign online or download and print

• Online pledge: https://www.fairmapswi.com/petition24

• Downloadable PDF: https://bit.ly/FMC_2024VoterPledge

• VIDEO: Voting Maps in Wisconsin: This Google folder contains six short videos and one longer video - from which the six were cut - tracing the history of redistricting in Wisconsin from 1971 to the present and explaining the work ahead to achieve independent, nonpartisan redistricting in Wisconsin:

  • Voting Map Videos 2024 Folder

  • These are the slides and the Zoom recording (40m long). 

    • Presentation Slides: Voting Maps in WI 

    • Zoom recording of presentation: VotingMapsInWI_June2024.mp4