Madison Southwest Action Team - MSAT

✅ NY Times Guest Essay
“My State Was a ‘Democracy Desert.’ This Is How We Turned It Around.” By Ben Wikler

(Mr. Wikler is the author of the forthcoming “This Is the Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy.”)

Opinion | My State Was a ‘Democracy Desert.’ This Is How We Turned It Around. (Gift Article) Local elections, and local outreach, can be crucial for stopping gerrymanders.

We can stop the chaos in Washington from coming to WI. Register to Vote here!

https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/

OUR NEIGHBORS NEED US!

We’ll Fill Up Helping Hands Pantry on Schroeder Rd. and Feed Our Neighbors with:

Hy-Vee on Whitney Way
Saturday, June 27 from 11am-3pm

IT’S EASY!
• MSAT Volunteers Provide a List of Most-Needed Items
• You Put One or Two in Your Cart & Check Out
• Our Volunteers Bag Up Donations & Deliver Them to Extended Hands Pantry!

Dane County and Milwaukee County are the only 2 liberal leaning US Congressional districts in WI. The other 6 are ultra conservative. Our WI Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that may change our maps. Stay tuned!

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/us/politics/supreme-court-alabama-congressional-map.html

Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Map in Alabama In the first major case since the justices narrowed the Voting Rights Act, the court cleared the way for Alabama to use a map preferred by Republicans that eliminates a majority-Black district.