Background

• News release about "I Love Libraries"
• Complete WPLC Survey results
• Position papers on key issues
  • WLA's legislative pages contain budget priorities and detailed positions on key legislative issues

"I Love Libraries and I Vote" Resources

• Tip Sheet on Participating in "I Love Libraries"
• Hosting a Library Listening Session
  
• Sample news release
• Button art
• Decal art
• Decal order form
  

Related Resources

• Public Libraries: Become a Voter Registration Site
• Project Vote Smart: Free materials!
• Selected Advocacy-related Websites

The Wisconsin Library Association recently kicked off an election year campaign, "I Love Libraries and I Vote," designed to encourage library users to vote and remind those running for public office that many voters care deeply about libraries of all kinds. The campaign kicked off February 3 at Library Legislative Day in Madison, and buttons bearing the slogan were provided for all registrants.

WLA selected the theme for its campaign after a study sponsored by the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium showed that library users are more likely to vote than non library users. The scientific survey, funded in part by the WLA Foundation, determined that 80% of library users voted in the 2002 gubernatorial election compared with 65% of nonusers. The survey, "Wisconsin Library User (and Non-User): Outcomes of a Statewide Survey", conducted by consultant Josh Morrill of Morrill Solutions, had an error rate of +/- four percent.

Take a look at the background information and resources to tailor your own campaign in your community!

Comments or questions?
Contact us at wla@scls.lib.wi.us.