Resources
2025 Elections
Spring Election: Tuesday, April 1
Voter Resources
- Verify your polling place
- Bring a valid photo ID
Vote at any of these in-person absentee voting sites in Madison
- Bring a valid photo ID
- Absentee voting begins 2 weeks before Election Day in Madison
- Request your absentee ballot – no excuse or reason for voting absentee is needed. You will need a witness to sign your ballot before returning it.
- Watch this video to be sure you fill out your absentee ballot correctly so it can be counted
- Be sure to get your ballot in the mail at least 1 week ahead of the election to be sure it’s in on time!
*NOTE*
- You MAY return your completed ballot to an election official at an in-person early voting site.
- Only the absentee voter may return their own ballot, with exceptions for voters with disabilities.
- Regularly check your voter registration status at MyVote.WI.gov
- You must re-register if you move or change your name
- Register at MyVote.WI.gov, any public library, the City Clerk’s office, any In-Person (Early) Voting location, or on Election Day
Call the WisDems Voter Protection Hotline at 608-336-3232 with any voting questions or concerns
Canvass Resources
Get started with these guides
Community Resources
LGBTQ Suicide Prevention Resources
National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Veterans: Press 1
Trans Lifeline
Support for transgender people,
by transgender people
1-877-565-8860
SAGE LGBT Elder Hotline
Peer-support and local resources for older adults
1-888-234-SAGE
The Trevor Project
TrevorLifeline: Available 24/7 at 1-866-488-7386
TrevorText: Text TREVOR to 1-202-304-1200
TrevorChat: Via thetrevorproject.org
The LGBT National Hotline
Peer-support and local resources for all ages
1-888-843-4564
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
988
Press 1 for Veterans, Press 2 for Spanish
LGBT National Help Center
National Hotline:
1-888-843-4564
View hours
Coming Out Support Hotline: 1-888-688-5428
Youth Talkline: 1-800-246-7743
Senior Hotline: 1-888-234-7243
LGBT National Help Center: free and confidential support for LGBTQIA+ people and those with questions about sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
“We will not contact any authorities or other services or programs on your behalf.”
Warm Lines That DON'T Call the police
Call Blackline
Call or text: 1-800-604-5841
Blackline: Peer support and counseling prioritizing BIPOC, with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens.
“We do not trace or send any type of intervention under any circumstances without consent.”
Trans Lifeline (English, español)
US: 1-877-565-8860
Canada: 1-877-330-6366
Oprime 2 para hablar con alguien en español.
View hours
Trans Lifeline: Trans peer support for Trans community that’s been “divested from police since day one. Run by and for Trans people.”
Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line
1-888-407-4515
View hours
Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line: Warmline answered by a trained peer supporters.
“We do not trace or send any type of intervention under any circumstances without consent.”
Thrive Lifeline (24/7)
Text 24/7: 1-313-662-8209
Thrive Lifeline: Trans-led and operated, focusing on people with intersecting marginalized identities. Does not “engage in non-consensual active rescue”
StrongHearts Native Helpline (24/7)
Peer advocate crisis support specifically for people experiencing intimate partner violence
Call 24/7: 1-844-762-8483 or chat online
StrongHearts: 24/7 confidential and anonymous culturally-appropriate domestic and sexual violence helpline for Native Americans. “advocates do not request or record the contact’s identification and/or address.”
Not Everything You Read on Social Media is True
Don't do Trump's work.
Don’t share information without verifying.
Call our hotline to verify the presence of ICE in the community, or in cases of an emergency:
Save this number in your contacts.
When you call us include details like the time and exact location.
Immigration Raid Preparation
Get Prepared
Before an Immigration Raid happens, you should:
1. Gather all your important documents
2. Let a trusted family member know where to find them
3. Talk with your family about what to do if you or someone in the family is detained by ICE
4. Give your child’s school a list of trusted adults who can pick up your child if you are detained by ICE
5. Consult with an immigration attorney
What should you do if ICE comes to your Door?
1. Don’t open the door without a valid warrant signed by a judge
2. Remain silent! You have the right to not speak
3. Don’t sign anything without speaking to an attorney
4. Call your attorney or seek legal help at 312.660.1370
What happens if ICE comes to your Work?
1. Remain calm
2. Don’t provide false documents & don’t carry them with you
3. Don’t attempt to interfere with an ICE officer
4. Tell them you’d like to speak to your attorney
5. Don’t sign anything without speaking to an attorney
6. Keep important numbers with you
7. If ICE detains you while at work and you have children at home, make sure you inform ICE
Resource Information from the City of Chicago Office of Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Rights