We’re bridging divides to ensure peace for all Wisconsinites. Supported by The Carter Center, the Wisconsin Alliance for Civic Trust welcomes participants from across the political spectrum, from every corner of the state, and from every walk of life.

The Wisconsin Alliance for Civic Trust is for dedicated political, business, faith, and civic leaders and community members who want to improve the quality of our democracy and who agree with our principles.

What We Stand For

The Wisconsin Alliance for Civic Trust welcomes dedicated leaders and community members who want to improve the quality of our democracy and who agree with our three commonsense principles:

  1. Committing to truth in our politics
  2. Engaging peacefully with our fellow Americans
  3. Supporting our electoral democracy

 

Voters and organizations can participate in the network, telling candidates to lead by example to help restore trust in elections. Network members will promote peaceful resolution of disputes and differences through constructive engagement, share proactive messaging that promotes accurate information about our elections, and counter acts of intimidation through dialogue, conflict-sensitive communication, and rapid response planning.

Candidate Principles for Trusted Elections

Wisconsin Alliance for Civic Trust members will help mobilize support for the Candidate Principles for Trusted Elections. Launched in 2022, the nationwide, cross-partisan initiative asks citizens, organizations, and public officials to uphold five core principles of democratic elections. The Candidate Principles are:

  1. Integrity
  2. Nonviolence
  3. Security
  4. Oversight
  5. Peaceful transfer of power

As the 2024 Election approaches, our aim is to push back on partisanship by getting citizens in every state to support these principles. More than 1000 leaders from across the political spectrum are collaborating to support these principles.

State of Wisconsin Senior Advisors

David Haynes - Newsroom employee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. News Department, head shot. reporter.

David Haynes

Senior Advisor

David Haynes has decades of experience in Wisconsin media. He has served as education editor, enterprise editor, business editor, opinion editor, Ideas Lab editor, and community engagement coordinator for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He led the Journal Sentinel's community engagement efforts for six years, including Listen MKE, a community building project with partners Milwaukee's NPR, Milwaukee PBS, and the Milwaukee Public Library. Before joining the Journal Sentinel, Haynes worked as Sunday editor for the Lowell Sun and as a reporter and features editor for the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.  He founded Monday Business in 1995 and the Ideas Lab in 2017, which focuses on solutions to problems in Milwaukee and Wisconsin through commentary and solutions journalism. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism and U.S. history from Indiana University, where he served as editor of the Indiana Daily Student newspaper.