How to Get Rid of a Curfew in Wisconsin
A curfew in Wisconsin can make your feel like you do not live in a free country. Your presence on the streets is a prohibited after a certain time, and law enforcement officials can instruct you to go home or worse, write you a ticket. A curfew is a law passed by a legislature. You have to identify the legislature and lobby them to get the law changed. Once the law is changed, you will have removed the curfew.
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Find out which legislature made the curfew law. You can ask a police officer, who may or may not know, or visit your local law library and ask the attendant. Curfews are generally passed by the city council or the assemblymen in town hall.
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Gather support for dissolving the curfew law. This may be difficult to do because most curfews target people under 18 who cannot vote, and your goal is to gain support from the voting public. So, ask parents, teachers and business owners to sign a petition against the curfew.
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Contact the representative in your area to change the legislation. Visit the city website and look at the representatives that pass ordinances. Discover which person represents the area of the city in which you live.
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Contact the legislator by calling their office. Try to setup a meeting to discuss why the curfew should be abolished.
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Go to the meeting and bring the petition you have compiled. Show the representative how many people in their district would like the curfew to be dissolved. Remind them that they are public representation of their constituents.
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Help the legislator pass the law. Attend a session of city council or a town hall assembly. Testify in front of the other representatives if requested and present the petition.
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See if the council or town hall assembly considers your request. They may amend the ordinance, abolish it or make no changes.
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