Wisconsin Voters Prepare to Weigh In On the War in Iraq
Referendum Stirs Passion on Both Sides
by Peter Slevin, Washington Post Staff Writer

In an exercise that one side calls democracy and the other considers a disservice, voters in 30 Wisconsin towns will cast ballots next month on whether the Bush administration should withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.

From Baraboo and Monona to Madison and La Crosse, antiwar activists invoked a 1911 state law to schedule a bring-the-troops-home referendum designed to send a message to Congress and the White House that the war is costing too many lives and too much money.


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