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League of Women Voters'
Position on Issues
Political Yet Nonpartisan
Soon after the League of Women Voters was founded in 1920, the leadership agreed that the League would take positions on issues but that it would not support nor oppose any political party or candidate (appointed or elected) for public office. Today, this policy continues to ensure that the League’s voice is heard above the tumult of party politics.
Soon after the League of Women Voters was founded in 1920, the leadership agreed that the League would take positions on issues but that it would not support nor oppose any political party or candidate (appointed or elected) for public office. Today, this policy continues to ensure that the League’s voice is heard above the tumult of party politics.
League of Women Voter Program
The governmental issues that each League has chosen for concerted study and action at the national, state or local level are known in League vernacular as its program. The program process is specified in the bylaws and includes the following steps:
- Formal adoption (by members at an annual meeting or by state/national convention
delegates) of an issue for study.
- Member study and agreement on broad concepts.
- Formulation of a position by the appropriate board of directors.
- Action as directed by the board of directors.
- Annual or biennial re-adoption of the position.
Local Leagues may work simultaneously on local, state, and national program issues, but action may be taken only in those areas where there is member understanding and agreement. Issues reflect community concerns and range from local park facilities to election reform, from childcare to nuclear waste disposal, from air pollution to international trade, from mental health to energy policy.
The governmental issues that each League has chosen for concerted study and action at the national, state or local level are known in League vernacular as its program. The program process is specified in the bylaws and includes the following steps:
- Formal adoption (by members at an annual meeting or by state/national convention
delegates) of an issue for study.
- Member study and agreement on broad concepts.
- Formulation of a position by the appropriate board of directors.
- Action as directed by the board of directors.
- Annual or biennial re-adoption of the position.
Local Leagues may work simultaneously on local, state, and national program issues, but action may be taken only in those areas where there is member understanding and agreement. Issues reflect community concerns and range from local park facilities to election reform, from childcare to nuclear waste disposal, from air pollution to international trade, from mental health to energy policy.
Learn More
The League of Women Voters of Champaign County has developed its own issues program, as have the state and federal Leagues. Use the links at the top of this page to learn more.
The League of Women Voters of Champaign County has developed its own issues program, as have the state and federal Leagues. Use the links at the top of this page to learn more.
