Program Planning

League program is the education and advocacy platform adopted by members to empower voters and defend democracy.

A grassroots process of recommending and selecting the governmental issues for action and concerted study or concurrence.

The League’s point of view on a public policy issue, arrived at after study and either consensus or concurrence.

Local Leagues meet to reexamine current state positions and recommend changes, if any, to the board. Positions can be amended, updated, dropped, or restudied; new studies can be proposed.
The state board reviews the proposed items and decides which, if any, it will recommend to the biennial convention.
Delegates to the biennial convention debate and vote on the proposed program that includes proposed items and retention of current positions.
If a new study or an update of a current position is adopted at the biennial convention, a study committee is formed that consists of members from various local Leagues. The committee gathers information for League members to use in deliberating the issue that reflects a diversity of nonpartisan views on the study topic, culminating in a Facts & Issues report.
Local League members consider the pros and cons of various positions on the issue with the help of a discussion guide and discussion leader.
Areas of statewide collective agreement are summarized and paraphrased into a consensus statement to be adopted by the state board of directors.
Action to bring about governmental change based on a position can only be taken on an issue after a position has been adopted.

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