Positions

The League of Women Voters is a multi-issue organization that advocates based on carefully studied and adopted positions.

How League Positions Are Decided

Principles & Positions

Principles

All League of Women Voters organizations across the U.S. are guided by a shared set of beliefs called League Principles. These Principles explain what the League stands for and provide the foundation for its work.

For LWVTX, these Principles help guide positions and advocacy, ensuring that the issues we support align with the League’s core beliefs.

League Principles define our values.

We Believe
In representative government and in the individual liberties established in the Constitution of the United States.

We Believe

That all powers of the U.S. government should be exercised within the constitutional framework of a balance among the three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial.

We Believe

That democratic government depends upon informed and active participation in government and requires that governmental bodies protect the citizen's right to know by giving adequate notice of proposed actions, holding open meetings, and making public records accessible.

We Believe

That every citizen should be protected in the right to vote; that every person should have access to free public education that provides equal opportunity for all; and that no person or group should suffer legal, economic, or administrative discrimination.

We Believe

That efficient and economical government requires competent personnel, the clear assignment or responsibility, adequate financing, and coordination among the different agencies and levels of government.

We Believe

That responsible government should be responsive to the will of the people; that government should maintain an equitable and flexible system of taxation, promote the conservation and development of natural resources in the public interest, share in the solution of economic and social problems that affect the general welfare, promote a sound economy, and adopt domestic policies that facilitate the solution of international problems.

We Believe

That cooperation with other nations is essential in the search for solutions to world problems, and that the development of international organization and international law is imperative in the promotion of world peace.

League Positions guide our advocacy.

Positions are developed through member study and consensus, League positions are reviewed regularly, updated as needed, and readopted at each League convention. They provide the foundation for the League’s advocacy, education, and action efforts at every level of the organization.

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