How many delegates does our League get? Who is coming as a delegate? You can find this information out by viewing this spreadsheet that tracks all registered delegates. The spreadsheet is manually populated, so please be patient with updates on weekends and after business hours!

What if my League doesn’t use all of the delegates allotted to us?

If you have delegate spots that your League will not be using, please contact us. There are members who may not be delegates for their own League, and would enjoy attending as a delegate for another League rather than a non-voting member.

How will we cast our vote?

When you register, you will receive instructions and a Zoom link via email. During the general sessions, when it comes time to vote, each delegate will be able to cast their vote using the polling tool. If you live in a household with another delegate, please use different devices during the general session. Zoom will only allow one vote per login.

NEW! Part of the purpose for a convention of member delegates is to adopt issues for education or advocacy for the LWVC for the next two years. Local Leagues conduct Program Planning meetings to identify issues that they believe should be pursued. The suggestions for issues for education and advocacy are collected, noting the number of Leagues that raised each particular issue. The LWVC Board of Directors has reviewed the collection and created a recommended program that will be put before the delegates at the LWVC Convention. The delegates will then approve or amend the recommended program. 

Traditionally at the Convention delegates may ask that an item that was not included in the Recommended Program be added to the Program. It is called “Considering a Not Recommended Item.” This can still occur but (this is the NEW! part) only if you inform the LWVC Board of Directors of the request no later than on April 14, 2025 by sending an email to program@lwvc.org. This change will remove the lengthy, confusing, and time-consuming process during Convention.

The proposed item must be one raised during the program planning process.

You can see the complete list of items suggested along with the Recommended Program here. The email requesting the inclusion of a Not Recommended item must include:

1. The subject line: “Not Recommended Item”

2. The exact wording of the item that appears in the list of items suggested during the planning process must appear in the body of the email, and

3. An explanation of the reasons for proposing the item must appear in the body of the email. This explanation must be less than 500 words. It will appear in the Convention Workbook.

The ability of delegates to adopt an item that does not appear in the Recommended Program remains intact but the process is streamlined so that less time is spent in the Plenary Session of the Convention explaining and re-explaining how this all works. 

The “Not Recommended Item” motion will be listed in the Convention Workbook when it is released one month before the Convention.

Note that the Recommended Program items represent combinations of the recommendations from local Leagues. For example, several Leagues specifically mentioned Civic Education. This is included in the “Making Democracy Work” item. Likewise, several Leagues listed either wildfire response, or responding to natural disasters. These are included in both Climate Change and Housing. If you have questions, please send them to program@lwvc.org.

The workbook will have the proposed items that will be discussed and voted on at convention, such as the slate of nominees to the Board, the budget, and the proposed program. It will be helpful to review the Proposed Order of Business to see when things will be presented, debated, and voted on.

The workbook will be available to view and download on May 20, 2025.

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