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A Summary of Member Input for 2010 Advocacy Priorities
Each January, the LWV Board of Directors adopts Priorities for
Advocacy for the calendar year. Priorities are established in order to
assure the best use of LWV resources. Consideration must be given to
issues that are likely to be addressed by the Congress. Among these
considerations are: member interest; the political climate for action on
a specific issue; the resources that are available; opportunities for
successful advocacy; and, whether the LWV is the organization that can
make a difference.
LWV members responded to the request for recommendations for LWV
Advocacy Priorities for 2010 following several announcements in the
Leaders' Update beginning in early December, 2009 through
January 15, 2010. The following is a list of the input received from
members in descending order:
- Campaign Finance Reform – many of these suggestions were in support
of the Fair Elections Now Act (HR 1826 and S 752)
- Global Climate Change
- Health Care Reform
- Arms Control
- Immigration Reform
- Election Reform, Ethics and Lobbying Reform, Abolition of the
Electoral College, Concerns about how the Congress conducts itself
(rules, earmarks, cloture), Civil Liberties, Redistricting, Census
2010
- Specific suggestions to support HR 2766 and S 1215, legislation that
would amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to repeal a certain exemption
for hydraulic fracturing and other purposes
- DC Voting Rights and Budget Autonomy
- Gun Control
- Miscellaneous suggestions: Year Round School, Abolition of the Death
Penalty, ERA, Veterans’ Assistance, Civic Education, Affordable Rental
Housing
These suggestions were received from individual members, LWV Boards,
and committees who held meetings to discuss Advocacy Priorities. All
suggestions were tallied for the report to the LWV Board of Directors.
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