Guidance /
To guide its work in Congress, the LWVUS Board adopts lobbying priorities every year. The goal is to maintain focus on issues of primary importance identified by LWVUS. The goals are to:
- Project a focused and consistent message,
- Enhance the League’s effectiveness and impact,
- Build the League’s credibility and visibility,
- Ensure that the League has sufficient issue and political expertise,
- Reflect program decisions made at convention and/or council,
- Build on strong member interest and support, and
- Enable the League to manage resources effectively.
LWVUS Legislative Priorities for 2026
The board approved the following priorities for 2026:
- Making Democracy Work® by defending remaining democratic institutions and rebuilding into a multi-racial, representative democracy through:
- Protecting and restoring voting rights protections;
- opposing anti-voter policies;
- strengthening election administration;
- protecting DC’s right to continue governing itself, and
- ensuring a well-funded, full count in the 2030 Census.
- Protecting individual liberties, upholding the Constitution, and holding government accountable and responsive to the needs of the people.
- Applying a democracy frame to respond strategically to issues like immigration, climate change, gun policy, and health care, including reproductive justice.