Member Information

Learn More About the League

Some of our members are active and busy with League activities throughout the year – registering voters, supporting League positions, keeping our community informed and more. Some of our members join to support our mission. Please review our essential League documents to learn more.

Member Handbook 2023-2024

 Please take a look at the Member Handbook to learn more about what we do and who to contact.

Bylaws

Official governing rules for internal operations and external dealings. Adopted June, 2024

LWV Illinois

Where We Stand: LWVIL Positions

Where We Stand is the platform of the League of Women Voters of Illinois. In concert with the LWVUS guide to public policy positions, Impact on Issues, it forms the basis for all action taken by the Illinois Leagues on state and national issues and the League Principles. 
 
Where We Stand 2023-2025 covers the LWVIL state positions and the action issues adopted at the 2019 Convention, which are designed to help local Leagues use the state program effectively. The material is organized into four topic sections: Representative Government, Natural Resources, and Social Policy

LWV Naperville

Current LWV Naperville Program

League program is the education and advocacy platform that we adopt to move our mission forward. League Principles and positions on public policy issues are included in the LWVUS Bylaws. The current LWV Naperville League Platform includes:
  1. Organize and implement responses to issues on local, state, and national levels through local actions as appropriate. Responses include, but are not limited to:
    • Letters to the editor
    • Speaking to civic and government entities (not limited to city council specifically)
    • Attending city government meetings
    • Witness slips
    • Rallies
    • Lobby Day, lobbying legislators
  2. Advocate for issues that are important to Naperville, DuPage and Will Counties 
    • Monitor the status and outcomes of recently adopted government actions/decisions previously supported by the League, for example:
      • Assault weapons sales ban
      • Appointment process to City Boards and Commissions
      • 708 mental health boards
    • Organize and implement responses to local circumstances as appropriate (not limited to city and county specifically)
  3. Advocate for Naperville Energy Concerns and other environmental issues 
    • Educate voters about the source of their electricity
    • Monitor contract negotiations with IMEA (Illinois Municipal Electric Agency) and take action to support sustainable outcomes
    • Monitor other environmental concerns as needed
    • Work with allies on efforts to promote sustainability with a particular focus on climate change
  4. Support election integrity and ballot access in Will and DuPage Counties 
    • Continue to observe and support DuPage County and Will County election processes to ensure free and fair elections
    • Advocate for the protection of all participants in the election process
LWV United States

LWVUS priorities for 2024-2026:

  1. Voting Rights:  Expanding voter access to the polls
  2. Improving Election Systems: Fighting voter suppression
  3. Campaign Finance/Money in Politics: Promoting transparency/eliminating dark money
  4. Redistricting: Fighting racial and partisan gerrymandering
  5. Direct Election of the President by Popular Vote
  6. Climate Change: Pushing harder for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions

LWVUS Impact on Issues

Impact on Issues is designed to help League members use LWVUS public policy positions effectively at the national, state, local, and regional levels. The intention is to inspire Leagues to use national positions to act in their own communities.