Political vs. Nonpartisan

Some League members have asked for a better understanding of what it means for the League to be nonpartisan, when it has advocated for and asked its members to take action on specific legislative initiatives.

The answer is that the League is nonpartisan in that it does not “support or oppose any political party or candidate.” However, the League is political. That means, the League does take positions on policy issues and advocates for them.

The New Canaan League focuses primarily on issues related to our own town’s welfare and our programs are an example of the grassroots nature of League work.

At the state and national levels of the organization, lobbying and advocacy on behalf of specific policy initiatives are undertaken.

All LWV policy positions are always based on extensive research followed by the “consensus or concurrence” of membership, on the local, state or federal level. League positions can be found in our handbook; for state and national positions, these are summaries and further information can be obtained on lwvct.org and lwvus.org.

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