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The League of Women Voters takes action on an issue or
advocates for a cause when there is an existing League position that
supports the issue or speaks to the cause.
Positions result from a process of study. Any given study,
whether it be National, State, or Local, is thorough in its pursuit of
facts and details. As the study progresses, a continuing discussion of
pros and cons of each situation occurs. Prior to the results of the
study being presented to the general membership, study committee
members fashion consensus questions that are then addressed by the
membership.
Additional discussion, pro and con, takes place as members (not
part of the study committee) learn the scope of the study. After the
members reach consensus, the board forms positions based on that
consensus.
It is the consensus statement -- the statement
resulting from the consensus questions -- that becomes a position. Firm
action or advocacy can then be taken on the particular issue addressed
by the position. Without a position, action/advocacy cannot be taken.
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