LWVLC By-Laws
By-Laws 2020-2021
LWV Programs and Issues
The League - national, state and local - takes action on public policy issues, supporting or opposing issues. Action may include workshops for members, lobbying government officials, petition drives, publishing information for the general public and the news media, and holding public forums. The League of Women Voters takes action only after members have studied an issue and agreed on a position.
The current Impact on Issues reflects the 2016-2018 program adopted by the 2016 convention of the LWVUS; the “positions in brief” listed there summarize the official statements of positions included in this guide. This document is updated following each biennial convention.
LWV National Positions
The current Impact on Issues reflects the 2016-2018 program adopted by the 2016 convention of the LWVUS; the “positions in brief” listed there summarize the official statements of positions included in this guide. This document is updated following each biennial convention.
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LWVColorado Positions
The LWVCO Program for Study and Action 2018 is a summary of the positions that Colorado League Members has adopted and the advocacy work based on them. The League of Women Voters takes action only after members have studied an issue and agreed on a position.
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LWV Larimer County Positions
Local Planning
Support for maintaining and strengthening a sense of place and community identity in Larimer County communities by encouraging the use of downtown areas as the primary cultural and governmental centers and by using a variety of measures to insure the economic vitality of downtown areas. Encourage the inclusion of a mix of goods and services and of housing types to attract a diverse group of people, including families.
Support of adequate funding for comprehensive planning and its implementation, including periodic review and monitoring, by Larimer County and its cities and towns. This should include intergovernmental and regional planning.
Support for the principle that the costs of capital improvements resulting from growth should be borne by those who benefit from them but that special allowances should be made for affordable housing and for natural areas.
Continued support for acquisition of open space.
Number of Larimer County Commissioners
Supports increasing the number of Larimer County Commissioners from three to five and exclusively supports the following two election options for the ballot:
Five commissioners, each elected by voters in their representative districts.
Three commissioners elected by voters in their representative districts and two countywide commissioners elected at-large.
Instant Runoff Voting (IRV)
The League of Women Voters of Larimer County supports an alternative to plurality voting that would accomplish the following objectives:
Every person’s vote should count.
A winner should have majority support.
Furthermore, we also support alternatives that can be expected to:
maximize voter participation;
be open to a variety of candidates and ideas;
encourage positive, issue-based campaigning.
We believe that in single-seat elections, IRV (Instant Runoff voting) has the best chance of meeting these objectives.
Library Funding
The LWV-LC supports funding of public libraries in Larimer County either through voter-approved property tax or a combination of dedicated property tax and public general fund revenue. Dedicated property tax provides a more stable and predictable source of funding for public libraries than one that depends solely on general fund revenues.