Resolutions Committee Members: 

Vivian Latimer Tanniehill, Chair, LWVMN

Terrie Griffin, LWVPA

Kimberly Fraser, LWVUS

Melissa Breach, LWVUS

Hannah Burling, LWVNM

Criteria for Resolutions: 

Per Rule 15 of the Convention rules, the following criteria were used by the Committee to judge the appropriateness of resolutions. These rules can also be found on the Delegate Resources page. 

• has complied with procedural requirements of this rule;
• is consistent with LWVUS Bylaws, principles, and positions;
• must not circumvent the program planning process;
• addresses a single, topical issue;
• is likely to have an impact on the single, topical issue;
• requires time-sensitive federal governmental action;
• is consistent with the current stated LWVUS priorities; and
• can be implemented using existing League resources.

The Resolutions Committee received ten proposals for resolutions, including three emergency resolutions, to be presented at Convention. Of the ten, the Committee has recommended five to move forward.

Recommended proposals:

1. LWV of San Diego, through Jane Andrews, submitted a resolution titled “Immigration Reform and LWV Advocacy.” The recommended resolution statement reads, “Be it resolved that LWVUS actively advocate for Immigration Reform as a legislative priority including support for: increased pathways to citizenship, work permits, and legal permanent status; legislation to ensure DREAMers have stable documented status; safe and humane treatment of all residents and those seeking asylum; an efficient, expeditious, and fair system for immigrants to enter the US; keeping migrant families together; and a workforce sufficient to support our economy. Also, be it resolved that LWVUS provide flexibility for state and local Leagues to advocate in support of long-established priorities on immigration in areas such as basic human needs.”
2. LWV of Radnor Township, through Roberta Winters, submitted a resolution titled “Climate Emergency Declaration”. The recommended resolution statement reads, “Be it resolved: We, as delegates of local Leagues assembled at the 2022 LWV US Convention, call upon the LWVUS Board and state and local Leagues to urge state and local governments to adopt and publicize the Declarations of Climate Emergency appropriate to local conditions and take appropriate action to implement the Declarations of Climate Emergency.”
3. LWV of the District of Columbia, through Anne Anderson, submitted a resolution titled “DC Statehood”. The recommended resolution statement reads, “Be it resolved that LWVUS will provide continued and renewed support for the admission of the state of Douglass Commonwealth into the United States of America with equal status to the existing 50 states.”
4. LWV of Wyoming, through Linda Barton, submitted a resolution titled “Action and Awareness for Missing & Murdered Indigenous People”. The recommended resolution statement reads, “Be it resolved that the League of Women Voters of the United States recognizes there is an immediate, ongoing, and urgent problem faced by our state and our nation of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP); and the League of Women Voters of the United States recognizes the need for Congressional attention to this urgent problem and the League of Women Voters of the United States recognizes the leadership of agencies such as the U.S. Department of Interior Missing and Murdered Unit (MMIU).”
5. LWV of Washington, through Lunell Haught, submitted an emergency resolution titled “Reproductive Choice”. The recommended resolution statement reads, “Be it resolved that the LWVUS, supports the rights of women and those who can get pregnant, to self-determination related to, and including, but not limited to bodily autonomy, privacy, reproductive health, and lifestyle choice.”

The Committee determined that the above resolutions meet all the criteria outlined in the proposed convention rules.

Proposals that were determined not to meet the stated criteria:

1. LWV of Colorado, through Linda Hutchinson, submitted a resolution titled “News Access and Literacy”. The unrecommended resolution statement reads, “Be it resolved that the Colorado League of Women Voters believes that ensuring news access and literacy in a constantly evolving information ecosystem is the substrate that will strengthen democracy and broaden the work of the League of Women Voters.”
2. LWV of New Mexico, through Richard Mason, submitted a resolution titled “Nonpartisan Election Administration”. The unrecommended resolution statement reads, “Therefore, be it resolved that LWVUS supports the administration of elections by nonpartisan officials and urges state and local leagues to take action to implement nonpartisan election administration. Be it further resolved that the LWVUS urges state and local leagues to support the adoption of strong and enforceable oaths of nonpartisanship by election officials”.
3. LWV of Florida, through Kathleen Crampton, submitted a resolution titled “National Popular Vote Interstate Compact”. The unrecommended resolution statement reads, “Therefore, be it resolved, that the LWVUS: actively make NPV Taskforce materials accessible to all state and local Leagues; identify and implement ways to educate state and local Leagues on the importance of NPV; and display National Popular Vote as a component of "Making Democracy Work".
4. The LWV of Oregon, through Robin Wisdom, submitted an emergency resolution titled “SCOTUS Reform to Protect Individual Rights and Threats to Democracy. The unrecommended resolution statement reads, “Be It Resolved, That the League of Women Voters advocates for the preservation and expansion of individual rights under the Constitution, and the League opposes any retreat to a narrow, 17th or 18th Century textual interpretation not applicable to the 21st Century by any branch of government. That the League of Women Voters advocates for structural reforms to ensure the protection of rights of modern American people and the preservation of democracy, free from the pressures of partisan politics.”
5. LWV of Wilmette (IL), through Michele Thorne, submitted an emergency resolution titled “Immediate Publication of the Equal Rights Amendment”. The unrecommended resolution statement reads, “We Resolve, That the League urge President Joseph Biden, head of the Executive Branch of our U.S. national government, to issue an immediate executive order directing that the Equal Rights Amendment be certified and published as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”

Proposals withdrawn by the submitting League and not considered by the Committee:

1. LWV of Oakland, through Viola Gonzales, submitted a resolution titled “LWV Convention Fee”.
2. LWV of Radnor Township, through Roberta Winters, submitted a resolution titled “Nuclear Energy”.