Why doesn the League concentrate only on local issues?
The League of Women Voters is a national organization whose strength lies in the fact that we participate at the national, state and local levels throughout the United States. If we dealt with local issues only, we would lose our effectiveness as a unified, national organization. You, through membership in your local League, belong to the League of Women Voters of Hawaii and of the United States. What is meant by the League being a “grass roots” organization? The League is a participatory democracy. Its members adopt and amend bylaws which provide a framework for the organization; members adopt the budget, elect officers and directors and select program. In addition, agreement on positions comes directly from the membership. How do members make these basic decisions? On the local level, members make these decisions at the League’s annual meeting. Delegates who represent their local Leagues make those decisions at state and national conventions held every two years. national conventions