The League of Women Voters of the US (LWVUS) will be holding its biennial convention from June 27 to June 30 in Washington D.C. The Convention serves as LWVUS' biennial business meeting and is also a great opportunity for League members to gather for training and networking.

Under the LWVUS bylaws, delegates must meet every two years to vote on a variety of items, including a LWVUS biennial budget, the next LWVUS Board of Directors and Nominating Committee, any bylaw amendments that have been put forth, and the organization’s program (or the focus of League work) for the next biennium.

The 2024 Convention will be a hybrid Convention. An in-person event will take place at the Washington Hilton in Washington DC, and an integrated virtual event will take place on this platform. Convention programming includes training opportunities in large and small settings, as well as caucuses led by local or state Leagues from around the country. There will also be a variety of networking events for League members to meet and mingle in informal settings.

The League of Women Voters of Washington is proposing a program at Convention asking LWVUS to adopt our local news position through concurrence. While delegates are free to vote however they choose, we encourage all of the local Leagues from Washington state to support this proposal at the national Convention. A summary of our current local news info and the importance of concurrence can be found here.

Convention delegates are the members of the LWVUS board and representatives from state and local Leagues and Inter-League Organizations (ILOs). Each local and state League and ILO is allotted delegates based on their League type and size. The delegate count formula can be found here. LWVUS will send notification of the precise number of delegates each League can send to convention in March. If you are interested in attending Convention as a delegate, please consult with your local League leadership.

Members may attend the Convention without being a voting delegate as an “observer.”  Observers can participate in all non-plenary activities and observe plenary without presenting, debating, or voting on any motions. Observers may participate in all other training, workshop and networking activities.

You can find out more about Convention in LWVUS' First Call: 2024 National Convention—or with the updates and information about pre-Convention meetings and caucuses provided in this newsletter.