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What is a Position?

The League of Women Voters takes action on an issue only when we have a position addressing that particular issue. Members must study and come to consensus on an issue, in order to form a position. This thorough grassroots process ensures that our advocacy is well considered by a broad range of people, understood by our members, and we have a sense of the political environment.

Metropolitan Columbus Positions

Addiction Services

Submitted by Metropolitan Columbus in November 2017.

Position

Support adequate funding and treatment options for addiction.

Community Based Treatment

Submitted by Metropolitan Columbus in November 2017.

Position

Support increased services for people with mental illness.

Education

Submitted by Metropolitan Columbus in November 2017.

Position

Support programs to achieve racial balance in the public schools of the metropolitan area.

Franklin County Childrens Services

Submitted by Metropolitan Columbus in November 2017.

Position

Support of Franklin County Childrens Services.

Justice and Corrections

Submitted by Metropolitan Columbus in November 2017.

Position

Support increasing the number of persons not jailed

Land Use and Regional Planning

Submitted by Metropolitan Columbus in November 2017.

Position

Support neighborhood planning and land use that reflect the changing needs of the central Ohio population.

Levy-Funded Agencies

Submitted by Metropolitan Columbus in November 2017.

Position

Public Transit

Submitted by Metropolitan Columbus in November 2017.

Position

Support the creation and use of efficient public transportation.

All Metropolitan Columbus Subscribed Positions

Government: Apportionment/Districting

Submitted by Ohio in February 2018.

Position

Support an impartial districting process with opportunity for citizen participation. Support districts that are compact, contiguous, bounded by a non-intersecting line, and follow political boundaries as much as possible.

Government: Constitution

Submitted by Ohio in February 2018.

Position

Support a clear, flexible, organized, and internally consistent Constitution.

Government: Primary Election Systems

Submitted by Ohio in February 2018.

Position

Support open primary election systems that narrow the field of candidates for the general election and permit all registered voters, regardless of political party membership, to participate.

Natural Resources: Great Lakes Ecosystem

Submitted by Ohio in February 2018.

Position

Support preserving and enhancing the environmental integrity and quality of the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Ecosystem.

Natural Resources: Hazardous Materials & Waste

Submitted by Ohio in February 2018.

Position

Support state policies and programs that emphasize the proper priority for the management of hazardous waste.

Natural Resources: Interbasin Transfer of Water

Submitted by Ohio in February 2018.

Position

Support diversion of water only after studies indicate that diversion would be sustainable, and only after the development of a plan to protect the affected areas during all stages of development, operation, termination, and post-termination.

Natural Resources: Land Use

Submitted by Ohio in February 2018.

Position

Support both urban revitalization and farmland preservation and the curbing of urban sprawl.

Natural Resources: Solid Waste

Submitted by Ohio in February 2018.

Position

Support the philosophy that solid waste must be purposefully and systematically controlled by all levels of government.

Natural Resources: Water

Submitted by Ohio in February 2018.

Position

Support for joint, cooperative planning and administration along watershed lines and across political boundaries, and stringent water quality standards accompanied by strong implementation and enforcement.

Social Policy: Capital Punishment

Submitted by Ohio in February 2018.

Position

Support abolition of the death penalty and a moratorium on use of the death penalty.

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