League of Women Voters of Connecticut

Advocacy Contacts

• Vice President of Public Issues:  
  (advocacy@lwvct.org)
  
• LWVCT Public Issues Team
  
• League Partners in Advocacy

Overview
League advocacy is carried out by League volunteers.  We testify at hearings, provide press conference statements, write letters to the editor and opinion editorials, and submit other written communications to public officials.  

The League of Women Voters of Connecticut (LWVCT) retains the limited services of a legislative monitor to track bills on which the LWVCT has a position.  We also retain a part-time, paid lobbyist to support LWVCT volunteers who lobby on LWVCT legislative priorities.

To find out about the Connecticut General Assembly, the legislative leadership, the types of committees and more, click here.

Current Advocacy Priorities

• Election Laws
  
• Transportation
  

Our Areas of Advocacy Focus 

• Government: We work for a governmental system that is representative, accountable, and responsive.
  
• Natural Resources: We work for the protection and sustainability of natural resources.
  
• Social Policy: We work for equal rights and equal opportunity for all, and promote social and economic justice and health and safety.

Our Positions

• LWVCT Impact on Issues
  
• LWVCT Positions in Brief (updated October 2011)
• Impact on Issues, LWVUS
  

Action Alerts

• LWVCT, state
  
• LWVUS, national
  

Resources

• How a Bill Becomes a Law
  
• “Be a 10-minute Activist" - Join the Grassroots Lobby Corps