The League of Women Voters adopts programs at the local, state, and national levels and maintains a continuous process of study, consensus, and action. Study and Action presents the current state program as adopted by the most recent Convention of the League of Women Voters of Iowa.

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

LWVIA support and action has had an impact on governmental improvements and over the years has resulted in these and other accomplishments:

• Successful challenge of a legislative apportionment plan in the Iowa Supreme Court
• Establishment of the Legislative Service Bureau, the Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission, and the Legislative Information Office
• Income tax check-off option
• Substantial revision of the Juvenile Justice Code
• Home Rule for Iowa cities and towns
• Creation of the Iowa Housing Finance Authority
• Establishment of the Area Education Agencies
• Passage of:
  • Open Meetings Law
  • Land Use Legislation
  • Beverage Container Deposit Law
  • Urban Revitalization Bill
  • Extension of Voting Rights Act of 1965
  • School Reapportionment Legislation
  • Groundwater Bill
• Defeat of a constitutional convention ballot issue
• Ratification of the DC Voting Rights Amendment 

POSITION STATEMENTS

All League action at the state level is based on the position statements that follow, together with the principles of the League of Women Voters and portions of the LWVUS program.

The positions were reached by separate studies over many years and are reviewed and readopted or dropped by convention action. In order to effectively understand the positions and to take action, we have classified the positions under headings.

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GOVERNMENT

   STATE GOVERNMENT

      The Constitution

         Constitutional Convention

         Equal Rights Amendment

      Apportionment

      State Budget Process

      Iowa General Assembly

   LOCAL GOVERNMENT

      Structure, Function, and Finance

      Area Education Agencies

      County Home Rule

FISCAL POLICY

    Iowa Tax System

    Municipal Finance

    School Finance

JUSTICE

    Rehabilitation of Alcoholic Offenders

    Capital Punishment

    Juvenile Justice

    Domestic Violence

    Sentencing and Corrections

NATURAL RESOURCES

   Land Use