{"id":26,"date":"2008-09-28T17:04:03","date_gmt":"2008-09-28T21:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westford.com\/lwv\/wp_rebuild\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2024-02-18T12:35:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T17:35:15","slug":"stay-informed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/?page_id=26","title":{"rendered":"Our Positions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As stated on the lwv.org website: &#8220;Soon after the League\u2019s founding, the decision was made to take positions on issues but to neither support nor oppose any political party or candidate (appointed or elected) for public office.\u00a0\u00a0Today, this policy continues to ensure that the League\u2019s voice is heard above the tumult of party politics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Positions are taken at the national, state, and local level. \u00a0Positions taken at the local and state level cannot contradict positions taken at higher levels in the organization.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lwv.org\/impact-issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National LWV Positions<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/lwvma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Where-We-Stand.2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massachusetts State LWV Positions<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/lwvma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Where-We-Stand.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[PDF]<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Our Local Positions<\/h3>\n<p>The League of Women Voters is strictly nonpartisan; it neither supports nor opposes candidates for office at any level of government. However, the League does take positions on local, state and national issues. The positions currently held by the Westford League are listed below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/?page_id=205\">Child Care Position &#8211; 1984<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Education Position - 1980\" href=\"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/?page_id=231\" rel=\"bookmark\">Education Position &#8211; 1980<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Education Position - 1987\" href=\"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/?page_id=235\" rel=\"bookmark\">Education Position &#8211; 1987<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Historic District Position - 1980\" href=\"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/?page_id=239\" rel=\"bookmark\">Historic District Position &#8211; 1980<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/?page_id=301\">Housing Position \u2013 2005<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Local Land Use\/Natural Resources Position - 1980\" href=\"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/?page_id=243\" rel=\"bookmark\">Local Land Use\/Natural Resources Position &#8211; 1980<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Town Budget Process Position - 1990\" href=\"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/?page_id=227\" rel=\"bookmark\">Town Budget Process Position &#8211; 1990<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Town Government Position - 1974, 1982\" href=\"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/?page_id=216\" rel=\"bookmark\">Town Government Position &#8211; 1974, 1982<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/?page_id=89\">Town Human Services Position &#8211; 1991<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/?page_id=196\">Town Meeting Position &#8211; 1997<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/?page_id=3693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voting Rights Study Final Report &#8211; 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/?page_id=84\">USA Patriot Act Statement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As stated on the lwv.org website: &#8220;Soon after the League\u2019s founding, the decision was made to take positions on issues but to neither support nor oppose any political party or <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/?page_id=26\">&#8230; Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3708,"href":"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/3708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwv.westford.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}