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Nominations

Nominate your county’s leaders.

Chapter officers come from the county, chosen by the county. National confirms — it does not appoint.

The four officers

Every chapter needs these. A fifth is encouraged.

Chapter Chair

Runs the chapter. Books the calendar, holds the nonpartisan line, represents the county at the quarterly chairs meeting. The main qualification is that people in your county will pick up the phone when this person calls.

Vice Chair

Runs the program calendar and steps in when the Chair can’t. In practice, this is the person who makes sure the monthly event actually happens.

Secretary

Keeps the member roster, the minutes, and — critically — the invitation and RSVP logs that make our fairness claims provable. Detail-oriented person. Not a ceremonial job.

Treasurer

Handles the chapter’s money and the quarterly report. May not be the Chair — the money watcher is independent by rule, in every chapter, without exception. Every disbursement above $500 needs two signers.

Youth Officer Encouraged

Under 30. National’s own bylaws reserve a board seat for a member under 30, and chapters that mirror that structure recruit better.

Who can be nominated

Any LCV member in the county. That’s it.

One disqualifier, and it’s absolute

A chapter officer may not simultaneously hold a leadership position in a political party organization, serve as an officer of a candidate’s campaign, or be a declared candidate for an office the chapter covers.

This isn’t a judgment about those people — many of them are excellent. It’s that a chapter officer must be able to stand in front of a room and be believed, and dual roles make that impossible no matter how honorably someone behaves.

An officer who decides to run for a covered office steps down from the chapter role and is then treated exactly like every other candidate. Several will. That’s a success story, not a problem.

Nomination form

Anyone may nominate anyone.

Including yourself. Self-nomination is normal and carries no stigma — in most counties the person who cares enough to read this page is the organizer.

We read all of them.
If not, that’s fine — we’ll invite them.
What happens next

Four steps, and no surprises.

  1. Within 3 days We confirm receipt and contact the nominee. Nobody’s name is put forward without their knowledge.
  2. Within 2 weeks A short conversation with the nominee. Not an interview. We explain what the role actually involves, walk through the nonpartisanship standard, and make sure nobody is walking into more than they signed up for.
  3. At the next board meeting Confirmation. The board confirms county nominations except where the disqualifiers apply or the required ten members aren’t there yet. We are not looking for reasons to say no.
  4. Then The kit ships and the chapter is live.

If your county doesn’t have ten members yet

Nominate anyway. A confirmed organizer with six members is a chapter in progress, and we’ll help you get to ten — usually by putting you in touch with the at-large members already on our list in your county. There are more of them than you’d guess.