The filing deadline for Steering Committee elections has passed! We now have our slate of 19 candidates and are getting ready to send ballots out on October 14th. Please click the button below to see the 2025 Steering Committee Candidate Guide. In it you will find the biographies and motivation statements of each of the 19 candidates running for the nine open Steering Committee seats.

The election will begin October 14th, and online voting will last until Sunday, October 19th at 11:59 PM Eastern.

Those attending NLAS D.C. will be able, and are encouraged, to vote in person on Monday, October 20th during the Members’ Retreat.

The election will be run using approval voting, meaning voters can vote for as many candidates as they feel comfortable being on the committee. The candidates with the highest number of votes will win. For example, if there are four candidates—April, Brent, Cindy, and Daniel—and after reading their statements, you are only comfortable with April, Daniel, and Cindy, you can give each of them one vote. Your friend, on the other hand, may be comfortable with all four and will vote for all four, while another voter might cast just one vote for April alone.

What’s New This Year

Starting in 2025, Steering Committee members will serve two-year terms, split into two staggered “classes” to ensure continuity:

The top five vote-getters will serve as Class I, with terms ending in 2027.
The remaining four will serve as Class II, with initial one-year terms ending in 2026 (and full two-year terms thereafter).

As before, two seats are reserved for international members to ensure global representation. If all top five vote-getters are from the United States, the highest-ranking international candidate will replace the fifth-place domestic candidate in Class I. If all four remaining elected candidates are from the U.S., the second-highest international candidate will replace the ninth-place domestic candidate in Class II.

To vote in the Steering Committee elections, you must be a dues-paying member of the Center for New Liberalism. To learn more about becoming a member, click the button below.

BECOME A MEMBER

The winners will be announced and inaugurated on Monday, October 20th during the Members’ Retreat at the New Liberal Action Summit in Washington, D.C.

If you have any questions ahead of voting, please don’t hesitate to reply to this email.

Tobin Stone
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