The 2024 Steering Committee Elections

Filing for the 2024 Center for New Liberalism Steering Committee has opened. Before filing to run, please be sure to read this entire post, as the election rules and structure are laid out in the post. 

This year’s elections will take place online and in-person at the New Liberal Action Summit in Washington, D.C. Online voting will open on June 7th, but anyone planning to vote in-person should plan to vote at the conference.

The Center for New Liberalism’s Steering Committee exists to ensure that the interests of chapters and members are represented and to provide a voice and forum for the direction of organization-wide initiatives to promote liberal ideas in the United States and worldwide.

The 2023-24 Steering Committee has voted to keep the changes to the Steering Committee structure that were put in place by the 2022-23 Steering Committee, which included an expansion of the Steering Committee to include 9 voting members, including seven members from domestic chapters in the United States, and a minimum of two designated international members. All steering committee members are elected at-large, and the committee itself elects its own officers. Staff from the Center for New Liberalism organization leadership sit in on the committee in a nonvoting, observing capacity. Each year the Steering Committee serves a term lasting from the date of their inauguration through the next election held at our annual conference. The committee is responsible for the following: 

  • Advising CNL staff on strategy, vision, and initiatives throughout the year

  • Proposing and executing on special steering committee initiatives, including projects, endorsements of candidates or legislation, and organization-wide statements.

  • Producing briefs and feedback documents on the performance of the national organization and makes recommendations to it. 

About the Steering Committee

Election Procedures

The Center for New Liberalism will hold this year’s elections to coincide with the New Liberal Action Summit in Washington, D.C. The elections will be structured as such:

  • Candidates will have the opportunity to declare their candidacy from today until 11:59 PM on May 26th, 2024. 

  • A list of all eligible candidates along with their statements will be sent via email to eligible voters on May 31st, 2024. 

  • Ballots will be sent out via email on June 7th, 2024 to all eligible voters (dues-paying members and active chapter leads). NOTE: there will be in-person voting at the New Liberal Action Summit in Washington, D.C., therefore anyone planning to attend the conference should make plans to vote in person. 

  • Online voting will end on June 14th, 2024, at 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time (3:59 AM GMT).

  • Winners will be announced and inaugurated on June 15th on the final day of the conference.

  • Candidates are encouraged to provide a short biography, and write a motivation statement as to why they are interested in running for a seat on the Steering Committee; such a statement must be limited to 500 words and cannot contain a link to a longer statement. 

  • Voting will be done via Approval Voting where voters can select as many candidates as they feel comfortable having a seat on the Committee, and the top nine candidates will be elected.

  • In the event that the top nine are all from the United States, the top two vote recipients from outside the United States will take the place of the 8th and 9th place domestic candidates. 

  • The new Steering Committee will serve for a term lasting from the date of their inauguration through the next election held at our annual conference.

  • If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Tobin Stone or Colin Mortimer.