One of the upsides of the post-pandemic world is how we’ve all learned to embrace Zoom. The national board and other national leaders have been able to meet regularly with representatives of the states every couple of months. To facilitate those discussions (and help make scheduling easier), they’ve split the states into ten different “regions” as marked on the map below.

This map shows that in every region of the country, more than 50% of the voters approved the change in 2021, and that half of the regions supported it with the 2/3 majority required to change the bylaws.

The individual state results varied more widely. For the 24 states/territories with 50 or fewer votes recorded, the percent voting “yes” ranged from 30% to 100%. For the 29 larger states, the range was 40% to 84%. There were 12 states/territories with “yes” votes from fewer than 50% of their voters, six large and six small.

For a bit more about 2021 results by region, see this document. If you are a state leader who wants to see your 2021 results by branch, please contact info@openupaauw.org.