diff --git a/app/build/dao/cast-vote.tsx b/app/build/dao/cast-vote.tsx
index 72f16fc..e116156 100644
--- a/app/build/dao/cast-vote.tsx
+++ b/app/build/dao/cast-vote.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const CHOICES: { label: string; support: Support; cls: string }[] = [
 ];
 
 export function CastVote({ chain, proposalId, onVoted }: { chain: DaoChain; proposalId: string; onVoted?: () => void }) {
-  const { address, isConnected, walletClient, open, onTargetChain, ensureChain } = useDaoWallet(chain);
+  const { address, isConnected, open, getSigner } = useDaoWallet(chain);
   const [voted, setVoted] = useState<boolean | null>(null);
   const [powerWei, setPowerWei] = useState<bigint | null>(null);
   const [vote, setVote] = useState<Vote>({ phase: "idle" });
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ export function CastVote({ chain, proposalId, onVoted }: { chain: DaoChain; prop
   }, [isConnected, address, chain, proposalId, check]);
 
   const castVote = async (support: Support) => {
-    if (!walletClient || !address) return open();
-    setVote({ phase: "working", support, msg: onTargetChain ? "Confirm your vote in your wallet..." : "Switch network in your wallet..." });
+    if (!isConnected || !address) return open();
+    setVote({ phase: "working", support, msg: "Confirm in your wallet (you may be asked to switch network first)..." });
     try {
-      await ensureChain();
+      const signer = await getSigner();
       const fees = chain === "lightchain" ? await pinnedFees(daoPublicClient(chain)) : undefined;
-      const hash = await walletClient.writeContract({
+      const hash = await signer.writeContract({
         address: GOVERNOR[chain],
         abi: GOVERNOR_ABI,
         functionName: "castVote",
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export function CastVote({ chain, proposalId, onVoted }: { chain: DaoChain; prop
   };
 
   return (
-    <div className="rounded-lg border border-primary/25 bg-primary/[0.06] p-3">
+    <div className="rounded-lg border border-primary/25 bg-primary/6 p-3">
       <p className="mb-2 text-[10px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-content-soft">Cast your vote</p>
       <CastBody
         connected={isConnected && !!address}
diff --git a/app/build/dao/page.tsx b/app/build/dao/page.tsx
index 9ef5005..adce457 100644
--- a/app/build/dao/page.tsx
+++ b/app/build/dao/page.tsx
@@ -44,19 +44,29 @@ interface DaoResponse {
   proposals: Proposal[];
 }
 
-const SNIPPET = `import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";
+function snippetFor(chain: DaoChain): string {
+  const rpcVar = chain === "ethereum" ? "ETH_RPC" : "LIGHTCHAIN_RPC";
+  const tokenNote =
+    chain === "ethereum"
+      ? `// Ethereum: LCAIB is an ERC20Votes token - delegate once to activate power.`
+      : `// LightChain: native voting via the genesis predeploy - stake self-delegates.`;
+  return `import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";
 import { DAO } from "lightnode-sdk";
 
-const dao = new DAO(createPublicClient({ transport: http(ETH_RPC) }), "ethereum");
+${tokenNote}
+const dao = new DAO(createPublicClient({ transport: http(${rpcVar}) }), "${chain}");
 
-// Read a proposal + your standing:
-const p = await dao.proposal(proposalId);          // state, tallies, deadline
-const quorum = await dao.quorum(p.snapshot);        // wei needed to pass
-const power = await dao.getVotes(me, p.snapshot);   // your weight at snapshot
+// Live reads (no wallet needed):
+const p        = await dao.proposal(proposalId);     // state, tallies, snapshot
+const quorum   = await dao.quorum(p.snapshot);        // wei needed to reach quorum
+const power    = await dao.getVotes(me, p.snapshot);  // your weight at the snapshot
+const voted    = await dao.hasVoted(proposalId, me);  // already voted?
+const delegate = await dao.getDelegate(me);           // who holds your voting power
 
-// Writes sign with your wallet (pass a wallet client):
-// await dao.delegate(me);                 // activate your voting power
-// await dao.castVote(proposalId, 1);      // 0 against, 1 for, 2 abstain`;
+// Writes sign with your wallet: new DAO(rpc, "${chain}", walletClient)
+// await dao.delegate(me);              // activate your voting power
+// await dao.castVote(proposalId, 1);   // 0 against, 1 for, 2 abstain`;
+}
 
 function toneFor(label: string): "brand" | "success" | "danger" | "warning" | "muted" {
   const l = label.toLowerCase();
@@ -281,7 +291,7 @@ export default function DaoPanel() {
 
       <section className="space-y-3">
         <h2 className="text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wider text-content-soft">The SDK behind it</h2>
-        <CodeTabs tabs={[{ label: "TypeScript", code: SNIPPET }]} />
+        <CodeTabs tabs={[{ label: "TypeScript", code: snippetFor(chain) }]} />
       </section>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/app/build/dao/use-dao-wallet.ts b/app/build/dao/use-dao-wallet.ts
index c0415f7..11da9b9 100644
--- a/app/build/dao/use-dao-wallet.ts
+++ b/app/build/dao/use-dao-wallet.ts
@@ -1,34 +1,46 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useAccount, useWalletClient, useSwitchChain, useChainId } from "wagmi";
+import { useAccount, useSwitchChain, useChainId } from "wagmi";
+import { getWalletClient } from "@wagmi/core";
 import { useAppKit } from "@reown/appkit/react";
+import { wagmiConfig } from "@/lib/wagmi";
 import { DAO_CHAIN_ID, type DaoChain } from "./dao-chain";
 
 /**
  * Shared wallet wiring for the DAO write controls (delegate, cast vote). Uses
  * `open()` from AppKit for connect rather than the global ConnectButton, which
  * treats Ethereum as "unsupported" and would nag the user back to LightChain.
+ *
+ * `getSigner` is the load-bearing piece: the app's network toggle drives wagmi's
+ * tracked chain (e.g. LightChain 9200) independently of the wallet's real chain,
+ * so the reactive `useWalletClient()` can stay bound to the wrong chain and viem
+ * then rejects the write ("wallet chain ... does not match target chain ..."). We
+ * instead switch to the target chain and fetch a FRESH client bound to it from
+ * the connector's actual state.
  */
 export function useDaoWallet(chain: DaoChain) {
   const { address, isConnected } = useAccount();
-  const { data: walletClient } = useWalletClient();
   const { switchChainAsync } = useSwitchChain();
   const { open } = useAppKit();
   const chainId = useChainId();
   const targetChainId = DAO_CHAIN_ID[chain];
 
-  const ensureChain = async () => {
-    if (chainId !== targetChainId) await switchChainAsync({ chainId: targetChainId });
+  const getSigner = async () => {
+    // Switching to the chain you're already on is a no-op (no wallet prompt),
+    // and it realigns wagmi's tracked chain with the connector before we read it.
+    await switchChainAsync({ chainId: targetChainId });
+    const signer = await getWalletClient(wagmiConfig, { chainId: targetChainId });
+    if (!signer) throw new Error("Could not get a wallet client for this network. Reconnect and try again.");
+    return signer;
   };
 
   return {
     address,
     isConnected,
-    walletClient,
     open,
     chainId,
     targetChainId,
     onTargetChain: chainId === targetChainId,
-    ensureChain,
+    getSigner,
   };
 }
diff --git a/app/build/dao/voting-power-card.tsx b/app/build/dao/voting-power-card.tsx
index e7cf723..37467f4 100644
--- a/app/build/dao/voting-power-card.tsx
+++ b/app/build/dao/voting-power-card.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type Tx = { phase: "idle" | "working" | "submitted" | "confirmed" | "error"; msg
 const SYMBOL: Record<DaoChain, string> = { ethereum: "LCAIB", lightchain: "LCAI" };
 
 export function VotingPowerCard({ chain }: { chain: DaoChain }) {
-  const { address, isConnected, walletClient, open, onTargetChain, ensureChain } = useDaoWallet(chain);
+  const { address, isConnected, open, getSigner } = useDaoWallet(chain);
   const [reads, setReads] = useState<VotingPowerReads | null>(null);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
   const [tx, setTx] = useState<Tx>({ phase: "idle" });
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ export function VotingPowerCard({ chain }: { chain: DaoChain }) {
   }, [isConnected, address, chain, refresh]);
 
   const delegateToSelf = async () => {
-    if (!walletClient || !address) return open();
-    setTx({ phase: "working", msg: onTargetChain ? "Confirm the delegation in your wallet..." : "Switch network in your wallet..." });
+    if (!isConnected || !address) return open();
+    setTx({ phase: "working", msg: "Confirm in your wallet (you may be asked to switch network first)..." });
     try {
-      await ensureChain();
+      const signer = await getSigner();
       const fees = chain === "lightchain" ? await pinnedFees(daoPublicClient(chain)) : undefined;
-      const hash = await walletClient.writeContract({
+      const hash = await signer.writeContract({
         address: VOTE_TOKEN[chain],
         abi: VOTES_ABI,
         functionName: "delegate",
@@ -137,6 +137,15 @@ function DelegationRow({
       </p>
     );
   }
+  // Nothing to delegate: holding zero balance on this chain. Don't push a
+  // pointless "delegate to activate" prompt.
+  if (reads.balanceWei === 0n) {
+    return (
+      <p className="mt-3 text-xs text-content-soft">
+        You hold no {SYMBOL[chain]} on this chain, so you have no voting power here.
+      </p>
+    );
+  }
   const msg =
     status.kind === "undelegated"
       ? `You hold ${formatLcaiWei(reads.balanceWei, 2)} ${SYMBOL[chain]} but 0 voting power. Delegate to yourself to activate it.`