diff --git a/app/api/dao-overview/route.ts b/app/api/dao-overview/route.ts
index 56d284a..0510b0a 100644
--- a/app/api/dao-overview/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/dao-overview/route.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ const QUORUM_ABI = parseAbi([
   "function quorumNumerator() view returns (uint256)",
   "function quorumDenominator() view returns (uint256)",
 ]);
+// LightChain's Governor overrides quorum() to use INativeVotes.getTotalVotingPower
+// (the STAKED-EXCLUDED supply), not IVotes.getPastTotalSupply. So the real quorum
+// is 3% of the votable base, not 3% of raw supply. Read both to show the truth.
+const NATIVE_QUORUM_ABI = parseAbi([
+  "function quorum(uint256 timepoint) view returns (uint256)",
+  "function clock() view returns (uint48)",
+]);
+const NATIVE_VOTES_ABI = parseAbi([
+  "function getTotalVotingPower(uint256 timepoint) view returns (uint256)",
+]);
 const SCHEDULE_ABI = parseAbi([
   "function votingDelay() view returns (uint256)",
   "function votingPeriod() view returns (uint256)",
@@ -107,16 +117,30 @@ async function readEthereumOverview(pub: Pub) {
 async function readLightchainOverview(pub: Pub) {
   const a = DAO_ADDRESSES.lightchain;
   // Native balances: treasury + FeePool hold native LCAI (no ERC-20 wrapper).
-  const [treasuryWei, feePoolWei, quorum] = await Promise.all([
+  const [treasuryWei, feePoolWei, quorum, clockRaw] = await Promise.all([
     pub.getBalance({ address: a.treasury }).catch(() => 0n),
     pub.getBalance({ address: FEE_POOL }).catch(() => 0n),
     readQuorumConfig(pub, a.governor),
+    pub.readContract({ address: a.governor, abi: NATIVE_QUORUM_ABI, functionName: "clock" }).catch(() => 0n),
+  ]);
+  // Evaluate the real quorum + votable base at the latest finalized timepoint.
+  const clock = BigInt(clockRaw as bigint | number);
+  const ref = clock > 0n ? clock - 1n : 0n;
+  const [quorumWei, votableWei] = await Promise.all([
+    pub.readContract({ address: a.governor, abi: NATIVE_QUORUM_ABI, functionName: "quorum", args: [ref] }).catch(() => null),
+    a.ballots
+      ? pub.readContract({ address: a.ballots, abi: NATIVE_VOTES_ABI, functionName: "getTotalVotingPower", args: [ref] }).catch(() => null)
+      : Promise.resolve(null),
   ]);
   return {
     treasuryWei: treasuryWei.toString(),
     feePoolWei: feePoolWei.toString(),
     voteToken: { address: a.ballots, symbol: "LCAI", totalSupplyWei: null as string | null },
     quorum,
+    // The actual quorum threshold + the staked-excluded base it applies to.
+    quorumWei: quorumWei != null ? (quorumWei as bigint).toString() : null,
+    votableSupplyWei: votableWei != null ? (votableWei as bigint).toString() : null,
+    stakeExcludedFromQuorum: true as boolean,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/app/build/dao/treasury-bar.tsx b/app/build/dao/treasury-bar.tsx
index 1c46b12..12c0b81 100644
--- a/app/build/dao/treasury-bar.tsx
+++ b/app/build/dao/treasury-bar.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ interface Overview {
   feePoolWei: string | null;
   voteToken: { address: string; symbol: string; totalSupplyWei: string | null };
   quorum: { numerator: string; denominator: string };
+  // LightChain only: the actual on-chain quorum threshold + the staked-excluded
+  // base it applies to (worker + validator stake are not in the votable supply).
+  quorumWei?: string | null;
+  votableSupplyWei?: string | null;
+  stakeExcludedFromQuorum?: boolean;
   schedule?: Schedule;
   error?: string;
 }
@@ -89,10 +94,21 @@ export function TreasuryBar({ chain }: { chain: DaoChain }) {
   const qPct = quorumPercent(data.quorum.numerator, data.quorum.denominator);
   const supply = data.voteToken.totalSupplyWei ? `${formatLcaiWei(BigInt(data.voteToken.totalSupplyWei), 0)} ${sym}` : "native stake";
 
-  const quorumValue = qPct ? `${qPct % 1 === 0 ? qPct : qPct.toFixed(1)}% of supply` : "n/a";
-  const quorumHint = data.voteToken.totalSupplyWei
-    ? `${quorumValue} - needs ${formatLcaiWei((BigInt(data.voteToken.totalSupplyWei) * BigInt(data.quorum.numerator)) / BigInt(data.quorum.denominator || "1"), 0)} ${VOTE_SYMBOL[chain]} of For+Abstain to be valid`
-    : `${quorumValue} of the native vote supply`;
+  const pctLabel = qPct ? `${qPct % 1 === 0 ? qPct : qPct.toFixed(1)}%` : "3%";
+  // LightChain reports the REAL quorum (quorumWei): 3% of the staked-excluded
+  // votable supply, not "% of supply". Worker + validator stake are not in the
+  // votable base. Fall back to the "% of supply" label only where no real quorum
+  // amount is available (e.g. Ethereum's ERC20Votes reads).
+  const quorumValue = data.quorumWei
+    ? `${formatLcaiWei(BigInt(data.quorumWei), 0)} ${VOTE_SYMBOL[chain]}`
+    : qPct
+      ? `${pctLabel} of supply`
+      : "n/a";
+  const quorumHint = data.quorumWei
+    ? `${pctLabel} of the votable supply${data.stakeExcludedFromQuorum ? " (staked LCAI excluded)" : ""}${data.votableSupplyWei ? ` = ${formatLcaiWei(BigInt(data.votableSupplyWei), 0)} ${VOTE_SYMBOL[chain]} base` : ""} - needs this much For+Abstain to pass`
+    : data.voteToken.totalSupplyWei
+      ? `${quorumValue} - needs ${formatLcaiWei((BigInt(data.voteToken.totalSupplyWei) * BigInt(data.quorum.numerator)) / BigInt(data.quorum.denominator || "1"), 0)} ${VOTE_SYMBOL[chain]} of For+Abstain to be valid`
+      : `${quorumValue} of the native vote supply`;
   return (
     <div className="space-y-3 rounded-2xl border border-bdr-soft bg-card/60 px-4 py-3.5 backdrop-blur-sm">
       <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-4 sm:grid-cols-4">