South Carolina Daily Gazette

South Carolina has at least four large data center projects in the works, collectively needing an estimated 800 megawatts of power daily. But advocates for consumers also have questioned deals utilities and county governments have made with data center developers. “Data centers are doing nothing to deserve a special deal,” Lynn Teague, a lobbyist for the League of Women Voters, previously told the SC Daily Gazette. “They should at least make them pay their way.”

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Carolina For All held a press conference to emphasize the importance of fair and safe elections, along with State Representative Jermaine Johnson. Johnson has two proposed bills focusing on the protection of poll workers and elections.

Lynn Teague with the South Carolina League of Women Voters says they lost five county election directors last year due to lack of protection. "In many cases, all of the pressure and ugliness around elections these days is one of the reasons, we even had one county that had to shut down their election office for a week because they had nobody left," said Teague.

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An unprecedented array of Democratic and Republican female candidates are challenging incumbents for seats in the General Assembly, Women makeup more than 50 percent of the state’s population. Currently, just over six percent of women serve in the House, and only seven percent in the Senate.

“If you’re not at the table then you’re on the menu,” said Lynn Teague, vice president of issues and actions for the League of Women Voters in South Carolina. “Women are underrepresented in South Carolina state government, virtually more than in any other state.”

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The League of Women Voters recognizes that South Carolina badly needs expanded sources of energy. This is extremely important. We just don’t want to get there by going down a path similar to past mistakes.

H. 5118 parallels that past because in many ways it depends on utilities to speak and act in the public interest without adequate guardrails. Utility regulation exists because acting in self-interest is an unavoidable temptation of monopolies. It takes a fair but strong regulatory system to ensure that the interests of both the public and utility shareholders and executives are protected. Let South Carolina’s very competent regulatory agencies do their work, informed by diverse sources of input and by the expertise for which they were appointed.

This study is to determine whether LWVSC should take a position on the selection process for each of the seven state constitutional officers, and if so, what method of selection would be preferable for a given office (e.g. election vs. appointment. )

CoverSC, the new statewide coalition advocating for Medicaid Expansion, rolled out their website in February: coversc.org. Closing the health insurance gap would cover over 200,000 South Carolinians.

Affordable healthcare will reduce medical debt and improve financial independence for families. Expanding coverage contributes 30,000 new jobs in South Carolina, bringing employment and healthcare to rural communities.