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Voting Rights

Voting is a fundamental right and all eligible voters should have the equal opportunity to exercise that right. We are dedicated to ensuring that our elections remain free, fair and accessible.

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Voter Registration at Palace Coffee Company
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Coffee Break: LWV Registers Voters at Palace Coffee Company

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Action Alerts

Our State Representatives will be reconvening on September 15. We need sufficient legislation to expand absentee voting, remove the witness requirement, allow the use of secure drop boxes, and provide election officials more time to process ballots.

The SC Senate met on Wednesday, September 2, and passed election reform measures; their bill now goes to the House on September 15. The Senate bill is an improvement but a lot less than we have asked for, a lot less than the State Election Commission and South Carolina Association of Registration and Election Officials asked for, and in some ways more restrictive than current law.

Phone or email your representative. It's important that the SC legislature hear from as many constituents as possible.

We are committed to ensuring that all voters are able to safely and securely cast their ballot during the COVID-19 pandemic. We want to support individuals and community partners who are also committed to this work! New strategies are needed to register voters and get out the vote in 2020, because in-person registration events and candidate forums are much more difficult. 

We are developing an array of resources to inform and mobilize voters for the 2020 elections,
including virtual candidates forums and this Get-Out-the Vote toolkit.

Drive-thru voter registration
Event Date: 
09/12/2020 - 9:00am to 09/13/2020 - 8:45am
Event location: 

Wheaton Public Library

Are you registered to vote at your current address? Do you have questions about the 2020 voting process?

Register to Vote
Event Date: 
09/02/2020 - 7:00am to 09/03/2020 - 6:45am
Event location: 

Winfield Farmers Market

Register to vote at Winfield Farmers Market!

Voter registration at Wheaton French Market
Event Date: 
10/03/2020 - 8:00am to 10/04/2020 - 7:45am
Event location: 

Downtown Wheaton - Municipal Parking Lot 3

Register to vote at Wheaton's French Market, a French-styled open-air market where local vendors sell fresh local produce, bread, cheese, flowers, artisan foods & crafts, clothing, jewelry, etc. 

whistle stop tour
Event Date: 
08/21/2020 - 12:00am to 08/26/2020 - 11:45pm

View the eight day Suffrage Special Whistle Stop Tour starting in Spokane and ending in Seattle.
All Aboard!

Event Date: 
08/27/2020 - 7:00pm to 08/28/2020 - 6:45pm

Join the Cincinnati Festival of Faiths along with the LWVCA for an informative and meaningful webinar on the topic of “faithful citizenship.” We will explore eight diverse religious traditions and why their faith implores them towards civic

Photo of Event Speaker Gloria Browne-Marshall
Event Date: 
09/17/2020 - 7:00pm to 09/18/2020 - 6:45pm
Event location: 

Online - ZOOM

Professor Browne-Marshall will reveal the important stories of Black women who battled against laws and a society prejudiced against their race and gender.  Overcoming these seemingly

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Two recent letters published in the South Bend Tribune:

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