The Post & Courier

South Carolina’s highest court ruled in favor of Statehouse Republicans, saying it is a legislative right to draw congressional maps even as critics say Charleston’s seat in Congress was unfairly drawn to gerrymander. “Partisan gerrymandering is an attack on our most fundamental right as citizens, the right to vote,” said Lynn Teague, vice president at the League of Women Voters of South Carolina. “The people of our state should demand a constitution that protects them and leadership that respects their voices.”

The Post & Courier

A far-right faction of the S.C. Legislature says it will introduce legislation to redraw the lines to give the GOP near-guaranteed control of all of the state’s congressional seats instead of its current six. On paper, it seems simple to chop up, gut and eliminate South Carolina’s only Democratic-held — and Black majority — congressional seat.

For 95 years, South Carolina’s delegation was completely White when nearly half the state’s voters were not.Lynn Teague, co-president of the South Carolina League of Women Voters, acknowledged that Clyburn’s district “is very badly drawn so that CD-1 (Congressional District 1, held by Mace on the coast) could be gerrymandered. But that doesn't mean that CD-6 (held by Clyburn) is in itself an affront to the law or to ethics.”

WLTX News19 TV (Columbia)

Today was the deadline for the SC State election committee to hand over voter information to the federal government, which is now in limbo. A lawsuit claims the request violates the South Carolina Constitution's right to privacy and other provisions of state law. "It’s a concern to the League of Women Voters that’s they’ve not said what they plan to do with the data once they get it. The League does not want to see doubt cast on the validity of our elections," said Lynn Teague, VP, Issues & Action, LWV of South Carolina.

The State

A Labor Day rally at the S.C. State House attracted about 300 people and a dozen speakers on Monday. Lynn Teague, vice president of the League of Women Voters of South Carolina, urged the audience to get engaged, “really” understand the issues and vote. “They need to get out there for all the elections.,..Primaries are more important than (the general election) in November.”