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Address change? Update your address 30 days prior to the Nov. election!

Submitted by Columbia Area in November 2020.

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Avoid problems at the polls / keep your contact information current!

graphic with Midlands Gives Day date, 5.5.2026 and photo of LWV members

Submitted by Columbia Area in May 2026.

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It's time for Midlands Gives!

Show your support for the League of Women Voters of the Columbia Area by giving on May 5, 2026 6:00 am to 11:59 pm.

How To's on Voting Absentee

Submitted by Columbia Area in October 2020.

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LWVCA member, Betty Gregory, shares her experience in a few step-by-step pictures on how to vote absentee in the Nov. 3 general election.

Richland Library Support for Voting

Submitted by Columbia Area in September 2020.

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Richland Library can help with voter registration and absentee voting. The library has stamped voter registration forms at Ballentine, Northeast, Sandhills, and St.

Think you're ready to vote?

Submitted by Columbia Area in September 2020.

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Think you're ready to vote? First check your registration at VOTE411.org.

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Commentary: A Statehouse parody of the nation’s ideals commemorated on Memorial Day

Submitted by South Carolina in May 2026.

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By Lynn Teague, VP, Issues & Action, League of Women Voters of South Carolina

We often say that the people we commemorate on Memorial Day risked everything for our highest ideals. I am certain that neither my uncle nor the people who grieved losing him for the rest of their lives would have felt that he died so that those who already hold power could silence everyone who disagrees with them in a winner-take-all parody of representative democracy.

H.5683, a bill developed in Washington, D.C. designed to predetermine the outcome of our state's congressional elections, is a betrayal of the highest ideals of our state and nation. We should reflect on that while we celebrate this most sober of national holidays.

Judge declines to stop redistricting, says FOIA doesn’t apply to SC House rule changes

Submitted by South Carolina in May 2026.

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A Circuit Court judge denied a request from the South Carolina League of Women Voters and American Civil Liberties Union to wind back the clock on South Carolina’s congressional redistricting debate, saying House leaders were within their powers to follow their own rules as they pushed to redraw voting lines.

Lawsuit attempts to pause GOP push to redraw SC’s voting lines

Submitted by South Carolina in May 2026.

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To end the potential of debate dragging on indefinitely, the House Rules Committee adopted new rules Monday night limiting every legislator to one amendment and debate on each to three minutes. The full House then voted 73-33 on a resolution that put the changes in place for the duration of the debate.A judge, however, could require all discarded amendments to be heard. “The League wants to see public transparency in the process because it’s just so important,” league lobbyist Lynn Teague said of the lawsuit’s goal.The lawsuit alleges the hastily called meeting violated the state Freedom of Information Act, which requires public notice of meetings at least 24 hours in advance. Notice of the meeting was posted just eight minutes before the committee convened, and the meeting ended before reporters could make it to the room.

LWVSC, ACLU sue for the rule of law, transparency

Submitted by South Carolina in May 2026.

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Today the League of Women Voters of South Carolina and the ACLU of South Carolina, represented by Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, PA, took a strong stand for the rule of law. Last night he House Rules Committee held posted notice of a meeting at 7:07 pm and held the meeting at 7:15 pm. At that meeting, the Rules Committee changed the rules prohibiting a member from putting forward more than 1 amendment to a bill. South Carolina law requires public bodies to give 24 hours notice of a meeting. Government transparency is one of the central pillars of the rule of law.

How Democracies Die

Submitted by South Carolina in May 2026.

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Friday the General Assembly begins a special session called by the Governor for the purpose of redrawing our congressional districts and sending our primary elections into chaos to reflect the change. This will be a heartbreaking exercise for anyone who cares for all of our state’s people and for our nation’s highest ideals.

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