Charleston City Paper/The Statehouse Report

With just three business days left in the legislative session, Republicans in the South Carolina Senate tapped the brakes Thursday on a last-minute plan to gerrymander 17-term Democratic U.S. Rep. James Clyburn out of his congressional seat. But regardless of any political outcomes either way, S.C. League of Women Voters Vice President Lynn Teague said her group opposes the proposed redistricting.

“Convincing people to vote when they’ve seen conscious, obvious, blatant attempts to rig the maps is just very hard,” Teague said. “The constitutional purpose is to see to it that all the people of South Carolina are represented in Washington. And this would send exactly the wrong message.”

WYFF4 TV

On Wednesday, South Carolina House members signed an agreement that could keep lawmakers in Columbia even longer, with the goal of redistricting. Lynn Teague, South Carolina League of Women Voters, says redistricting is a double-edged sword for the Republican leaders pushing for it, making CD-6 adjacent districts more competitive.

"We are concerned that voters will be discouraged, will believe the maps have been further rigged, will believe that it's not worth voting. That is wrong. Maps based on past expectations can be washed away in a flood of new voters or returning voters ."