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Unnecessary and Disastrous: LWV Responds to Signing of Budget Reconciliation Package

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in July 2025.

Public Statement

Washington, DC — Today, President Trump signed into law a budget reconciliation package, officially titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” that will drastically cut health care for millions of Americans. In response, the League of Women Voters of the United States issued the following statement:

“On the day we should be celebrating America, instead, President Trump and his allies are attempting to systematically dismantle the very reason for this holiday and put our country in harm's way by ripping away health care from millions of Americans.

This Independence Day, Democracy Needs Defenders, Not Cheerleaders

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in July 2025.

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This Independence Day, Americans will likely gather for parades, fireworks and barbeques, celebrating our democracy with familiar traditions. But while many will spend the holiday waving flags, the Trump administration and his allies are attempting to systematically dismantle the very reason for this holiday, and not to mention, put our country and the people in it, Americans, in harm's way.

League of Women Voters Welcomes Christine Switzer to National Board

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in July 2025.

Public Statement

WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters is proud to announce the appointment of Christine Switzer to the national board. Switzer is currently the head of philanthropy at the Monarch Foundation, which focuses on eradicating child poverty and ending the climate crisis. Her expertise in philanthropic counsel and strategic planning support will be vital as the League continues to invest in voter education and outreach programs nationwide.

Now Accepting Applications: LWVSC Social Media Manager

Submitted by South Carolina in June 2025.

News

The League of Women Voters of South Carolina (client) seeks to contract with a social media manager to support its work using Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Submit your resume with links to your work by July 7, 2025.

League of Women Voters challenges SC map in court

Submitted by South Carolina in June 2025.

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WLTX News19 TV (Columbia)

The South Carolina Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a high-stakes case that could force the redrawing of the state’s congressional map. At the center of the case is a challenge to the state’s 2022 congressional map, which plaintiffs argue was drawn to give one political party an unfair advantage. The League of Women Voters, the plaintiffs, say the current map violates voters’ rights by diluting their ability to choose their representatives.

Supreme Court hears arguments on SC's congressional redistricting plans

Submitted by South Carolina in June 2025.

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Spectrum News

The South Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments about the constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering in the state’s congressional districts. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of South Carolina, and others filed the League of Women Voters of South Carolina v. Alexander in July 2024 with the goal to end partisan gerrymandering.

SC Supreme Court hears challenge to state’s Congressional map

Submitted by South Carolina in June 2025.

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WTOC 11 (Beaufort/Savannah)

Last year, the US Supreme Court sided with the state’s Republican leaders in a challenge over whether South Carolina’s Congressional map was racially gerrymandered. The League of Women Voters of South Carolina is challenging the latest Congressional map. With it, none of South Carolina’s seven districts are considered tossups that a candidate from either party could win, with six solidly red and Clyburn’s solidly blue.

SC Supreme Court hears arguments about gerrymandering

Submitted by South Carolina in June 2025.

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WSPA-TV (Greenville)

The League of Women Voters is suing the state over a redistricting map that they believe is unfair and illegal. “What we see in our congressional map is a badly distorted map that does not reflect any one community or any one cohesive group of communities,” said Lynn Teague with the League of Women Voters of South Carolina.

Oral arguments start in South Carolina Supreme Court case over 2022 congressional map

Submitted by South Carolina in June 2025.

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Independent Mail (Anderson)

The League of Women Voters is accusing the state of reworking district lines to give Republican candidates an advantage with the congressional redistricting plan, which Gov. Henry McMaster signed on Jan. 26, 2022. Lynn Teague, League of Women Voters of South Carolina vice president for issues and action, said this lawsuit is different from the previous one, which alleged racial gerrymandering."The U.S. Supreme Court had decided they would not consider any gerrymandering other than racial. The state constitutional provides a broader range of very shallow reasons why it could be justiciable."

SC Supreme Court weighs constitutionality of GOP gerrymandering in SC’s 1st District

Submitted by South Carolina in June 2025.

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SC Daily Gazette

A voter advocacy group and lawyers representing South Carolina’s General Assembly each made their case Tuesday to the state Supreme Court over whether the state’s post-census redrawing of congressional voting lines violates the state constitution. Filing suit last July, the South Carolina League of Women Voters argued that political gerrymandering of the map redrawn by legislators and signed into law in January 2022 watered down Democrats’ influence in the coastal 1st District, to the point that it violates the state constitution’s guarantee of an “equal right to elect officers.”