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Report on Health Care in Anderson/Oconee/Pickens Counties & SC

Submitted by Oconee and Pickens Counties in April 2024.

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Health Care in Anderson/Oconee/Pickens Counties and SC

Submitted by Janet Marsh Member, LWVOP Health Care Team

The Supreme Court: What's Next Monthly Program

Submitted by Oconee and Pickens Counties in October 2023.

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Photo: Chip Stapleton (left) and Holley Ulbrich, Co-President of LWVOP (right)

Submitted by Oconee and Pickens Counties in September 2023.

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To: Editor, The Journal
From: LWV of Oconee and Pickens Counties (LWVOP)
Contact: Janet Marsh 864.710.0557
For Immediate Release: Residents Pack Community Meeting on Book Censorship
Date: September 20, 2023

voter banner with many words encouraging voting

Submitted by Oconee and Pickens Counties in December 2022.

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LWVOP Report on the November 8 Election in Oconee and Pickens Counties

Submitted by Oconee and Pickens Counties in December 2022.

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Call for safer elections: Carolina For All and SC Rep.Johnson highlight proposal

Submitted by South Carolina in April 2024.

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WACH Fox 57 News

Carolina For All held a press conference to emphasize the importance of fair and safe elections, along with State Representative Jermaine Johnson. Johnson has two proposed bills focusing on the protection of poll workers and elections.

Lynn Teague with the South Carolina League of Women Voters says they lost five county election directors last year due to lack of protection. "In many cases, all of the pressure and ugliness around elections these days is one of the reasons, we even had one county that had to shut down their election office for a week because they had nobody left," said Teague.

District Court allows SC gerrymandered congressional map to remain in place for the 2024 election

Submitted by South Carolina in March 2024.

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A three-judge district court issued an order allowing South Carolina’s racially gerrymandered congressional map to remain in place for 2024 elections. "Today's ruling deprives voters of another fair election. By defending this map, SC legislators prioritize power over people. The League of Women Voters is disappointed that South Carolinians will face another election without justice, but we will continue to seek fair maps."

Data centers gobble up energy. Should SC block them from getting special deals?

Submitted by South Carolina in April 2024.

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South Carolina Daily Gazette

South Carolina has at least four large data center projects in the works, collectively needing an estimated 800 megawatts of power daily. But advocates for consumers also have questioned deals utilities and county governments have made with data center developers. “Data centers are doing nothing to deserve a special deal,” Lynn Teague, a lobbyist for the League of Women Voters, previously told the SC Daily Gazette. “They should at least make them pay their way.”

Record number of SC women vying for State House. It’s not all about abortion.

Submitted by South Carolina in April 2024.

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The State newspaper

An unprecedented array of Democratic and Republican female candidates are challenging incumbents for seats in the General Assembly, Women makeup more than 50 percent of the state’s population. Currently, just over six percent of women serve in the House, and only seven percent in the Senate.

“If you’re not at the table then you’re on the menu,” said Lynn Teague, vice president of issues and actions for the League of Women Voters in South Carolina. “Women are underrepresented in South Carolina state government, virtually more than in any other state.”