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Education meeting Freedom to Read Jan 2025
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Freedom to Read Event Produces Large Turnout

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A number of studies have reported that both the health of South Carolinians and the state’s economy would improve if Medicaid were expanded to include 360,000 residents with very low incomes.

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Health Care in Anderson/Oconee/Pickens Counties and SC

Submitted by Janet Marsh Member, LWVOP Health Care Team

 

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The federal court in New Hampshire struck down the state’s anti-voter law enacted in 2024, declaring it unconstitutional. The law, known as HB 1569, created some of the strictest registration requirements in the nation and, among other things, required documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration. 

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The League of Women Voters condemns the inhumane conditions at Delaney Hall detention center, escalating force against peaceful protesters, and the broader harms caused by the administration’s mass deportation agenda, calling for accountability and dignity in the immigration system.

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Voting rights organizations, including League of Women Voters of Florida, Common Cause, and League of United Latin American Citizens, are continuing their legal challenge against Florida’s newly enacted congressional map after a circuit court judge declined to block the districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.