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Report on the Legislative to Local Education 2025 Meeting

Education meeting Freedom to Read Jan 2025

Submitted by Oconee and Pickens Counties in January 2025.

News

Freedom to Read Event Produces Large Turnout

Is registration by party coming to S.C. as session opens?

Submitted by Oconee and Pickens Counties in January 2025.

News

Medicaid Expansion Moves Forward

Submitted by Oconee and Pickens Counties in January 2025.

News

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.

Submitted by Oconee and Pickens Counties in April 2024.

Research & Studies

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.

Press Mention

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

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Oconee and Pickens Counties Subscribed Articles

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.

Blog Post

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.

Press Mention

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.

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