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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Judge declines to stop redistricting, says FOIA doesn’t apply to SC House rule changes

Submitted by South Carolina in May 2026.

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SC Daily Gazette

A Circuit Court judge denied a request from the South Carolina League of Women Voters and American Civil Liberties Union to wind back the clock on South Carolina’s congressional redistricting debate, saying House leaders were within their powers to follow their own rules as they pushed to redraw voting lines.

Federal Judge Dismisses Justice Department Lawsuit Seeking Mainers’ Private Voter Data

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in May 2026.

Public Statement

A federal judge dismissed the DOJ’s lawsuit seeking Mainers’ private voter data, delivering another major victory for voter privacy and states’ authority to run secure elections.

League of Women Voters and National Education Association Announce Partnership to Recruit Next Generation of Poll Workers

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in May 2026.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters and the National Education Association announced a new partnership aimed at strengthening American democracy by recruiting a diverse new generation of poll workers for upcoming federal, state, and local elections.

SCOTUS's Final Blow Dismantling the Voting Rights Act

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in May 2026.

Blog Post

On April 29, the Court issued its opinion in Louisiana v. Callais. In a 6-3 ruling, the Court weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), which prohibits any voting rule or procedure that discriminates on the basis of race, color, or language minority status, to the point of inoperability. This sends a clear message to the nation: racial discrimination in redistricting is acceptable when done under the guise of partisan gerrymandering.

Lawsuit attempts to pause GOP push to redraw SC’s voting lines

Submitted by South Carolina in May 2026.

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SC Daily Gazette

To end the potential of debate dragging on indefinitely, the House Rules Committee adopted new rules Monday night limiting every legislator to one amendment and debate on each to three minutes. The full House then voted 73-33 on a resolution that put the changes in place for the duration of the debate.A judge, however, could require all discarded amendments to be heard. “The League wants to see public transparency in the process because it’s just so important,” league lobbyist Lynn Teague said of the lawsuit’s goal.The lawsuit alleges the hastily called meeting violated the state Freedom of Information Act, which requires public notice of meetings at least 24 hours in advance. Notice of the meeting was posted just eight minutes before the committee convened, and the meeting ended before reporters could make it to the room.

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