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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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Oconee and Pickens Counties Subscribed Articles

Letter to the Editor: Thankful for the League

Submitted by South Carolina in December 2025.

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The Post & Courier

After taking his oath of office joyfully with 40 other new citizens, my husband was greeted warmly by a member of the League of Women Voters, who provided him with everything he needed to register to vote. With the challenges being hurled at US citizens, I have felt close to giving up. Thankfully the League of Women Voters does not. The group deserves our thanks.

Commentary: Who will pay to run the Colleton County data center?

Submitted by South Carolina in December 2025.

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SC Daily Gazette

Information is emerging about the massive data center that is proposed near Green Pond in Colleton County by Eagle Rock Partners. The project got its first public airing in a zoning meeting Dec. 18. This Colleton proposal has significant implications for policies that must be enacted to protect the public interest throughout our state as data centers proliferate like wildfire.

Why the League of Women Voters took a stand for voter registration

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in December 2025.

News

Op-ed published in The Post and Courier by co-presidents of the LWV of the Charleston Area, Cara Erickson and Jeri Cabot

Commentary: LWV Charleston takes a stand for voter registration at naturalization ceremonies

Submitted by South Carolina in December 2025.

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The Post & Courier

The League of Women Voters Charleston Area and the national organization have a long-standing commitment to voter registration efforts at naturalization ceremonies. Their November lawsuit challenged an abrupt rule change that bans the League of Women Voters and other nonpartisan civic groups from registering new citizens at Immigration Services-hosted naturalization ceremonies. The complaint raises important legal claims related to the federal government’s failure to follow proper legal process and violations of our rights under the First Amendment.

Charleston County Public Library Board of Trustees Appointment Process

Submitted by The Charleston Area in December 2025.

Public Statement

We sent the following public comment to the Charleston County Council on December 17 regarding appointments to the Charleston County Public Library Board of Trustees.

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