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Commentary: A Statehouse parody of the nation’s ideals commemorated on Memorial Day

Submitted by South Carolina in May 2026.

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By Lynn Teague, VP, Issues & Action, League of Women Voters of South Carolina

We often say that the people we commemorate on Memorial Day risked everything for our highest ideals. I am certain that neither my uncle nor the people who grieved losing him for the rest of their lives would have felt that he died so that those who already hold power could silence everyone who disagrees with them in a winner-take-all parody of representative democracy.

H.5683, a bill developed in Washington, D.C. designed to predetermine the outcome of our state's congressional elections, is a betrayal of the highest ideals of our state and nation. We should reflect on that while we celebrate this most sober of national holidays.

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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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.

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

Submitted by South Carolina in May 2026.

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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.

LWVSC, ACLU sue for the rule of law, transparency

Submitted by South Carolina in May 2026.

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Today the League of Women Voters of South Carolina and the ACLU of South Carolina, represented by Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, PA, took a strong stand for the rule of law. Last night he House Rules Committee held posted notice of a meeting at 7:07 pm and held the meeting at 7:15 pm. At that meeting, the Rules Committee changed the rules prohibiting a member from putting forward more than 1 amendment to a bill. South Carolina law requires public bodies to give 24 hours notice of a meeting. Government transparency is one of the central pillars of the rule of law.

How Democracies Die

Submitted by South Carolina in May 2026.

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Friday the General Assembly begins a special session called by the Governor for the purpose of redrawing our congressional districts and sending our primary elections into chaos to reflect the change. This will be a heartbreaking exercise for anyone who cares for all of our state’s people and for our nation’s highest ideals.

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Teaching Advocacy as a Mom

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in June 2026.

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As a parent, I’m deeply invested in the future, not in the abstract, but for the very real humans I’m raising. And I often find myself asking hard questions: how do I advocate fiercely for my children's futures while still being present in their childhood? How do I teach them about injustice without convincing them that the world is unsafe? How do I talk to them about activism without passing down the anxiety I feel every day?

League of Women Voters Condemns Passage of Reconciliation Package Expanding Unchecked Immigration Enforcement Funding

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in June 2026.

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The League of Women Voters issued the following statement on Congressional passage of funding for immigration enforcement agencies:

UPDATE: Civil Rights Groups File Emergency Federal Challenge to Louisiana Officials’ Attempt to Suspend Election Already Underway

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in June 2026.

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A group of individual voters, the League of Women Voters of Louisiana, and the League of Women Voters of Louisiana Education Fund today filed an emergency lawsuit in federal court seeking to block Secretary of State Nancy Landry’s implementation of Governor Jeff Landry’s unlawful executive order that attempts to suspend Louisiana’s congressional House primary elections after voting had already begun.

League of Women Voters Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision on Alabama Congressional Map

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in June 2026.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Alabama issued the following statement in response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to allow Alabama to use the Legislature's gerrymandered 2023 congressional map for the 2026 election cycle.

LWV CEO Celina Stewart Named Northeastern Law’s Brown Forum for Women in the Law Practitioner-in-Residence

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in June 2026.

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Celina Stewart, a nationally recognized voting rights attorney and champion of American democracy, has been named by Northeastern Law’s Judith Olans Brown Forum for Women in the Law (WIL) as its Practitioner-in-Residence for 2026–2027.

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