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LWV HHI-BA happy hour gathering

We believe in the power of women

Lots of Happy Hour conversations about our important mission ahead—mobilizing voters for the 2026 elections. 
Registering USCB students

Help us get out the vote

Ages 18-40 are underrepresented among those who turn out to vote. Help us empower them to make their voices heard! 
Make Good Trouble

Make Good Trouble

“When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, say something! Do something! Get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble.” We did...and we will! 

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Area

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The League is proud to be nonpartisan, neither supporting nor opposing candidates or political parties at any level of government, but always working on vital issues of concern to members and the public.

The LWV is a grassroots civic organization that encourages informed and active participation in government works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. Membership in the League is open to people 16 years and older of all gender identities. With 100 years of experience, the League is one of America's oldest and most trusted civic nonprofit organizations. 

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Events

"Suffs" - The Broadway Musical of The Struggle for the Women's Vote

Suffs Tickets

Submitted by Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Area in January 2026.

Event Date: 
02/26/2026 - 7:30pm
Event location: 

Peace Center, Greenville, SC

Come celebrate the League's 106th Birthday by attending the Broadway show, "Suffs". Experience the story of the battle for Women’s rights with fellow League members on February 26, at the Peace Center, Greenville, SC.

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MLK Memorial March

MLK Event Image

Submitted by Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Area in December 2025.

Event Date: 
01/19/2026 - 10:00am
Event location: 

Hilton Head High School (meet in the parking lot)

Join the League as we march in solidarity to honor the life, legacy, and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Your presence is vital. Stand up and sign up now using the form below.

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2026 LEAD (League Education & Advocacy Day) CANCELED

LEAD (Legislative Education & Advocacy Day) Jan. 24, 2026, Columbia

Submitted by South Carolina in November 2025.

Event Date: 
01/24/2026 - 9:30am to 3:00pm
Event location: 

Midlands Technical College Beltline Campus

LEAD MEETING CANCELED
Due to predicted unsafe road conditions around Columbia and the upstate area, the LEAD meeting scheduled for Saturday, January 24, is canceled but will be rescheduled. We apologize for this last-minute change, but hope everyone understands that our concern is for everyone’s safety. We are in the process of rescheduling LEAD and will announce the new date shortly. Look for that date to be announced here.
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Network with League members across the state and experience an exciting agenda sure to inform and energize you. Hear from our three volunteer lobbyists at the State House and get ready to mobilize voters as we look toward the crucial June primary elections.

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First week of 2026 session: oppose bills closing primaries, restricting abortion

LWVSC Action Alert

Submitted by South Carolina in January 2026.

Action Alerts

The House Constitutional Laws Subcommittee will hold hearings on bills
closing partisan primaries by party (January 15) and restricting abortion rights (January 14). Please add your voice as citizens and voters by attending the hearings if possible and by submitting written or oral testimony! The League is always especially concerned about bills that impact representative democracy, as the bills to close primary elections would, but we are also concerned about infringements on the rights of citizens in other areas.

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New Poll Worker Training Schedule Announced

Poll Worker Training 2026

Submitted by Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Area in January 2026.

News

Support Democracy by Becoming a 2026 Poll Worker

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

Submitted by South Carolina in December 2025.

Press Mention

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.

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School Board restricts five more books

Submitted by Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Area in December 2025.

News

On December 9, the Beaufort County School Board voted to restrict five more books: The Handmaid’s Tale and Oryz and Crake by Margaret Atwood, November 9 by Colleen Hoover, Perfect by Ellen Hopkins, and Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaipur. A parental signature will be required for a student to checkout any of these books from the school libraries. These books were among 92 challenged books previously returned to shelves by review panels of parents, community members, teachers, librarians, and educators. State Regulation 43-170 provides a parent appeal process.

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Unite and Rise to Defend Democracy

Unite and Rise

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in October 2025.

Action Alerts

Unite & Rise 8.5 aims to build a movement of 8.5 million individuals to unite and rise up against the anti-democratic actions of this administration. Together, we'll take action from the courts to the streets and beyond.

Commit to the movement.

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