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Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Area Articles

Poll Worker Training 2025
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New Poll Worker Training Classes are available!

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LWV HHI-BA 2024 Year in Review

Our League can celebrate many accomplishments in 2024!

Voter Registration USCB
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The League of Women Voters of HHI and Bluffton is pleased to announce we received two 2025 grants, one from the LWV US and another from the LWV SC.

College students, register to vote!
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Are you attending college in South Carolina? If so, you have a choice to make.

Resident students in South Carolina may register to vote either where they reside while attending college or at their home of origin. Whether you consider yourself to be more a resident of your college location or your original home location is up to you. Only you can decide where you think you want your voice as a voter to be heard. Just know that you can vote either where you attend school or at your home of origin, but not both.

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SC is one of only 10 states that has refused to expand health insurance coverage for working-age adults although Federal funds would cover more than 90% of the cost.

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The Statehouse Report

As the 2025 legislative session barrels toward its May 8 close, people on both sides of the political aisle can point to progress, setbacks and issues where the jury is still out. “There have been some positive developments this session. But the overall direction has been disturbing." said Lynn Teague, LWVSC VP, Issues & Action.

"We’re concerned about the anti-DEI push that discourages teachers and businesses from doing what they should do — which is not to give someone an advantage because of their identity, but to give them an equal playing field,”

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News 2 (Charleston)

The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (SCDMV) confirmed Monday it has fixed a computer glitch that caused thousands of teenagers’ voter registration not to be processed ahead of last November’s election. The ACLU, South Carolina League of Women Voters, and SC NAACP had threatened legal action if the agency failed to “swiftly fix” the issue.

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WACH Fox57

After months of legal battles, public pressure, and warnings of further federal litigation, the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has fixed a long-standing issue that prevented thousands of eligible young voters from registering. In a renewed effort led by the SC NAACP and the League of Women Voters of SC, the organizations sent a letter warning the agencies not following the federal law. The following day, the DMV responded, confirming it had updated its in-house software system, Phoenix, to capture and transmit voter registration information for individuals aged 16 and older.

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South Carolina Daily Gazette

Following the threat of a lawsuit by the SC ACLU, League of Women Voters, and NAACP, the SC DMV will collect information from anyone 16 and older who selects that they would like to register to vote, which it will then send to the state Election Commission.

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The Post & Courier

The South Carolina DMV, according to the law, did provide eligible applicants with the information and forms they needed to register to vote. They just never processed them, nor did they inform prospective voters their customer service software had no way to process their requests at the time of filing. After one suit and threat of another by , the ACLU and the League of Women Voters, the DMV responded they had now fixed the problem.