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Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Area Articles

Understanding Primaries
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Beaufort County Voter Registration and Elections is hosting Community Forums titled “Understanding Primaries!” in an effort to educate and assist Beaufort County voters.

Poll Worker Training 2026
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Support Democracy by Becoming a 2026 Poll Worker

Voices heard SB 323
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What does S. 323 do?

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From: LWV SC
October 16, 2025
 

League of Women Voters of South Carolina supports full practice authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs)

College students, register to vote!
Blog Post

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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Diversity, Equity, inclusion
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In this new year, let’s reaffirm our organization’s commitment to DEI amidst the continuing challenges being put forth by our federal government. Be intentional over the next 11 months in assessing the level of racial/ethnic diversity in your League’s membership and leadership positions. Then be committed to acting on that assessment as your League engages in community outreach for building membership and for voter registration collaborations.

We believe in the power of women
Research & Studies

The LWVSC Working Group on Gender and Women’s Equity recommends The Turnaway Study findings for those needing evidence-based research regarding reproductive choices. In summary: Women make thoughtful, well-considered decisions about whether to have an abortion.

We believe in the power of women
Research & Studies

The LWVSC Working Group on Gender and Women’s Equity summarized the WREN (Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network) 2025 study. Please communicate with your elected representatives and utilize these facts to bolster your messages to policymakers. Research shows that informed policies can help women, girls and their families while ignoring facts and research leads to worse outcomes for everyone.

Press Mention

South Carolina legislators are again considering changes to how the state vets its judges, this time giving the governor total control of the panel that screens them. Only one organization , the state League of Women Voters, testified on the bill. Lynn Teague, LWVSC, said the organization supports keeping legislators off the panel as a way to balance powers between the branches of government. But the League would still like to see the General Assembly have some voice in who sits on that panel. Teague said the League also is opposed to the new anti-DEI language. "We need a judiciary that looks more like South Carolina."

Press Mention

Whether to close party primaries to only registered Democrats or Republicans is back as a battle in the Statehouse. Some — but not all — Republicans want it, while most Democrats don’t. The League of Women Voters argued that both proposals could potentially contribute to increased political polarization, which, in turn, could fuel lower voter turnout.