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LWVSC LEAD (League Education & Advocacy Day), February 1, 2025

LWVSC LEAD 2025

Experience a full day of empowering panels and presentations "in League" with fellow members. 

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We support public education

We support public state-supported education.

LWVSC supports public  education at all levels that is high quality, effective, equitable, inclusive, fully funded, and accountable.

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The League's Top Achievements in 2024

Acknowledging our wins reminds us of the power we hold when we work together, advocating as a collective.

Read about 2024, and get inspiration for 2025
We're suing to end partisan gerrymandering

ACLU, LWVSC lawsuit to end gerrymandering

The League remains committed to ensuring South Carolinians’ voices aren’t drowned out by systems that favor politicians.

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South Carolina

The League of Women Voters 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.

We encourage informed and active participation in government, work to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influence public policy through education and advocacy. Follow the bils and our testimonies during the 2025 South Carolina Legislative Session. 

 

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Submitted by South Carolina in December 2024.

Blog Post

Our voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts in South Carolina contributed to the highest turnout ever in a presidential election. But important work remains. Now, more than ever, the League of Women Voters needs to—and will—combat threats to democracy and work courageously and persistently to ensure that South Carolina laws and government protect the interests and reflect the diversity of the people of our state. To do so we need to be bigger and bolder. We hope you will continue to stand by our side.

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Urge President Biden: certify the Equal Rights Amendment

Urgent: league rallies for ERA now

Submitted by South Carolina in November 2024.

Action Alerts

Let's urge President Biden to instruct the US Archivist to certify the Equal Rights Amendment. The ERA has met all requirements for ratification. Women’s rights are under attack and the President has the authority, and must act, with urgency. Call the White House, send an email, sign the LWV letter.

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2025 LEAD (League Education & Advocacy Day)

LWVSC LEAD (League Education & Advocacy Day), February 1, 2025

Submitted by South Carolina in November 2024.

Event Date: 
02/01/2025 - 9:30am to 3:00pm
Event location: 

Midlands Technical College Beltline Campus

Attention, League members! Registration is now open for LWVSC’s February 1 League Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD) in Columbia. Experience an exciting agenda of panelists and speakers, including current and former state legislators such as Heather Bauer, Penry Gustafson, and Katrina Shealy, and political science professor and director of the Winthrop Poll Initiative at Winthrop University, Dr. Scott Huffmon. Attendance is limited to 95 so don't delay!

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Diverting public funds to private schools threatens SC public education

LWVSC Action Alert

Submitted by South Carolina in December 2024.

Action Alerts

The SC Senate Education Subcommittee on K-12 Education Scholarships will meet on December 10, noon. By December 6, write the committee to oppose diverting public funds to private schools by any method. Now is the time to use your personal —and powerful — constituent voice. Alert other public education supporters to do the same!

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Lawmakers discuss if VC Summer site is still viable, 7 years after project was abandoned

Submitted by South Carolina in October 2024.

Press Mention

News 19 WLTX

South Carolina lawmakers are discussing the viability of the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station construction site, where two nuclear reactors were abandoned in 2017. The project's failure forced ratepayers to foot the $9 billion bill under the Base Load Review Act, which allowed utilities to raise rates for a project ahead of its construction. "It should never happen under the conditions of the previous construction," said Lynn Teague, LWVSC Vice President of Issues and Action.

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Freedom to Read SC Coalition

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Advocates and community leaders have launched “Freedom to Read SC,” a statewide coalition that will work to defeat unconstitutional efforts to ban books from school and public libraries. The Coalition includes educational organizations, civil rights groups, religious entities, and others who are committed to free speech and the free exchange of ideas.

Book bans are in direct violation of the First Amendment, which guarantees all Americans the right to access information and the freedom to read without censorship. Help defend the right to read in SC.

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CoverSC Coalition Champions Medicaid Expansion

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Submitted by South Carolina in February 2023.

Blog Post

CoverSC, the statewide coalition that includes the League of Women Voters of South Carolina, advocates for Medicaid Expansion in our state.. Closing the health insurance gap would cover over 200,000 South Carolinians.

Affordable healthcare will reduce medical debt and improve financial independence for families. Expanding coverage contributes 30,000 new jobs in South Carolina, bringing employment and healthcare to rural communities. Find out more about the coalition at www.CoverSC.org.

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SC Voter Newsletters: News from the LWV of South Carolina

SC Voter Fall 2024 cover

Fall 2024 SC Voter newsletter

Highlights:

Read about two big issues: a proposed constitutional amendment and our state's energy future. Learn about the League's work, including the state's targeted digital campaign to get out the vote, the national One Person, One Vote campaign to eliminate the Electoral College, and innovative local programs like Charleston's mis-and disinformation panel with news editors. Stay informed and make a difference.

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