Urgent! Redistricting hearings: May 14-House, May 18-Senate

Urgent! Redistricting hearings: May 14-House, May 18-Senate

Action Alert
Time Range For Action Alert: 
May 15 2026 to May 31 2026

 

Governor McMaster has called a special session of the House for Friday, May 15 and the Senate for Monday, May 18 to address adoption of an altered schedule for congressional primary elections and a redrawn congressional map. 

The League has been very actively working on this issue and will continue to do so. We are working with partner organizations on plans to rapidly deploy media to bring more awareness and support in critical parts of the state, and we are working at the State House in hopes that the special session will not force our state into new congressional primaries using a new map designed in hopes of providing 100% majority party representation in the U. S. House. 

We applaud the senators who voted against the initial effort to bring up redistricting in that house, including senators Massey, Campsen, Bennett, Hembree, and Davis, as well as the entire Democratic caucus. 

Take action

  1. Call both your Senator and your House Represenative. Tell them  that they must vote NO on this midterm redistricting, forced on South Carolina by outside players who have no interest in our people or, apparently in the preservation of representative democracy.
  2. Share this action alert with friends and family members.

Talking points

  • South Carolina’s current map is gerrymandered but it has been found constitutional by both the U.S. Supreme Court and the S. C. Supreme Court. There is no legal necessity for reconsideration.
  • State legislatures redrawing their maps mid-cycle reflects political gamesmanship that erodes public trust, the foundation of representative democracy.
  • The redistricting process should include opportunities for public input and comment. The process contemplated at present provides no such opportunity.
  • A new map would require cancelling or partially rescheduling the June 9 primaries and beginning again with a new filing process and a new primary schedule, although some military voters have already voted. This would be an administrative burden and a burden for candidates and voters.
  • People who have donated to their preferred candidate during the months of campaigning that have already occurred might find that they are no longer in a district associated with that candidate.
  • Implementing a different congressional map would cost substantial state and county money, as arrangements long in place for the primaries would have to be revisited.
  • This midterm redistricting has been initiated by a national administration wishing to protect its own interest, fundamentally at odds with the democratic ideals of our nation.

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Issues referenced by this action alert: 
Redistricting