League of Women Voters ^®
of South Carolina

Today the SC House released their Congressional plan for public comment on that plan this Thursday. The Ad Hoc Committee will hear testimony on the House Staf Plan, the Senate Staff Plan, and any other submissions.

SC House and Senate maps have been approved by both houses and signed by the Governor. The League's final assessment is that the Senate map is a reasonable map in which the number of competitive districts is not reduced. The House plan is an extreme gerrymander with a very high level of incumbent protection. Only 15 House members voted against this plan.

SC Lede PODCAST, Part 2:
Continuation of conversation with Lynn Teague: potential congressional map changes, possible legal challenges, and what the State House could look like, especially since primaries will play more of a pivotal role.

Associated Press (AP):
South Carolina state senators approved new districts for the Senate and House Tuesday, but legal challenges are almost certain. “This lack of competition is a very serious threat to representative democracy. General election votes become meaningless because the outcome is certain, or nearly so,” Teague said.

The Post & Courier, December 1, 2021
BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Even when you bake in an expectation that the new election districts are going to ensure that Republicans continue to dominate the House for the next decade, their SC House proposal is beyond the pale. Yet when the League presented its findings to the House’s redistricting panel, no one asked a question or tried to dismiss the findings. Just silence. Which is astounding, given how astounding those numbers are. And embarrassing, since it suggests that House members don’t care how obvious their extreme partisanship is.