UPCOMING EVENTS 

EVERY Monday at 4:30pm

Protest in front of Beaufort City Hall. Come to express your concerns about any issue and bring a poster if you'd like.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

In a unanimous 5-0 decision, the Court ruled that partisan gerrymandering is a "nonjusticiable political question." In short, the Court said it cannot decide the issue, leaving the problem of partisan gerrymandering to the state legislature, the same body that gerrymandered the Congressional districts in the first place. 

OUR RESPONSE:  The League of Women Voters of South Carolina is disappointed that the South Carolina judiciary has held itself unable to protect the foundations of representative democracy in our state, said Lynn Teague, vice president at the League of Women Voters of South Carolina. Partisan gerrymandering is an attack on our most fundamental right as citizens, the right to vote. But the League of Women Voters of South Carolina will not stop fighting for fair redistricting. If a constitutional amendment is needed to protect voters, the people of South Carolina must demand that amendment.

WHAT'S NEXT:  We will not stop fighting for fair redistricting. If a constitutional amendment is needed to protect voters, the people of South Carolina must demand that amendment!

ADVOCACY

As we witness a barrage of assaults on our democratic processes, institutions, and values, it’s not surprising that many people feel overwhelmed and even frightened. Common reactions to these feelings are fight, flight, freeze, or fawn: 

• Flight: Some people will avoid or minimize any political engagement; 
• Freeze: Others feel so overwhelmed and powerless they will shut down, unable to do anything; 
• Fawn: Fear may drive others to appease or give in to those in power; or  
• Fight: We must fight back! Anti-democratic actors want us to feel defeated in order to make us compliant and/or immobile. Instead, everyone must commit to doing their part in defense of our democracy.

When we collectively rise up and challenge those in power, we make a difference. That includes you — because you have a voice. You have power.  

Action Alerts! women_defend_democracy_sc_actions.docx.pdf

SUPPORT