The Post & Courier

We tend to agree at least initially with a warning from the League of Women Voters of South Carolina. It’s advising us not to mail in our votes but instead to cast them in person, since voting in person is far less likely to involve a mistake that would get the vote tossed out.

June 2022

For many elected offices, the primary election is the most important election. Because so many seats are “safe” for one political party, the general election is often a sure bet for that party. Voting in the primary election is often your best opportunity to have a say in who represents you.

Get#VoteReady for June 14, Columbia area!

The likely decision of the Supreme Court to overturn Roe. V Wade is devastating for American women.

The League of Women Voters of South Carolina has long supported women’s access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare and women’s rights to make the most intimate and personal decisions that are best for themselves and their families.

The Statehouse Report

With just two weeks to go in the regular legislative session, the General Assembly has three full plates of work. Still to do: election reform.

Part of the reasoning for the need for election reform is the false narrative that there’s election fraud (there just isn’t). But good government advocates say what legislators have come up with this year will improve election processes and voter confidence. “Voters want early voting,” said Lynn Teague of the League of Women Voters of South Carolina. “Election officials badly need more time to process absentee ballots and other helpful measures. Voter confidence and election management would benefit from risk limiting audits. It will be very unfortunate if these die in the final days of the session.”